app/vmselect/netstorage: adaptively adjust the maximum inmemory file size for storing temporary blocks

The maximum inmemory file size now depends on `-memory.allowedPercent`.
This should improve performance and reduce the number of filesystem calls
on machines with big amounts of RAM when performing heavy queries
over big number of samples and time series.

app/vmselect/netstorage/tmp_blocks_file.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package netstorage
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/bytesutil"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fs"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/memory"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/storage"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
 )
@@ -30,13 +30,23 @@ func InitTmpBlocksDir(tmpDirPath string) {
 
 var tmpBlocksDir string
 
-const maxInmemoryTmpBlocksFile = 512 * 1024
+func maxInmemoryTmpBlocksFile() int {
+	mem := memory.Allowed()
+	maxLen := mem / 1024
+	if maxLen < 64*1024 {
+		return 64 * 1024
+	}
+	return maxLen
+}
+
+var _ = metrics.NewGauge(`vm_tmp_blocks_max_inmemory_file_size_bytes`, func() float64 {
+	return float64(maxInmemoryTmpBlocksFile())
+})
 
 type tmpBlocksFile struct {
 	buf []byte
 
-	f  *os.File
+	f *os.File
-	bw *bufio.Writer
 
 	offset uint64
 }
@@ -44,7 +54,9 @@ type tmpBlocksFile struct {
 func getTmpBlocksFile() *tmpBlocksFile {
 	v := tmpBlocksFilePool.Get()
 	if v == nil {
-		return &tmpBlocksFile{}
+		return &tmpBlocksFile{
+			buf: make([]byte, 0, maxInmemoryTmpBlocksFile()),
+		}
 	}
 	return v.(*tmpBlocksFile)
 }
@@ -53,7 +65,6 @@ func putTmpBlocksFile(tbf *tmpBlocksFile) {
 	tbf.MustClose()
 	tbf.buf = tbf.buf[:0]
 	tbf.f = nil
-	tbf.bw = nil
 	tbf.offset = 0
 	tmpBlocksFilePool.Put(tbf)
 }
@@ -69,22 +80,6 @@ func (addr tmpBlockAddr) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("offset %d, size %d", addr.offset, addr.size)
 }
 
-func getBufioWriter(f *os.File) *bufio.Writer {
-	v := bufioWriterPool.Get()
-	if v == nil {
-		return bufio.NewWriterSize(f, maxInmemoryTmpBlocksFile*2)
-	}
-	bw := v.(*bufio.Writer)
-	bw.Reset(f)
-	return bw
-}
-
-func putBufioWriter(bw *bufio.Writer) {
-	bufioWriterPool.Put(bw)
-}
-
-var bufioWriterPool sync.Pool
-
 var tmpBlocksFilesCreated = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_tmp_blocks_files_created_total`)
 
 // WriteBlock writes b to tbf.
@@ -92,28 +87,31 @@ var tmpBlocksFilesCreated = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_tmp_blocks_files_created_tota
 // It returns errors since the operation may fail on space shortage
 // and this must be handled.
 func (tbf *tmpBlocksFile) WriteBlock(b *storage.Block) (tmpBlockAddr, error) {
+	bb := tmpBufPool.Get()
+	defer tmpBufPool.Put(bb)
+	bb.B = storage.MarshalBlock(bb.B[:0], b)
+
 	var addr tmpBlockAddr
 	addr.offset = tbf.offset
-
+	addr.size = len(bb.B)
-	tbfBufLen := len(tbf.buf)
-	tbf.buf = storage.MarshalBlock(tbf.buf, b)
-	addr.size = len(tbf.buf) - tbfBufLen
 	tbf.offset += uint64(addr.size)
-	if tbf.offset <= maxInmemoryTmpBlocksFile {
+	if len(tbf.buf)+len(bb.B) <= cap(tbf.buf) {
+		// Fast path - the data fits tbf.buf
+		tbf.buf = append(tbf.buf, bb.B...)
 		return addr, nil
 	}
 
+	// Slow path: flush the data from tbf.buf to file.
 	if tbf.f == nil {
 		f, err := ioutil.TempFile(tmpBlocksDir, "")
 		if err != nil {
 			return addr, err
 		}
 		tbf.f = f
-		tbf.bw = getBufioWriter(f)
 		tmpBlocksFilesCreated.Inc()
 	}
-	_, err := tbf.bw.Write(tbf.buf)
+	_, err := tbf.f.Write(tbf.buf)
-	tbf.buf = tbf.buf[:0]
+	tbf.buf = append(tbf.buf[:0], bb.B...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return addr, fmt.Errorf("cannot write block to %q: %s", tbf.f.Name(), err)
 	}
@@ -124,15 +122,15 @@ func (tbf *tmpBlocksFile) Finalize() error {
 	if tbf.f == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-
+	if _, err := tbf.f.Write(tbf.buf); err != nil {
-	err := tbf.bw.Flush()
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot flush the remaining %d bytes to tmpBlocksFile: %s", len(tbf.buf), err)
-	putBufioWriter(tbf.bw)
+	}
-	tbf.bw = nil
+	tbf.buf = tbf.buf[:0]
 	if _, err := tbf.f.Seek(0, 0); err != nil {
 		logger.Panicf("FATAL: cannot seek to the start of file: %s", err)
 	}
 	mustFadviseRandomRead(tbf.f)
-	return err
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (tbf *tmpBlocksFile) MustReadBlockAt(dst *storage.Block, addr tmpBlockAddr) {
@@ -167,10 +165,6 @@ func (tbf *tmpBlocksFile) MustClose() {
 	if tbf.f == nil {
 		return
 	}
-	if tbf.bw != nil {
-		putBufioWriter(tbf.bw)
-		tbf.bw = nil
-	}
 	fname := tbf.f.Name()
 
 	// Remove the file at first, then close it.

app/vmselect/netstorage/tmp_blocks_file_test.go

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func TestTmpBlocksFileSerial(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestTmpBlocksFileConcurrent(t *testing.T) {
-	concurrency := 4
+	concurrency := 3
 	ch := make(chan error, concurrency)
 	for i := 0; i < concurrency; i++ {
 		go func() {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func testTmpBlocksFile() error {
 		_, _, _ = b.MarshalData(0, 0)
 		return &b
 	}
-	for _, size := range []int{1024, 16 * 1024, maxInmemoryTmpBlocksFile / 2, 2 * maxInmemoryTmpBlocksFile} {
+	for _, size := range []int{1024, 16 * 1024, maxInmemoryTmpBlocksFile() / 2, 2 * maxInmemoryTmpBlocksFile()} {
 		err := func() error {
 			tbf := getTmpBlocksFile()
 			defer putTmpBlocksFile(tbf)
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func testTmpBlocksFile() error {
 			}
 
 			// Read blocks in parallel and verify them
-			concurrency := 3
+			concurrency := 2
 			workCh := make(chan int)
 			doneCh := make(chan error)
 			for i := 0; i < concurrency; i++ {