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remove_expired_keys() reclaims the expired shared dict entries with an unbounded flush_expired() call (#18). That call holds the dict lock until it returns, walking the whole LRU queue, so an hour's worth of backlog is reclaimed in a single uninterrupted hold and every worker repeats the walk. Issue the reclamation in batches of 10000 instead, pausing in between, so the other workers get the lock back: a batch is ~1ms of reclaim work on OpenResty 1.29.2.4, against ~70ms for an unbounded call over a 750k-entry backlog. A call that frees less than a batch has already walked the whole queue, so the loop stops there. Expose it as KeyIndex:flush_expired() / prometheus:flush_expired() and add the auto_flush_expired option, so callers can reclaim from a single process on their own schedule instead of from every worker. The default is unchanged.
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Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Bug fix Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Prometheus
participant KeyIndex
participant SharedDictionary
Prometheus->>KeyIndex: flush_expired()
KeyIndex->>SharedDictionary: flush_expired(batch_size)
SharedDictionary-->>KeyIndex: reclaimed entry count
KeyIndex-->>Prometheus: total reclaimed count
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In `@prometheus_keys.lua`:
- Around line 102-111: Update the flush-expiration loop to track the current
batch index and only call ngx.sleep between batches, not after the final
FLUSH_EXPIRED_MAX_BATCHES iteration. Preserve the existing early break when
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| for _ = 1, FLUSH_EXPIRED_MAX_BATCHES do | ||
| local freed = self.dict:flush_expired(FLUSH_EXPIRED_BATCH) | ||
| total = total + freed | ||
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| -- whole queue, so there is nothing left to reclaim | ||
| if freed < FLUSH_EXPIRED_BATCH then | ||
| break | ||
| end | ||
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| ngx.sleep(FLUSH_EXPIRED_BATCH_DELAY) |
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Do not sleep after the final allowed batch.
If all 30 batches reclaim 10,000 entries, Line 111 adds one second after the final batch. No further batch can run in this call. This delays both manual reclamation and the timer callback without releasing another batch.
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- for _ = 1, FLUSH_EXPIRED_MAX_BATCHES do
+ for batch = 1, FLUSH_EXPIRED_MAX_BATCHES do
local freed = self.dict:flush_expired(FLUSH_EXPIRED_BATCH)
total = total + freed
if freed < FLUSH_EXPIRED_BATCH then
break
end
- ngx.sleep(FLUSH_EXPIRED_BATCH_DELAY)
+ if batch < FLUSH_EXPIRED_MAX_BATCHES then
+ ngx.sleep(FLUSH_EXPIRED_BATCH_DELAY)
+ end
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| for _ = 1, FLUSH_EXPIRED_MAX_BATCHES do | |
| local freed = self.dict:flush_expired(FLUSH_EXPIRED_BATCH) | |
| total = total + freed | |
| -- freeing less than a full batch means this call has already walked the | |
| -- whole queue, so there is nothing left to reclaim | |
| if freed < FLUSH_EXPIRED_BATCH then | |
| break | |
| end | |
| ngx.sleep(FLUSH_EXPIRED_BATCH_DELAY) | |
| for batch = 1, FLUSH_EXPIRED_MAX_BATCHES do | |
| local freed = self.dict:flush_expired(FLUSH_EXPIRED_BATCH) | |
| total = total + freed | |
| -- freeing less than a full batch means this call has already walked the | |
| -- whole queue, so there is nothing left to reclaim | |
| if freed < FLUSH_EXPIRED_BATCH then | |
| break | |
| end | |
| if batch < FLUSH_EXPIRED_MAX_BATCHES then | |
| ngx.sleep(FLUSH_EXPIRED_BATCH_DELAY) | |
| end |
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In `@prometheus_keys.lua` around lines 102 - 111, Update the flush-expiration loop
to track the current batch index and only call ngx.sleep between batches, not
after the final FLUSH_EXPIRED_MAX_BATCHES iteration. Preserve the existing early
break when freed is less than FLUSH_EXPIRED_BATCH.
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remove_expired_keys()reclaims the expired shared dict entries with an unboundedflush_expired()call (#18). Two properties of that call are worth addressing, as raised in apache/apisix#13658 (comment):ngx.shared.DICT:flush_expired()holds the dict lock until it returns, and it walks the whole LRU queue (it stops early only once the requested number of entries has been freed). An hour's worth of backlog is therefore reclaimed in a single uninterrupted hold, during which every other worker is blocked on the dict.This PR:
KeyIndex:flush_expired()/prometheus:flush_expired(), and adds theauto_flush_expiredoption, so a caller can reclaim from a single process on its own schedule instead of from every worker. Defaults are unchanged.Measurements
OpenResty 1.29.2.4, 512m dict, one permanent entry pinning the LRU tail, single process (
resty), so no lock contention:flush_expired()callflush_expired(10000)That is ~0.09µs per entry reclaimed and ~0.01µs per live node walked, so a batch of 10000 is ~1ms of reclaim work. The walk itself is the floor: in the steady state, where the backlog is smaller than a batch, every call still walks the queue once.
Tests
testFlushExpiredRunsInBatches: a 20000-entry backlog is reclaimed in full, and each call is asserted to ask for a bounded 10000 — an unbounded call would show up asnil. The loop stops on the call that comes back short.testAutoFlushExpiredDisabled: withauto_flush_expired = false,remove_expired_keys()only drops the worker-local references and leaves the entries in the dict; an explicitflush_expired()then reclaims them.lua prometheus_test.luapasses locally except forTestPrometheus.testPrintfTable, which also fails onmainunder LuaJIT and is unrelated to this change.Follow-up
apache/apisix#13981 schedules the reclamation from the APISIX privileged agent; once this lands and is released it can pass
auto_flush_expired = falseso the workers stop doing it as well.Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
auto_flush_expired.prometheus:flush_expired()for manually reclaiming expired entries and reporting the number removed.Documentation