Store Gateway: Add experimental configuration to use MAP_POPULATE for indexheader reads. #2019
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as far as I understand this file is basically copied from Prometheus and then modified, right?
would it be worth it to upstream this change into Prometheus?
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or if we don't want to upstream into upstream prometheus, we could still consider making the change in mimir-prometheus instead of copying the file.
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Given the size of the files, I don't think it's worth the effort doing either right now.
If the testing goes well, then I'll upstream the changes.
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Overall this looks very promising. One small issue that it looks like @replay pointed out as well. I'm excited to see how this helps in a high-traffic cluster
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We should move index_header_lazy_loading_enabled to index_header section at some point, if this experiment survives.
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To avoid introducing a breaking change, I would rather do the opposite and use YAML inline for the new index header config struct in the bucket stores config. This would allow us to have a dedicated struct for index header config in the code, but not having to move existing stable flags.
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I'm working on a PR that will touch this area of the code, #2048. I can open a PR to implement this change and update relevant internal (Grafana) configuration.
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Actually nevermind, I'll leave it as is for now and wait to see if our various experiments with index header changes survive.
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A previous change (#2019) assumed MAP_POPULATE was available on Darwin. This fixes the build.
Superseded by #2019 Signed-off-by: Nick Pillitteri <nick.pillitteri@grafana.com>
Superseded by #2019 Signed-off-by: Nick Pillitteri <nick.pillitteri@grafana.com>
What this PR does
Introduces a new experimental configuration option (
-blocks-storage.bucket-store.index-header.map-populate-enabled).This enables the use of the
MAP_POPULATEflag whenmmap-ing index-header files in the store-gateway. What this flag does is advise the kernel to (synchronously) pre-fault all pages in the memory region, loading them into the file system cache.Why is this a good idea?
Why is this not perfect?
Rationale about the implementation:
Which issue(s) this PR fixes or relates to
Fixes #
Checklist
CHANGELOG.mdupdated - the order of entries should be[CHANGE],[FEATURE],[ENHANCEMENT],[BUGFIX]