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col/coldata: batch allocate memColumn objects #72961

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This commit updates NewMemBatchWithCapacity to batch allocate all necessary
memColumn objects in a single chunk. Outside of #72798, this was the single
largest source of heap allocations by object count (alloc_objects) in TPC-E.
With #72798 applied, calls to NewMemColumn were responsible for 3.18% of
total heap allocations in the workload:

----------------------------------------------------------+-------------
      flat  flat%   sum%        cum   cum%   calls calls% + context
----------------------------------------------------------+-------------
                                         355202097 97.92% |   github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/col/coldata.NewMemBatchWithCapacity /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/col/coldata/batch.go:123
                                           7561654  2.08% |   github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/colmem.(*Allocator).NewMemColumn /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/colmem/allocator.go:217
 362763751  3.18%  3.18%  362763751  3.18%                | github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/col/coldata.NewMemColumn /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/col/coldata/vec.go:202
----------------------------------------------------------+-------------

Lower in the heap profile, we see that each of the other heap allocations that
are performed once per call to NewMemBatchWithCapacity were observed 39625411
times. So we can estimate that the average batch contains 362763751 / 39625411 = 9.15
columns.

This lines up with the improvement we see due to this change. Heap allocations
due to memColumn objects drop by about a factor of 9, down to 0.33% of all
heap allocations:

----------------------------------------------------------+-------------
      flat  flat%   sum%        cum   cum%   calls calls% + context
----------------------------------------------------------+-------------
                                          12082615   100% |   github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/colmem.(*Allocator).NewMemBatchWithFixedCapacity /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/colmem/allocator.go:131
  12082615  0.33% 38.80%   12082615  0.33%                | github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/col/coldata.NewMemBatchWithCapacity /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/col/coldata/batch.go:122
----------------------------------------------------------+-------------

Despite this change, we will still probably want to address Jordan's TODO a few
lines earlier about pooling all allocations it this level:

// TODO(jordan): pool these allocations.

This commit updates `NewMemBatchWithCapacity` to batch allocate all necessary
`memColumn` objects in a single chunk. Outside of cockroachdb#72798, this was the single
largest source of heap allocations by object count (`alloc_objects`) in TPC-E.
With cockroachdb#72798 applied, calls to `NewMemColumn` were responsible for **3.18%** of
total heap allocations in the workload:

```
----------------------------------------------------------+-------------
      flat  flat%   sum%        cum   cum%   calls calls% + context
----------------------------------------------------------+-------------
                                         355202097 97.92% |   github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/col/coldata.NewMemBatchWithCapacity /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/col/coldata/batch.go:123
                                           7561654  2.08% |   github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/colmem.(*Allocator).NewMemColumn /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/colmem/allocator.go:217
 362763751  3.18%  3.18%  362763751  3.18%                | github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/col/coldata.NewMemColumn /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/col/coldata/vec.go:202
----------------------------------------------------------+-------------
```

Lower in the heap profile, we see that each of the other heap allocations that
are performed once per call to `NewMemBatchWithCapacity` were observed 39625411
times. So we can estimate that the average batch contains `362763751 / 39625411 = 9.15`
columns.

This lines up with the improvement we see due to this change. Heap allocations
due to `memColumn` objects drop by about a factor of 9, down to **0.33%** of all
heap allocations:

```
----------------------------------------------------------+-------------
      flat  flat%   sum%        cum   cum%   calls calls% + context
----------------------------------------------------------+-------------
                                          12082615   100% |   github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/colmem.(*Allocator).NewMemBatchWithFixedCapacity /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/colmem/allocator.go:131
  12082615  0.33% 38.80%   12082615  0.33%                | github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/col/coldata.NewMemBatchWithCapacity /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/col/coldata/batch.go:122
----------------------------------------------------------+-------------
```

Despite this change, we will still probably want to address Jordan's TODO a few
lines earlier about pooling all allocations it this level:

https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/blob/28bb1ea049da5bfb6e15a7003cd7b678cbc4b67f/pkg/col/coldata/batch.go#L113
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nvanbenschoten added a commit to nvanbenschoten/cockroach that referenced this pull request Nov 19, 2021
This commit updates `DistSQLTypeResolver` to implement all interfaces on a
pointer receiver instead of a value receiver. Implementing interfaces on values
is rarely the right choice, as it forces a heap allocation whenever the object
is boxed into an interface, instead of just forcing the pointer onto the heap
once (on its own or as part of a larger object) and then storing the pointer in
the interface header.

Before this commit, the use of value receivers was causing `HydrateTypeSlice` to
allocate. Outside of cockroachdb#72798 and cockroachdb#72961, this was the single largest source of
heap allocations in TPC-E. With those two PRs applied, `HydrateTypeSlice` was
accounting for **2.30%** of total heap allocations in the workload:

```
----------------------------------------------------------+-------------
      flat  flat%   sum%        cum   cum%   calls calls% + context
----------------------------------------------------------+-------------
                                          27722149 32.66% |   github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/execinfra.(*ProcessorBase).InitWithEvalCtx /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/execinfra/processorsbase.go:790
                                          27460002 32.36% |   github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/colflow.(*vectorizedFlowCreator).setupFlow.func1 /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/colflow/vectorized_flow.go:1097
                                          21266755 25.06% |   github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/colflow.(*vectorizedFlowCreator).setupInput /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/colflow/vectorized_flow.go:818
                                           8421503  9.92% |   github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/colfetcher.populateTableArgs /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/colfetcher/cfetcher_setup.go:174
  84870409  2.30%  2.30%   84870409  2.30%                | github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/catalog/descs.DistSQLTypeResolver.HydrateTypeSlice /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/catalog/descs/dist_sql_type_resolver.go:134
----------------------------------------------------------+-------------
```

With this change, the heap allocation in `HydrateTypeSlice` disappears.

With these three PRs combined, the largest source of heap allocations in the
workload is `context.WithValue`, like the Go gods intended.
```
----------------------------------------------------------+-------------
      flat  flat%   sum%        cum   cum%   calls calls% + context
----------------------------------------------------------+-------------
                                          16723340 38.17% |   github.com/cockroachdb/logtags.WithTags /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/vendor/github.com/cockroachdb/logtags/context.go:34
                                           7405899 16.90% |   google.golang.org/grpc/peer.NewContext /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/peer/peer.go:44
                                           3910493  8.93% |   google.golang.org/grpc.NewContextWithServerTransportStream /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/server.go:1672
                                           3702950  8.45% |   github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/tracing.maybeWrapCtx /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/tracing/context.go:80
                                           3560952  8.13% |   google.golang.org/grpc/metadata.NewIncomingContext /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/metadata/metadata.go:152
                                           3342479  7.63% |   google.golang.org/grpc.newContextWithRPCInfo /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/rpc_util.go:791
                                           2938326  6.71% |   google.golang.org/grpc/internal/credentials.NewRequestInfoContext /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/internal/credentials/credentials.go:29
                                           1387235  3.17% |   github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/grpcutil.NewLocalRequestContext /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/grpcutil/grpc_util.go:39
                                            655388  1.50% |   github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql.withStatement /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/conn_executor.go:3197
                                            185693  0.42% |   google.golang.org/grpc/metadata.NewOutgoingContext /go/src/github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/metadata/metadata.go:159
  43812755  2.20%  2.20%   43812755  2.20%                | context.WithValue /usr/local/go/src/context/context.go:533
----------------------------------------------------------+-------------
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Nice! :lgtm:

Reviewed 2 of 2 files at r1, all commit messages.
Reviewable status: :shipit: complete! 1 of 0 LGTMs obtained (waiting on @nvanbenschoten)

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TFTR!

bors r+

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@craig craig bot merged commit e131a82 into cockroachdb:master Nov 19, 2021
@nvanbenschoten nvanbenschoten deleted the nvanbenschoten/memColumnAlloc branch November 20, 2021 00:14
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