feat: add concurrency limit for WAL replay

WAL replay currently loads _all_ WAL files concurrently running into
OOM. This commit adds a CLI parameter `--wal-replay-concurrency-limit`
that would allow the user to set a lower limit and run WAL replay again.

closes: https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/26481

Cargo.lock

@@ -3306,6 +3306,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "crc32fast",
  "data_types",
+ "futures",
  "futures-util",
  "hashbrown 0.15.3",
  "humantime",

influxdb3/src/commands/serve.rs

@@ -413,6 +413,12 @@ pub struct Config {
         hide = true
     )]
     pub tcp_listener_file_path: Option<PathBuf>,
+
+    #[clap(
+        long = "wal-replay-concurrency-limit",
+        env = "INFLUXDB3_WAL_REPLAY_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT"
+    )]
+    pub wal_replay_concurrency_limit: Option<usize>,
 }
 
 /// The minimum version of TLS to use for InfluxDB
@@ -692,6 +698,7 @@ pub async fn command(config: Config) -> Result<()> {
         snapshotted_wal_files_to_keep: config.snapshotted_wal_files_to_keep,
         query_file_limit: config.query_file_limit,
         shutdown: shutdown_manager.register(),
+        wal_replay_concurrency_limit: config.wal_replay_concurrency_limit,
     })
     .await
     .map_err(|e| Error::WriteBufferInit(e.into()))?;

influxdb3/src/help/serve_all.txt

@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ Examples:
   --wal-max-write-buffer-size <SIZE>
                                   Max write requests in buffer [default: 100000]
                                   [env: INFLUXDB3_WAL_MAX_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE=]
+  --wal-replay-concurrency-limit <LIMIT>
+                                  Concurrency limit during WAL replay [default: no_limit]
+                                  If replay runs into OOM, set this to a lower number eg. 10
+                                  [env: INFLUXDB3_WAL_REPLAY_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT=]
   --snapshotted-wal-files-to-keep <N>
                                   Number of snapshotted WAL files to retain [default: 300]
                                   [env: INFLUXDB3_NUM_WAL_FILES_TO_KEEP=]

influxdb3_processing_engine/src/lib.rs

@@ -1011,6 +1011,7 @@ mod tests {
             snapshotted_wal_files_to_keep: 10,
             query_file_limit: None,
             shutdown: shutdown.register(),
+            wal_replay_concurrency_limit: Some(1),
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();

influxdb3_server/src/lib.rs

@@ -887,6 +887,7 @@ mod tests {
                 snapshotted_wal_files_to_keep: 100,
                 query_file_limit: None,
                 shutdown: shutdown_manager.register(),
+                wal_replay_concurrency_limit: Some(1),
             },
         )
         .await

influxdb3_server/src/query_executor/mod.rs

@@ -867,6 +867,7 @@ mod tests {
             snapshotted_wal_files_to_keep: 1,
             query_file_limit,
             shutdown: shutdown.register(),
+            wal_replay_concurrency_limit: Some(1),
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();

influxdb3_server/tests/lib.rs

@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ impl TestService {
             snapshotted_wal_files_to_keep: 100,
             query_file_limit: None,
             shutdown: ShutdownManager::new_testing().register(),
+            wal_replay_concurrency_limit: Some(1),
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();

influxdb3_wal/Cargo.toml

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ bitcode.workspace = true
 bytes.workspace = true
 byteorder.workspace = true
 crc32fast.workspace  = true
+futures.workspace = true
 futures-util.workspace = true
 hashbrown.workspace = true
 humantime.workspace = true

influxdb3_wal/src/object_store.rs

@@ -13,11 +13,25 @@ use iox_time::TimeProvider;
 use object_store::path::{Path, PathPart};
 use object_store::{ObjectStore, PutMode, PutOptions, PutPayload};
 use observability_deps::tracing::{debug, error, info};
-use std::time::Duration;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 use std::{str::FromStr, sync::Arc};
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 use tokio::sync::{OwnedSemaphorePermit, Semaphore, oneshot};
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct CreateWalObjectStoreArgs<'a> {
+    pub time_provider: Arc<dyn TimeProvider>,
+    pub object_store: Arc<dyn ObjectStore>,
+    pub node_identifier_prefix: &'a str,
+    pub file_notifier: Arc<dyn WalFileNotifier>,
+    pub config: WalConfig,
+    pub last_wal_sequence_number: Option<WalFileSequenceNumber>,
+    pub last_snapshot_sequence_number: Option<SnapshotSequenceNumber>,
+    pub snapshotted_wal_files_to_keep: u64,
+    pub shutdown: ShutdownToken,
+    pub wal_replay_concurrency_limit: Option<usize>,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct WalObjectStore {
     object_store: Arc<dyn ObjectStore>,
@@ -35,19 +49,21 @@ pub struct WalObjectStore {
 impl WalObjectStore {
     /// Creates a new WAL. This will replay files into the notifier and trigger any snapshots that
     /// exist in the WAL files that haven't been cleaned up yet.
-    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+    pub async fn new<'a>(
-    pub async fn new(
+        CreateWalObjectStoreArgs {
-        time_provider: Arc<dyn TimeProvider>,
+            time_provider,
-        object_store: Arc<dyn ObjectStore>,
+            object_store,
-        node_identifier_prefix: impl Into<String> + Send,
+            node_identifier_prefix,
-        file_notifier: Arc<dyn WalFileNotifier>,
+            file_notifier,
-        config: WalConfig,
+            config,
-        last_wal_sequence_number: Option<WalFileSequenceNumber>,
+            last_wal_sequence_number,
-        last_snapshot_sequence_number: Option<SnapshotSequenceNumber>,
+            last_snapshot_sequence_number,
-        snapshotted_wal_files_to_keep: u64,
+            snapshotted_wal_files_to_keep,
-        shutdown: ShutdownToken,
+            shutdown,
+            wal_replay_concurrency_limit,
+        }: CreateWalObjectStoreArgs<'a>,
     ) -> Result<Arc<Self>, crate::Error> {
-        let node_identifier = node_identifier_prefix.into();
+        let node_identifier = node_identifier_prefix.to_string();
         let all_wal_file_paths =
             load_all_wal_file_paths(Arc::clone(&object_store), node_identifier.clone()).await?;
         let flush_interval = config.flush_interval;
@@ -64,7 +80,11 @@ impl WalObjectStore {
             shutdown.clone_cancellation_token(),
         );
 
-        wal.replay(last_wal_sequence_number, &all_wal_file_paths)
+        wal.replay(
+            last_wal_sequence_number,
+            &all_wal_file_paths,
+            wal_replay_concurrency_limit,
+        )
         .await?;
         let wal = Arc::new(wal);
         background_wal_flush(Arc::clone(&wal), flush_interval, shutdown);
@@ -128,8 +148,10 @@ impl WalObjectStore {
         &self,
         last_wal_sequence_number: Option<WalFileSequenceNumber>,
         all_wal_file_paths: &[Path],
+        concurrency_limit: Option<usize>,
     ) -> crate::Result<()> {
-        debug!("replaying");
+        let replay_start = Instant::now();
+        info!("replaying WAL files");
         let paths = self.load_existing_wal_file_paths(last_wal_sequence_number, all_wal_file_paths);
 
         let last_snapshot_sequence_number = {
@@ -148,14 +170,28 @@ impl WalObjectStore {
             Ok(verify_file_type_and_deserialize(file_bytes)?)
         }
 
-        let mut replay_tasks = Vec::new();
+        // Load N files concurrently and then replay them immediately before loading the next batch
-        for path in paths {
+        // of N files. Since replaying has to happen _in order_ only loading the files part is
+        // concurrent, replaying the WAL file itself is done sequentially based on the original
+        // order (i.e paths, which is already sorted)
+        for batched in paths.chunks(concurrency_limit.unwrap_or(usize::MAX)) {
+            let batched_start = Instant::now();
+            let mut results = Vec::with_capacity(batched.len());
+            for path in batched {
                 let object_store = Arc::clone(&self.object_store);
-            replay_tasks.push(tokio::spawn(get_contents(object_store, path)));
+                results.push(tokio::spawn(get_contents(object_store, path.clone())));
             }
 
-        for wal_contents in replay_tasks {
+            for wal_contents in results {
                 let wal_contents = wal_contents.await??;
+                info!(
+                    n_ops = %wal_contents.ops.len(),
+                    min_timestamp_ns = %wal_contents.min_timestamp_ns,
+                    max_timestamp_ns = %wal_contents.max_timestamp_ns,
+                    wal_file_number = %wal_contents.wal_file_number,
+                    snapshot_details = ?wal_contents.snapshot,
+                    "replaying WAL file with details"
+                );
 
                 // add this to the snapshot tracker, so we know what to clear out later if the replay
                 // was a wal file that had a snapshot
@@ -168,15 +204,6 @@ impl WalObjectStore {
                         Timestamp::new(wal_contents.max_timestamp_ns),
                     ));
 
-            info!(
-                n_ops = %wal_contents.ops.len(),
-                min_timestamp_ns = %wal_contents.min_timestamp_ns,
-                max_timestamp_ns = %wal_contents.max_timestamp_ns,
-                wal_file_number = %wal_contents.wal_file_number,
-                snapshot_details = ?wal_contents.snapshot,
-                "replaying WAL file"
-            );
-
                 match wal_contents.snapshot {
                     // This branch uses so much time
                     None => self.file_notifier.notify(Arc::new(wal_contents)).await,
@@ -193,7 +220,9 @@ impl WalObjectStore {
                                 }
                             }
                         };
-                    if snapshot_details.snapshot_sequence_number <= last_snapshot_sequence_number {
+                        if snapshot_details.snapshot_sequence_number
+                            <= last_snapshot_sequence_number
+                        {
                             // Instead just notify about the WAL, as this snapshot has already been taken
                             // and WAL files may have been cleared.
                             self.file_notifier.notify(Arc::new(wal_contents)).await;
@@ -213,7 +242,12 @@ impl WalObjectStore {
                     }
                 }
             }
+            let batched_end = batched_start.elapsed();
+            debug!(time_taken = ?batched_end, batch_len = ?batched.len(), "replaying batch completed");
+        }
 
+        // this is useful to know at the info level
+        info!(time_taken = ?replay_start.elapsed(), "completed replaying wal files");
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -1216,6 +1250,7 @@ mod tests {
                     Path::from("my_host/wal/00000000001.wal"),
                     Path::from("my_host/wal/00000000002.wal"),
                 ],
+                None,
             )
             .await
             .unwrap();
@@ -1364,7 +1399,7 @@ mod tests {
             vec![Path::from("my_host/wal/00000000003.wal")]
         );
         replay_wal
-            .replay(None, &[Path::from("my_host/wal/00000000003.wal")])
+            .replay(None, &[Path::from("my_host/wal/00000000003.wal")], None)
             .await
             .unwrap();
         let replay_notifier = replay_notifier

influxdb3_wal/src/snapshot_tracker.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 use crate::{Gen1Duration, SnapshotDetails, SnapshotSequenceNumber, WalFileSequenceNumber};
 use data_types::Timestamp;
-use observability_deps::tracing::{debug, info};
+use observability_deps::tracing::{debug, info, trace};
 
 /// A struct that tracks the WAL periods (files if using object store) and decides when to snapshot the WAL.
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ impl WalPeriod {
         min_time: Timestamp,
         max_time: Timestamp,
     ) -> Self {
-        info!(
+        trace!(
             ?min_time,
             ?max_time,
             ?wal_file_number,

influxdb3_write/src/write_buffer/mod.rs

@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ use influxdb3_catalog::{
     catalog::{Catalog, DatabaseSchema, Prompt, TableDefinition},
 };
 use influxdb3_id::{DbId, TableId};
-use influxdb3_wal::{Wal, WalConfig, WalFileNotifier, WalOp, object_store::WalObjectStore};
+use influxdb3_wal::{
+    Wal, WalConfig, WalFileNotifier, WalOp,
+    object_store::{CreateWalObjectStoreArgs, WalObjectStore},
+};
 use iox_query::{
     QueryChunk,
     chunk_statistics::{NoColumnRanges, create_chunk_statistics},
@@ -182,6 +185,7 @@ pub struct WriteBufferImplArgs {
     pub snapshotted_wal_files_to_keep: u64,
     pub query_file_limit: Option<usize>,
     pub shutdown: ShutdownToken,
+    pub wal_replay_concurrency_limit: Option<usize>,
 }
 
 impl WriteBufferImpl {
@@ -199,6 +203,7 @@ impl WriteBufferImpl {
             snapshotted_wal_files_to_keep,
             query_file_limit,
             shutdown,
+            wal_replay_concurrency_limit,
         }: WriteBufferImplArgs,
     ) -> Result<Arc<Self>> {
         // load snapshots and replay the wal into the in memory buffer
@@ -237,17 +242,18 @@ impl WriteBufferImpl {
 
         // create the wal instance, which will replay into the queryable buffer and start
         // the background flush task.
-        let wal = WalObjectStore::new(
+        let wal = WalObjectStore::new(CreateWalObjectStoreArgs {
-            Arc::clone(&time_provider),
+            time_provider: Arc::clone(&time_provider),
-            persister.object_store(),
+            object_store: persister.object_store(),
-            persister.node_identifier_prefix(),
+            node_identifier_prefix: persister.node_identifier_prefix(),
-            Arc::clone(&queryable_buffer) as Arc<dyn WalFileNotifier>,
+            file_notifier: Arc::clone(&queryable_buffer) as Arc<dyn WalFileNotifier>,
-            wal_config,
+            config: wal_config,
             last_wal_sequence_number,
             last_snapshot_sequence_number,
             snapshotted_wal_files_to_keep,
             shutdown,
-        )
+            wal_replay_concurrency_limit,
+        })
         .await?;
 
         let result = Arc::new(Self {
@@ -780,6 +786,7 @@ mod tests {
             snapshotted_wal_files_to_keep: 10,
             query_file_limit: None,
             shutdown: ShutdownManager::new_testing().register(),
+            wal_replay_concurrency_limit: Some(1),
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();
@@ -888,6 +895,7 @@ mod tests {
             snapshotted_wal_files_to_keep: 10,
             query_file_limit: None,
             shutdown: ShutdownManager::new_testing().register(),
+            wal_replay_concurrency_limit: Some(1),
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();
@@ -980,6 +988,7 @@ mod tests {
                 snapshotted_wal_files_to_keep: 10,
                 query_file_limit: None,
                 shutdown: ShutdownManager::new_testing().register(),
+                wal_replay_concurrency_limit: Some(1),
             })
             .await
             .unwrap()
@@ -1239,6 +1248,7 @@ mod tests {
             snapshotted_wal_files_to_keep: 10,
             query_file_limit: None,
             shutdown: ShutdownManager::new_testing().register(),
+            wal_replay_concurrency_limit: Some(1),
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();
@@ -3373,6 +3383,7 @@ mod tests {
             snapshotted_wal_files_to_keep: 10,
             query_file_limit: None,
             shutdown: ShutdownManager::new_testing().register(),
+            wal_replay_concurrency_limit: None,
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();