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Large blocks of replica client output buffer could lead to psync loops and unnecessary memory usage (#11666)
This can happen when a key almost equal or larger than the
client output buffer limit of the replica is written.

Example:
1. DB is empty
2. Backlog size is 1 MB
3. Client out put buffer limit is 2 MB
4. Client writes a 3 MB key
5. The shared replication buffer will have a single node which contains
the key written above, and it exceeds the backlog size.

At this point the client output buffer usage calculation will report the
replica buffer to be 3 MB (or more) even after sending all the data to
the replica.
The primary drops the replica connection for exceeding the limits,
the replica reconnects and successfully executes partial sync but the
primary will drop the connection again because the buffer usage is still
3 MB. This happens over and over.

To mitigate the problem, this fix limits the maximum size of a single
backlog node to be (repl_backlog_size/16). This way a single node can't
exceed the limits of the COB (the COB has to be larger than the
backlog).
It also means that if the backlog has some excessive data it can't trim,
it would be at most about 6% overuse.

other notes:
1. a loop was added in feedReplicationBuffer which caused a massive LOC
  change due to indentation, the actual changes are just the `min(max` and the loop.
3. an unrelated change in an existing test to speed up a server termination which took 10 seconds.

Co-authored-by: Oran Agra <oran@redislabs.com>
2023-03-12 19:47:06 +02:00
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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_server context
  • tags 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.
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 REFCOUNT).
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 or BGSAVE 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