Federation API workers for /send to reduce memory usage (#1897)

* Try to process rooms concurrently in FS /send

* Clean up

* Use request context so that dead things don't linger for so long

* Remove mutex

* Free up pdus slice so only references remaining are in channel

* Revert "Remove mutex"

This reverts commit 8558075e8c.

* Process EDUs in parallel

* Try refactoring /send concurrency

* Fix waitgroup

* Release on waitgroup

* Respond to transaction

* Reduce CPU usage, fix unit tests

* Tweaks

* Move into one file

federationapi/routing/send.go

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package routing
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"database/sql"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/getsentry/sentry-go"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/clientapi/jsonerror"
 	eduserverAPI "github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/eduserver/api"
 	federationAPI "github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/federationapi/api"
@@ -36,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/matrix-org/util"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"go.uber.org/atomic"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -90,6 +89,67 @@ func init() {
 	)
 }
 
+type sendFIFOQueue struct {
+	tasks  []*inputTask
+	count  int
+	mutex  sync.Mutex
+	notifs chan struct{}
+}
+
+func newSendFIFOQueue() *sendFIFOQueue {
+	q := &sendFIFOQueue{
+		notifs: make(chan struct{}, 1),
+	}
+	return q
+}
+
+func (q *sendFIFOQueue) push(frame *inputTask) {
+	q.mutex.Lock()
+	defer q.mutex.Unlock()
+	q.tasks = append(q.tasks, frame)
+	q.count++
+	select {
+	case q.notifs <- struct{}{}:
+	default:
+	}
+}
+
+// pop returns the first item of the queue, if there is one.
+// The second return value will indicate if a task was returned.
+func (q *sendFIFOQueue) pop() (*inputTask, bool) {
+	q.mutex.Lock()
+	defer q.mutex.Unlock()
+	if q.count == 0 {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	frame := q.tasks[0]
+	q.tasks[0] = nil
+	q.tasks = q.tasks[1:]
+	q.count--
+	if q.count == 0 {
+		// Force a GC of the underlying array, since it might have
+		// grown significantly if the queue was hammered for some reason
+		q.tasks = nil
+	}
+	return frame, true
+}
+
+type inputTask struct {
+	ctx      context.Context
+	t        *txnReq
+	event    *gomatrixserverlib.Event
+	wg       *sync.WaitGroup
+	err      error         // written back by worker, only safe to read when all tasks are done
+	duration time.Duration // written back by worker, only safe to read when all tasks are done
+}
+
+type inputWorker struct {
+	running atomic.Bool
+	input   *sendFIFOQueue
+}
+
+var inputWorkers sync.Map // room ID -> *inputWorker
+
 // Send implements /_matrix/federation/v1/send/{txnID}
 func Send(
 	httpReq *http.Request,
@@ -193,8 +253,12 @@ type txnFederationClient interface {
 
 func (t *txnReq) processTransaction(ctx context.Context) (*gomatrixserverlib.RespSend, *util.JSONResponse) {
 	results := make(map[string]gomatrixserverlib.PDUResult)
+	//var resultsMutex sync.Mutex
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	var tasks []*inputTask
+	wg.Add(1) // for processEDUs
 
-	pdus := []*gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedEvent{}
 	for _, pdu := range t.PDUs {
 		pduCountTotal.WithLabelValues("total").Inc()
 		var header struct {
@@ -245,83 +309,97 @@ func (t *txnReq) processTransaction(ctx context.Context) (*gomatrixserverlib.Res
 			}
 			continue
 		}
-		pdus = append(pdus, event.Headered(verRes.RoomVersion))
+		v, _ := inputWorkers.LoadOrStore(event.RoomID(), &inputWorker{
+			input: newSendFIFOQueue(),
+		})
+		worker := v.(*inputWorker)
+		if !worker.running.Load() {
+			go worker.run()
+		}
+		wg.Add(1)
+		task := &inputTask{
+			ctx:   ctx,
+			t:     t,
+			event: event,
+			wg:    &wg,
+		}
+		tasks = append(tasks, task)
+		worker.input.push(task)
 	}
 
-	// Process the events.
+	go func() {
-	for _, e := range pdus {
+		defer wg.Done()
-		evStart := time.Now()
+		t.processEDUs(ctx)
-		if err := t.processEvent(ctx, e.Unwrap()); err != nil {
+	}()
-			// If the error is due to the event itself being bad then we skip
+
-			// it and move onto the next event. We report an error so that the
+	wg.Wait()
-			// sender knows that we have skipped processing it.
+
-			//
+	for _, task := range tasks {
-			// However if the event is due to a temporary failure in our server
+		if task.err != nil {
-			// such as a database being unavailable then we should bail, and
+			results[task.event.EventID()] = gomatrixserverlib.PDUResult{
-			// hope that the sender will retry when we are feeling better.
+				Error: task.err.Error(),
-			//
-			// It is uncertain what we should do if an event fails because
-			// we failed to fetch more information from the sending server.
-			// For example if a request to /state fails.
-			// If we skip the event then we risk missing the event until we
-			// receive another event referencing it.
-			// If we bail and stop processing then we risk wedging incoming
-			// transactions from that server forever.
-			if isProcessingErrorFatal(err) {
-				sentry.CaptureException(err)
-				// Any other error should be the result of a temporary error in
-				// our server so we should bail processing the transaction entirely.
-				util.GetLogger(ctx).Warnf("Processing %s failed fatally: %s", e.EventID(), err)
-				jsonErr := util.ErrorResponse(err)
-				processEventSummary.WithLabelValues(t.work, MetricsOutcomeFatal).Observe(
-					float64(time.Since(evStart).Nanoseconds()) / 1000.,
-				)
-				return nil, &jsonErr
-			} else {
-				// Auth errors mean the event is 'rejected' which have to be silent to appease sytest
-				errMsg := ""
-				outcome := MetricsOutcomeRejected
-				_, rejected := err.(*gomatrixserverlib.NotAllowed)
-				if !rejected {
-					errMsg = err.Error()
-					outcome = MetricsOutcomeFail
-				}
-				util.GetLogger(ctx).WithError(err).WithField("event_id", e.EventID()).WithField("rejected", rejected).Warn(
-					"Failed to process incoming federation event, skipping",
-				)
-				processEventSummary.WithLabelValues(t.work, outcome).Observe(
-					float64(time.Since(evStart).Nanoseconds()) / 1000.,
-				)
-				results[e.EventID()] = gomatrixserverlib.PDUResult{
-					Error: errMsg,
-				}
 			}
 		} else {
-			results[e.EventID()] = gomatrixserverlib.PDUResult{}
+			results[task.event.EventID()] = gomatrixserverlib.PDUResult{}
-			pduCountTotal.WithLabelValues("success").Inc()
-			processEventSummary.WithLabelValues(t.work, MetricsOutcomeOK).Observe(
-				float64(time.Since(evStart).Nanoseconds()) / 1000.,
-			)
 		}
 	}
 
-	t.processEDUs(ctx)
 	if c := len(results); c > 0 {
 		util.GetLogger(ctx).Infof("Processed %d PDUs from transaction %q", c, t.TransactionID)
 	}
 	return &gomatrixserverlib.RespSend{PDUs: results}, nil
 }
 
-// isProcessingErrorFatal returns true if the error is really bad and
+func (t *inputWorker) run() {
-// we should stop processing the transaction, and returns false if it
+	if !t.running.CAS(false, true) {
-// is just some less serious error about a specific event.
+		return
-func isProcessingErrorFatal(err error) bool {
+	}
-	switch err {
+	defer t.running.Store(false)
-	case sql.ErrConnDone:
+	for {
-	case sql.ErrTxDone:
+		task, ok := t.input.pop()
-		return true
+		if !ok {
+			return
+		}
+		if task == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		func() {
+			defer task.wg.Done()
+			select {
+			case <-task.ctx.Done():
+				task.err = context.DeadlineExceeded
+				return
+			default:
+				evStart := time.Now()
+				task.err = task.t.processEvent(task.ctx, task.event)
+				task.duration = time.Since(evStart)
+				if err := task.err; err != nil {
+					switch err.(type) {
+					case *gomatrixserverlib.NotAllowed:
+						processEventSummary.WithLabelValues(task.t.work, MetricsOutcomeRejected).Observe(
+							float64(time.Since(evStart).Nanoseconds()) / 1000.,
+						)
+						util.GetLogger(task.ctx).WithError(err).WithField("event_id", task.event.EventID()).WithField("rejected", true).Warn(
+							"Failed to process incoming federation event, skipping",
+						)
+						task.err = nil // make "rejected" failures silent
+					default:
+						processEventSummary.WithLabelValues(task.t.work, MetricsOutcomeFail).Observe(
+							float64(time.Since(evStart).Nanoseconds()) / 1000.,
+						)
+						util.GetLogger(task.ctx).WithError(err).WithField("event_id", task.event.EventID()).WithField("rejected", false).Warn(
+							"Failed to process incoming federation event, skipping",
+						)
+					}
+				} else {
+					pduCountTotal.WithLabelValues("success").Inc()
+					processEventSummary.WithLabelValues(task.t.work, MetricsOutcomeOK).Observe(
+						float64(time.Since(evStart).Nanoseconds()) / 1000.,
+					)
+				}
+			}
+		}()
 	}
-	return false
 }
 
 type roomNotFoundError struct {
@@ -633,11 +711,6 @@ func (t *txnReq) processEventWithMissingState(
 	processEventWithMissingStateMutexes.Lock(e.RoomID())
 	defer processEventWithMissingStateMutexes.Unlock(e.RoomID())
 
-	// Do this with a fresh context, so that we keep working even if the
-	// original request times out. With any luck, by the time the remote
-	// side retries, we'll have fetched the missing state.
-	gmectx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute*5)
-	defer cancel()
 	// We are missing the previous events for this events.
 	// This means that there is a gap in our view of the history of the
 	// room. There two ways that we can handle such a gap:
@@ -658,7 +731,7 @@ func (t *txnReq) processEventWithMissingState(
 	// - fill in the gap completely then process event `e` returning no backwards extremity
 	// - fail to fill in the gap and tell us to terminate the transaction err=not nil
 	// - fail to fill in the gap and tell us to fetch state at the new backwards extremity, and to not terminate the transaction
-	newEvents, err := t.getMissingEvents(gmectx, e, roomVersion)
+	newEvents, err := t.getMissingEvents(ctx, e, roomVersion)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -685,7 +758,7 @@ func (t *txnReq) processEventWithMissingState(
 		// Look up what the state is after the backward extremity. This will either
 		// come from the roomserver, if we know all the required events, or it will
 		// come from a remote server via /state_ids if not.
-		prevState, trustworthy, lerr := t.lookupStateAfterEvent(gmectx, roomVersion, backwardsExtremity.RoomID(), prevEventID)
+		prevState, trustworthy, lerr := t.lookupStateAfterEvent(ctx, roomVersion, backwardsExtremity.RoomID(), prevEventID)
 		if lerr != nil {
 			util.GetLogger(ctx).WithError(lerr).Errorf("Failed to lookup state after prev_event: %s", prevEventID)
 			return lerr
@@ -729,7 +802,7 @@ func (t *txnReq) processEventWithMissingState(
 		}
 		// There's more than one previous state - run them all through state res
 		t.roomsMu.Lock(e.RoomID())
-		resolvedState, err = t.resolveStatesAndCheck(gmectx, roomVersion, respStates, backwardsExtremity)
+		resolvedState, err = t.resolveStatesAndCheck(ctx, roomVersion, respStates, backwardsExtremity)
 		t.roomsMu.Unlock(e.RoomID())
 		if err != nil {
 			util.GetLogger(ctx).WithError(err).Errorf("Failed to resolve state conflicts for event %s", backwardsExtremity.EventID())