store/bucket: snappy-encoded postings reading improvements

pkg/store/bucket.go

@@ -2162,7 +2162,12 @@ func (r *bucketIndexReader) ExpandedPostings(ctx context.Context, ms []*labels.M
 		keys = append(keys, allPostingsLabel)
 	}
 
-	fetchedPostings, err := r.fetchPostings(ctx, keys, bytesLimiter)
+	fetchedPostings, closeFns, err := r.fetchPostings(ctx, keys, bytesLimiter)
+	defer func() {
+		for _, closeFn := range closeFns {
+			closeFn()
+		}
+	}()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "get postings")
 	}
@@ -2302,7 +2307,9 @@ type postingPtr struct {
 // fetchPostings fill postings requested by posting groups.
 // It returns one postings for each key, in the same order.
 // If postings for given key is not fetched, entry at given index will be nil.
-func (r *bucketIndexReader) fetchPostings(ctx context.Context, keys []labels.Label, bytesLimiter BytesLimiter) ([]index.Postings, error) {
+func (r *bucketIndexReader) fetchPostings(ctx context.Context, keys []labels.Label, bytesLimiter BytesLimiter) ([]index.Postings, []func(), error) {
+	var closeFns []func()
+
 	timer := prometheus.NewTimer(r.block.metrics.postingsFetchDuration)
 	defer timer.ObserveDuration()
 
@@ -2314,7 +2321,7 @@ func (r *bucketIndexReader) fetchPostings(ctx context.Context, keys []labels.Lab
 	fromCache, _ := r.block.indexCache.FetchMultiPostings(ctx, r.block.meta.ULID, keys)
 	for _, dataFromCache := range fromCache {
 		if err := bytesLimiter.Reserve(uint64(len(dataFromCache))); err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "bytes limit exceeded while loading postings from index cache")
+			return nil, closeFns, errors.Wrap(err, "bytes limit exceeded while loading postings from index cache")
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -2335,18 +2342,21 @@ func (r *bucketIndexReader) fetchPostings(ctx context.Context, keys []labels.Lab
 			)
 			if isDiffVarintSnappyEncodedPostings(b) {
 				s := time.Now()
-				l, err = diffVarintSnappyDecode(b)
+				clPostings, err := diffVarintSnappyDecode(b)
 				r.stats.cachedPostingsDecompressions += 1
 				r.stats.CachedPostingsDecompressionTimeSum += time.Since(s)
 				if err != nil {
 					r.stats.cachedPostingsDecompressionErrors += 1
+				} else {
+					closeFns = append(closeFns, clPostings.close)
+					l = clPostings
 				}
 			} else {
 				_, l, err = r.dec.Postings(b)
 			}
 
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "decode postings")
+				return nil, closeFns, errors.Wrap(err, "decode postings")
 			}
 
 			output[ix] = l
@@ -2362,7 +2372,7 @@ func (r *bucketIndexReader) fetchPostings(ctx context.Context, keys []labels.Lab
 		}
 
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "index header PostingsOffset")
+			return nil, closeFns, errors.Wrap(err, "index header PostingsOffset")
 		}
 
 		r.stats.postingsToFetch++
@@ -2384,7 +2394,7 @@ func (r *bucketIndexReader) fetchPostings(ctx context.Context, keys []labels.Lab
 		length := int64(part.End) - start
 
 		if err := bytesLimiter.Reserve(uint64(length)); err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "bytes limit exceeded while fetching postings")
+			return nil, closeFns, errors.Wrap(err, "bytes limit exceeded while fetching postings")
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -2462,7 +2472,7 @@ func (r *bucketIndexReader) fetchPostings(ctx context.Context, keys []labels.Lab
 		})
 	}
 
-	return output, g.Wait()
+	return output, closeFns, g.Wait()
 }
 
 func resizePostings(b []byte) ([]byte, error) {

pkg/store/postings_codec.go

@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ package store
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/golang/snappy"
+	"github.com/klauspost/compress/s2"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/encoding"
@@ -82,27 +84,60 @@ func diffVarintEncodeNoHeader(p index.Postings, length int) ([]byte, error) {
 	return buf.B, nil
 }
 
-func diffVarintSnappyDecode(input []byte) (index.Postings, error) {
+var snappyDecodePool sync.Pool
+
+type closeablePostings interface {
+	index.Postings
+	close()
+}
+
+// alias returns true if given slices have the same both backing array.
+// See: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-nuts/c/C6ufGl73Uzk.
+func alias(x, y []byte) bool {
+	return cap(x) > 0 && cap(y) > 0 && &x[0:cap(x)][cap(x)-1] == &y[0:cap(y)][cap(y)-1]
+}
+
+func diffVarintSnappyDecode(input []byte) (closeablePostings, error) {
 	if !isDiffVarintSnappyEncodedPostings(input) {
 		return nil, errors.New("header not found")
 	}
 
-	raw, err := snappy.Decode(nil, input[len(codecHeaderSnappy):])
+	toFree := make([][]byte, 0, 2)
+
+	var dstBuf []byte
+	decodeBuf := snappyDecodePool.Get()
+	if decodeBuf != nil {
+		dstBuf = *(decodeBuf.(*[]byte))
+		toFree = append(toFree, dstBuf)
+	}
+
+	raw, err := s2.Decode(dstBuf, input[len(codecHeaderSnappy):])
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "snappy decode")
 	}
 
-	return newDiffVarintPostings(raw), nil
+	if !alias(raw, dstBuf) {
+		toFree = append(toFree, raw)
+	}
+
+	return newDiffVarintPostings(raw, toFree), nil
 }
 
-func newDiffVarintPostings(input []byte) *diffVarintPostings {
-	return &diffVarintPostings{buf: &encoding.Decbuf{B: input}}
+func newDiffVarintPostings(input []byte, freeSlices [][]byte) *diffVarintPostings {
+	return &diffVarintPostings{freeSlices: freeSlices, buf: &encoding.Decbuf{B: input}}
 }
 
 // diffVarintPostings is an implementation of index.Postings based on diff+varint encoded data.
 type diffVarintPostings struct {
-	buf *encoding.Decbuf
-	cur storage.SeriesRef
+	buf        *encoding.Decbuf
+	cur        storage.SeriesRef
+	freeSlices [][]byte
+}
+
+func (it *diffVarintPostings) close() {
+	for i := range it.freeSlices {
+		snappyDecodePool.Put(&it.freeSlices[i])
+	}
 }
 
 func (it *diffVarintPostings) At() storage.SeriesRef {

pkg/store/postings_codec_test.go

@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ func TestDiffVarintCodec(t *testing.T) {
 
 	codecs := map[string]struct {
 		codingFunction   func(index.Postings, int) ([]byte, error)
-		decodingFunction func([]byte) (index.Postings, error)
+		decodingFunction func([]byte) (closeablePostings, error)
 	}{
-		"raw":    {codingFunction: diffVarintEncodeNoHeader, decodingFunction: func(bytes []byte) (index.Postings, error) { return newDiffVarintPostings(bytes), nil }},
+		"raw":    {codingFunction: diffVarintEncodeNoHeader, decodingFunction: func(bytes []byte) (closeablePostings, error) { return newDiffVarintPostings(bytes, nil), nil }},
 		"snappy": {codingFunction: diffVarintSnappyEncode, decodingFunction: diffVarintSnappyDecode},
 	}