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pgcat/tests/ruby/load_balancing_spec.rb
Mostafa Abdelraouf f1265a5570 Introduce tcp_keepalives to PgCat (#315)
We have encountered a case where PgCat pools were stuck following a database incident. Our best understanding at this point is that the PgCat -> Postgres connections died silently and because Tokio defaults to disabling keepalives, connections in the pool were marked as busy forever. Only when we deployed PgCat did we see recovery.

This PR introduces tcp_keepalives to PgCat. This sets the defaults to be

keepalives_idle: 5        # seconds
keepalives_interval: 5 # seconds
keepalives_count: 5    # a count
These settings can detect the death of an idle connection within 30 seconds of its death. Please note that the connection can remain idle forever (from an application perspective) as long as the keepalive packets are flowing so disconnection will only occur if the other end is not acknowledging keepalive packets (keepalive packet acks are handled by the OS, the application does not need to do anything). I plan to add tcp_user_timeout in a follow-up PR.
2023-02-08 11:35:38 -06:00

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# frozen_string_literal: true
require_relative 'spec_helper'
describe "Random Load Balancing" do
let(:processes) { Helpers::Pgcat.single_shard_setup("sharded_db", 5) }
after do
processes.all_databases.map(&:reset)
processes.pgcat.shutdown
end
context "under regular circumstances" do
it "balances query volume between all instances" do
conn = PG.connect(processes.pgcat.connection_string("sharded_db", "sharding_user"))
query_count = QUERY_COUNT
expected_share = query_count / processes.all_databases.count
failed_count = 0
query_count.times do
conn.async_exec("SELECT 1 + 2")
rescue
failed_count += 1
end
expect(failed_count).to eq(0)
processes.all_databases.map(&:count_select_1_plus_2).each do |instance_share|
expect(instance_share).to be_within(expected_share * MARGIN_OF_ERROR).of(expected_share)
end
end
end
context "when some replicas are down" do
it "balances query volume between working instances" do
conn = PG.connect(processes.pgcat.connection_string("sharded_db", "sharding_user"))
expected_share = QUERY_COUNT / (processes.all_databases.count - 2)
failed_count = 0
processes[:replicas][0].take_down do
processes[:replicas][1].take_down do
QUERY_COUNT.times do
conn.async_exec("SELECT 1 + 2")
rescue
conn = PG.connect(processes.pgcat.connection_string("sharded_db", "sharding_user"))
failed_count += 1
end
end
end
expect(failed_count).to eq(2)
processes.all_databases.each do |instance|
queries_routed = instance.count_select_1_plus_2
if processes.replicas[0..1].include?(instance)
expect(queries_routed).to eq(0)
else
expect(queries_routed).to be_within(expected_share * MARGIN_OF_ERROR).of(expected_share)
end
end
end
end
end
describe "Least Outstanding Queries Load Balancing" do
let(:processes) { Helpers::Pgcat.single_shard_setup("sharded_db", 1, "transaction", "loc") }
after do
processes.all_databases.map(&:reset)
processes.pgcat.shutdown
end
context "under homogenous load" do
it "balances query volume between all instances" do
conn = PG.connect(processes.pgcat.connection_string("sharded_db", "sharding_user"))
query_count = QUERY_COUNT
expected_share = query_count / processes.all_databases.count
failed_count = 0
query_count.times do
conn.async_exec("SELECT 1 + 2")
rescue
failed_count += 1
end
expect(failed_count).to eq(0)
processes.all_databases.map(&:count_select_1_plus_2).each do |instance_share|
expect(instance_share).to be_within(expected_share * MARGIN_OF_ERROR).of(expected_share)
end
end
end
context "under heterogeneous load" do
xit "balances query volume between all instances based on how busy they are" do
slow_query_count = 2
threads = Array.new(slow_query_count) do
Thread.new do
conn = PG.connect(processes.pgcat.connection_string("sharded_db", "sharding_user"))
conn.async_exec("BEGIN")
end
end
conn = PG.connect(processes.pgcat.connection_string("sharded_db", "sharding_user"))
query_count = QUERY_COUNT
expected_share = query_count / (processes.all_databases.count - slow_query_count)
failed_count = 0
query_count.times do
conn.async_exec("SELECT 1 + 2")
rescue
failed_count += 1
end
expect(failed_count).to eq(0)
# Under LOQ, we expect replicas running the slow pg_sleep
# to get no selects
expect(
processes.
all_databases.
map(&:count_select_1_plus_2).
count { |instance_share| instance_share == 0 }
).to eq(slow_query_count)
# We also expect the quick queries to be spread across
# the idle servers only
processes.
all_databases.
map(&:count_select_1_plus_2).
reject { |instance_share| instance_share == 0 }.
each do |instance_share|
expect(instance_share).to be_within(expected_share * MARGIN_OF_ERROR).of(expected_share)
end
threads.map(&:join)
end
end
context "when some replicas are down" do
it "balances query volume between working instances" do
conn = PG.connect(processes.pgcat.connection_string("sharded_db", "sharding_user"))
expected_share = QUERY_COUNT / (processes.all_databases.count - 2)
failed_count = 0
processes[:replicas][0].take_down do
processes[:replicas][1].take_down do
QUERY_COUNT.times do
conn.async_exec("SELECT 1 + 2")
rescue
conn = PG.connect(processes.pgcat.connection_string("sharded_db", "sharding_user"))
failed_count += 1
end
end
end
expect(failed_count).to eq(2)
processes.all_databases.each do |instance|
queries_routed = instance.count_select_1_plus_2
if processes.replicas[0..1].include?(instance)
expect(queries_routed).to eq(0)
else
expect(queries_routed).to be_within(expected_share * MARGIN_OF_ERROR).of(expected_share)
end
end
end
end
end