Add flag to enable span size metrics reporting

cmd/collector/app/flags/flags.go

@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	flagDynQueueSizeMemory = "collector.queue-size-memory"
-	flagNumWorkers         = "collector.num-workers"
-	flagQueueSize          = "collector.queue-size"
-	flagCollectorTags      = "collector.tags"
+	flagDynQueueSizeMemory     = "collector.queue-size-memory"
+	flagNumWorkers             = "collector.num-workers"
+	flagQueueSize              = "collector.queue-size"
+	flagCollectorTags          = "collector.tags"
+	flagSpanSizeMetricsEnabled = "collector.enable-span-size-metrics"
 
 	flagSuffixHostPort = "host-port"
 
@@ -124,6 +125,8 @@ type CollectorOptions struct {
 	}
 	// CollectorTags is the string representing collector tags to append to each and every span
 	CollectorTags map[string]string
+	// SpanSizeMetricsEnabled determines whether to enable metrics based on processed span size
+	SpanSizeMetricsEnabled bool
 }
 
 type serverFlagsConfig struct {
@@ -163,6 +166,7 @@ func AddFlags(flags *flag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.Int(flagQueueSize, DefaultQueueSize, "The queue size of the collector")
 	flags.Uint(flagDynQueueSizeMemory, 0, "(experimental) The max memory size in MiB to use for the dynamic queue.")
 	flags.String(flagCollectorTags, "", "One or more tags to be added to the Process tags of all spans passing through this collector. Ex: key1=value1,key2=${envVar:defaultValue}")
+	flags.Bool(flagSpanSizeMetricsEnabled, false, "Enables metrics based on processed span size, which are more expensive to calculate.")
 
 	addHTTPFlags(flags, httpServerFlagsCfg, ports.PortToHostPort(ports.CollectorHTTP))
 	addGRPCFlags(flags, grpcServerFlagsCfg, ports.PortToHostPort(ports.CollectorGRPC))
@@ -239,6 +243,7 @@ func (cOpts *CollectorOptions) InitFromViper(v *viper.Viper, logger *zap.Logger)
 	cOpts.NumWorkers = v.GetInt(flagNumWorkers)
 	cOpts.QueueSize = v.GetInt(flagQueueSize)
 	cOpts.DynQueueSizeMemory = v.GetUint(flagDynQueueSizeMemory) * 1024 * 1024 // we receive in MiB and store in bytes
+	cOpts.SpanSizeMetricsEnabled = v.GetBool(flagSpanSizeMetricsEnabled)
 
 	if err := cOpts.HTTP.initFromViper(v, logger, httpServerFlagsCfg); err != nil {
 		return cOpts, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse HTTP server options: %w", err)

cmd/collector/app/options.go

@@ -26,21 +26,22 @@ import (
 )
 
 type options struct {
-	logger             *zap.Logger
-	serviceMetrics     metrics.Factory
-	hostMetrics        metrics.Factory
-	preProcessSpans    ProcessSpans // see docs in PreProcessSpans option.
-	sanitizer          sanitizer.SanitizeSpan
-	preSave            ProcessSpan
-	spanFilter         FilterSpan
-	numWorkers         int
-	blockingSubmit     bool
-	queueSize          int
-	dynQueueSizeWarmup uint
-	dynQueueSizeMemory uint
-	reportBusy         bool
-	extraFormatTypes   []processor.SpanFormat
-	collectorTags      map[string]string
+	logger                 *zap.Logger
+	serviceMetrics         metrics.Factory
+	hostMetrics            metrics.Factory
+	preProcessSpans        ProcessSpans // see docs in PreProcessSpans option.
+	sanitizer              sanitizer.SanitizeSpan
+	preSave                ProcessSpan
+	spanFilter             FilterSpan
+	numWorkers             int
+	blockingSubmit         bool
+	queueSize              int
+	dynQueueSizeWarmup     uint
+	dynQueueSizeMemory     uint
+	reportBusy             bool
+	extraFormatTypes       []processor.SpanFormat
+	collectorTags          map[string]string
+	spanSizeMetricsEnabled bool
 }
 
 // Option is a function that sets some option on StorageBuilder.
@@ -156,6 +157,13 @@ func (options) CollectorTags(extraTags map[string]string) Option {
 	}
 }
 
+// SpanSizeMetricsEnabled creates an Option that initializes the spanSizeMetrics boolean
+func (options) SpanSizeMetricsEnabled(spanSizeMetrics bool) Option {
+	return func(b *options) {
+		b.spanSizeMetricsEnabled = spanSizeMetrics
+	}
+}
+
 func (o options) apply(opts ...Option) options {
 	ret := options{}
 	for _, opt := range opts {

cmd/collector/app/options_test.go

@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@ func TestAllOptionSet(t *testing.T) {
 		Options.DynQueueSizeMemory(1024),
 		Options.PreSave(func(span *model.Span, tenant string) {}),
 		Options.CollectorTags(map[string]string{"extra": "tags"}),
+		Options.SpanSizeMetricsEnabled(true),
 	)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, 5, opts.numWorkers)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, 10, opts.queueSize)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, map[string]string{"extra": "tags"}, opts.collectorTags)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, 1000, opts.dynQueueSizeWarmup)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, 1024, opts.dynQueueSizeMemory)
+	assert.True(t, opts.spanSizeMetricsEnabled)
 }
 
 func TestNoOptionsSet(t *testing.T) {
@@ -66,4 +68,5 @@ func TestNoOptionsSet(t *testing.T) {
 	span := model.Span{}
 	assert.EqualValues(t, &span, opts.sanitizer(&span))
 	assert.EqualValues(t, 0, opts.dynQueueSizeWarmup)
+	assert.False(t, opts.spanSizeMetricsEnabled)
 }

cmd/collector/app/span_handler_builder.go

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ func (b *SpanHandlerBuilder) BuildSpanProcessor(additional ...ProcessSpan) proce
 		Options.CollectorTags(b.CollectorOpts.CollectorTags),
 		Options.DynQueueSizeWarmup(uint(b.CollectorOpts.QueueSize)), // same as queue size for now
 		Options.DynQueueSizeMemory(b.CollectorOpts.DynQueueSizeMemory),
+		Options.SpanSizeMetricsEnabled(b.CollectorOpts.SpanSizeMetricsEnabled),
 	)
 }
 

cmd/collector/app/span_processor.go

@@ -123,10 +123,12 @@ func newSpanProcessor(spanWriter spanstore.Writer, additional []ProcessSpan, opt
 
 	processSpanFuncs := []ProcessSpan{options.preSave, sp.saveSpan}
 	if options.dynQueueSizeMemory > 0 {
-		// add to processSpanFuncs
 		options.logger.Info("Dynamically adjusting the queue size at runtime.",
 			zap.Uint("memory-mib", options.dynQueueSizeMemory/1024/1024),
 			zap.Uint("queue-size-warmup", options.dynQueueSizeWarmup))
+	}
+	if options.dynQueueSizeMemory > 0 || options.spanSizeMetricsEnabled {
+		// add to processSpanFuncs
 		processSpanFuncs = append(processSpanFuncs, sp.countSpan)
 	}
 

cmd/collector/app/span_processor_test.go

@@ -400,27 +400,74 @@ func TestSpanProcessorWithCollectorTags(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSpanProcessorCountSpan(t *testing.T) {
-	mb := metricstest.NewFactory(time.Hour)
-	m := mb.Namespace(metrics.NSOptions{})
+	tests := []struct {
+		name                  string
+		enableDynQueueSizeMem bool
+		enableSpanMetrics     bool
+		expectedUpdateGauge   bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:                  "enable-dyn-queue-size-enable-metrics",
+			enableDynQueueSizeMem: true,
+			enableSpanMetrics:     true,
+			expectedUpdateGauge:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                  "enable-dyn-queue-size-disable-metrics",
+			enableDynQueueSizeMem: true,
+			enableSpanMetrics:     false,
+			expectedUpdateGauge:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                  "disable-dyn-queue-size-enable-metrics",
+			enableDynQueueSizeMem: false,
+			enableSpanMetrics:     true,
+			expectedUpdateGauge:   true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                  "disable-dyn-queue-size-disable-metrics",
+			enableDynQueueSizeMem: false,
+			enableSpanMetrics:     false,
+			expectedUpdateGauge:   false,
+		},
+	}
 
-	w := &fakeSpanWriter{}
-	p := NewSpanProcessor(w, nil, Options.HostMetrics(m), Options.DynQueueSizeMemory(1000)).(*spanProcessor)
-	p.background(10*time.Millisecond, p.updateGauges)
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			mb := metricstest.NewFactory(time.Hour)
+			m := mb.Namespace(metrics.NSOptions{})
 
-	p.processSpan(&model.Span{}, "")
-	assert.NotEqual(t, uint64(0), p.bytesProcessed)
+			w := &fakeSpanWriter{}
+			opts := []Option{Options.HostMetrics(m), Options.SpanSizeMetricsEnabled(tt.enableSpanMetrics)}
+			if tt.enableDynQueueSizeMem {
+				opts = append(opts, Options.DynQueueSizeMemory(1000))
+			} else {
+				opts = append(opts, Options.DynQueueSizeMemory(0))
+			}
+			p := NewSpanProcessor(w, nil, opts...).(*spanProcessor)
+			p.background(10*time.Millisecond, p.updateGauges)
+
+			p.processSpan(&model.Span{}, "")
+			assert.NotEqual(t, uint64(0), p.bytesProcessed)
+
+			for i := 0; i < 15; i++ {
+				_, g := mb.Snapshot()
+				if b := g["spans.bytes"]; b > 0 {
+					if !tt.expectedUpdateGauge {
+						assert.Fail(t, "gauge has been updated unexpectedly")
+					}
+					assert.Equal(t, p.bytesProcessed.Load(), uint64(g["spans.bytes"]))
+					return
+				}
+				time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
+			}
 
-	for i := 0; i < 15; i++ {
-		_, g := mb.Snapshot()
-		if b := g["spans.bytes"]; b > 0 {
-			assert.Equal(t, p.bytesProcessed.Load(), uint64(g["spans.bytes"]))
-			return
-		}
-		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
+			if tt.expectedUpdateGauge {
+				assert.Fail(t, "gauge hasn't been updated within a reasonable amount of time")
+			}
+			assert.NoError(t, p.Close())
+		})
 	}
-
-	assert.Fail(t, "gauge hasn't been updated within a reasonable amount of time")
-	assert.NoError(t, p.Close())
 }
 
 func TestUpdateDynQueueSize(t *testing.T) {