Add hearbeater

background.go

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ type Background struct {
 	scheduler   *scheduler
 	processor   *processor
 	syncer      *syncer
+	heartbeater *heartbeater
 }
 
 // Config specifies the background-task processing behavior.
@@ -109,9 +110,16 @@ func NewBackground(r RedisConnOpt, cfg *Config) *Background {
 	}
 	qcfg := normalizeQueueCfg(queues)
 
+	host, err := os.Hostname()
+	if err != nil {
+		host = "unknown-host"
+	}
+	pid := os.Getpid()
+
+	rdb := rdb.NewRDB(createRedisClient(r))
 	syncRequestCh := make(chan *syncRequest)
 	syncer := newSyncer(syncRequestCh, 5*time.Second)
-	rdb := rdb.NewRDB(createRedisClient(r))
+	heartbeater := newHeartbeater(rdb, 5*time.Second, host, pid, queues, n)
 	scheduler := newScheduler(rdb, 5*time.Second, qcfg)
 	processor := newProcessor(rdb, n, qcfg, cfg.StrictPriority, delayFunc, syncRequestCh)
 	return &Background{
@@ -119,6 +127,7 @@ func NewBackground(r RedisConnOpt, cfg *Config) *Background {
 		scheduler:   scheduler,
 		processor:   processor,
 		syncer:      syncer,
+		heartbeater: heartbeater,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -165,6 +174,7 @@ func (bg *Background) Run(handler Handler) {
 		sig := <-sigs
 		if sig == syscall.SIGTSTP {
 			bg.processor.stop()
+			bg.heartbeater.setState("stopped")
 			continue
 		}
 		break
@@ -184,6 +194,7 @@ func (bg *Background) start(handler Handler) {
 	bg.running = true
 	bg.processor.handler = handler
 
+	bg.heartbeater.start()
 	bg.syncer.start()
 	bg.scheduler.start()
 	bg.processor.start()
@@ -202,6 +213,7 @@ func (bg *Background) stop() {
 	// Note: processor and all worker goroutines need to be exited
 	// before shutting down syncer to avoid goroutine leak.
 	bg.syncer.terminate()
+	bg.heartbeater.terminate()
 
 	bg.rdb.Close()
 	bg.processor.handler = nil

heartbeat.go

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// Copyright 2020 Kentaro Hibino. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT license
+// that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package asynq
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/hibiken/asynq/internal/base"
+	"github.com/hibiken/asynq/internal/rdb"
+)
+
+// heartbeater is responsible for writing process status to redis periodically to
+// indicate that the background worker process is up.
+type heartbeater struct {
+	rdb *rdb.RDB
+
+	mu sync.Mutex
+	ps *base.ProcessStatus
+
+	// channel to communicate back to the long running "heartbeater" goroutine.
+	done chan struct{}
+
+	// interval between heartbeats.
+	interval time.Duration
+}
+
+func newHeartbeater(rdb *rdb.RDB, interval time.Duration, host string, pid int, queues map[string]uint, n int) *heartbeater {
+	ps := &base.ProcessStatus{
+		Concurrency: n,
+		Queues:      queues,
+		Host:        host,
+		PID:         pid,
+	}
+	return &heartbeater{
+		rdb:      rdb,
+		ps:       ps,
+		done:     make(chan struct{}),
+		interval: interval,
+	}
+}
+
+func (h *heartbeater) terminate() {
+	logger.info("Heartbeater shutting down...")
+	// Signal the heartbeater goroutine to stop.
+	h.done <- struct{}{}
+}
+
+func (h *heartbeater) setState(state string) {
+	h.mu.Lock()
+	defer h.mu.Unlock()
+	h.ps.State = state
+}
+
+func (h *heartbeater) start() {
+	h.ps.Started = time.Now()
+	h.ps.State = "running"
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-h.done:
+				logger.info("Heartbeater done")
+				return
+			case <-time.After(h.interval):
+				// Note: Set TTL to be long enough value so that it won't expire before we write again
+				// and short enough to expire quickly once process is shut down.
+				h.mu.Lock()
+				err := h.rdb.WriteProcessStatus(h.ps, h.interval*2)
+				h.mu.Unlock()
+				if err != nil {
+					logger.error("could not write heartbeat data: %v", err)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+}

heartbeat_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// Copyright 2020 Kentaro Hibino. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT license
+// that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package asynq
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
+	h "github.com/hibiken/asynq/internal/asynqtest"
+	"github.com/hibiken/asynq/internal/base"
+	"github.com/hibiken/asynq/internal/rdb"
+)
+
+func TestHeartbeater(t *testing.T) {
+	r := setup(t)
+	rdbClient := rdb.NewRDB(r)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		interval    time.Duration
+		host        string
+		pid         int
+		queues      map[string]uint
+		concurrency int
+	}{
+		{time.Second, "some.address.ec2.aws.com", 45678, map[string]uint{"default": 1}, 10},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		h.FlushDB(t, r)
+
+		hb := newHeartbeater(rdbClient, tc.interval, tc.host, tc.pid, tc.queues, tc.concurrency)
+
+		want := &base.ProcessStatus{
+			Host:        tc.host,
+			PID:         tc.pid,
+			Queues:      tc.queues,
+			Concurrency: tc.concurrency,
+			Started:     time.Now(),
+			State:       "running",
+		}
+		hb.start()
+
+		// allow for heartbeater to write to redis
+		time.Sleep(tc.interval * 2)
+
+		got, err := rdbClient.ReadProcessStatus(tc.host, tc.pid)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("could not read process status from redis: %v", err)
+			hb.terminate()
+			continue
+		}
+
+		var timeCmpOpt = cmpopts.EquateApproxTime(10 * time.Millisecond)
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(want, got, timeCmpOpt); diff != "" {
+			t.Errorf("redis stored process status %+v, want %+v; (-want, +got)\n%s", got, want, diff)
+			hb.terminate()
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// state change
+		hb.setState("stopped")
+
+		// allow for heartbeater to write to redis
+		time.Sleep(tc.interval * 2)
+
+		want.State = "stopped"
+		got, err = rdbClient.ReadProcessStatus(tc.host, tc.pid)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("could not read process status from redis: %v", err)
+			hb.terminate()
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(want, got, timeCmpOpt); diff != "" {
+			t.Errorf("redis stored process status %+v, want %+v; (-want, +got)\n%s", got, want, diff)
+			hb.terminate()
+			continue
+		}
+
+		hb.terminate()
+	}
+}

internal/base/base.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 package base
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ const DefaultQueueName = "default"
 
 // Redis keys
 const (
+	psPrefix        = "asynq:ps:"                    // HASH
 	processedPrefix = "asynq:processed:"             // STRING - asynq:processed:<yyyy-mm-dd>
 	failurePrefix   = "asynq:failure:"               // STRING - asynq:failure:<yyyy-mm-dd>
 	QueuePrefix     = "asynq:queues:"                // LIST   - asynq:queues:<qname>
@@ -45,6 +47,11 @@ func FailureKey(t time.Time) string {
 	return failurePrefix + t.UTC().Format("2006-01-02")
 }
 
+// ProcessStatusKey returns a redis key string for process status.
+func ProcessStatusKey(hostname string, pid int) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s:%d", psPrefix, hostname, pid)
+}
+
 // TaskMessage is the internal representation of a task with additional metadata fields.
 // Serialized data of this type gets written to redis.
 type TaskMessage struct {
@@ -69,3 +76,13 @@ type TaskMessage struct {
 	// ErrorMsg holds the error message from the last failure.
 	ErrorMsg string
 }
+
+// ProcessStatus holds information about running background worker process.
+type ProcessStatus struct {
+	Concurrency int
+	Queues      map[string]uint
+	PID         int
+	Host        string
+	State       string
+	Started     time.Time
+}

internal/base/base_test.go

@@ -60,3 +60,21 @@ func TestFailureKey(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestProcessStatusKey(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		hostname string
+		pid      int
+		want     string
+	}{
+		{"localhost", 9876, "asynq:ps:localhost:9876"},
+		{"127.0.0.1", 1234, "asynq:ps:127.0.0.1:1234"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		got := ProcessStatusKey(tc.hostname, tc.pid)
+		if got != tc.want {
+			t.Errorf("ProcessStatusKey(%s, %d) = %s, want %s", tc.hostname, tc.pid, got, tc.want)
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/rdb/rdb.go

@@ -346,3 +346,29 @@ func (r *RDB) forwardSingle(src, dst string) error {
 	return script.Run(r.client,
 		[]string{src, dst}, now).Err()
 }
+
+// WriteProcessStatus writes process information to redis with expiration
+// set to the value ttl.
+func (r *RDB) WriteProcessStatus(ps *base.ProcessStatus, ttl time.Duration) error {
+	bytes, err := json.Marshal(ps)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	key := base.ProcessStatusKey(ps.Host, ps.PID)
+	return r.client.Set(key, string(bytes), ttl).Err()
+}
+
+// ReadProcessStatus reads process information stored in redis.
+func (r *RDB) ReadProcessStatus(host string, pid int) (*base.ProcessStatus, error) {
+	key := base.ProcessStatusKey(host, pid)
+	data, err := r.client.Get(key).Result()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var ps base.ProcessStatus
+	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(data), &ps)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &ps, nil
+}

internal/rdb/rdb_test.go

@@ -738,3 +738,49 @@ func TestCheckAndEnqueue(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestReadWriteProcessStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	r := setup(t)
+	ps1 := &base.ProcessStatus{
+		Concurrency: 10,
+		Queues:      map[string]uint{"default": 2, "email": 5, "low": 1},
+		PID:         98765,
+		Host:        "localhost",
+		State:       "running",
+		Started:     time.Now(),
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		ps  *base.ProcessStatus
+		ttl time.Duration
+	}{
+		{ps1, 5 * time.Second},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		h.FlushDB(t, r.client)
+
+		err := r.WriteProcessStatus(tc.ps, tc.ttl)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("r.WriteProcessStatus returned an error: %v", err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		got, err := r.ReadProcessStatus(tc.ps.Host, tc.ps.PID)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("r.ReadProcessStatus returned an error: %v", err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.ps, got); diff != "" {
+			t.Errorf("r.ReadProcessStatus(%q, %d) = %+v, want %+v; (-want,+got)\n%s",
+				tc.ps.Host, tc.ps.PID, got, tc.ps, diff)
+		}
+
+		key := base.ProcessStatusKey(tc.ps.Host, tc.ps.PID)
+		gotTTL := r.client.TTL(key).Val()
+		if !cmp.Equal(tc.ttl, gotTTL, timeCmpOpt) {
+			t.Errorf("redis TTL %q returned %v, want %v", key, gotTTL, tc.ttl)
+		}
+	}
+}

syncer_test.go

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ func TestSyncerRetry(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("%q has length %d; want %d", base.InProgressQueue, l, len(inProgress))
 	}
 
+	// FIXME: This assignment introduces data race and running the test with -race will fail.
 	// simualate failover.
 	rdbClient = rdb.NewRDB(goodClient)