roundrobin.go

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// Package roundrobin defines a roundrobin balancer. Roundrobin balancer is
// installed as one of the default balancers in gRPC, users don't need to
// explicitly install this balancer.
package roundrobin

import (
	"sync"

	"golang.org/x/net/context"
	"google.golang.org/grpc/balancer"
	"google.golang.org/grpc/connectivity"
	"google.golang.org/grpc/grpclog"
	"google.golang.org/grpc/resolver"
)

// newBuilder creates a new roundrobin balancer builder.
func newBuilder() balancer.Builder {
	return &rrBuilder{}
}

func init() {
	balancer.Register(newBuilder())
}

type rrBuilder struct{}

func (*rrBuilder) Build(cc balancer.ClientConn, opt balancer.BuildOptions) balancer.Balancer {
	return &rrBalancer{
		cc:       cc,
		subConns: make(map[resolver.Address]balancer.SubConn),
		scStates: make(map[balancer.SubConn]connectivity.State),
		csEvltr:  &connectivityStateEvaluator{},
		// Initialize picker to a picker that always return
		// ErrNoSubConnAvailable, because when state of a SubConn changes, we
		// may call UpdateBalancerState with this picker.
		picker: newPicker([]balancer.SubConn{}, nil),
	}
}

func (*rrBuilder) Name() string {
	return "roundrobin"
}

type rrBalancer struct {
	cc balancer.ClientConn

	csEvltr *connectivityStateEvaluator
	state   connectivity.State

	subConns map[resolver.Address]balancer.SubConn
	scStates map[balancer.SubConn]connectivity.State
	picker   *picker
}

func (b *rrBalancer) HandleResolvedAddrs(addrs []resolver.Address, err error) {
	if err != nil {
		grpclog.Infof("roundrobin.rrBalancer: HandleResolvedAddrs called with error %v", err)
		return
	}
	grpclog.Infoln("roundrobin.rrBalancer: got new resolved addresses: ", addrs)
	// addrsSet is the set converted from addrs, it's used for quick lookup of an address.
	addrsSet := make(map[resolver.Address]struct{})
	for _, a := range addrs {
		addrsSet[a] = struct{}{}
		if _, ok := b.subConns[a]; !ok {
			// a is a new address (not existing in b.subConns).
			sc, err := b.cc.NewSubConn([]resolver.Address{a}, balancer.NewSubConnOptions{})
			if err != nil {
				grpclog.Warningf("roundrobin.rrBalancer: failed to create new SubConn: %v", err)
				continue
			}
			b.subConns[a] = sc
			b.scStates[sc] = connectivity.Idle
			sc.Connect()
		}
	}
	for a, sc := range b.subConns {
		// a was removed by resolver.
		if _, ok := addrsSet[a]; !ok {
			b.cc.RemoveSubConn(sc)
			delete(b.subConns, a)
			// Keep the state of this sc in b.scStates until sc's state becomes Shutdown.
			// The entry will be deleted in HandleSubConnStateChange.
		}
	}
}

// regeneratePicker takes a snapshot of the balancer, and generates a picker
// from it. The picker
//  - always returns ErrTransientFailure if the balancer is in TransientFailure,
//  - or does round robin selection of all READY SubConns otherwise.
func (b *rrBalancer) regeneratePicker() {
	if b.state == connectivity.TransientFailure {
		b.picker = newPicker(nil, balancer.ErrTransientFailure)
		return
	}
	var readySCs []balancer.SubConn
	for sc, st := range b.scStates {
		if st == connectivity.Ready {
			readySCs = append(readySCs, sc)
		}
	}
	b.picker = newPicker(readySCs, nil)
}

func (b *rrBalancer) HandleSubConnStateChange(sc balancer.SubConn, s connectivity.State) {
	grpclog.Infof("roundrobin.rrBalancer: handle SubConn state change: %p, %v", sc, s)
	oldS, ok := b.scStates[sc]
	if !ok {
		grpclog.Infof("roundrobin.rrBalancer: got state changes for an unknown SubConn: %p, %v", sc, s)
		return
	}
	b.scStates[sc] = s
	switch s {
	case connectivity.Idle:
		sc.Connect()
	case connectivity.Shutdown:
		// When an address was removed by resolver, b called RemoveSubConn but
		// kept the sc's state in scStates. Remove state for this sc here.
		delete(b.scStates, sc)
	}

	oldAggrState := b.state
	b.state = b.csEvltr.recordTransition(oldS, s)

	// Regenerate picker when one of the following happens:
	//  - this sc became ready from not-ready
	//  - this sc became not-ready from ready
	//  - the aggregated state of balancer became TransientFailure from non-TransientFailure
	//  - the aggregated state of balancer became non-TransientFailure from TransientFailure
	if (s == connectivity.Ready) != (oldS == connectivity.Ready) ||
		(b.state == connectivity.TransientFailure) != (oldAggrState == connectivity.TransientFailure) {
		b.regeneratePicker()
	}

	b.cc.UpdateBalancerState(b.state, b.picker)
	return
}

// Close is a nop because roundrobin balancer doesn't internal state to clean
// up, and it doesn't need to call RemoveSubConn for the SubConns.
func (b *rrBalancer) Close() {
}

type picker struct {
	// If err is not nil, Pick always returns this err. It's immutable after
	// picker is created.
	err error

	// subConns is the snapshot of the roundrobin balancer when this picker was
	// created. The slice is immutable. Each Get() will do a round robin
	// selection from it and return the selected SubConn.
	subConns []balancer.SubConn

	mu   sync.Mutex
	next int
}

func newPicker(scs []balancer.SubConn, err error) *picker {
	grpclog.Infof("roundrobinPicker: newPicker called with scs: %v, %v", scs, err)
	if err != nil {
		return &picker{err: err}
	}
	return &picker{
		subConns: scs,
	}
}

func (p *picker) Pick(ctx context.Context, opts balancer.PickOptions) (balancer.SubConn, func(balancer.DoneInfo), error) {
	if p.err != nil {
		return nil, nil, p.err
	}
	if len(p.subConns) <= 0 {
		return nil, nil, balancer.ErrNoSubConnAvailable
	}

	p.mu.Lock()
	sc := p.subConns[p.next]
	p.next = (p.next + 1) % len(p.subConns)
	p.mu.Unlock()
	return sc, nil, nil
}

// connectivityStateEvaluator gets updated by addrConns when their
// states transition, based on which it evaluates the state of
// ClientConn.
type connectivityStateEvaluator struct {
	numReady            uint64 // Number of addrConns in ready state.
	numConnecting       uint64 // Number of addrConns in connecting state.
	numTransientFailure uint64 // Number of addrConns in transientFailure.
}

// recordTransition records state change happening in every subConn and based on
// that it evaluates what aggregated state should be.
// It can only transition between Ready, Connecting and TransientFailure. Other states,
// Idle and Shutdown are transitioned into by ClientConn; in the beginning of the connection
// before any subConn is created ClientConn is in idle state. In the end when ClientConn
// closes it is in Shutdown state.
//
// recordTransition should only be called synchronously from the same goroutine.
func (cse *connectivityStateEvaluator) recordTransition(oldState, newState connectivity.State) connectivity.State {
	// Update counters.
	for idx, state := range []connectivity.State{oldState, newState} {
		updateVal := 2*uint64(idx) - 1 // -1 for oldState and +1 for new.
		switch state {
		case connectivity.Ready:
			cse.numReady += updateVal
		case connectivity.Connecting:
			cse.numConnecting += updateVal
		case connectivity.TransientFailure:
			cse.numTransientFailure += updateVal
		}
	}

	// Evaluate.
	if cse.numReady > 0 {
		return connectivity.Ready
	}
	if cse.numConnecting > 0 {
		return connectivity.Connecting
	}
	return connectivity.TransientFailure
}