
## Current state 1. Lua has its own parser that handles parsing `reds.call` replies and translates them to Lua objects that can be used by the user Lua code. The parser partially handles resp3 (missing big number, verbatim, attribute, ...) 2. Modules have their own parser that handles parsing `RM_Call` replies and translates them to RedisModuleCallReply objects. The parser does not support resp3. In addition, in the future, we want to add Redis Function (#8693) that will probably support more languages. At some point maintaining so many parsers will stop scaling (bug fixes and protocol changes will need to be applied on all of them). We will probably end up with different parsers that support different parts of the resp protocol (like we already have today with Lua and modules) ## PR Changes This PR attempt to unified the reply parsing of Lua and modules (and in the future Redis Function) by introducing a new parser unit (`resp_parser.c`). The new parser handles parsing the reply and calls different callbacks to allow the users (another unit that uses the parser, i.e, Lua, modules, or Redis Function) to analyze the reply. ### Lua API Additions The code that handles reply parsing on `scripting.c` was removed. Instead, it uses the resp_parser to parse and create a Lua object out of the reply. As mentioned above the Lua parser did not handle parsing big numbers, verbatim, and attribute. The new parser can handle those and so Lua also gets it for free. Those are translated to Lua objects in the following way: 1. Big Number - Lua table `{'big_number':'<str representation for big number>'}` 2. Verbatim - Lua table `{'verbatim_string':{'format':'<verbatim format>', 'string':'<verbatim string value>'}}` 3. Attribute - currently ignored and not expose to the Lua parser, another issue will be open to decide how to expose it. Tests were added to check resp3 reply parsing on Lua ### Modules API Additions The reply parsing code on `module.c` was also removed and the new resp_parser is used instead. In addition, the RedisModuleCallReply was also extracted to a separate unit located on `call_reply.c` (in the future, this unit will also be used by Redis Function). A nice side effect of unified parsing is that modules now also support resp3. Resp3 can be enabled by giving `3` as a parameter to the fmt argument of `RM_Call`. It is also possible to give `0`, which will indicate an auto mode. i.e, Redis will automatically chose the reply protocol base on the current client set on the RedisModuleCtx (this mode will mostly be used when the module want to pass the reply to the client as is). In addition, the following RedisModuleAPI were added to allow analyzing resp3 replies: * New RedisModuleCallReply types: * `REDISMODULE_REPLY_MAP` * `REDISMODULE_REPLY_SET` * `REDISMODULE_REPLY_BOOL` * `REDISMODULE_REPLY_DOUBLE` * `REDISMODULE_REPLY_BIG_NUMBER` * `REDISMODULE_REPLY_VERBATIM_STRING` * `REDISMODULE_REPLY_ATTRIBUTE` * New RedisModuleAPI: * `RedisModule_CallReplyDouble` - getting double value from resp3 double reply * `RedisModule_CallReplyBool` - getting boolean value from resp3 boolean reply * `RedisModule_CallReplyBigNumber` - getting big number value from resp3 big number reply * `RedisModule_CallReplyVerbatim` - getting format and value from resp3 verbatim reply * `RedisModule_CallReplySetElement` - getting element from resp3 set reply * `RedisModule_CallReplyMapElement` - getting key and value from resp3 map reply * `RedisModule_CallReplyAttribute` - getting a reply attribute * `RedisModule_CallReplyAttributeElement` - getting key and value from resp3 attribute reply * New context flags: * `REDISMODULE_CTX_FLAGS_RESP3` - indicate that the client is using resp3 Tests were added to check the new RedisModuleAPI ### Modules API Changes * RM_ReplyWithCallReply might return REDISMODULE_ERR if the given CallReply is in resp3 but the client expects resp2. This is not a breaking change because in order to get a resp3 CallReply one needs to specifically specify `3` as a parameter to the fmt argument of `RM_Call` (as mentioned above). Tests were added to check this change ### More small Additions * Added `debug set-disable-deny-scripts` that allows to turn on and off the commands no-script flag protection. This is used by the Lua resp3 tests so it will be possible to run `debug protocol` and check the resp3 parsing code. Co-authored-by: Oran Agra <oran@redislabs.com> Co-authored-by: Yossi Gottlieb <yossigo@gmail.com>
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. |
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_server
contexttags
context 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 . |
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.
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