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tasks/common/metrics/tally_metrics_handler.go
Yaniv KaulandGitHub 625342fb4f perf: cache tally metrics handler scopes and WithTags handlers to reduce allocations (#9620)
## Summary

- Cache `WithTags()` child handlers via `sync.Map` to eliminate repeated
`tagsToMap()`, `scope.Tagged()`, and handler struct allocations on the
hot path
- Cache `scope.Tagged()` results per unique inline tag combination in
`cachedTaggedScope()`, bounded to 1024 entries with graceful degradation
- Normalize excluded tags before cache key computation so
high-cardinality excluded values (e.g. `activityType`) share a single
cache entry, preventing unbounded cache growth

## Design

Two complementary caching layers in `tallyMetricsHandler`:

1. **`childCache`** (`sync.Map`): caches entire handler subtrees
returned by `WithTags()`. On cache hit: zero allocations.
2. **`scopeCache`** (`sync.Map` + `atomic.Int64` size bound): caches
`tally.Scope` objects returned by `scope.Tagged()` for inline tags
passed to `Counter`/`Gauge`/`Timer`/`Histogram` `Record()` calls.
Bounded to 1024 entries; beyond that, scopes are created but not cached.

Both caches use `LoadOrStore` for safe concurrent access. Tag
normalization via `normalizeTagsForCaching()` ensures excluded tag
variants collapse to the same cache key. The normalization has a
zero-alloc fast path when no tags need substitution.

## Allocation Reduction (pprof alloc_space, 5min ScyllaDB workload)

### Commit 1: WithTags handler cache
| Metric | Before | After | Reduction |
|--------|--------|-------|-----------|
| WithTags cumulative | 1,930 MB | 316 MB | -83.6% |
| Total server allocs | 18,030 MB | 16,481 MB | -8.6% |

### Commit 2: Scope cache for inline tags
| Metric | Before | After | Reduction |
|--------|--------|-------|-----------|
| tagsToMap.func1 | 1,101 MB | 0 MB | -100% |
| tally Subscope | 1,012 MB | 0 MB | -100% |
| Total server allocs | 18,465 MB | 16,511 MB | -10.6% |

## Benchmark (omes throughput_stress, mc150, 5 min)

Host networking, i7-1270P 4 cores/component, inter-run data resets:

| Database | Baseline | After commit 1 | After commit 2 |
|----------|----------|----------------|----------------|
| Cassandra | 280 | 294 (+5.0%) | 270 (-3.6%) |
| ScyllaDB | 290 | 296 (+2.1%) | 298 (+2.8%) |

Note: Throughput variance at mc150 is ~5-10%. The allocation reduction
is confirmed by pprof but throughput gains are within noise at this
concurrency level.

## Testing

- Unit tests for all 4 metric types (Counter, Gauge, Timer, Histogram)
with inline tags
- Concurrency tests with race detector (32 goroutines × 100 iterations)
- Cache bound enforcement test
- Exclude-tag normalization tests (merge, allowed values, zero-alloc
fast path)
- Independent per-handler scope cache verification
- All existing tests continue to pass

---

## v2 — addressing review feedback

All 6 review comments addressed. Rebased on `origin/main`, squashed into
a single commit.

### Changes

1. **`tagsCacheKey`: Use `strings.Builder` with `Grow` pre-allocation**
— replaced manual `[]byte` construction with `strings.Builder`. A sizing
pass pre-computes the exact capacity via `Grow()` to avoid internal
reallocation (1 alloc/op).

2. **`tagsCacheKey`: Remove single-tag special case, uniform `\x00`
separator** — removed the `len(tags) == 1` branch. Every tag pair now
unconditionally appends `\x00` after both key and value, making the
format uniform and the code simpler.

3. **`normalizeTagsForCaching`: Use `slices.Clone`** — replaced
`make([]Tag, len(tags))` + `copy(tags[:i])` with `slices.Clone(tags)`,
which copies the entire slice upfront. This eliminates the `if
normalized != nil { normalized[i] = t }` guard for unchanged tags after
the clone point.

4. **Extract shared `normalizeTag` function** — the exclude-tag check
was duplicated between `normalizeTagsForCaching` and the `convert`
closure in `tagsToMap`. Extracted `normalizeTag(tag Tag, excl
excludeTags) (Tag, bool)` used by both, removing the duplication.

5. **Bound `childCache` to `scopeCacheMaxSize`** — `childCache` (used by
`WithTags`) was previously unbounded. Applied the same bounding strategy
as `scopeCache`: atomic counter + stop caching beyond 1024 entries.
Added `childCacheSize atomic.Int64` field and
`TestWithTags_BoundedChildCacheSize` test.

### Micro-benchmark results (cached vs uncached)

```
goos: linux, goarch: amd64, cpu: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1270P

                                    ns/op     B/op   allocs/op
CounterRecord_Uncached              344       592    3
CounterRecord_CachedScope            93        48    2           ← 3.7x faster, 12x less memory
WithTags_Uncached                   325       592    3
WithTags_CacheHit                    50        16    1           ← 6.5x faster, 37x less memory
TagsCacheKey_SingleTag               29        24    1
TagsCacheKey_ThreeTags               49        64    1
```

### Not changed (deliberate)

- **Cache key is order-sensitive / does not deduplicate keys** — Tally
internally canonicalizes tag maps (sorted keys, rightmost precedence),
so the cache key could theoretically miss on reordered-but-equivalent
tag sets. Verified across 100+ call sites: tag ordering is fully
consistent and duplicate keys never appear in the codebase. Adding
sort+dedup to the hot path would add cost without real-world benefit.
2026-05-19 13:53:03 -07:00

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package metrics
import (
"encoding/binary"
"slices"
"strings"
"sync"
"time"
"github.com/uber-go/tally/v4"
"go.temporal.io/server/common/log"
)
// defaultTagsCacheMaxSize is the default upper bound on cached scope/handler entries.
const defaultTagsCacheMaxSize = 10000
type histogramCacheKey struct {
name string
unit MetricUnit
}
var sanitizer = tally.NewSanitizer(tally.SanitizeOptions{
NameCharacters: tally.ValidCharacters{Ranges: tally.AlphanumericRange, Characters: tally.UnderscoreCharacters},
KeyCharacters: tally.ValidCharacters{Ranges: tally.AlphanumericRange, Characters: tally.UnderscoreCharacters},
ValueCharacters: tally.ValidCharacters{Ranges: tally.AlphanumericRange, Characters: tally.UnderscoreCharacters},
ReplacementCharacter: '_',
})
// sharedScopeCache is a bounded cache shared across all tallyMetricsHandler
// instances in a handler tree. When the cache reaches its size limit, all
// entries are cleared (clear-on-overflow) to bound memory usage.
type sharedScopeCache struct {
scopes map[string]tally.Scope
handlers map[string]*tallyMetricsHandler
mu sync.RWMutex
maxSize int
}
func newSharedScopeCache(maxSize int) *sharedScopeCache {
return &sharedScopeCache{
maxSize: maxSize,
scopes: make(map[string]tally.Scope),
handlers: make(map[string]*tallyMetricsHandler),
}
}
func (c *sharedScopeCache) loadOrStoreScope(key string, create func() tally.Scope) tally.Scope {
c.mu.RLock()
if s, ok := c.scopes[key]; ok {
c.mu.RUnlock()
return s
}
c.mu.RUnlock()
s := create()
c.mu.Lock()
defer c.mu.Unlock()
// Double-check: another goroutine may have inserted while we were creating.
if existing, ok := c.scopes[key]; ok {
return existing
}
if len(c.scopes) >= c.maxSize {
clear(c.scopes)
}
c.scopes[key] = s
return s
}
func (c *sharedScopeCache) loadOrStoreHandler(key string, create func() *tallyMetricsHandler) *tallyMetricsHandler {
c.mu.RLock()
if h, ok := c.handlers[key]; ok {
c.mu.RUnlock()
return h
}
c.mu.RUnlock()
h := create()
c.mu.Lock()
defer c.mu.Unlock()
// Double-check: another goroutine may have inserted while we were creating.
if existing, ok := c.handlers[key]; ok {
return existing
}
if len(c.handlers) >= c.maxSize {
clear(c.handlers)
}
c.handlers[key] = h
return h
}
type (
excludeTags map[string]map[string]struct{}
tallyMetricsHandler struct {
scope tally.Scope
perUnitBuckets map[MetricUnit]tally.Buckets
excludeTags excludeTags
cache *sharedScopeCache
scopeKey string // unique prefix for this handler in the shared cache
counters sync.Map // metric name -> CounterIface
gauges sync.Map // metric name -> GaugeIface
timers sync.Map // metric name -> TimerIface
histograms sync.Map // metric name + unit -> HistogramIface
}
)
var _ Handler = (*tallyMetricsHandler)(nil)
func NewTallyMetricsHandler(cfg ClientConfig, scope tally.Scope) *tallyMetricsHandler {
perUnitBuckets := make(map[MetricUnit]tally.Buckets)
for unit, boundariesList := range cfg.PerUnitHistogramBoundaries {
perUnitBuckets[MetricUnit(unit)] = tally.ValueBuckets(boundariesList)
}
maxSize := cfg.TagsCacheMaxSize
if maxSize <= 0 {
maxSize = defaultTagsCacheMaxSize
}
return &tallyMetricsHandler{
scope: scope,
perUnitBuckets: perUnitBuckets,
excludeTags: configExcludeTags(cfg),
cache: newSharedScopeCache(maxSize),
scopeKey: "",
}
}
// tagsCacheKey builds a compact string key from a tag slice for use as a
// map lookup key.
func tagsCacheKey(tags []Tag) string {
size := 0
for i := range tags {
size += len(tags[i].Key) + len(tags[i].Value) + 2*binary.MaxVarintLen64
}
var sb strings.Builder
sb.Grow(size)
for _, t := range tags {
appendCacheKeyPart(&sb, t.Key)
appendCacheKeyPart(&sb, t.Value)
}
return sb.String()
}
func appendCacheKeyPart(sb *strings.Builder, value string) {
var lenBuf [binary.MaxVarintLen64]byte
n := binary.PutUvarint(lenBuf[:], uint64(len(value)))
_, _ = sb.Write(lenBuf[:n])
sb.WriteString(value)
}
// WithTags creates a new MetricProvider with provided []Tag
// Tags are merged with registered Tags from the source MetricsHandler.
// Handlers are cached by tag combination so repeated calls avoid allocations.
func (tmh *tallyMetricsHandler) WithTags(tags ...Tag) Handler {
if len(tags) == 0 {
return tmh
}
normalizedKey := tagsCacheKey(normalizeTagsForCaching(tags, tmh.excludeTags))
key := tmh.scopeKey + normalizedKey
return tmh.cache.loadOrStoreHandler(key, func() *tallyMetricsHandler {
return &tallyMetricsHandler{
scope: tmh.scope.Tagged(tagsToMap(tags, tmh.excludeTags)),
perUnitBuckets: tmh.perUnitBuckets,
excludeTags: tmh.excludeTags,
cache: tmh.cache,
scopeKey: key,
}
})
}
// cachedTaggedScope returns a tally.Scope tagged with the given tags, caching
// the result so that repeated calls with the same tag combination avoid
// allocating a new map and tally scope lookup. Tags are normalized through
// excludeTags before cache key computation so that different raw values which
// map to the same excluded placeholder share a single cache entry.
func (tmh *tallyMetricsHandler) cachedTaggedScope(tags []Tag) tally.Scope {
if len(tags) == 0 {
return tmh.scope
}
key := tmh.scopeKey + tagsCacheKey(normalizeTagsForCaching(tags, tmh.excludeTags))
return tmh.cache.loadOrStoreScope(key, func() tally.Scope {
return tmh.scope.Tagged(tagsToMap(tags, tmh.excludeTags))
})
}
// normalizeTag applies excludeTags substitution to a single tag.
// Returns the (possibly modified) tag and whether it was normalized.
func normalizeTag(t Tag, excl excludeTags) (Tag, bool) {
if vals, ok := excl[t.Key]; ok {
if _, ok := vals[t.Value]; !ok {
return Tag{Key: t.Key, Value: tagExcludedValue}, true
}
}
return t, false
}
// normalizeTagsForCaching applies excludeTags substitution to produce
// canonical tag values for cache key computation. Returns the original slice
// unchanged if no tags need normalization (zero-alloc fast path).
func normalizeTagsForCaching(tags []Tag, excl excludeTags) []Tag {
if len(excl) == 0 {
return tags
}
var normalized []Tag
for i, t := range tags {
nt, changed := normalizeTag(t, excl)
if changed {
if normalized == nil {
normalized = slices.Clone(tags)
}
normalized[i] = nt
}
}
if normalized != nil {
return normalized
}
return tags
}
// Counter obtains a counter for the given name.
func (tmh *tallyMetricsHandler) Counter(counter string) CounterIface {
if v, ok := tmh.counters.Load(counter); ok {
return v.(CounterIface) //nolint:revive // type-safe: only CounterIface is stored
}
c := CounterFunc(func(i int64, t ...Tag) {
tmh.cachedTaggedScope(t).Counter(counter).Inc(i)
})
actual, _ := tmh.counters.LoadOrStore(counter, c)
return actual.(CounterIface) //nolint:revive // type-safe: only CounterIface is stored
}
// Gauge obtains a gauge for the given name.
func (tmh *tallyMetricsHandler) Gauge(gauge string) GaugeIface {
if v, ok := tmh.gauges.Load(gauge); ok {
return v.(GaugeIface) //nolint:revive // type-safe: only GaugeIface is stored
}
g := GaugeFunc(func(f float64, t ...Tag) {
tmh.cachedTaggedScope(t).Gauge(gauge).Update(f)
})
actual, _ := tmh.gauges.LoadOrStore(gauge, g)
return actual.(GaugeIface) //nolint:revive // type-safe: only GaugeIface is stored
}
// Timer obtains a timer for the given name.
func (tmh *tallyMetricsHandler) Timer(timer string) TimerIface {
if v, ok := tmh.timers.Load(timer); ok {
return v.(TimerIface) //nolint:revive // type-safe: only TimerIface is stored
}
ti := TimerFunc(func(d time.Duration, t ...Tag) {
tmh.cachedTaggedScope(t).Timer(timer).Record(d)
})
actual, _ := tmh.timers.LoadOrStore(timer, ti)
return actual.(TimerIface) //nolint:revive // type-safe: only TimerIface is stored
}
// Histogram obtains a histogram for the given name.
func (tmh *tallyMetricsHandler) Histogram(histogram string, unit MetricUnit) HistogramIface {
key := histogramCacheKey{name: histogram, unit: unit}
if v, ok := tmh.histograms.Load(key); ok {
return v.(HistogramIface) //nolint:revive // type-safe: only HistogramIface is stored
}
h := HistogramFunc(func(i int64, t ...Tag) {
tmh.cachedTaggedScope(t).Histogram(histogram, tmh.perUnitBuckets[unit]).RecordValue(float64(i))
})
actual, _ := tmh.histograms.LoadOrStore(key, h)
return actual.(HistogramIface) //nolint:revive // type-safe: only HistogramIface is stored
}
func (*tallyMetricsHandler) Stop(log.Logger) {}
func (*tallyMetricsHandler) Close() error {
return nil
}
func (tmh *tallyMetricsHandler) StartBatch(_ string) BatchHandler {
return tmh
}
func tagsToMap(t1 []Tag, e excludeTags) map[string]string {
if len(t1) == 0 {
return nil
}
m := make(map[string]string, len(t1))
for i := range t1 {
nt, _ := normalizeTag(t1[i], e)
m[nt.Key] = nt.Value
}
return m
}