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eventcollector: prevent syncpoint and redo memory starvation (#6549) - #6821
3290872a: all rounds progressed; 10-min quiet observation and CRC 512/512 passed
Each combined round checks checkpoint, persisted syncpoint and durable redo against its target. A separate stricter master run timed out at 30 minutes, but redo errors restarted dispatchers after ~27 minutes; this is not uninterrupted-stall proof. Results predate merge head 4507eca0.
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Release note
Fix replication stalls caused by exhausted collector memory while waiting for syncpoints or redo watermarks.
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Bug Fixes
Reduced memory pressure from stalled event processing by reclaiming eligible pending data while preserving recovery and control events.
Prevented dispatchers from scanning when sync-point or redo progress is blocked, helping avoid wasted work and allowing scanning to resume when waits clear.
Improved memory accounting and quota handling during reclamation.
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This change adds periodic memory-pressure checks and owner-queue reclamation for blocked EventCollector paths. It also sets dispatcher scan quota to zero during sync-point or redo waits and makes the event broker skip scans when that quota is zero.
Changes: EventCollector backpressure and reclamation
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Memory-pressure contracts and detection docs/design/*, utils/dynstream/interfaces.go, utils/dynstream/memory_control.go, utils/dynstream/stream.go, utils/dynstream/parallel_dynamic_stream.go, utils/dynstream/reclamation_test.go
The dynamic-stream API adds release callbacks and pressure checks. Memory control checks eligible EventCollector areas above the usage threshold after a period without size decrease.
Owner-queue reclamation and accounting utils/dynstream/event_queue.go, utils/dynstream/stream.go, utils/dynstream/memory_control_test.go, utils/dynstream/reclamation_test.go
Release requests are queued for owner-loop processing. Reclamation replaces eligible events with recovery events, retains control events, and updates pending-memory accounting.
Dispatchers pause ordinary scans during sync-point waits and pause redo scans when a cached batch requires a timestamp beyond redoGlobalTs. Tests cover pause transitions, callbacks, and concurrent removal.
EventCollector pressure and per-dispatcher quota downstreamadapter/eventcollector/*, logservice/logpuller/*_test.go
The periodic loop checks both streams for memory pressure. The EventCollector validates release feedback and reports zero available quota for paused ordinary dispatchers. Tests cover quota isolation and reclamation.
The event broker skips scanning when dispatcher quota is zero, before rate limiting and quota reservation. The change also adds scan-delay failpoint helpers and a quota test.
pingcap/ticdc#6549: The pull request is described as the main PR that this change cherry-picks; both address sync-point and redo memory starvation with scan backpressure and EventCollector reclamation.
This head cannot build. After resolving compilation failures, scan recovery and memory-accounting defects still need correction to prevent stalled replication and incorrect shared quotas. Do not merge yet.
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The scan backpressure and reclamation changes address the stated starvation problem described in [#4605]. The recovery controls, accounting, tests, failpoints, mock updates, and design documentation s…
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A rabbit checks the queues at dawn, And finds old bytes have hopped along. Recovery markers stay in place, While waiting scans slow their pace. When barriers lift, the paths resume, And carrots pass through with more room.
The dispatcher starts at 300, but its resolved timestamp is 102. The scan exits before the zero-quota gate, so the test can pass if the gate moves below rate limiting or is removed.
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Review comment at @pkg/eventservice/event_broker_test.go around lines 2125 -
2127:
Update the test setup for newDispatcherStat so its start timestamp is compatible
with the dispatcher’s resolved timestamp, then use getScanTaskRequest to verify
the dispatcher is eligible to scan before checking the zero-quota behavior. Keep
the test focused on proving the quota gate prevents scanning after rate
limiting.
Test stale feedback against a blocked replacement path.
An ID-based release can pass this test because the replacement is empty and unblocked. Add reclaimable payload to the blocked replacement, wait for owner processing, and verify that the payload and accounting remain unchanged.
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Review comment at @utils/dynstream/reclamation_test.go around lines 213 - 214:
Update the stale-feedback test around feedback.Release() to make the replacement
path blocked and reclaimable: add payload to it, wait for owner processing, then
verify the payload and accounting remain unchanged after releasing stale
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Review comments at @pkg/eventservice/event_broker.go:
- Line 788: Qualify the skip-scan metric reference in the dispatcher quota path
using the existing metric from the metrics package; replace the undefined
eventServiceSkipScanCount reference with the established
EventServiceSkipScanCount symbol.
- Around line 786-789: Update the dispatcher quota handling around the
zero-quota early return that calls sendSignalResolvedTs so a transition back to
positive quota schedules another scan. Coordinate the quota-recovery signal with
scan completion so a recovery racing with the scan cannot be lost, and preserve
the existing behavior when quota remains zero.
Review comments at @utils/dynstream/event_queue.go:
- Around line 75-85: Resolve the merge conflicts in the event queue and memory
control code, removing all conflict markers so dynstream compiles. In the event
admission flow shown in the diff, define or reuse the result that indicates
whether the event was appended before checking it, and preserve the reclamation
reset for admitted droppable data other than PeriodicSignal.
- Around line 153-157: Synchronize RemovePath with the queue owner’s reclamation
accounting so queued bytes are deducted at most once. Keep those bytes charged
when the path is removed, and ensure the owner’s reconciliation in the
releasedBytes block preserves that retained accounting.
Review comments at @utils/dynstream/memory_control.go:
- Around line 136-139: Update both recovery-marker replacement branches in the
pressure-handling flow to adjust path.pendingSize and totalPendingSize after
enqueueing the replacement, using the marker’s resulting size and the existing
accounting methods. Preserve each branch’s current return behavior.
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Review comments at @pkg/eventservice/event_broker_test.go:
- Around line 2125-2127: Update the test setup for newDispatcherStat so its
start timestamp is compatible with the dispatcher’s resolved timestamp, then use
getScanTaskRequest to verify the dispatcher is eligible to scan before checking
the zero-quota behavior. Keep the test focused on proving the quota gate
prevents scanning after rate limiting.
Review comments at @utils/dynstream/reclamation_test.go:
- Around line 213-214: Update the stale-feedback test around feedback.Release()
to make the replacement path blocked and reclaimable: add payload to it, wait
for owner processing, then verify the payload and accounting remain unchanged
after releasing stale feedback. Preserve the existing assertion that the
replacement is not reclaimed.
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nl -ba downstreamadapter/eventcollector/event_collector.go | sed -n '380,440p;795,865p'
nl -ba downstreamadapter/eventcollector/dispatcher_session.go | sed -n '360,455p'
nl -ba logservice/logpuller/region_event_handler.go | sed -n '112,163p'
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Retry scans when dispatcher quota recovers.
If a scan returns at zero quota and no queued data was reclaimed, Wake does not reset the dispatcher. Positive quota alone does not schedule another scan. If upstream resolved timestamps stop advancing, pending events can remain stalled. Schedule a retry on quota recovery, including when the update races with scan completion.
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Review comment at @pkg/eventservice/event_broker.go around lines 786 - 789:
Update the dispatcher quota handling around the zero-quota early return that
calls sendSignalResolvedTs so a transition back to positive quota schedules
another scan. Coordinate the quota-recovery signal with scan completion so a
recovery racing with the scan cannot be lost, and preserve the existing behavior
when quota remains zero.
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Review comment at @pkg/eventservice/event_broker.go at line 788:
Qualify the skip-scan metric reference in the dispatcher quota path using the
existing metric from the metrics package; replace the undefined
eventServiceSkipScanCount reference with the established
EventServiceSkipScanCount symbol.
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Conflict markers in event_queue.go and memory_control.go prevent dynstream from compiling. After removing them, appended is still undefined. Preserve the reclamation reset for admitted data when resolving the conflict.
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Review comment at @utils/dynstream/event_queue.go around lines 75 - 85:
Resolve the merge conflicts in the event queue and memory control code, removing
all conflict markers so dynstream compiles. In the event admission flow shown in
the diff, define or reuse the result that indicates whether the event was
appended before checking it, and preserve the reclamation reset for admitted
droppable data other than PeriodicSignal.
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rg -n -F -e 'UsedMemoryValue' -e 'GetMetrics()' -e 'MemoryControlForEventCollector' downstreamadapter/eventcollector utils/dynstream/interfaces.go
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Reconcile removed-path memory on the queue owner.
RemovePath deducts queued bytes before the owner drains them. If removal overlaps reclamation, both can deduct the same bytes, corrupting the area's quota. Synchronize removal and owner accounting so each byte is deducted once. The new retained-accounting test also expects those bytes to remain charged.
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Synchronize RemovePath with the queue owner’s reclamation accounting so queued
bytes are deducted at most once. Keep those bytes charged when the path is
removed, and ensure the owner’s reconciliation in the releasedBytes block
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When pressure converts a droppable event to a recovery marker, both branches enqueue the marker and return before updating path.pendingSize or totalPendingSize. Later removal subtracts the marker size, so memory accounting undercounts retained markers. Update both counters after each replacement PushBack.
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Update both recovery-marker replacement branches in the pressure-handling flow
to adjust path.pendingSize and totalPendingSize after enqueueing the
replacement, using the marker’s resulting size and the existing accounting
methods. Preserve each branch’s current return behavior.
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This is an automated cherry-pick of #6549
What problem does this PR solve?
Issue Number: close #4605
Fast dispatchers waiting for syncpoints or redo can exhaust shared memory, preventing lagging dispatchers from advancing the dependency.
What is changed and how it works?
Shared quota reflects actual memory. Owner-controlled accounting, nonblocking requests and identity checks protect reclamation.
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Tests
3290872awith race/intest/failpoints.40524331: stalled ~15 min66ef29ac: progressed; post-stop independent CRC 512/5123290872a: all rounds progressed; 10-min quiet observation and CRC 512/512 passedEach combined round checks checkpoint, persisted syncpoint and durable redo against its target. A separate stricter master run timed out at 30 minutes, but redo errors restarted dispatchers after ~27 minutes; this is not uninterrupted-stall proof. Results predate merge head
4507eca0.Questions
Will it cause performance regression or break compatibility?
Inspection/replay adds work; no wire/configuration changes.
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Design documentation updated.
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