Generator performance

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Reduce allocs related to marshalling dedicated columns repeatedly in the query frontend. [#4007](https://github.com/grafana/tempo/pull/4007) (@joe-elliott)
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Improve performance of TraceQL queries [#4114](https://github.com/grafana/tempo/pull/4114) (@mdisibio)
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Improve performance of TraceQL queries [#4163](https://github.com/grafana/tempo/pull/4163) (@mdisibio) 
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Reduce memory usage of classic histograms in the span-metrics and service-graphs processors [#4232](https://github.com/grafana/tempo/pull/4232) (@mdisibio)
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Implement simple Fetch by key for cache items  [#4032](https://github.com/grafana/tempo/pull/4032) (@javiermolinar)
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Replace Grafana Agent example by Grafana Alloy[#4030](https://github.com/grafana/tempo/pull/4030) (@javiermolinar)
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Support exporting internal Tempo traces via OTLP exporter when `use_otel_tracer` is enabled. Use the OpenTelemetry SDK environment variables to configure the span exporter. [#4028](https://github.com/grafana/tempo/pull/4028) (@andreasgerstmayr)

modules/generator/generator_test.go

@@ -2,16 +2,24 @@ package generator
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-kit/log"
 	"github.com/grafana/dskit/services"
 	"github.com/grafana/tempo/modules/generator/processor/spanmetrics"
+	"github.com/grafana/tempo/modules/generator/storage"
 	"github.com/grafana/tempo/modules/overrides"
+	"github.com/grafana/tempo/pkg/tempopb"
+	common_v1 "github.com/grafana/tempo/pkg/tempopb/common/v1"
+	trace_v1 "github.com/grafana/tempo/pkg/tempopb/trace/v1"
+	"github.com/grafana/tempo/pkg/util/test"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -129,3 +137,140 @@ func (l testLogger) Log(keyvals ...interface{}) error {
 	l.t.Log(keyvals...)
 	return nil
 }
+
+func BenchmarkPushSpans(b *testing.B) {
+	var (
+		tenant = "test-tenant"
+		reg    = prometheus.NewRegistry()
+		ctx    = context.Background()
+		log    = log.NewNopLogger()
+		cfg    = &Config{}
+
+		walcfg = &storage.Config{
+			Path: b.TempDir(),
+		}
+
+		o = &mockOverrides{
+			processors: map[string]struct{}{
+				"span-metrics":   {},
+				"service-graphs": {},
+			},
+			spanMetricsEnableTargetInfo:             true,
+			spanMetricsTargetInfoExcludedDimensions: []string{"excluded}"},
+		}
+	)
+
+	cfg.RegisterFlagsAndApplyDefaults("", &flag.FlagSet{})
+
+	wal, err := storage.New(walcfg, o, tenant, reg, log)
+	require.NoError(b, err)
+
+	inst, err := newInstance(cfg, tenant, o, wal, reg, log, nil, nil)
+	require.NoError(b, err)
+	defer inst.shutdown()
+
+	req := &tempopb.PushSpansRequest{
+		Batches: []*trace_v1.ResourceSpans{
+			test.MakeBatch(100, nil),
+			test.MakeBatch(100, nil),
+			test.MakeBatch(100, nil),
+			test.MakeBatch(100, nil),
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Add more resource attributes to get closer to real data
+	// Add integer to increase cardinality.
+	// Currently this is about 80 active series
+	// TODO - Get more series
+	for i, b := range req.Batches {
+		b.Resource.Attributes = append(b.Resource.Attributes, []*common_v1.KeyValue{
+			{Key: "k8s.cluster.name", Value: &common_v1.AnyValue{Value: &common_v1.AnyValue_StringValue{StringValue: "test" + strconv.Itoa(i)}}},
+			{Key: "k8s.namespace.name", Value: &common_v1.AnyValue{Value: &common_v1.AnyValue_StringValue{StringValue: "test" + strconv.Itoa(i)}}},
+			{Key: "k8s.node.name", Value: &common_v1.AnyValue{Value: &common_v1.AnyValue_StringValue{StringValue: "test" + strconv.Itoa(i)}}},
+			{Key: "k8s.pod.ip", Value: &common_v1.AnyValue{Value: &common_v1.AnyValue_StringValue{StringValue: "test" + strconv.Itoa(i)}}},
+			{Key: "k8s.pod.name", Value: &common_v1.AnyValue{Value: &common_v1.AnyValue_StringValue{StringValue: "test" + strconv.Itoa(i)}}},
+			{Key: "excluded", Value: &common_v1.AnyValue{Value: &common_v1.AnyValue_StringValue{StringValue: "test" + strconv.Itoa(i)}}},
+		}...)
+	}
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		inst.pushSpans(ctx, req)
+	}
+
+	b.StopTimer()
+	runtime.GC()
+	mem := runtime.MemStats{}
+	runtime.ReadMemStats(&mem)
+	b.ReportMetric(float64(mem.HeapInuse), "heap_in_use")
+}
+
+func BenchmarkCollect(b *testing.B) {
+	var (
+		tenant = "test-tenant"
+		reg    = prometheus.NewRegistry()
+		ctx    = context.Background()
+		log    = log.NewNopLogger()
+		cfg    = &Config{}
+
+		walcfg = &storage.Config{
+			Path: b.TempDir(),
+		}
+
+		o = &mockOverrides{
+			processors: map[string]struct{}{
+				"span-metrics":   {},
+				"service-graphs": {},
+			},
+			spanMetricsDimensions:                   []string{"k8s.cluster.name", "k8s.namespace.name"},
+			spanMetricsEnableTargetInfo:             true,
+			spanMetricsTargetInfoExcludedDimensions: []string{"excluded}"},
+			// nativeHistograms:                        overrides.HistogramMethodBoth,
+		}
+	)
+
+	cfg.RegisterFlagsAndApplyDefaults("", &flag.FlagSet{})
+
+	wal, err := storage.New(walcfg, o, tenant, reg, log)
+	require.NoError(b, err)
+
+	inst, err := newInstance(cfg, tenant, o, wal, reg, log, nil, nil)
+	require.NoError(b, err)
+	defer inst.shutdown()
+
+	req := &tempopb.PushSpansRequest{
+		Batches: []*trace_v1.ResourceSpans{
+			test.MakeBatch(100, nil),
+			test.MakeBatch(100, nil),
+			test.MakeBatch(100, nil),
+			test.MakeBatch(100, nil),
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Add more resource attributes to get closer to real data
+	// Add integer to increase cardinality.
+	// Currently this is about 80 active series
+	// TODO - Get more series
+	for i, b := range req.Batches {
+		b.Resource.Attributes = append(b.Resource.Attributes, []*common_v1.KeyValue{
+			{Key: "k8s.cluster.name", Value: &common_v1.AnyValue{Value: &common_v1.AnyValue_StringValue{StringValue: "test" + strconv.Itoa(i)}}},
+			{Key: "k8s.namespace.name", Value: &common_v1.AnyValue{Value: &common_v1.AnyValue_StringValue{StringValue: "test" + strconv.Itoa(i)}}},
+			{Key: "k8s.node.name", Value: &common_v1.AnyValue{Value: &common_v1.AnyValue_StringValue{StringValue: "test" + strconv.Itoa(i)}}},
+			{Key: "k8s.pod.ip", Value: &common_v1.AnyValue{Value: &common_v1.AnyValue_StringValue{StringValue: "test" + strconv.Itoa(i)}}},
+			{Key: "k8s.pod.name", Value: &common_v1.AnyValue{Value: &common_v1.AnyValue_StringValue{StringValue: "test" + strconv.Itoa(i)}}},
+			{Key: "excluded", Value: &common_v1.AnyValue{Value: &common_v1.AnyValue_StringValue{StringValue: "test" + strconv.Itoa(i)}}},
+		}...)
+	}
+	inst.pushSpans(ctx, req)
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		inst.registry.CollectMetrics(ctx)
+	}
+
+	b.StopTimer()
+	runtime.GC()
+	mem := runtime.MemStats{}
+	runtime.ReadMemStats(&mem)
+	b.ReportMetric(float64(mem.HeapInuse), "heap_in_use")
+}

modules/generator/instance.go

@@ -357,6 +357,8 @@ func (i *instance) pushSpans(ctx context.Context, req *tempopb.PushSpansRequest)
 }
 
 func (i *instance) preprocessSpans(req *tempopb.PushSpansRequest) {
+	// TODO - uniqify all strings?
+	// Doesn't help allocs, but should greatly reduce inuse space
 	size := 0
 	spanCount := 0
 	expiredSpanCount := 0

modules/generator/processor/spanmetrics/spanmetrics.go

@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ func (p *Processor) aggregateMetrics(resourceSpans []*v1_trace.ResourceSpans) {
 		svcName, _ := processor_util.FindServiceName(rs.Resource.Attributes)
 		jobName := processor_util.GetJobValue(rs.Resource.Attributes)
 		instanceID, _ := processor_util.FindInstanceID(rs.Resource.Attributes)
-		resourceLabels := make([]string, 0)
-		resourceValues := make([]string, 0)
+		resourceLabels := make([]string, 0) // TODO move outside the loop and reuse?
+		resourceValues := make([]string, 0) // TODO don't allocate unless needed?
 
 		if p.Cfg.EnableTargetInfo {
 			resourceLabels, resourceValues = processor_util.GetTargetInfoAttributesValues(rs.Resource.Attributes, p.Cfg.TargetInfoExcludedDimensions)
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ func (p *Processor) aggregateMetricsForSpan(svcName string, jobName string, inst
 
 	// update target_info label values
 	if p.Cfg.EnableTargetInfo {
+		// TODO - The resource labels only need to be sanitized once
+		// TODO - attribute names are stable across applications
+		//        so let's cache the result of previous sanitizations
 		resourceAttributesCount := len(targetInfoLabels)
 		for index, label := range targetInfoLabels {
 			// sanitize label name
@@ -239,6 +242,7 @@ func (p *Processor) aggregateMetricsForSpan(svcName string, jobName string, inst
 		targetInfoRegistryLabelValues := p.registry.NewLabelValueCombo(targetInfoLabels, targetInfoLabelValues)
 
 		// only register target info if at least (job or instance) AND one other attribute are present
+		// TODO - We can move this check to the top
 		if resourceAttributesCount > 0 && len(targetInfoLabels) > resourceAttributesCount {
 			p.spanMetricsTargetInfo.SetForTargetInfo(targetInfoRegistryLabelValues, 1)
 		}

modules/generator/processor/util/util.go

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ func GetJobValue(attributes []*v1_common.KeyValue) string {
 }
 
 func GetTargetInfoAttributesValues(attributes []*v1_common.KeyValue, exclude []string) ([]string, []string) {
+	// TODO allocate with known length, or take new params for existing buffers
 	keys := make([]string, 0)
 	values := make([]string, 0)
 	for _, attrs := range attributes {