Merge pull request #1314 from prometheus/beorn7/histogram

histogram: Enable detection of a native histogram without observations
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Bartlomiej Plotka 2023-07-26 13:53:11 +02:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -428,12 +428,12 @@ type HistogramOpts struct {
// a major version bump.
NativeHistogramBucketFactor float64
// All observations with an absolute value of less or equal
// NativeHistogramZeroThreshold are accumulated into a “zero”
// bucket. For best results, this should be close to a bucket
// boundary. This is usually the case if picking a power of two. If
// NativeHistogramZeroThreshold are accumulated into a “zero” bucket.
// For best results, this should be close to a bucket boundary. This is
// usually the case if picking a power of two. If
// NativeHistogramZeroThreshold is left at zero,
// DefNativeHistogramZeroThreshold is used as the threshold. To configure
// a zero bucket with an actual threshold of zero (i.e. only
// DefNativeHistogramZeroThreshold is used as the threshold. To
// configure a zero bucket with an actual threshold of zero (i.e. only
// observations of precisely zero will go into the zero bucket), set
// NativeHistogramZeroThreshold to the NativeHistogramZeroThresholdZero
// constant (or any negative float value).
@ -448,21 +448,26 @@ type HistogramOpts struct {
// external inputs, it is highly recommended to set a
// NativeHistogramMaxBucketNumber.) Once the set
// NativeHistogramMaxBucketNumber is exceeded, the following strategy is
// enacted: First, if the last reset (or the creation) of the histogram
// is at least NativeHistogramMinResetDuration ago, then the whole
// enacted:
// - First, if the last reset (or the creation) of the histogram is at
// least NativeHistogramMinResetDuration ago, then the whole
// histogram is reset to its initial state (including regular
// buckets). If less time has passed, or if
// NativeHistogramMinResetDuration is zero, no reset is
// performed. Instead, the zero threshold is increased sufficiently to
// reduce the number of buckets to or below
// buckets).
// - If less time has passed, or if NativeHistogramMinResetDuration is
// zero, no reset is performed. Instead, the zero threshold is
// increased sufficiently to reduce the number of buckets to or below
// NativeHistogramMaxBucketNumber, but not to more than
// NativeHistogramMaxZeroThreshold. Thus, if
// NativeHistogramMaxZeroThreshold is already at or below the current
// zero threshold, nothing happens at this step. After that, if the
// number of buckets still exceeds NativeHistogramMaxBucketNumber, the
// resolution of the histogram is reduced by doubling the width of the
// sparse buckets (up to a growth factor between one bucket to the next
// of 2^(2^4) = 65536, see above).
// zero threshold, nothing happens at this step.
// - After that, if the number of buckets still exceeds
// NativeHistogramMaxBucketNumber, the resolution of the histogram is
// reduced by doubling the width of the sparse buckets (up to a
// growth factor between one bucket to the next of 2^(2^4) = 65536,
// see above).
// - Any increased zero threshold or reduced resolution is reset back
// to their original values once NativeHistogramMinResetDuration has
// passed (since the last reset or the creation of the histogram).
NativeHistogramMaxBucketNumber uint32
NativeHistogramMinResetDuration time.Duration
NativeHistogramMaxZeroThreshold float64
@ -782,6 +787,16 @@ func (h *histogram) Write(out *dto.Metric) error {
his.ZeroCount = proto.Uint64(zeroBucket)
his.NegativeSpan, his.NegativeDelta = makeBuckets(&coldCounts.nativeHistogramBucketsNegative)
his.PositiveSpan, his.PositiveDelta = makeBuckets(&coldCounts.nativeHistogramBucketsPositive)
// Add a no-op span to a histogram without observations and with
// a zero threshold of zero. Otherwise, a native histogram would
// look like a classic histogram to scrapers.
if *his.ZeroThreshold == 0 && *his.ZeroCount == 0 && len(his.PositiveSpan) == 0 && len(his.NegativeSpan) == 0 {
his.PositiveSpan = []*dto.BucketSpan{{
Offset: proto.Int32(0),
Length: proto.Uint32(0),
}}
}
}
addAndResetCounts(hotCounts, coldCounts)
return nil
@ -854,13 +869,16 @@ func (h *histogram) limitBuckets(counts *histogramCounts, value float64, bucket
h.doubleBucketWidth(hotCounts, coldCounts)
}
// maybeReset resests the whole histogram if at least h.nativeHistogramMinResetDuration
// maybeReset resets the whole histogram if at least h.nativeHistogramMinResetDuration
// has been passed. It returns true if the histogram has been reset. The caller
// must have locked h.mtx.
func (h *histogram) maybeReset(hot, cold *histogramCounts, coldIdx uint64, value float64, bucket int) bool {
func (h *histogram) maybeReset(
hot, cold *histogramCounts, coldIdx uint64, value float64, bucket int,
) bool {
// We are using the possibly mocked h.now() rather than
// time.Since(h.lastResetTime) to enable testing.
if h.nativeHistogramMinResetDuration == 0 || h.now().Sub(h.lastResetTime) < h.nativeHistogramMinResetDuration {
if h.nativeHistogramMinResetDuration == 0 ||
h.now().Sub(h.lastResetTime) < h.nativeHistogramMinResetDuration {
return false
}
// Completely reset coldCounts.

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@ -485,6 +485,17 @@ func TestNativeHistogram(t *testing.T) {
factor: 1,
want: `sample_count:3 sample_sum:6 bucket:<cumulative_count:0 upper_bound:0.005 > bucket:<cumulative_count:0 upper_bound:0.01 > bucket:<cumulative_count:0 upper_bound:0.025 > bucket:<cumulative_count:0 upper_bound:0.05 > bucket:<cumulative_count:0 upper_bound:0.1 > bucket:<cumulative_count:0 upper_bound:0.25 > bucket:<cumulative_count:0 upper_bound:0.5 > bucket:<cumulative_count:1 upper_bound:1 > bucket:<cumulative_count:2 upper_bound:2.5 > bucket:<cumulative_count:3 upper_bound:5 > bucket:<cumulative_count:3 upper_bound:10 > `, // Has conventional buckets because there are no sparse buckets.
},
{
name: "no observations",
factor: 1.1,
want: `sample_count:0 sample_sum:0 schema:3 zero_threshold:2.938735877055719e-39 zero_count:0 `,
},
{
name: "no observations and zero threshold of zero resulting in no-op span",
factor: 1.1,
zeroThreshold: NativeHistogramZeroThresholdZero,
want: `sample_count:0 sample_sum:0 schema:3 zero_threshold:0 zero_count:0 positive_span:<offset:0 length:0 > `,
},
{
name: "factor 1.1 results in schema 3",
observations: []float64{0, 1, 2, 3},