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Introduce unchecked Collectors 

Fixes #47 . See there for more detailed discussion.

Signed-off-by: beorn7 <beorn@soundcloud.com>
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beorn7 2018-07-09 01:03:22 +02:00
parent d6a9817c4a
commit ad1b9f7754
4 changed files with 155 additions and 45 deletions
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39
prometheus/collector.go
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@ -29,24 +29,35 @@ type Collector interface {
// collected by this Collector to the provided channel and returns once
// the last descriptor has been sent. The sent descriptors fulfill the
// consistency and uniqueness requirements described in the Desc
// documentation. (It is valid if one and the same Collector sends
// duplicate descriptors. Those duplicates are simply ignored. However,
// two different Collectors must not send duplicate descriptors.) This
// method idempotently sends the same descriptors throughout the
// lifetime of the Collector. If a Collector encounters an error while
// executing this method, it must send an invalid descriptor (created
// with NewInvalidDesc) to signal the error to the registry.
// documentation.
//
// It is valid if one and the same Collector sends duplicate
// descriptors. Those duplicates are simply ignored. However, two
// different Collectors must not send duplicate descriptors.
//
// Sending no descriptor at all marks the Collector as “unchecked”,
// i.e. no checks will be performed at registration time, and the
// Collector may yield any Metric it sees fit in its Collect method.
//
// This method idempotently sends the same descriptors throughout the
// lifetime of the Collector.
//
// If a Collector encounters an error while executing this method, it
// must send an invalid descriptor (created with NewInvalidDesc) to
// signal the error to the registry.
Describe(chan<- *Desc)
// Collect is called by the Prometheus registry when collecting
// metrics. The implementation sends each collected metric via the
// provided channel and returns once the last metric has been sent. The
// descriptor of each sent metric is one of those returned by
// Describe. Returned metrics that share the same descriptor must differ
// in their variable label values. This method may be called
// concurrently and must therefore be implemented in a concurrency safe
// way. Blocking occurs at the expense of total performance of rendering
// all registered metrics. Ideally, Collector implementations support
// concurrent readers.
// descriptor of each sent metric is one of those returned by Describe
// (unless the Collector is unchecked, see above). Returned metrics that
// share the same descriptor must differ in their variable label
// values.
//
// This method may be called concurrently and must therefore be
// implemented in a concurrency safe way. Blocking occurs at the expense
// of total performance of rendering all registered metrics. Ideally,
// Collector implementations support concurrent readers.
Collect(chan<- Metric)
}

12
prometheus/doc.go
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@ -121,7 +121,17 @@
// NewConstSummary (and their respective Must… versions). That will happen in
// the Collect method. The Describe method has to return separate Desc
// instances, representative of the “throw-away” metrics to be created later.
// NewDesc comes in handy to create those Desc instances.
// NewDesc comes in handy to create those Desc instances. Alternatively, you
// could return no Desc at all, which will marke the Collector “unchecked”. No
// checks are porformed at registration time, but metric consistency will still
// be ensured at scrape time, i.e. any inconsistencies will lead to scrape
// errors. Thus, with unchecked Collectors, the responsibility to not collect
// metrics that lead to inconsistencies in the total scrape result lies with the
// implementer of the Collector. While this is not a desirable state, it is
// sometimes necessary. The typical use case is a situatios where the exact
// metrics to be returned by a Collector cannot be predicted at registration
// time, but the implementer has sufficient knowledge of the whole system to
// guarantee metric consistency.
//
// The Collector example illustrates the use case. You can also look at the
// source code of the processCollector (mirroring process metrics), the

112
prometheus/registry.go
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@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ package prometheus
import (
"bytes"
"errors"
"fmt"
"os"
"runtime"
@ -68,7 +67,8 @@ func NewRegistry() *Registry {
// NewPedanticRegistry returns a registry that checks during collection if each
// collected Metric is consistent with its reported Desc, and if the Desc has
// actually been registered with the registry.
// actually been registered with the registry. Unchecked Collectors (those whose
// Describe methed does not yield any descriptors) are excluded from the check.
//
// Usually, a Registry will be happy as long as the union of all collected
// Metrics is consistent and valid even if some metrics are not consistent with
@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ type Registerer interface {
// returned error is an instance of AlreadyRegisteredError, which
// contains the previously registered Collector.
//
// A Collector whose Describe method does not yield any Desc is treated
// as unchecked. Registration will always succeed. No check for
// re-registering (see previous paragraph) is performed. Thus, the
// caller is responsible for not double-registering the same unchecked
// Collector, and for providing a Collector that will not cause
// inconsistent metrics on collection. (This would lead to scrape
// errors.)
//
// It is in general not safe to register the same Collector multiple
// times concurrently.
Register(Collector) error
@ -108,7 +116,9 @@ type Registerer interface {
// Unregister unregisters the Collector that equals the Collector passed
// in as an argument. (Two Collectors are considered equal if their
// Describe method yields the same set of descriptors.) The function
// returns whether a Collector was unregistered.
// returns whether a Collector was unregistered. Note that an unchecked
// Collector cannot be unregistered (as its Describe method does not
// yield any descriptor).
//
// Note that even after unregistering, it will not be possible to
// register a new Collector that is inconsistent with the unregistered
@ -243,6 +253,7 @@ type Registry struct {
collectorsByID map[uint64]Collector // ID is a hash of the descIDs.
descIDs map[uint64]struct{}
dimHashesByName map[string]uint64
uncheckedCollectors []Collector
pedanticChecksEnabled bool
}
@ -300,9 +311,10 @@ func (r *Registry) Register(c Collector) error {
}
}
}
// Did anything happen at all?
// A Collector yielding no Desc at all is considered unchecked.
if len(newDescIDs) == 0 {
return errors.New("collector has no descriptors")
r.uncheckedCollectors = append(r.uncheckedCollectors, c)
return nil
}
if existing, exists := r.collectorsByID[collectorID]; exists {
return AlreadyRegisteredError{
@ -376,7 +388,8 @@ func (r *Registry) MustRegister(cs ...Collector) {
// Gather implements Gatherer.
func (r *Registry) Gather() ([]*dto.MetricFamily, error) {
var (
metricChan = make(chan Metric, capMetricChan)
checkedMetricChan = make(chan Metric, capMetricChan)
uncheckedMetricChan = make(chan Metric, capMetricChan)
metricHashes = map[uint64]struct{}{}
wg sync.WaitGroup
errs MultiError // The collected errors to return in the end.
@ -384,11 +397,15 @@ func (r *Registry) Gather() ([]*dto.MetricFamily, error) {
)
r.mtx.RLock()
goroutineBudget := len(r.collectorsByID)
goroutineBudget := len(r.collectorsByID) + len(r.uncheckedCollectors)
metricFamiliesByName := make(map[string]*dto.MetricFamily, len(r.dimHashesByName))
collectors := make(chan Collector, len(r.collectorsByID))
checkedCollectors := make(chan Collector, len(r.collectorsByID))
uncheckedCollectors := make(chan Collector, len(r.uncheckedCollectors))
for _, collector := range r.collectorsByID {
collectors <- collector
checkedCollectors <- collector
}
for _, collector := range r.uncheckedCollectors {
uncheckedCollectors <- collector
}
// In case pedantic checks are enabled, we have to copy the map before
// giving up the RLock.
@ -405,12 +422,14 @@ func (r *Registry) Gather() ([]*dto.MetricFamily, error) {
collectWorker := func() {
for {
select {
case collector := <-collectors:
collector.Collect(metricChan)
wg.Done()
case collector := <-checkedCollectors:
collector.Collect(checkedMetricChan)
case collector := <-uncheckedCollectors:
collector.Collect(uncheckedMetricChan)
default:
return
}
wg.Done()
}
}
@ -418,51 +437,94 @@ func (r *Registry) Gather() ([]*dto.MetricFamily, error) {
go collectWorker()
goroutineBudget--
// Close the metricChan once all collectors are collected.
// Close checkedMetricChan and uncheckedMetricChan once all collectors
// are collected.
go func() {
wg.Wait()
close(metricChan)
close(checkedMetricChan)
close(uncheckedMetricChan)
}()
// Drain metricChan in case of premature return.
// Drain checkedMetricChan and uncheckedMetricChan in case of premature return.
defer func() {
for range metricChan {
if checkedMetricChan != nil {
for range checkedMetricChan {
}
}
if uncheckedMetricChan != nil {
for range uncheckedMetricChan {
}
}
}()
collectLoop:
// Copy the channel references so we can nil them out later to remove
// them from the select statements below.
cmc := checkedMetricChan
umc := uncheckedMetricChan
for {
select {
case metric, ok := <-metricChan:
case metric, ok := <-cmc:
if !ok {
// metricChan is closed, we are done.
break collectLoop
cmc = nil
break
}
errs.Append(processMetric(
metric, metricFamiliesByName,
metricHashes,
registeredDescIDs,
))
case metric, ok := <-umc:
if !ok {
umc = nil
break
}
errs.Append(processMetric(
metric, metricFamiliesByName,
metricHashes,
nil,
))
default:
if goroutineBudget <= 0 || len(collectors) == 0 {
if goroutineBudget <= 0 || len(checkedCollectors)+len(uncheckedCollectors) == 0 {
// All collectors are already being worked on or
// we have already as many goroutines started as
// there are collectors. Just process metrics
// from now on.
for metric := range metricChan {
// there are collectors. Do the same as above,
// just without the default.
select {
case metric, ok := <-cmc:
if !ok {
cmc = nil
break
}
errs.Append(processMetric(
metric, metricFamiliesByName,
metricHashes,
registeredDescIDs,
))
case metric, ok := <-umc:
if !ok {
umc = nil
break
}
break collectLoop
errs.Append(processMetric(
metric, metricFamiliesByName,
metricHashes,
nil,
))
}
break
}
// Start more workers.
go collectWorker()
goroutineBudget--
runtime.Gosched()
}
// Once both checkedMetricChan and uncheckdMetricChan are closed
// and drained, the contraption above will nil out cmc and umc,
// and then we can leave the collect loop here.
if cmc == nil && umc == nil {
break
}
}
return normalizeMetricFamilies(metricFamiliesByName), errs.MaybeUnwrap()
}

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prometheus/registry_test.go
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@ -34,7 +34,22 @@ import (
"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
)
// uncheckedCollector wraps a Collector but its Describe method yields no Desc.
type uncheckedCollector struct {
c prometheus.Collector
}
func (u uncheckedCollector) Describe(_ chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {}
func (u uncheckedCollector) Collect(c chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
u.c.Collect(c)
}
func testHandler(t testing.TB) {
// TODO(beorn7): This test is a bit too "end-to-end". It tests quite a
// few moving parts that are not strongly coupled. They could/should be
// tested separately. However, the changes planned for v0.10 will
// require a major rework of this test anyway, at which time I will
// structure it in a better way.
metricVec := prometheus.NewCounterVec(
prometheus.CounterOpts{
@ -496,6 +511,18 @@ collected metric's label constname is not utf8: "\xff"
externalMetricFamilyWithInvalidLabelValue,
},
},
{ // 17
headers: map[string]string{
"Accept": "application/json",
},
out: output{
headers: map[string]string{
"Content-Type": `text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8`,
},
body: expectedMetricFamilyAsText,
},
collector: uncheckedCollector{metricVec},
},
}
for i, scenario := range scenarios {
registry := prometheus.NewPedanticRegistry()
@ -510,7 +537,7 @@ collected metric's label constname is not utf8: "\xff"
}
if scenario.collector != nil {
registry.Register(scenario.collector)
registry.MustRegister(scenario.collector)
}
writer := httptest.NewRecorder()
handler := prometheus.InstrumentHandler("prometheus", promhttp.HandlerFor(gatherer, promhttp.HandlerOpts{}))