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Improve memory efficiency of list keys
## Description of the feature
The new listpack encoding uses the old `list-max-listpack-size` config
to perform the conversion, which we can think it of as a node inside a
quicklist, but without 80 bytes overhead (internal fragmentation included)
of quicklist and quicklistNode structs.
For example, a list key with 5 items of 10 chars each, now takes 128 bytes
instead of 208 it used to take.
## Conversion rules
* Convert listpack to quicklist
When the listpack length or size reaches the `list-max-listpack-size` limit,
it will be converted to a quicklist.
* Convert quicklist to listpack
When a quicklist has only one node, and its length or size is reduced to half
of the `list-max-listpack-size` limit, it will be converted to a listpack.
This is done to avoid frequent conversions when we add or remove at the bounding size or length.
## Interface changes
1. add list entry param to listTypeSetIteratorDirection
When list encoding is listpack, `listTypeIterator->lpi` points to the next entry of current entry,
so when changing the direction, we need to use the current node (listTypeEntry->p) to
update `listTypeIterator->lpi` to the next node in the reverse direction.
## Benchmark
### Listpack VS Quicklist with one node
* LPUSH - roughly 0.3% improvement
* LRANGE - roughly 13% improvement
### Both are quicklist
* LRANGE - roughly 3% improvement
* LRANGE without pipeline - roughly 3% improvement
From the benchmark, as we can see from the results
1. When list is quicklist encoding, LRANGE improves performance by <5%.
2. When list is listpack encoding, LRANGE improves performance by ~13%,
the main enhancement is brought by `addListListpackRangeReply()`.
## Memory usage
1M lists(key:0~key:1000000) with 5 items of 10 chars ("hellohello") each.
shows memory usage down by 35.49%, from 214MB to 138MB.
## Note
1. Add conversion callback to support doing some work before conversion
Since the quicklist iterator decompresses the current node when it is released, we can
no longer decompress the quicklist after we convert the list.
Redis Test Suite
The normal execution mode of the test suite involves starting and manipulating
local redis-server instances, inspecting process state, log files, etc.
The test suite also supports execution against an external server, which is
enabled using the --host and --port parameters. When executing against an
external server, tests tagged external:skip are skipped.
There are additional runtime options that can further adjust the test suite to match different external server configurations:
| Option | Impact |
|---|---|
--singledb |
Only use database 0, don't assume others are supported. |
--ignore-encoding |
Skip all checks for specific encoding. |
--ignore-digest |
Skip key value digest validations. |
--cluster-mode |
Run in strict Redis Cluster compatibility mode. |
--large-memory |
Enables tests that consume more than 100mb |
Tags
Tags are applied to tests to classify them according to the subsystem they test, but also to indicate compatibility with different run modes and required capabilities.
Tags can be applied in different context levels:
start_servercontexttagscontext that bundles several tests together- A single test context.
The following compatibility and capability tags are currently used:
| Tag | Indicates |
|---|---|
external:skip |
Not compatible with external servers. |
cluster:skip |
Not compatible with --cluster-mode. |
large-memory |
Test that requires more than 100mb |
tls:skip |
Not compatible with --tls. |
needs:repl |
Uses replication and needs to be able to SYNC from server. |
needs:debug |
Uses the DEBUG command or other debugging focused commands (like OBJECT). |
needs:pfdebug |
Uses the PFDEBUG command. |
needs:config-maxmemory |
Uses CONFIG SET to manipulate memory limit, eviction policies, etc. |
needs:config-resetstat |
Uses CONFIG RESETSTAT to reset statistics. |
needs:reset |
Uses RESET to reset client connections. |
needs:save |
Uses SAVE to create an RDB file. |
When using an external server (--host and --port), filtering using the
external:skip tags is done automatically.
When using --cluster-mode, filtering using the cluster:skip tag is done
automatically.
When not using --large-memory, filtering using the largemem:skip tag is done
automatically.
In addition, it is possible to specify additional configuration. For example, to
run tests on a server that does not permit SYNC use:
./runtest --host <host> --port <port> --tags -needs:repl