path: root/src/bio.c

/* Background I/O service for Redis.
 *
 * This file implements operations that we need to perform in the background.
 * Currently there is only a single operation, that is a background close(2)
 * system call. This is needed as when the process is the last owner of a
 * reference to a file closing it means unlinking it, and the deletion of the
 * file is slow, blocking the server.
 *
 * In the future we'll either continue implementing new things we need or
 * we'll switch to libeio. However there are probably long term uses for this
 * file as we may want to put here Redis specific background tasks (for instance
 * it is not impossible that we'll need a non blocking FLUSHDB/FLUSHALL
 * implementation).
 *
 * DESIGN
 * ------
 *
 * The design is simple: We have a structure representing a job to perform,
 * and several worker threads and job queues. Every job type is assigned to
 * a specific worker thread, and a single worker may handle several different
 * job types.
 * Every thread waits for new jobs in its queue, and processes every job
 * sequentially.
 *
 * Jobs handled by the same worker are guaranteed to be processed from the
 * least-recently-inserted to the most-recently-inserted (older jobs processed
 * first).
 *
 * Currently there is no way for the creator of the job to be notified about
 * the completion of the operation, this will only be added when/if needed.
 *
 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2009-2012, Salvatore Sanfilippo <antirez at gmail dot com>
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
 *
 *   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
 *     this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 *   * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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 *   * Neither the name of Redis nor the names of its contributors may be used
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 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
 * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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 * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
 * LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
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 */


#include "server.h"
#include "bio.h"

static char* bio_worker_title[] = {
    "bio_close_file",
    "bio_aof",
    "bio_lazy_free",
};

#define BIO_WORKER_NUM (sizeof(bio_worker_title) / sizeof(*bio_worker_title))

static unsigned int bio_job_to_worker[] = {
    [BIO_CLOSE_FILE] = 0,
    [BIO_AOF_FSYNC] = 1,
    [BIO_CLOSE_AOF] = 1,
    [BIO_LAZY_FREE] = 2,
};

static pthread_t bio_threads[BIO_WORKER_NUM];
static pthread_mutex_t bio_mutex[BIO_WORKER_NUM];
static pthread_cond_t bio_newjob_cond[BIO_WORKER_NUM];
static list *bio_jobs[BIO_WORKER_NUM];
static unsigned long bio_jobs_counter[BIO_NUM_OPS] = {0};

/* This structure represents a background Job. It is only used locally to this
 * file as the API does not expose the internals at all. */
typedef union bio_job {
    struct {
        int type; /* Job-type tag. This needs to appear as the first element in all union members. */
    } header;

    /* Job specific arguments.*/
    struct {
        int type;
        int fd; /* Fd for file based background jobs */
        long long offset; /* A job-specific offset, if applicable */
        unsigned need_fsync:1; /* A flag to indicate that a fsync is required before
                                * the file is closed. */
        unsigned need_reclaim_cache:1; /* A flag to indicate that reclaim cache is required before
                                * the file is closed. */
    } fd_args;

    struct {
        int type;
        lazy_free_fn *free_fn; /* Function that will free the provided arguments */
        void *free_args[]; /* List of arguments to be passed to the free function */
    } free_args;
} bio_job;

void *bioProcessBackgroundJobs(void *arg);

/* Make sure we have enough stack to perform all the things we do in the
 * main thread. */
#define REDIS_THREAD_STACK_SIZE (1024*1024*4)

/* Initialize the background system, spawning the thread. */
void bioInit(void) {
    pthread_attr_t attr;
    pthread_t thread;
    size_t stacksize;
    unsigned long j;

    /* Initialization of state vars and objects */
    for (j = 0; j < BIO_WORKER_NUM; j++) {
        pthread_mutex_init(&bio_mutex[j],NULL);
        pthread_cond_init(&bio_newjob_cond[j],NULL);
        bio_jobs[j] = listCreate();
    }

    /* Set the stack size as by default it may be small in some system */
    pthread_attr_init(&attr);
    pthread_attr_getstacksize(&attr,&stacksize);
    if (!stacksize) stacksize = 1; /* The world is full of Solaris Fixes */
    while (stacksize < REDIS_THREAD_STACK_SIZE) stacksize *= 2;
    pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, stacksize);

    /* Ready to spawn our threads. We use the single argument the thread
     * function accepts in order to pass the job ID the thread is
     * responsible for. */
    for (j = 0; j < BIO_WORKER_NUM; j++) {
        void *arg = (void*)(unsigned long) j;
        if (pthread_create(&thread,&attr,bioProcessBackgroundJobs,arg) != 0) {
            serverLog(LL_WARNING, "Fatal: Can't initialize Background Jobs. Error message: %s", strerror(errno));
            exit(1);
        }
        bio_threads[j] = thread;
    }
}

void bioSubmitJob(int type, bio_job *job) {
    job->header.type = type;
    unsigned long worker = bio_job_to_worker[type];
    pthread_mutex_lock(&bio_mutex[worker]);
    listAddNodeTail(bio_jobs[worker],job);
    bio_jobs_counter[type]++;
    pthread_cond_signal(&bio_newjob_cond[worker]);
    pthread_mutex_unlock(&bio_mutex[worker]);
}

void bioCreateLazyFreeJob(lazy_free_fn free_fn, int arg_count, ...) {
    va_list valist;
    /* Allocate memory for the job structure and all required
     * arguments */
    bio_job *job = zmalloc(sizeof(*job) + sizeof(void *) * (arg_count));
    job->free_args.free_fn = free_fn;

    va_start(valist, arg_count);
    for (int i = 0; i < arg_count; i++) {
        job->free_args.free_args[i] = va_arg(valist, void *);
    }
    va_end(valist);
    bioSubmitJob(BIO_LAZY_FREE, job);
}

void bioCreateCloseJob(int fd, int need_fsync, int need_reclaim_cache) {
    bio_job *job = zmalloc(sizeof(*job));
    job->fd_args.fd = fd;
    job->fd_args.need_fsync = need_fsync;
    job->fd_args.need_reclaim_cache = need_reclaim_cache;

    bioSubmitJob(BIO_CLOSE_FILE, job);
}

void bioCreateCloseAofJob(int fd, long long offset, int need_reclaim_cache) {
    bio_job *job = zmalloc(sizeof(*job));
    job->fd_args.fd = fd;
    job->fd_args.offset = offset;
    job->fd_args.need_fsync = 1;
    job->fd_args.need_reclaim_cache = need_reclaim_cache;

    bioSubmitJob(BIO_CLOSE_AOF, job);
}

void bioCreateFsyncJob(int fd, long long offset, int need_reclaim_cache) {
    bio_job *job = zmalloc(sizeof(*job));
    job->fd_args.fd = fd;
    job->fd_args.offset = offset;
    job->fd_args.need_reclaim_cache = need_reclaim_cache;

    bioSubmitJob(BIO_AOF_FSYNC, job);
}

void *bioProcessBackgroundJobs(void *arg) {
    bio_job *job;
    unsigned long worker = (unsigned long) arg;
    sigset_t sigset;

    /* Check that the worker is within the right interval. */
    serverAssert(worker < BIO_WORKER_NUM);

    redis_set_thread_title(bio_worker_title[worker]);

    redisSetCpuAffinity(server.bio_cpulist);

    makeThreadKillable();

    pthread_mutex_lock(&bio_mutex[worker]);
    /* Block SIGALRM so we are sure that only the main thread will
     * receive the watchdog signal. */
    sigemptyset(&sigset);
    sigaddset(&sigset, SIGALRM);
    if (pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &sigset, NULL))
        serverLog(LL_WARNING,
            "Warning: can't mask SIGALRM in bio.c thread: %s", strerror(errno));

    while(1) {
        listNode *ln;

        /* The loop always starts with the lock hold. */
        if (listLength(bio_jobs[worker]) == 0) {
            pthread_cond_wait(&bio_newjob_cond[worker], &bio_mutex[worker]);
            continue;
        }
        /* Get the job from the queue. */
        ln = listFirst(bio_jobs[worker]);
        job = ln->value;
        /* It is now possible to unlock the background system as we know have
         * a stand alone job structure to process.*/
        pthread_mutex_unlock(&bio_mutex[worker]);

        /* Process the job accordingly to its type. */
        int job_type = job->header.type;

        if (job_type == BIO_CLOSE_FILE) {
            if (job->fd_args.need_fsync &&
                redis_fsync(job->fd_args.fd) == -1 &&
                errno != EBADF && errno != EINVAL)
            {
                serverLog(LL_WARNING, "Fail to fsync the AOF file: %s",strerror(errno));
            }
            if (job->fd_args.need_reclaim_cache) {
                if (reclaimFilePageCache(job->fd_args.fd, 0, 0) == -1) {
                    serverLog(LL_NOTICE,"Unable to reclaim page cache: %s", strerror(errno));
                }
            }
            close(job->fd_args.fd);
        } else if (job_type == BIO_AOF_FSYNC || job_type == BIO_CLOSE_AOF) {
            /* The fd may be closed by main thread and reused for another
             * socket, pipe, or file. We just ignore these errno because
             * aof fsync did not really fail. */
            if (redis_fsync(job->fd_args.fd) == -1 &&
                errno != EBADF && errno != EINVAL)
            {
                int last_status;
                atomicGet(server.aof_bio_fsync_status,last_status);
                atomicSet(server.aof_bio_fsync_status,C_ERR);
                atomicSet(server.aof_bio_fsync_errno,errno);
                if (last_status == C_OK) {
                    serverLog(LL_WARNING,
                        "Fail to fsync the AOF file: %s",strerror(errno));
                }
            } else {
                atomicSet(server.aof_bio_fsync_status,C_OK);
                atomicSet(server.fsynced_reploff_pending, job->fd_args.offset);
            }

            if (job->fd_args.need_reclaim_cache) {
                if (reclaimFilePageCache(job->fd_args.fd, 0, 0) == -1) {
                    serverLog(LL_NOTICE,"Unable to reclaim page cache: %s", strerror(errno));
                }
            }
            if (job_type == BIO_CLOSE_AOF)
                close(job->fd_args.fd);
        } else if (job_type == BIO_LAZY_FREE) {
            job->free_args.free_fn(job->free_args.free_args);
        } else {
            serverPanic("Wrong job type in bioProcessBackgroundJobs().");
        }
        zfree(job);

        /* Lock again before reiterating the loop, if there are no longer
         * jobs to process we'll block again in pthread_cond_wait(). */
        pthread_mutex_lock(&bio_mutex[worker]);
        listDelNode(bio_jobs[worker], ln);
        bio_jobs_counter[job_type]--;
        pthread_cond_signal(&bio_newjob_cond[worker]);
    }
}

/* Return the number of pending jobs of the specified type. */
unsigned long bioPendingJobsOfType(int type) {
    unsigned int worker = bio_job_to_worker[type];

    pthread_mutex_lock(&bio_mutex[worker]);
    unsigned long val = bio_jobs_counter[type];
    pthread_mutex_unlock(&bio_mutex[worker]);

    return val;
}

/* Wait for the job queue of the worker for jobs of specified type to become empty. */
void bioDrainWorker(int job_type) {
    unsigned long worker = bio_job_to_worker[job_type];

    pthread_mutex_lock(&bio_mutex[worker]);
    while (listLength(bio_jobs[worker]) > 0) {
        pthread_cond_wait(&bio_newjob_cond[worker], &bio_mutex[worker]);
    }
    pthread_mutex_unlock(&bio_mutex[worker]);
}

/* Kill the running bio threads in an unclean way. This function should be
 * used only when it's critical to stop the threads for some reason.
 * Currently Redis does this only on crash (for instance on SIGSEGV) in order
 * to perform a fast memory check without other threads messing with memory. */
void bioKillThreads(void) {
    int err;
    unsigned long j;

    for (j = 0; j < BIO_WORKER_NUM; j++) {
        if (bio_threads[j] == pthread_self()) continue;
        if (bio_threads[j] && pthread_cancel(bio_threads[j]) == 0) {
            if ((err = pthread_join(bio_threads[j],NULL)) != 0) {
                serverLog(LL_WARNING,
                    "Bio worker thread #%lu can not be joined: %s",
                        j, strerror(err));
            } else {
                serverLog(LL_WARNING,
                    "Bio worker thread #%lu terminated",j);
            }
        }
    }
}