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//! Metric recency.
//!
//! `Recency` deals with the concept of removing metrics that have not been updated for a certain
//! amount of time. In some use cases, metrics are tied to specific labels which are short-lived,
//! such as labels referencing a date or a version of software. When these labels change, exporters
//! may still be emitting those older metrics which are no longer relevant. In many cases, a
//! long-lived application could continue tracking metrics such that the unique number of metrics
//! grows until a significant portion of memory is required to track them all, even if the majority
//! of them are no longer used.
//!
//! As metrics are typically backed by atomic storage, exporters don't see the individual changes to
//! a metric, and so need a way to measure if a metric has changed since the last time it was
//! observed. This could potentially be achieved by observing the value directly, but metrics like
//! gauges can be updated in such a way that their value is the same between two observations even
//! though it had actually been changed in between.
//!
//! We solve for this by tracking the generation of a metric, which represents the number of times
//! it has been modified. In doing so, we can compare the generation of a metric between
//! observations, which only ever increases monotonically. This provides a universal mechanism that
//! works for all metric types.
//!
//! `Recency` uses the generation of a metric, along with a measurement of time when a metric is
//! observed, to build a complete picture that allows deciding if a given metric has gone "idle" or
//! not, and thus whether it should actually be deleted.
use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, PoisonError};
use std::time::Duration;
use std::{collections::HashMap, ops::DerefMut};
use metrics::{Counter, CounterFn, Gauge, GaugeFn, Histogram, HistogramFn};
use quanta::{Clock, Instant};
use crate::Hashable;
use crate::{
kind::MetricKindMask,
registry::{AtomicStorage, Registry, Storage},
MetricKind,
};
/// The generation of a metric.
///
/// Generations are opaque and are not meant to be used directly, but meant to be used as a
/// comparison amongst each other in terms of ordering.
#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, Ord, PartialEq, PartialOrd)]
pub struct Generation(usize);
/// Generation tracking for a metric.
///
/// Holds a generic interior value, and provides way to access the value such that each access
/// increments the "generation" of the value. This provides a means to understand if the value has
/// been updated since the last time it was observed.
///
/// For example, if a gauge was observed to be X at one point in time, and then observed to be X
/// again at a later point in time, it could have changed in between the two observations. It also
/// may not have changed, and thus `Generational` provides a way to determine if either of these
/// events occurred.
#[derive(Clone)]
pub struct Generational<T> {
inner: T,
gen: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
}
impl<T> Generational<T> {
/// Creates a new `Generational<T>`.
fn new(inner: T) -> Generational<T> {
Generational { inner, gen: Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0)) }
}
/// Gets a reference to the inner value.
pub fn get_inner(&self) -> &T {
&self.inner
}
/// Gets the current generation.
pub fn get_generation(&self) -> Generation {
Generation(self.gen.load(Ordering::Acquire))
}
/// Acquires a reference to the inner value, and increments the generation.
pub fn with_increment<F, V>(&self, f: F) -> V
where
F: Fn(&T) -> V,
{
let result = f(&self.inner);
let _ = self.gen.fetch_add(1, Ordering::AcqRel);
result
}
}
impl<T> CounterFn for Generational<T>
where
T: CounterFn,
{
fn increment(&self, value: u64) {
self.with_increment(|c| c.increment(value))
}
fn absolute(&self, value: u64) {
self.with_increment(|c| c.absolute(value))
}
}
impl<T> GaugeFn for Generational<T>
where
T: GaugeFn,
{
fn increment(&self, value: f64) {
self.with_increment(|g| g.increment(value))
}
fn decrement(&self, value: f64) {
self.with_increment(|g| g.decrement(value))
}
fn set(&self, value: f64) {
self.with_increment(|g| g.set(value))
}
}
impl<T> HistogramFn for Generational<T>
where
T: HistogramFn,
{
fn record(&self, value: f64) {
self.with_increment(|h| h.record(value))
}
}
impl<T> From<Generational<T>> for Counter
where
T: CounterFn + Send + Sync + 'static,
{
fn from(inner: Generational<T>) -> Self {
Counter::from_arc(Arc::new(inner))
}
}
impl<T> From<Generational<T>> for Gauge
where
T: GaugeFn + Send + Sync + 'static,
{
fn from(inner: Generational<T>) -> Self {
Gauge::from_arc(Arc::new(inner))
}
}
impl<T> From<Generational<T>> for Histogram
where
T: HistogramFn + Send + Sync + 'static,
{
fn from(inner: Generational<T>) -> Self {
Histogram::from_arc(Arc::new(inner))
}
}
/// Generational metric storage.
///
/// Tracks the "generation" of a metric, which is used to detect updates to metrics where the value
/// otherwise would not be sufficient to be used as an indicator.
pub struct GenerationalStorage<S> {
inner: S,
}
impl<S> GenerationalStorage<S> {
/// Creates a new [`GenerationalStorage`].
///
/// This wraps the given `storage` and provides generational semantics on top of it.
pub fn new(storage: S) -> Self {
Self { inner: storage }
}
}
impl<K, S: Storage<K>> Storage<K> for GenerationalStorage<S> {
type Counter = Generational<S::Counter>;
type Gauge = Generational<S::Gauge>;
type Histogram = Generational<S::Histogram>;
fn counter(&self, key: &K) -> Self::Counter {
Generational::new(self.inner.counter(key))
}
fn gauge(&self, key: &K) -> Self::Gauge {
Generational::new(self.inner.gauge(key))
}
fn histogram(&self, key: &K) -> Self::Histogram {
Generational::new(self.inner.histogram(key))
}
}
/// Generational atomic metric storage.
///
/// `GenerationalAtomicStorage` is based on [`AtomicStorage`], but additionally tracks the
/// "generation" of a metric, which is used to detect updates to metrics where the value otherwise
/// would not be sufficient to be used as an indicator.
pub type GenerationalAtomicStorage = GenerationalStorage<AtomicStorage>;
impl GenerationalAtomicStorage {
/// Creates a [`GenerationalStorage`] that uses [`AtomicStorage`] as its underlying storage.
pub fn atomic() -> Self {
Self { inner: AtomicStorage }
}
}
/// Tracks recency of metric updates by their registry generation and time.
///
/// In many cases, a user may have a long-running process where metrics are stored over time using
/// labels that change for some particular reason, leaving behind versions of that metric with
/// labels that are no longer relevant to the current process state. This can lead to cases where
/// metrics that no longer matter are still present in rendered output, adding bloat.
///
/// When coupled with [`Registry`], [`Recency`] can be used to track when the last update to a
/// metric has occurred for the purposes of removing idle metrics from the registry. In addition,
/// it will remove the value from the registry itself to reduce the aforementioned bloat.
///
/// [`Recency`] is separate from [`Registry`] specifically to avoid imposing any slowdowns when
/// tracking recency does not matter, despite their otherwise tight coupling.
pub struct Recency<K> {
mask: MetricKindMask,
inner: Mutex<(Clock, HashMap<K, (Generation, Instant)>)>,
idle_timeout: Option<Duration>,
}
impl<K> Recency<K>
where
K: Clone + Eq + Hashable,
{
/// Creates a new [`Recency`].
///
/// If `idle_timeout` is `None`, no recency checking will occur. Otherwise, any metric that has
/// not been updated for longer than `idle_timeout` will be subject for deletion the next time
/// the metric is checked.
///
/// The provided `clock` is used for tracking time, while `mask` controls which metrics
/// are covered by the recency logic. For example, if `mask` only contains counters and
/// histograms, then gauges will not be considered for recency, and thus will never be deleted.
///
/// Refer to the documentation for [`MetricKindMask`](crate::MetricKindMask) for more
/// information on defining a metric kind mask.
pub fn new(clock: Clock, mask: MetricKindMask, idle_timeout: Option<Duration>) -> Self {
Recency { mask, inner: Mutex::new((clock, HashMap::new())), idle_timeout }
}
/// Checks if the given counter should be stored, based on its known recency.
///
/// If the given key has been updated recently enough, and should continue to be stored, this
/// method will return `true` and will update the last update time internally. If the given key
/// has not been updated recently enough, the key will be removed from the given registry if the
/// given generation also matches.
pub fn should_store_counter<S>(
&self,
key: &K,
gen: Generation,
registry: &Registry<K, S>,
) -> bool
where
S: Storage<K>,
{
self.should_store(key, gen, registry, MetricKind::Counter, |registry, key| {
registry.delete_counter(key)
})
}
/// Checks if the given gauge should be stored, based on its known recency.
///
/// If the given key has been updated recently enough, and should continue to be stored, this
/// method will return `true` and will update the last update time internally. If the given key
/// has not been updated recently enough, the key will be removed from the given registry if the
/// given generation also matches.
pub fn should_store_gauge<S>(&self, key: &K, gen: Generation, registry: &Registry<K, S>) -> bool
where
S: Storage<K>,
{
self.should_store(key, gen, registry, MetricKind::Gauge, |registry, key| {
registry.delete_gauge(key)
})
}
/// Checks if the given histogram should be stored, based on its known recency.
///
/// If the given key has been updated recently enough, and should continue to be stored, this
/// method will return `true` and will update the last update time internally. If the given key
/// has not been updated recently enough, the key will be removed from the given registry if the
/// given generation also matches.
pub fn should_store_histogram<S>(
&self,
key: &K,
gen: Generation,
registry: &Registry<K, S>,
) -> bool
where
S: Storage<K>,
{
self.should_store(key, gen, registry, MetricKind::Histogram, |registry, key| {
registry.delete_histogram(key)
})
}
fn should_store<F, S>(
&self,
key: &K,
gen: Generation,
registry: &Registry<K, S>,
kind: MetricKind,
delete_op: F,
) -> bool
where
F: Fn(&Registry<K, S>, &K) -> bool,
S: Storage<K>,
{
if let Some(idle_timeout) = self.idle_timeout {
if self.mask.matches(kind) {
let mut guard = self.inner.lock().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
let (clock, entries) = guard.deref_mut();
let now = clock.now();
let deleted = if let Some((last_gen, last_update)) = entries.get_mut(key) {
// If the value is the same as the latest value we have internally, and
// we're over the idle timeout period, then remove it and continue.
if *last_gen == gen {
// If the delete returns false, that means that our generation counter is
// out-of-date, and that the metric has been updated since, so we don't
// actually want to delete it yet.
(now - *last_update) > idle_timeout && delete_op(registry, key)
} else {
// Value has changed, so mark it such.
*last_update = now;
*last_gen = gen;
false
}
} else {
entries.insert(key.clone(), (gen, now));
false
};
if deleted {
entries.remove(key);
return false;
}
}
}
true
}
}