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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughModule global defragmentation now uses persistent cursors, per-cycle completion state, deadline-bounded execution, round-robin scheduling, and callback step limits. Tests cover cursor resumption, repeated processing in later cycles, busy-module scheduling, and cursor discard after an aborted cycle. ChangesModule global defragmentation
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to This PR enables deadline-aware, resumable global module defragmentation, but the current implementation can skip later modules at a deadline boundary or keep the defragmentation stage active indefinitely if a callback never clears its cursor; the accompanying tests also have cleanup and timing fragility. These bounded but concrete issues should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge. Suggested reviewers: Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
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DefragStage->>moduleDefragGlobals: pass stage deadline
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In `@src/module.c`:
- Around line 14397-14408: Update the module defragmentation iteration around
dictNext and defrag_cursor to persist a scheduling position across invocations,
resuming after the last processed module instead of restarting at the first
module. Ensure the position advances even when a module retains non-zero work
and consumes endtime, while preserving completion tracking and wrapping or
resetting the position when all modules have been considered so later callbacks
are not starved.
- Around line 14370-14411: Add a C++ GoogleTest under src/unit covering
moduleDefragGlobals and moduleDefragGlobalsStart: verify nonzero defrag_cursor
state resumes across bounded calls, completed modules are reset and invoked on a
new cycle, and a later module makes progress when an earlier module retains
work. Use test callbacks and the existing module registration/setup APIs without
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Global module defrag callbacks (registered via ValkeyModule_RegisterDefragFunc) were invoked with endtime=0 and cursor=NULL, so VM_DefragShouldStop() always returned false and VM_DefragCursorSet/Get() could not be used. Modules with large global state (e.g. valkey-search) therefore could not participate in active defrag without blocking the main thread. - moduleDefragGlobals() now takes the cycle endtime and forwards it, plus a per-module persistent cursor, to each callback's ctx. - The defragModuleGlobals stage returns DEFRAG_NOT_DONE when time runs out so the stage resumes next cycle from each module's saved cursor. Signed-off-by: Aksha Thakkar <thaakb@amazon.com>
When the global defrag stage hits its deadline mid-iteration it now re-runs next cycle, resuming from the modules not yet finished instead of restarting from the top of the module dict. moduleDefragGlobals returns whether any module still has work, derived from the per-module cursor: defrag.c's universal convention is that a scanner leaving its cursor non-zero wants to be called again, and a cursor of 0 means done (moduleLateDefrag, scanLaterList, every kvstore scan use this). A module offloading defrag to its own threads keeps the cursor non-zero while that work is outstanding, so no separate status channel is needed. A per-module defrag_done_this_cycle flag (on the module struct, so it disappears safely if the module is unloaded between invocations) skips modules already finished this cycle; moduleDefragGlobalsStart() clears the flags at stage init (endtime==0). Signed-off-by: Aksha Thakkar <thaakb@amazon.com> Signed-off-by: AkshaThakkar1812 <akshathakkar@gmail.com>
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The existing defragtest global callback (defragGlobalStrings) ignored endtime and the cursor, so the 'global defrag works' test passed regardless of whether the callback received a working context. Extend it to use the API the same way the per-key path does: read the cursor on entry, stop after a configurable step limit saving progress via DefragCursorSet, and reset the cursor to 0 when done. Add a 'global defrag resumes via cursor' test asserting global_resumes > 0 (the callback was re-invoked and resumed) and global_wrong_cursor == 0 (the per-module cursor round-tripped correctly). The step limit makes resumes deterministic rather than dependent on the wall-clock deadline firing mid-scan. Signed-off-by: AkshaThakkar1812 <akshathakkar@gmail.com>
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Two review follow-ups on the global module defrag path: - Fairness: moduleDefragGlobals restarted at the first module every call, so a module that kept a non-zero cursor and consumed the deadline could starve the modules after it. Track a start index (defrag_module_start_idx) and resume from the module after the one we stopped on. The index is reset each cycle in moduleDefragGlobalsStart. - Docs: VM_RegisterDefragFunc, VM_DefragShouldStop and VM_DefragCursorSet/Get described only the per-key late-defrag path and stated the global callback gets no cursor (VALKEYMODULE_ERR). That is no longer true. Document that the global callback receives a deadline and a persistent cursor, and that it must store a cursor of 0 on completion or it will keep being invoked. Signed-off-by: AkshaThakkar1812 <akshathakkar@gmail.com>
Add a src/unit GoogleTest for moduleDefragGlobals/moduleDefragGlobalsStart, driving the scheduler directly with fake modules: cursor is forwarded and usable, a non-zero cursor resumes and zero completes, done flags reset on a new cycle, and a busy module that consumes the deadline does not starve later ones. Signed-off-by: AkshaThakkar1812 <akshathakkar@gmail.com>
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15112-15114: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winReturn pending work when the deadline leaves modules unvisited.
At Line 15112, a callback can reach the deadline after it sets its cursor to zero.
more_workthen remains zero, and Lines 15112-15114 break before later unfinished modules run. The function returns0although work remains in the cycle.Set
more_workwhen the deadline leaves unvisited modules, or scan the remaining eligible modules before returning.Proposed fix
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In `@src/unit/test_module_defrag.cpp`:
- Around line 76-93: Update the test fixture’s SetUp and TearDown methods to
save the original getMonotonicUs pointer after monotonicInit() and restore it
during teardown, while preserving the existing module cleanup.
- Around line 63-65: Replace the templated trampoline callbacks around
trampoline and their call sites with explicit non-template callback functions
for each required state index, and replace all auto declarations in the affected
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- Around line 15112-15114: Update the module defragmentation loop around the
mt->defrag callback so more_work remains nonzero when the deadline is reached
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| static CbState *g_states[8]; | ||
| template <int N> static void trampoline(ValkeyModuleDefragCtx *ctx) { | ||
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Remove constructs prohibited in src/unit/.
Lines 64, 83, and 97 use a template and auto. Replace the template trampolines with explicit callback functions. Use explicit pointer and index declarations.
As per coding guidelines, “Write unit tests in minimal C++ using fixed-size C arrays, sds, qsort, and explicit types; do not use STL containers, STL algorithms, auto, lambdas, templates, or RAII.”
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In `@src/unit/test_module_defrag.cpp` around lines 63 - 65, Replace the templated
trampoline callbacks around trampoline and their call sites with explicit
non-template callback functions for each required state index, and replace all
auto declarations in the affected unit-test code with explicit pointer and index
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| void SetUp() override { | ||
| memset(&server, 0, sizeof(valkeyServer)); | ||
| monotonicInit(); | ||
| getMonotonicUs = fakeMonotonicUs; | ||
| fake_now_us = 1000; | ||
| saved_modules = modules; | ||
| modules = listCreate(); | ||
| for (auto &s : g_states) s = nullptr; | ||
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| listIter li; | ||
| listNode *ln; | ||
| listRewind(modules, &li); | ||
| while ((ln = listNext(&li)) != nullptr) zfree(listNodeValue(ln)); | ||
| listRelease(modules); | ||
| modules = saved_modules; | ||
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Restore getMonotonicUs in TearDown().
Line 79 replaces the process-global clock hook. Lines 86-93 do not restore it. Tests that run after this fixture can use the non-advancing fake clock and fail on time-dependent behavior.
Save the original function pointer after monotonicInit(). Restore it in TearDown().
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In `@src/unit/test_module_defrag.cpp` around lines 76 - 93, Update the test
fixture’s SetUp and TearDown methods to save the original getMonotonicUs pointer
after monotonicInit() and restore it during teardown, while preserving the
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…of a gtest A src/unit GoogleTest cannot include module.h: it has a `list *using;` member, and `using` is a reserved word in C++, so the header does not compile in the C++ unit-test build. Drop the gtest and cover the behavior in the existing defrag module-API integration test, which is how core already tests module defrag. defragtest.c's global callback now uses the forwarded deadline and cursor (stopping after a step limit, resuming from the saved cursor, resetting it to 0 when done). defrag.tcl asserts the callback resumes across invocations (global_resumes > 0, global_wrong_cursor == 0) and that a finished module is revisited on later cycles (global_attempts exceeds a single full pass). Signed-off-by: AkshaThakkar1812 <akshathakkar@gmail.com>
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55-57: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winReplace fixed waits with bounded polling.
Lines 55 and 69 assume that active defragmentation reaches the required progress within exactly two or three seconds. Scheduler timing and CI load can delay callbacks, causing correct implementations to fail before
global_resumes > 0orglobal_attempts > 10000is reached.Poll each counter until the expected threshold is reached, with a bounded timeout and a diagnostic failure.
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51-58: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy liftSeparate deadline coverage from step-limit coverage.
Because Line 6 sets
global_maxstepto100, the callback can save a nonzero cursor after 100 items even ifValkeyModule_DefragShouldStop(ctx)always returns false. Lines 57-58 therefore verify cursor resumption and cursor integrity, but notendtimepropagation as stated in Line 54.Add a module-test counter or mode that records a deadline-triggered stop. Otherwise, update Line 54 to describe only cursor and step-limit behavior.
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In `@tests/unit/moduleapi/defrag.tcl`:
- Around line 55-57: Replace the fixed after delays in the defragtest_stats
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In `@tests/unit/moduleapi/defrag.tcl`:
- Around line 51-58: Separate deadline behavior from step-limit coverage in the
defrag test: add a module-test counter or mode that records when
ValkeyModule_DefragShouldStop(ctx) stops due to the propagated deadline, and
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Add defragglobalbusy, a second test module whose global defrag callback consumes the whole deadline every call and never finishes (always leaves a non-zero cursor). Loaded ahead of defragtest, it would monopolize the stage if iteration restarted at the head each time. A new defrag.tcl test asserts both modules make progress (busy_calls > 0 and defragtest global_attempts > 0), covering the round-robin scheduling that keeps the busy module from starving the others. Signed-off-by: AkshaThakkar1812 <akshathakkar@gmail.com>
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| * queued on its own threads) or we ran out of time. Modules already done this cycle are | ||
| * skipped on the next call, so we resume with the remaining ones. */ | ||
| int more_work = moduleDefragGlobals(endtime); | ||
| if (more_work || getMonotonicUs() >= endtime) return DEFRAG_NOT_DONE; |
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A module that never finishes stops all active defrag, not just its own stage. defragModuleGlobals is the last stage added in beginDefragCycle (src/defrag.c:1232). If a module keeps its cursor non-zero, more_work stays 1. The stage then never returns DEFRAG_DONE, defrag.current_stage is never freed, haveMoreWork stays true in activeDefragTimeProc (src/defrag.c:1168), and endDefragCycle(true) is never called. The effects last for the whole life of the process:
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defragStageDbKeys, expires,keys_with_volatile_items, pubsub, Lua) run only once and never again, because a new cycle never starts. So the feature this PR extends stops doing its main job. server.active_defrag_cpu_percentis never reset to 0 (src/defrag.c:1035). Defrag keeps using up toactive-defrag-cycle-maxof the main thread, even after fragmentation is gone.stat_last_active_defrag_timeis never added tostat_total_active_defrag_time,active_defrag_runningnever goes back to 0 inINFO, and the"Active defrag done in %dms"log line never appears. So an operator gets no signal that something is wrong.
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You're right, I had earlier documented that modules would need to uphold the contract to make sure the cursor is returns to zero after some time , but i agree there should be a fallback to terminate the cycle, so that it doesn't keep on running indefinitely .
One addition that makes it slightly worse than described: the pinned CPU can't self-correct either. updateDefragCpuPercent() only ever raises the percentage during a running cycle
if (cpu_pct > server.active_defrag_cpu_percent || server.active_defrag_configuration_changed) {
— and 0 is written only in endDefragCycle. So a stuck cycle latches at its high-water mark and stays there even after fragmentation is gone.
Possible options:
- (a) Cap re-entries per module per derfrag cycle (e.g. after N invocations, report DEFRAG_DONE and log). Minimal diff, keeps the current design. My problem with it is that I can't derive N from anything: the stage is re-entered both within a tick (the driver's do/while) and across ticks, so a count maps to neither a time nor a work bound. Any value I pick is unfalsifiable.
- (b) One visit per module per cycle — the stage reports done once every module has had a turn, so completion never depends on module cooperation. No constant, guarantee is structural. But it's bad for the case where the module holds most of the fragmentation: each slice then costs a full keyspace scan, so on a large keyspace the module makes almost no progress.
- (c) Bound the stage by time, derived from the cycle itself — let it hold the cycle open for as long as all earlier stages took, using defrag.start_cycle. Withdrawn: defrag.start_cycle is wall time, and a cycle spends most of its wall time in the duty cycle's rest periods, so at 10% CPU it reads ~10x the work actually done and the bound ends up far looser than intended. Measured properly (charging only time spent inside the stage) it collapses into (f) with a derived rather than configured limit. The axis is wrong regardless: it scales with keyspace size rather than with where the fragmentation is — a huge keyspace with a small module index gets an allowance it doesn't need, while a small keyspace with a heavily fragmented index gets almost none.
- (d) Cursor must advance — Core remembers the cursor it saw last time. If a module hands back the same non-zero value on consecutive invocations, it isn't progressing → mark it done for this cycle, log it. The problem with this is since module e.g. valkey-search has complex structures , for search indexes first version of defrag implementation would involve reingesting the same items in the index again, local tests show this reallocates the items finding vacant spaces in fragmented slabs, reducing defragmentation caused. For this we may have to schedule those mutations and hand them off to background threads and might leave the cursor in a steady state for some time , while those mutations are queued.
- (e) Give module global defrag its own scheduling — Instead of blocking this cycle . share the active defrag cpu budget and allow modules' to manage a spearate defrag cycle. This is out of scope for this PR and probably an overkill since even though it unblocks the main defrag cycle, we now have another cycle to manage and terminating it is still a question.
- (f) An explicit config for the module stage's per-cycle budget — An explicit config for the module stage's per-cycle budget — active-defrag-module-cycle-us: the maximum microseconds of defrag work spent on module global data per cycle. A sibling of the existing active-defrag-cycle-us (same units, same suffix). Measured by timing only the module stage itself, so the duty cycle's rest periods aren't charged against it:
const monotime t0 = getMonotonicUs();
int more_work = moduleDefragGlobals(endtime);
defrag_module_us_this_cycle += getMonotonicUs() - t0;
if (!more_work) return DEFRAG_DONE;
if (defrag_module_us_this_cycle >= server.active_defrag_module_cycle_us) return DEFRAG_DONE;
return DEFRAG_NOT_DONE;
this adds no CPU and is not a subdivision of active-defrag-cycle-max (which is a percentage, not a duration). Total defrag CPU stays bounded by active-defrag-cycle-min/-max; this only partitions that effort between keyspace and module memory, which is what makes it safe to raise on a workload whose fragmentation lives in a module. Setting it to 0 yields option (b)'s behaviour, and there's deliberately no "unlimited" value so the hang can't be opted back into. Precedent for this shape of knob exists in the same family: active-defrag-max-scan-fields bounds how much work a single item gets before defrag defers it.
I think (f) would be a good solution . Any thoughts @eifrah-aws ?
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You're saying that if a module misbehaves, that can cause issues. And right-you-are, in so many ways.
There's no need to protect the engine from bad module behavior, because the modules are trusted. If the modules aren't trusted, there are bigger issues.
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Ack. I have documented in the comments that modules need to follow this contract. I assume that should be enough for now . and rest of the code to handle above failure mode should be respective modules' responsibility
| /* Called at stage init (endtime==0) to start a new global defrag pass. Clears each module's | ||
| * done flag so every module is visited again, and resets the round-robin start position. Cursors | ||
| * are not touched here: a module owns its cursor and may carry progress across cycles. */ | ||
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The module cursor is never reset, unlike every other defrag cursor.
endDefragCycle sets defrag_later_cursor = 0 (src/defrag.c:1025) so that an aborted cycle does not leave a stale cursor behind. moduleDefragGlobalsStart does not do the same for module->defrag_cursor. A cycle can end abnormally: endDefragCycle(false) runs on activedefrag no, or when a fork starts. That leaves a module in the middle of a scan with a non-zero cursor. The next cycle clears defrag_done_this_cycle, but gives the module back a cursor that may point into global state that was rebuilt in the meantime. Note also that the reason given in the comment ("a module owns its cursor and may carry progress across cycles") cannot happen on a normal cycle end, because the stage only reports DEFRAG_DONE when every cursor is 0. So the only path where a cursor survives a cycle boundary is the abort path — the one case where it is stale. I suggest clearing module->defrag_cursor = 0 in moduleDefragGlobalsStart() next to the done flag. If carrying the cursor across cycles is intended, then VM_DefragCursorSet should say that a module must handle a cursor saved before an aborted cycle.
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Without a callback on abort, the cursor is of little use. IMO, we either need to make the cursor be a first-class object (with an implied destructor) OR remove the cursor entirely and make the module itself keep track of that state in a global, i.e., just have the defrag return MORE or DONE.
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Making the cursor a first-class object sounds like a good approach to me (I'd vote against global state tracking)
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Pushed 1504133 — made the cursor a first-class object over module-global state tracking.
module->defrag_cursor is now a moduleDefragCursor * that the server allocates on the first visit to a module in a cycle and frees on three edges: the callback reports completion, the cycle terminates abnormally, or the module is unloaded. That free is the implied destructor.
typedef struct moduleDefragCursor {
unsigned long position; /* Where the callback stopped. Zero means done for this cycle. */
} moduleDefragCursor;
if (!module->defrag_cursor) module->defrag_cursor = moduleDefragCursorCreate();
ValkeyModuleDefragCtx defrag_ctx = {endtime, &module->defrag_cursor->position, NULL, -1};
Deliberately, the module-visible API does not change at all. The context points at the position inside the cursor, so VM_DefragCursorSet()/VM_DefragCursorGet() behave exactly as before.
Does this look right to you both? Happy to iterate if the shape isn't what you had in mind.
moduleDefragGlobals() indexed the module list with listIndex() on every step, which is O(n) inside an O(n) loop. Walk the list with a list iterator instead: two sequential passes cover the modules round-robin, the first handling [start_idx, count) and the second the wrapped remainder. Same visiting order, O(n) traversal, and the intent is clearer than the modular arithmetic was. Also note on the start index why it is an index rather than a cached listNode: a module can be unloaded between invocations. Signed-off-by: AkshaThakkar1812 <akshathakkar@gmail.com>
A module's defrag cursor was never reset, unlike defrag_later_cursor which endDefragCycle() clears precisely so an aborted cycle leaves no stale state behind. The comment on moduleDefragGlobalsStart() justified this with "a module owns its cursor and may carry progress across cycles", which is wrong: the stage only reports DEFRAG_DONE once no module has work left, so on a normal cycle end every cursor is already 0. The only way a non-zero cursor reached the next cycle was endDefragCycle(false) - CONFIG SET activedefrag no - which is exactly the case where the saved position is stale. A module could then resume at an offset into state that had been rebuilt in the meantime, silently skipping work rather than failing. Clear the cursors on abnormal termination, beside defrag_later_cursor, and correct the comment to state what the code actually guarantees. Note this does not cover everything: FLUSHDB and SWAPDB do not end the cycle (the kvstore helper just completes that stage on kvs != state.kvs), so a module can still be handed a cursor that predates a flush within the same cycle. Only the module can detect that, so document on VM_DefragCursorSet that a stored cursor may be discarded or outlive a flush and must be validated rather than trusted. defragglobalbusy gains a busy_fresh_starts counter, incremented only when the callback observes a zero cursor. Since that module stores a non-zero cursor every call and never finishes, the counter rising after an abort is direct evidence the cursor was discarded; the new test fails without the fix. Signed-off-by: AkshaThakkar1812 <akshathakkar@gmail.com>
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In `@tests/unit/moduleapi/defrag.tcl`:
- Around line 117-119: Update the abnormal-termination setup around
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observable stopped state before re-enabling it. Keep activedefrag disabled until
activeDefragTimeProc() has completed the abort, then set the configuration back
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| # Abnormal termination: this is the endDefragCycle(false) path. | ||
| r config set activedefrag no | ||
| r config set activedefrag yes |
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Wait for the abort before re-enabling active defragmentation.
CONFIG SET activedefrag no only changes the flag; endDefragCycle(false) runs in the next activeDefragTimeProc() call. Keep defragmentation disabled, yield, and assert an observable stopped state before setting it to yes.
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In `@tests/unit/moduleapi/defrag.tcl` around lines 117 - 119, Update the
abnormal-termination setup around endDefragCycle(false) so it yields after
disabling activedefrag and waits for an observable stopped state before
re-enabling it. Keep activedefrag disabled until activeDefragTimeProc() has
completed the abort, then set the configuration back to yes.
| module->defrag_cursor = 0; | ||
| module->defrag_done_this_cycle = 0; |
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This code precludes a module using a cursor that has state associated with it. It also precludes a module being informed that its request for more defrag has been aborted.
| * How "more work remains" is signalled depends on the callback type: | ||
| * - the per-key data type defrag callback returns 1 if stopped with more work | ||
| * left, or 0 when done; | ||
| * - the global defrag callback returns nothing; instead a stored cursor of 0 | ||
| * means done and a non-zero cursor means more work remains. |
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Why make these different?
| * Unlike the per-key data type defrag callback, the global callback is invoked | ||
| * with a time limit: it should call VM_DefragShouldStop() periodically and | ||
| * return once that returns non-zero. To resume where it left off on the next | ||
| * call, it uses VM_DefragCursorSet()/VM_DefragCursorGet(). A stored cursor of 0 | ||
| * means "done"; a non-zero cursor tells the defrag process there is more work | ||
| * and the callback will be invoked again. The callback MUST store a cursor of 0 | ||
| * once it has finished, otherwise it will keep being invoked. |
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Why make these different?
| * begins. This is possible because the API guarantees that concurrent | ||
| * defragmentation of multiple keys will not be performed. | ||
| * | ||
| * A stored cursor is not guaranteed to persist. It is discarded if the defrag cycle terminates |
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This also means that a cursor probably doesn't want to be pointing to an allocated resource.
| * module we stopped on so a module with ongoing work doesn't starve the others. An index rather | ||
| * than a cached listNode, because a module can be unloaded between invocations. */ | ||
| static unsigned long defrag_module_start_idx = 0; | ||
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| /* Called at stage init (endtime==0) to start a new global defrag pass. Clears each module's | ||
| * done flag so every module is visited again, and resets the round-robin start position. | ||
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| * Cursors are not cleared here. On a normal cycle end every cursor is already 0, because the | ||
| * stage only reports DEFRAG_DONE once no module has work left. A cursor can only outlive a cycle | ||
| * when that cycle was aborted, and that case is handled in moduleDefragGlobalsAbort() rather than | ||
| * here, so a module is never handed back a position saved by an interrupted pass. */ |
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THis file is already too large. I think the best-practices usage narrative should be in the documentation of each of the module APIs, there's no reason to repeat it here.
| /* Called at stage init (endtime==0) to start a new global defrag pass. Clears each module's | ||
| * done flag so every module is visited again, and resets the round-robin start position. Cursors | ||
| * are not touched here: a module owns its cursor and may carry progress across cycles. */ | ||
| void moduleDefragGlobalsStart(void) { |
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Without a callback on abort, the cursor is of little use. IMO, we either need to make the cursor be a first-class object (with an implied destructor) OR remove the cursor entirely and make the module itself keep track of that state in a global, i.e., just have the defrag return MORE or DONE.
| VALKEYMODULE_NOT_USED(for_crash_report); | ||
| ValkeyModule_InfoAddSection(ctx, "stats"); | ||
| ValkeyModule_InfoAddFieldULongLong(ctx, "busy_calls", busy_calls); | ||
| ValkeyModule_InfoAddFieldULongLong(ctx, "busy_fresh_starts", busy_fresh_starts); |
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Is there a way to tell whether we're "stuck" in defrag? In other words, if we sample the INFO output periodically, can we tell if defrag is making progress or whether it's stuck in some phase/module? If not, perhaps we should consider adding that.
The global defrag cursor was an unsigned long living in the module structure with no lifetime of its own. The per-key cursor does not need one, because it is bracketed by a single key and moduleLateDefrag() resets it when the callback reports completion. The global callback has no such bracketing, so a position saved mid-pass could be handed back after the state it described had been rebuilt. Make it a core-owned object instead. moduleDefragCursor is allocated when the server first visits a module in a cycle and freed when the pass completes, when the cycle terminates abnormally, or when the module is unloaded. Freeing it is what makes a stale resume impossible: a cursor of 0 now unambiguously means a fresh pass. The module-visible API is unchanged. The defrag context points at the position inside the cursor, so VM_DefragCursorSet()/VM_DefragCursorGet() work exactly as before and valkeymodule.h is untouched - no new calls, no altered signatures, nothing for an existing module to adapt to. Naming follows the internal convention (moduleType, moduleValue) rather than the ValkeyModule* prefix reserved for API types. Making it a type rather than a bare value is what allows further per-pass state to be added later without changing any signature. Adds a test for unloading a module while a pass is outstanding. Signed-off-by: AkshaThakkar1812 <akshathakkar@gmail.com>
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Valkey's active defragmentation relocates live allocations out of sparsely-used
jemalloc slabs so the pages underneath can be released. Core does this for its
own data and for module keys (the per-key
.defragcallback that Bloom andJSON use), but not well for module global data: the state a module keeps
outside the keyspace. For valkey-search that is most of what fragments over time
(HNSW graphs, tag and text indexes, the interned-string pool).
A hook for global data already existed (
ValkeyModule_RegisterDefragFunc) butwas effectively dead: core invoked the callback with an empty context, so it had
no deadline (
VM_DefragShouldStopalways said "keep going") and nowhere to savea resume point (
VM_DefragCursorSet/Get). The only way to use it was oneblocking call on the main thread, which is a non-starter for a large index, so
valkey-search never registered it.
This change makes the hook usable: the callback now receives a real deadline and
a persistent per-module cursor, and the surrounding stage is resumable, so a
module can defrag a slice at a time and resume where it left off.
What changed in core
The global defrag callback now runs with a real context.
moduleDefragGlobalstakes the cycle
endtimeand builds the callback context as{endtime, &module->defrag_cursor, NULL, -1}instead of{0, NULL, ...}, soVM_DefragShouldStophas a deadline to compare against andVM_DefragCursorSet/Gethave somewhere to persist. The cursor is a new
unsigned long defrag_cursoronthe module struct, one per module, surviving across calls and cycles.
The stage that drives the callback is now resumable. It reschedules itself when
it runs out of time or when a module still has work, and "still has work" is read
straight off the cursor: a callback that leaves its cursor non-zero wants to be
called again, zero means done. A per-module
defrag_done_this_cycleflag stopsthe stage from re-running modules that already finished when it resumes
mid-cycle.
How the cycle flows
The core defrag driver already runs stages on a timer, hands each one a
deadline, and reschedules it until it reports done. Our stage plugs into that
unchanged. What our change adds is the inner loop: forwarding the deadline and a
per-module cursor to each callback, and reading the cursor back to decide
whether the module still has work.
The cursor is the whole mechanism: a non-zero cursor left by the callback means
"call me again," a zero cursor means "done." That is the same convention every
other scanner in
defrag.cuses, which is why no separate status API is needed.Iteration starts from a saved position (
start_idx) that advances past themodule we stopped on, so the modules are visited round-robin rather than always
from the head.
start_idxresets to 0 at the start of each cycle.One pre-existing detail we hook into: the driver calls each stage once with
endtime == 0to initialize before any real work. We use that call to clear theper-module done flags (
moduleDefragGlobalsStart) so a new cycle revisits everymodule.
Failure modes and how they are handled
Cursor value 0 is ambiguous on its own. A cursor of 0 means both "not
started" (its initial value) and "finished" (what a module leaves when done).
When the stage resumes after a timeout, an unvisited module and a finished one
both show cursor 0, so the cursor alone cannot tell them apart. The
defrag_done_this_cycleflag records the fact the cursor cannot: this module ranand reported done this cycle. That is the only reason the flag exists; it is
cleared once per cycle at init.
A module could livelock the stage.
more_workis driven by the moduleleaving its cursor non-zero. A module that never zeroes its cursor would keep the
stage returning
DEFRAG_NOT_DONEindefinitely (bounded to the CPU budget, so nota hang, but that stage never completes). Convergence is the module's
responsibility: once its scan is exhausted it must set the cursor to 0.
Module unloaded between calls. The resume state (
defrag_cursor,defrag_done_this_cycle) lives on the module struct, so it is freed with themodule. No per-module state is held on the core side across invocations, and a
stale cursor cannot be applied to a different module.
Deadline overrun mid-iteration. The loop checks the deadline after each
module and breaks. Whatever was not visited is picked up on the next tick,
skipping the modules already marked done, and the stage returns
DEFRAG_NOT_DONEso the driver comes back.A busy module starving the others. If iteration always restarted at the
head, a module that keeps a non-zero cursor and consumes the deadline every call
would leave the modules after it never defragged. Iteration instead resumes from
the module after the one it stopped on (
start_idx), so every module gets a turnregardless of how long the ones before it take.
Testing
The defrag module-API integration test (
tests/unit/moduleapi/defrag.tclwithtests/modules/defragtest.c) exercises the global callback's new context. Itsglobal callback now uses the forwarded deadline and cursor, and the test asserts
it resumes across invocations (
global_resumes > 0) with the cursorround-tripping correctly (
global_wrong_cursor == 0), and that a module whichfinished a pass is revisited on later cycles (
global_attemptsexceeds a singlefull pass).
Trial run
valkey-io/valkey-search#1309
valkey-search was given a minimal callback that reads the cursor and deadline,
returns done, and counts its invocations (via
FT._DEBUG DEFRAG_STATS). On Linux(single shared jemalloc), core built with
MALLOC=jemalloc: create an index,load 30k hashes, delete half to fragment, enable aggressive active defrag.
The count going from 0 to 4091 is the proof: the driver reached the callback,
each call carrying a working
endtimeand per-module cursor. The callbackreturned done every time (cursor 0), so each cycle completed cleanly with nothing
looping or blocking.