Merge pull request #87 from prometheus/beorn7/fingerprint

Unify fingerprinting aka signature calculation.

model/metric.go

@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@
 package model
 
 import (
-	"encoding/binary"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"hash/fnv"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -66,37 +64,7 @@ func (m Metric) String() string {
 
 // Fingerprint returns a Metric's Fingerprint.
 func (m Metric) Fingerprint() Fingerprint {
-	labelNames := make([]string, 0, len(m))
+	return metricToFingerprint(m)
-	maxLength := 0
-
-	for labelName, labelValue := range m {
-		labelNames = append(labelNames, string(labelName))
-		if len(labelName) > maxLength {
-			maxLength = len(labelName)
-		}
-		if len(labelValue) > maxLength {
-			maxLength = len(labelValue)
-		}
-	}
-
-	sort.Strings(labelNames)
-
-	summer := fnv.New64a()
-	buf := make([]byte, maxLength)
-
-	for _, labelName := range labelNames {
-		labelValue := m[LabelName(labelName)]
-
-		copy(buf, labelName)
-		summer.Write(buf[:len(labelName)])
-
-		summer.Write(separator)
-
-		copy(buf, labelValue)
-		summer.Write(buf[:len(labelValue)])
-	}
-
-	return Fingerprint(binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(summer.Sum(nil)))
 }
 
 // Clone returns a copy of the Metric.

model/metric_test.go

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func testMetric(t testing.TB) {
 	}{
 		{
 			input:       Metric{},
-			fingerprint: 2676020557754725067,
+			fingerprint: 14695981039346656037,
 		},
 		{
 			input: Metric{
@@ -30,31 +30,27 @@ func testMetric(t testing.TB) {
 				"occupation":   "robot",
 				"manufacturer": "westinghouse",
 			},
-			fingerprint: 13260944541294022935,
+			fingerprint: 11310079640881077873,
 		},
 		{
 			input: Metric{
 				"x": "y",
 			},
-			fingerprint: 1470933794305433534,
+			fingerprint: 13948396922932177635,
 		},
-		// The following two demonstrate a bug in fingerprinting. They
-		// should not have the same fingerprint with a sane
-		// fingerprinting function. See
-		// https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/issues/74 .
 		{
 			input: Metric{
 				"a": "bb",
 				"b": "c",
 			},
-			fingerprint: 3734646176939799877,
+			fingerprint: 3198632812309449502,
 		},
 		{
 			input: Metric{
 				"a":  "b",
 				"bb": "c",
 			},
-			fingerprint: 3734646176939799877,
+			fingerprint: 5774953389407657638,
 		},
 	}
 

model/signature.go

@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ func LabelsToSignature(labels map[string]string) uint64 {
 	hb := getHashAndBuf()
 	defer putHashAndBuf(hb)
 
-	for k, v := range labels {
+	for labelName, labelValue := range labels {
-		hb.b.WriteString(k)
+		hb.b.WriteString(labelName)
 		hb.b.WriteByte(SeparatorByte)
-		hb.b.WriteString(v)
+		hb.b.WriteString(labelValue)
 		hb.h.Write(hb.b.Bytes())
 		result ^= hb.h.Sum64()
 		hb.h.Reset()
@@ -75,10 +75,34 @@ func LabelsToSignature(labels map[string]string) uint64 {
 	return result
 }
 
-// LabelValuesToSignature returns a unique signature (i.e., fingerprint) for the
+// metricToFingerprint works exactly as LabelsToSignature but takes a Metric as
-// values of a given label set.
+// parameter (rather than a label map) and returns a Fingerprint.
-func LabelValuesToSignature(labels map[string]string) uint64 {
+func metricToFingerprint(m Metric) Fingerprint {
-	if len(labels) == 0 {
+	if len(m) == 0 {
+		return Fingerprint(emptyLabelSignature)
+	}
+
+	var result uint64
+	hb := getHashAndBuf()
+	defer putHashAndBuf(hb)
+
+	for labelName, labelValue := range m {
+		hb.b.WriteString(string(labelName))
+		hb.b.WriteByte(SeparatorByte)
+		hb.b.WriteString(string(labelValue))
+		hb.h.Write(hb.b.Bytes())
+		result ^= hb.h.Sum64()
+		hb.h.Reset()
+		hb.b.Reset()
+	}
+	return Fingerprint(result)
+}
+
+// SignatureForLabels works like LabelsToSignature but takes a Metric as
+// parameter (rather than a label map) and only includes the labels with the
+// specified LabelNames into the signature calculation.
+func SignatureForLabels(m Metric, labels LabelNames) uint64 {
+	if len(m) == 0 || len(labels) == 0 {
 		return emptyLabelSignature
 	}
 
@@ -86,8 +110,10 @@ func LabelValuesToSignature(labels map[string]string) uint64 {
 	hb := getHashAndBuf()
 	defer putHashAndBuf(hb)
 
-	for _, v := range labels {
+	for _, label := range labels {
-		hb.b.WriteString(v)
+		hb.b.WriteString(string(label))
+		hb.b.WriteByte(SeparatorByte)
+		hb.b.WriteString(string(m[label]))
 		hb.h.Write(hb.b.Bytes())
 		result ^= hb.h.Sum64()
 		hb.h.Reset()
@@ -95,3 +121,33 @@ func LabelValuesToSignature(labels map[string]string) uint64 {
 	}
 	return result
 }
+
+// SignatureWithoutLabels works like LabelsToSignature but takes a Metric as
+// parameter (rather than a label map) and excludes the labels with any of the
+// specified LabelNames from the signature calculation.
+func SignatureWithoutLabels(m Metric, labels map[LabelName]struct{}) uint64 {
+	if len(m) == 0 {
+		return emptyLabelSignature
+	}
+
+	var result uint64
+	hb := getHashAndBuf()
+	defer putHashAndBuf(hb)
+
+	for labelName, labelValue := range m {
+		if _, exclude := labels[labelName]; exclude {
+			continue
+		}
+		hb.b.WriteString(string(labelName))
+		hb.b.WriteByte(SeparatorByte)
+		hb.b.WriteString(string(labelValue))
+		hb.h.Write(hb.b.Bytes())
+		result ^= hb.h.Sum64()
+		hb.h.Reset()
+		hb.b.Reset()
+	}
+	if result == 0 {
+		return emptyLabelSignature
+	}
+	return result
+}

model/signature_test.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-func testLabelsToSignature(t testing.TB) {
+func TestLabelsToSignature(t *testing.T) {
 	var scenarios = []struct {
 		in  map[string]string
 		out uint64
@@ -42,57 +42,112 @@ func testLabelsToSignature(t testing.TB) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestLabelToSignature(t *testing.T) {
+func TestMetricToFingerprint(t *testing.T) {
-	testLabelsToSignature(t)
+	var scenarios = []struct {
+		in  Metric
+		out Fingerprint
+	}{
+		{
+			in:  Metric{},
+			out: 14695981039346656037,
+		},
+		{
+			in:  Metric{"name": "garland, briggs", "fear": "love is not enough"},
+			out: 12952432476264840823,
+		},
 	}
 
-func TestEmptyLabelSignature(t *testing.T) {
+	for i, scenario := range scenarios {
-	input := []map[string]string{nil, {}}
+		actual := metricToFingerprint(scenario.in)
 
-	var ms runtime.MemStats
+		if actual != scenario.out {
-	runtime.ReadMemStats(&ms)
+			t.Errorf("%d. expected %d, got %d", i, scenario.out, actual)
-
-	alloc := ms.Alloc
-
-	for _, labels := range input {
-		LabelsToSignature(labels)
-	}
-
-	runtime.ReadMemStats(&ms)
-
-	if got := ms.Alloc; alloc != got {
-		t.Fatal("expected LabelsToSignature with empty labels not to perform allocations")
-	}
-}
-
-func BenchmarkLabelToSignature(b *testing.B) {
-	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		testLabelsToSignature(b)
-	}
-}
-
-func benchmarkLabelValuesToSignature(b *testing.B, l map[string]string, e uint64) {
-	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		if a := LabelValuesToSignature(l); a != e {
-			b.Fatalf("expected signature of %d for %s, got %d", e, l, a)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-func BenchmarkLabelValuesToSignatureScalar(b *testing.B) {
+func TestSignatureForLabels(t *testing.T) {
-	benchmarkLabelValuesToSignature(b, nil, 14695981039346656037)
+	var scenarios = []struct {
+		in     Metric
+		labels LabelNames
+		out    uint64
+	}{
+		{
+			in:     Metric{},
+			labels: nil,
+			out:    14695981039346656037,
+		},
+		{
+			in:     Metric{"name": "garland, briggs", "fear": "love is not enough"},
+			labels: LabelNames{"fear", "name"},
+			out:    12952432476264840823,
+		},
+		{
+			in:     Metric{"name": "garland, briggs", "fear": "love is not enough", "foo": "bar"},
+			labels: LabelNames{"fear", "name"},
+			out:    12952432476264840823,
+		},
+		{
+			in:     Metric{"name": "garland, briggs", "fear": "love is not enough"},
+			labels: LabelNames{},
+			out:    14695981039346656037,
+		},
+		{
+			in:     Metric{"name": "garland, briggs", "fear": "love is not enough"},
+			labels: nil,
+			out:    14695981039346656037,
+		},
 	}
 
-func BenchmarkLabelValuesToSignatureSingle(b *testing.B) {
+	for i, scenario := range scenarios {
-	benchmarkLabelValuesToSignature(b, map[string]string{"first-label": "first-label-value"}, 2653746141194979650)
+		actual := SignatureForLabels(scenario.in, scenario.labels)
+
+		if actual != scenario.out {
+			t.Errorf("%d. expected %d, got %d", i, scenario.out, actual)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
-func BenchmarkLabelValuesToSignatureDouble(b *testing.B) {
+func TestSignatureWithoutLabels(t *testing.T) {
-	benchmarkLabelValuesToSignature(b, map[string]string{"first-label": "first-label-value", "second-label": "second-label-value"}, 8893559499616767364)
+	var scenarios = []struct {
+		in     Metric
+		labels map[LabelName]struct{}
+		out    uint64
+	}{
+		{
+			in:     Metric{},
+			labels: nil,
+			out:    14695981039346656037,
+		},
+		{
+			in:     Metric{"name": "garland, briggs", "fear": "love is not enough"},
+			labels: map[LabelName]struct{}{"fear": struct{}{}, "name": struct{}{}},
+			out:    14695981039346656037,
+		},
+		{
+			in:     Metric{"name": "garland, briggs", "fear": "love is not enough", "foo": "bar"},
+			labels: map[LabelName]struct{}{"foo": struct{}{}},
+			out:    12952432476264840823,
+		},
+		{
+			in:     Metric{"name": "garland, briggs", "fear": "love is not enough"},
+			labels: map[LabelName]struct{}{},
+			out:    12952432476264840823,
+		},
+		{
+			in:     Metric{"name": "garland, briggs", "fear": "love is not enough"},
+			labels: nil,
+			out:    12952432476264840823,
+		},
 	}
 
-func BenchmarkLabelValuesToSignatureTriple(b *testing.B) {
+	for i, scenario := range scenarios {
-	benchmarkLabelValuesToSignature(b, map[string]string{"first-label": "first-label-value", "second-label": "second-label-value", "third-label": "third-label-value"}, 1685970066862087833)
+		actual := SignatureWithoutLabels(scenario.in, scenario.labels)
+
+		if actual != scenario.out {
+			t.Errorf("%d. expected %d, got %d", i, scenario.out, actual)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func benchmarkLabelToSignature(b *testing.B, l map[string]string, e uint64) {
@@ -118,3 +173,46 @@ func BenchmarkLabelToSignatureDouble(b *testing.B) {
 func BenchmarkLabelToSignatureTriple(b *testing.B) {
 	benchmarkLabelToSignature(b, map[string]string{"first-label": "first-label-value", "second-label": "second-label-value", "third-label": "third-label-value"}, 15738406913934009676)
 }
+
+func benchmarkMetricToFingerprint(b *testing.B, m Metric, e Fingerprint) {
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		if a := metricToFingerprint(m); a != e {
+			b.Fatalf("expected signature of %d for %s, got %d", e, m, a)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkMetricToFingerprintScalar(b *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkMetricToFingerprint(b, nil, 14695981039346656037)
+}
+
+func BenchmarkMetricToFingerprintSingle(b *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkMetricToFingerprint(b, Metric{"first-label": "first-label-value"}, 5147259542624943964)
+}
+
+func BenchmarkMetricToFingerprintDouble(b *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkMetricToFingerprint(b, Metric{"first-label": "first-label-value", "second-label": "second-label-value"}, 18269973311206963528)
+}
+
+func BenchmarkMetricToFingerprintTriple(b *testing.B) {
+	benchmarkMetricToFingerprint(b, Metric{"first-label": "first-label-value", "second-label": "second-label-value", "third-label": "third-label-value"}, 15738406913934009676)
+}
+
+func TestEmptyLabelSignature(t *testing.T) {
+	input := []map[string]string{nil, {}}
+
+	var ms runtime.MemStats
+	runtime.ReadMemStats(&ms)
+
+	alloc := ms.Alloc
+
+	for _, labels := range input {
+		LabelsToSignature(labels)
+	}
+
+	runtime.ReadMemStats(&ms)
+
+	if got := ms.Alloc; alloc != got {
+		t.Fatal("expected LabelsToSignature with empty labels not to perform allocations")
+	}
+}

model/timestamp.go

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ func (t Timestamp) String() string {
 	return strconv.FormatFloat(float64(t)/float64(second), 'f', -1, 64)
 }
 
+// MarshalJSON implements the json.Marshaler interface.
 func (t Timestamp) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return []byte(t.String()), nil
 }