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1 <?php
2 /**
3 * Database-backed job queue code.
4 *
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14 *
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19 *
20 * @file
21 * @author Aaron Schulz
22 */
23
24 /**
25 * Class to handle job queues stored in the DB
26 *
27 * @ingroup JobQueue
28 * @since 1.21
29 */
30 class JobQueueDB extends JobQueue {
31 const CACHE_TTL_SHORT = 30; // integer; seconds to cache info without re-validating
32 const CACHE_TTL_LONG = 300; // integer; seconds to cache info that is kept up to date
33 const MAX_AGE_PRUNE = 604800; // integer; seconds a job can live once claimed
34 const MAX_JOB_RANDOM = 2147483647; // integer; 2^31 - 1, used for job_random
35 const MAX_OFFSET = 255; // integer; maximum number of rows to skip
36
37 protected $cluster = false; // string; name of an external DB cluster
38
39 /**
40 * Additional parameters include:
41 * - cluster : The name of an external cluster registered via LBFactory.
42 * If not specified, the primary DB cluster for the wiki will be used.
43 * This can be overridden with a custom cluster so that DB handles will
44 * be retrieved via LBFactory::getExternalLB() and getConnection().
45 * @param $params array
46 */
47 protected function __construct( array $params ) {
48 parent::__construct( $params );
49 $this->cluster = isset( $params['cluster'] ) ? $params['cluster'] : false;
50 }
51
52 /**
53 * @see JobQueue::doIsEmpty()
54 * @return bool
55 */
56 protected function doIsEmpty() {
57 global $wgMemc;
58
59 $key = $this->getCacheKey( 'empty' );
60
61 $isEmpty = $wgMemc->get( $key );
62 if ( $isEmpty === 'true' ) {
63 return true;
64 } elseif ( $isEmpty === 'false' ) {
65 return false;
66 }
67
68 list( $dbr, $scope ) = $this->getSlaveDB();
69 $found = $dbr->selectField( // unclaimed job
70 'job', '1', array( 'job_cmd' => $this->type, 'job_token' => '' ), __METHOD__
71 );
72 $wgMemc->add( $key, $found ? 'false' : 'true', self::CACHE_TTL_LONG );
73
74 return !$found;
75 }
76
77 /**
78 * @see JobQueue::doGetSize()
79 * @return integer
80 */
81 protected function doGetSize() {
82 global $wgMemc;
83
84 $key = $this->getCacheKey( 'size' );
85
86 $size = $wgMemc->get( $key );
87 if ( is_int( $size ) ) {
88 return $size;
89 }
90
91 list( $dbr, $scope ) = $this->getSlaveDB();
92 $size = (int)$dbr->selectField( 'job', 'COUNT(*)',
93 array( 'job_cmd' => $this->type, 'job_token' => '' ),
94 __METHOD__
95 );
96 $wgMemc->set( $key, $size, self::CACHE_TTL_SHORT );
97
98 return $size;
99 }
100
101 /**
102 * @see JobQueue::doGetAcquiredCount()
103 * @return integer
104 */
105 protected function doGetAcquiredCount() {
106 global $wgMemc;
107
108 $key = $this->getCacheKey( 'acquiredcount' );
109
110 $count = $wgMemc->get( $key );
111 if ( is_int( $count ) ) {
112 return $count;
113 }
114
115 list( $dbr, $scope ) = $this->getSlaveDB();
116 $count = (int)$dbr->selectField( 'job', 'COUNT(*)',
117 array( 'job_cmd' => $this->type, "job_token != {$dbr->addQuotes( '' )}" ),
118 __METHOD__
119 );
120 $wgMemc->set( $key, $count, self::CACHE_TTL_SHORT );
121
122 return $count;
123 }
124
125 /**
126 * @see JobQueue::doBatchPush()
127 * @param array $jobs
128 * @param $flags
129 * @throws DBError|Exception
130 * @return bool
131 */
132 protected function doBatchPush( array $jobs, $flags ) {
133 if ( count( $jobs ) ) {
134 list( $dbw, $scope ) = $this->getMasterDB();
135
136 $rowSet = array(); // (sha1 => job) map for jobs that are de-duplicated
137 $rowList = array(); // list of jobs for jobs that are are not de-duplicated
138
139 foreach ( $jobs as $job ) {
140 $row = $this->insertFields( $job );
141 if ( $job->ignoreDuplicates() ) {
142 $rowSet[$row['job_sha1']] = $row;
143 } else {
144 $rowList[] = $row;
145 }
146 }
147
148 $atomic = ( $flags & self::QoS_Atomic );
149 $key = $this->getCacheKey( 'empty' );
150 $ttl = self::CACHE_TTL_LONG;
151
152 $dbw->onTransactionIdle(
153 function() use ( $dbw, $rowSet, $rowList, $atomic, $key, $ttl, $scope
154 ) {
155 global $wgMemc;
156
157 if ( $atomic ) {
158 $dbw->begin( __METHOD__ ); // wrap all the job additions in one transaction
159 }
160 try {
161 // Strip out any duplicate jobs that are already in the queue...
162 if ( count( $rowSet ) ) {
163 $res = $dbw->select( 'job', 'job_sha1',
164 array(
165 // No job_type condition since it's part of the job_sha1 hash
166 'job_sha1' => array_keys( $rowSet ),
167 'job_token' => '' // unclaimed
168 ),
169 __METHOD__
170 );
171 foreach ( $res as $row ) {
172 wfDebug( "Job with hash '{$row->job_sha1}' is a duplicate." );
173 unset( $rowSet[$row->job_sha1] ); // already enqueued
174 }
175 }
176 // Build the full list of job rows to insert
177 $rows = array_merge( $rowList, array_values( $rowSet ) );
178 // Insert the job rows in chunks to avoid slave lag...
179 foreach ( array_chunk( $rows, 50 ) as $rowBatch ) {
180 $dbw->insert( 'job', $rowBatch, __METHOD__ );
181 }
182 wfIncrStats( 'job-insert', count( $rows ) );
183 wfIncrStats( 'job-insert-duplicate',
184 count( $rowSet ) + count( $rowList ) - count( $rows ) );
185 } catch ( DBError $e ) {
186 if ( $atomic ) {
187 $dbw->rollback( __METHOD__ );
188 }
189 throw $e;
190 }
191 if ( $atomic ) {
192 $dbw->commit( __METHOD__ );
193 }
194
195 $wgMemc->set( $key, 'false', $ttl ); // queue is not empty
196 } );
197 }
198
199 return true;
200 }
201
202 /**
203 * @see JobQueue::doPop()
204 * @return Job|bool
205 */
206 protected function doPop() {
207 global $wgMemc;
208
209 if ( $wgMemc->get( $this->getCacheKey( 'empty' ) ) === 'true' ) {
210 return false; // queue is empty
211 }
212
213 list( $dbw, $scope ) = $this->getMasterDB();
214 $dbw->commit( __METHOD__, 'flush' ); // flush existing transaction
215
216 $uuid = wfRandomString( 32 ); // pop attempt
217 $job = false; // job popped off
218 // Occasionally recycle jobs back into the queue that have been claimed too long
219 if ( mt_rand( 0, 99 ) == 0 ) {
220 $this->recycleStaleJobs();
221 }
222 do { // retry when our row is invalid or deleted as a duplicate
223 // Try to reserve a row in the DB...
224 if ( in_array( $this->order, array( 'fifo', 'timestamp' ) ) ) {
225 $row = $this->claimOldest( $uuid );
226 } else { // random first
227 $rand = mt_rand( 0, self::MAX_JOB_RANDOM ); // encourage concurrent UPDATEs
228 $gte = (bool)mt_rand( 0, 1 ); // find rows with rand before/after $rand
229 $row = $this->claimRandom( $uuid, $rand, $gte );
230 }
231 // Check if we found a row to reserve...
232 if ( !$row ) {
233 $wgMemc->set( $this->getCacheKey( 'empty' ), 'true', self::CACHE_TTL_LONG );
234 break; // nothing to do
235 }
236 wfIncrStats( 'job-pop' );
237 // Get the job object from the row...
238 $title = Title::makeTitleSafe( $row->job_namespace, $row->job_title );
239 if ( !$title ) {
240 $dbw->delete( 'job', array( 'job_id' => $row->job_id ), __METHOD__ );
241 wfDebugLog( 'JobQueueDB', "Row has invalid title '{$row->job_title}'." );
242 continue; // try again
243 }
244 $job = Job::factory( $row->job_cmd, $title,
245 self::extractBlob( $row->job_params ), $row->job_id );
246 $job->id = $row->job_id; // XXX: work around broken subclasses
247 // Flag this job as an old duplicate based on its "root" job...
248 if ( $this->isRootJobOldDuplicate( $job ) ) {
249 wfIncrStats( 'job-pop-duplicate' );
250 $job = DuplicateJob::newFromJob( $job ); // convert to a no-op
251 }
252 break; // done
253 } while( true );
254
255 return $job;
256 }
257
258 /**
259 * Reserve a row with a single UPDATE without holding row locks over RTTs...
260 *
261 * @param $uuid string 32 char hex string
262 * @param $rand integer Random unsigned integer (31 bits)
263 * @param $gte bool Search for job_random >= $random (otherwise job_random <= $random)
264 * @return Row|false
265 */
266 protected function claimRandom( $uuid, $rand, $gte ) {
267 global $wgMemc;
268
269 list( $dbw, $scope ) = $this->getMasterDB();
270 // Check cache to see if the queue has <= OFFSET items
271 $tinyQueue = $wgMemc->get( $this->getCacheKey( 'small' ) );
272
273 $row = false; // the row acquired
274 $invertedDirection = false; // whether one job_random direction was already scanned
275 // This uses a replication safe method for acquiring jobs. One could use UPDATE+LIMIT
276 // instead, but that either uses ORDER BY (in which case it deadlocks in MySQL) or is
277 // not replication safe. Due to http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=6980, subqueries cannot
278 // be used here with MySQL.
279 do {
280 if ( $tinyQueue ) { // queue has <= MAX_OFFSET rows
281 // For small queues, using OFFSET will overshoot and return no rows more often.
282 // Instead, this uses job_random to pick a row (possibly checking both directions).
283 $ineq = $gte ? '>=' : '<=';
284 $dir = $gte ? 'ASC' : 'DESC';
285 $row = $dbw->selectRow( 'job', '*', // find a random job
286 array(
287 'job_cmd' => $this->type,
288 'job_token' => '', // unclaimed
289 "job_random {$ineq} {$dbw->addQuotes( $rand )}" ),
290 __METHOD__,
291 array( 'ORDER BY' => "job_random {$dir}" )
292 );
293 if ( !$row && !$invertedDirection ) {
294 $gte = !$gte;
295 $invertedDirection = true;
296 continue; // try the other direction
297 }
298 } else { // table *may* have >= MAX_OFFSET rows
299 // Bug 42614: "ORDER BY job_random" with a job_random inequality causes high CPU
300 // in MySQL if there are many rows for some reason. This uses a small OFFSET
301 // instead of job_random for reducing excess claim retries.
302 $row = $dbw->selectRow( 'job', '*', // find a random job
303 array(
304 'job_cmd' => $this->type,
305 'job_token' => '', // unclaimed
306 ),
307 __METHOD__,
308 array( 'OFFSET' => mt_rand( 0, self::MAX_OFFSET ) )
309 );
310 if ( !$row ) {
311 $tinyQueue = true; // we know the queue must have <= MAX_OFFSET rows
312 $wgMemc->set( $this->getCacheKey( 'small' ), 1, 30 );
313 continue; // use job_random
314 }
315 }
316 if ( $row ) { // claim the job
317 $dbw->update( 'job', // update by PK
318 array(
319 'job_token' => $uuid,
320 'job_token_timestamp' => $dbw->timestamp(),
321 'job_attempts = job_attempts+1' ),
322 array( 'job_cmd' => $this->type, 'job_id' => $row->job_id, 'job_token' => '' ),
323 __METHOD__
324 );
325 // This might get raced out by another runner when claiming the previously
326 // selected row. The use of job_random should minimize this problem, however.
327 if ( !$dbw->affectedRows() ) {
328 $row = false; // raced out
329 }
330 } else {
331 break; // nothing to do
332 }
333 } while ( !$row );
334
335 return $row;
336 }
337
338 /**
339 * Reserve a row with a single UPDATE without holding row locks over RTTs...
340 *
341 * @param $uuid string 32 char hex string
342 * @return Row|false
343 */
344 protected function claimOldest( $uuid ) {
345 list( $dbw, $scope ) = $this->getMasterDB();
346
347 $row = false; // the row acquired
348 do {
349 if ( $dbw->getType() === 'mysql' ) {
350 // Per http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=6980, we can't use subqueries on the
351 // same table being changed in an UPDATE query in MySQL (gives Error: 1093).
352 // Oracle and Postgre have no such limitation. However, MySQL offers an
353 // alternative here by supporting ORDER BY + LIMIT for UPDATE queries.
354 $dbw->query( "UPDATE {$dbw->tableName( 'job' )} " .
355 "SET " .
356 "job_token = {$dbw->addQuotes( $uuid ) }, " .
357 "job_token_timestamp = {$dbw->addQuotes( $dbw->timestamp() )}, " .
358 "job_attempts = job_attempts+1 " .
359 "WHERE ( " .
360 "job_cmd = {$dbw->addQuotes( $this->type )} " .
361 "AND job_token = {$dbw->addQuotes( '' )} " .
362 ") ORDER BY job_id ASC LIMIT 1",
363 __METHOD__
364 );
365 } else {
366 // Use a subquery to find the job, within an UPDATE to claim it.
367 // This uses as much of the DB wrapper functions as possible.
368 $dbw->update( 'job',
369 array(
370 'job_token' => $uuid,
371 'job_token_timestamp' => $dbw->timestamp(),
372 'job_attempts = job_attempts+1' ),
373 array( 'job_id = (' .
374 $dbw->selectSQLText( 'job', 'job_id',
375 array( 'job_cmd' => $this->type, 'job_token' => '' ),
376 __METHOD__,
377 array( 'ORDER BY' => 'job_id ASC', 'LIMIT' => 1 ) ) .
378 ')'
379 ),
380 __METHOD__
381 );
382 }
383 // Fetch any row that we just reserved...
384 if ( $dbw->affectedRows() ) {
385 $row = $dbw->selectRow( 'job', '*',
386 array( 'job_cmd' => $this->type, 'job_token' => $uuid ), __METHOD__
387 );
388 if ( !$row ) { // raced out by duplicate job removal
389 wfDebugLog( 'JobQueueDB', "Row deleted as duplicate by another process." );
390 }
391 } else {
392 break; // nothing to do
393 }
394 } while ( !$row );
395
396 return $row;
397 }
398
399 /**
400 * Recycle or destroy any jobs that have been claimed for too long
401 *
402 * @return integer Number of jobs recycled/deleted
403 */
404 protected function recycleStaleJobs() {
405 global $wgMemc;
406
407 $now = time();
408 list( $dbw, $scope ) = $this->getMasterDB();
409 $count = 0; // affected rows
410
411 if ( !$dbw->lock( "jobqueue-recycle-{$this->type}", __METHOD__, 1 ) ) {
412 return $count; // already in progress
413 }
414
415 // Remove claims on jobs acquired for too long if enabled...
416 if ( $this->claimTTL > 0 ) {
417 $claimCutoff = $dbw->timestamp( $now - $this->claimTTL );
418 // Get the IDs of jobs that have be claimed but not finished after too long.
419 // These jobs can be recycled into the queue by expiring the claim. Selecting
420 // the IDs first means that the UPDATE can be done by primary key (less deadlocks).
421 $res = $dbw->select( 'job', 'job_id',
422 array(
423 'job_cmd' => $this->type,
424 "job_token != {$dbw->addQuotes( '' )}", // was acquired
425 "job_token_timestamp < {$dbw->addQuotes( $claimCutoff )}", // stale
426 "job_attempts < {$dbw->addQuotes( self::MAX_ATTEMPTS )}" ), // retries left
427 __METHOD__
428 );
429 $ids = array_map( function( $o ) { return $o->job_id; }, iterator_to_array( $res ) );
430 if ( count( $ids ) ) {
431 // Reset job_token for these jobs so that other runners will pick them up.
432 // Set the timestamp to the current time, as it is useful to now that the job
433 // was already tried before (the timestamp becomes the "released" time).
434 $dbw->update( 'job',
435 array(
436 'job_token' => '',
437 'job_token_timestamp' => $dbw->timestamp( $now ) ), // time of release
438 array(
439 'job_id' => $ids ),
440 __METHOD__
441 );
442 $count += $dbw->affectedRows();
443 wfIncrStats( 'job-recycle', $dbw->affectedRows() );
444 $wgMemc->set( $this->getCacheKey( 'empty' ), 'false', self::CACHE_TTL_LONG );
445 }
446 }
447
448 // Just destroy any stale jobs...
449 $pruneCutoff = $dbw->timestamp( $now - self::MAX_AGE_PRUNE );
450 $conds = array(
451 'job_cmd' => $this->type,
452 "job_token != {$dbw->addQuotes( '' )}", // was acquired
453 "job_token_timestamp < {$dbw->addQuotes( $pruneCutoff )}" // stale
454 );
455 if ( $this->claimTTL > 0 ) { // only prune jobs attempted too many times...
456 $conds[] = "job_attempts >= {$dbw->addQuotes( self::MAX_ATTEMPTS )}";
457 }
458 // Get the IDs of jobs that are considered stale and should be removed. Selecting
459 // the IDs first means that the UPDATE can be done by primary key (less deadlocks).
460 $res = $dbw->select( 'job', 'job_id', $conds, __METHOD__ );
461 $ids = array_map( function( $o ) { return $o->job_id; }, iterator_to_array( $res ) );
462 if ( count( $ids ) ) {
463 $dbw->delete( 'job', array( 'job_id' => $ids ), __METHOD__ );
464 $count += $dbw->affectedRows();
465 }
466
467 $dbw->unlock( "jobqueue-recycle-{$this->type}", __METHOD__ );
468
469 return $count;
470 }
471
472 /**
473 * @see JobQueue::doAck()
474 * @param Job $job
475 * @throws MWException
476 * @return Job|bool
477 */
478 protected function doAck( Job $job ) {
479 if ( !$job->getId() ) {
480 throw new MWException( "Job of type '{$job->getType()}' has no ID." );
481 }
482
483 list( $dbw, $scope ) = $this->getMasterDB();
484 $dbw->commit( __METHOD__, 'flush' ); // flush existing transaction
485
486 // Delete a row with a single DELETE without holding row locks over RTTs...
487 $dbw->delete( 'job',
488 array( 'job_cmd' => $this->type, 'job_id' => $job->getId() ), __METHOD__ );
489
490 return true;
491 }
492
493 /**
494 * @see JobQueue::doDeduplicateRootJob()
495 * @param Job $job
496 * @throws MWException
497 * @return bool
498 */
499 protected function doDeduplicateRootJob( Job $job ) {
500 $params = $job->getParams();
501 if ( !isset( $params['rootJobSignature'] ) ) {
502 throw new MWException( "Cannot register root job; missing 'rootJobSignature'." );
503 } elseif ( !isset( $params['rootJobTimestamp'] ) ) {
504 throw new MWException( "Cannot register root job; missing 'rootJobTimestamp'." );
505 }
506 $key = $this->getRootJobCacheKey( $params['rootJobSignature'] );
507 // Callers should call batchInsert() and then this function so that if the insert
508 // fails, the de-duplication registration will be aborted. Since the insert is
509 // deferred till "transaction idle", do the same here, so that the ordering is
510 // maintained. Having only the de-duplication registration succeed would cause
511 // jobs to become no-ops without any actual jobs that made them redundant.
512 list( $dbw, $scope ) = $this->getMasterDB();
513 $dbw->onTransactionIdle( function() use ( $params, $key, $scope ) {
514 global $wgMemc;
515
516 $timestamp = $wgMemc->get( $key ); // current last timestamp of this job
517 if ( $timestamp && $timestamp >= $params['rootJobTimestamp'] ) {
518 return true; // a newer version of this root job was enqueued
519 }
520
521 // Update the timestamp of the last root job started at the location...
522 return $wgMemc->set( $key, $params['rootJobTimestamp'], 14*86400 ); // 2 weeks
523 } );
524
525 return true;
526 }
527
528 /**
529 * Check if the "root" job of a given job has been superseded by a newer one
530 *
531 * @param $job Job
532 * @return bool
533 */
534 protected function isRootJobOldDuplicate( Job $job ) {
535 global $wgMemc;
536
537 $params = $job->getParams();
538 if ( !isset( $params['rootJobSignature'] ) ) {
539 return false; // job has no de-deplication info
540 } elseif ( !isset( $params['rootJobTimestamp'] ) ) {
541 trigger_error( "Cannot check root job; missing 'rootJobTimestamp'." );
542 return false;
543 }
544
545 // Get the last time this root job was enqueued
546 $timestamp = $wgMemc->get( $this->getRootJobCacheKey( $params['rootJobSignature'] ) );
547
548 // Check if a new root job was started at the location after this one's...
549 return ( $timestamp && $timestamp > $params['rootJobTimestamp'] );
550 }
551
552 /**
553 * @see JobQueue::doWaitForBackups()
554 * @return void
555 */
556 protected function doWaitForBackups() {
557 wfWaitForSlaves();
558 }
559
560 /**
561 * @return Array (DatabaseBase, ScopedCallback)
562 */
563 protected function getSlaveDB() {
564 return $this->getDB( DB_SLAVE );
565 }
566
567 /**
568 * @return Array (DatabaseBase, ScopedCallback)
569 */
570 protected function getMasterDB() {
571 return $this->getDB( DB_MASTER );
572 }
573
574 /**
575 * @param $index integer (DB_SLAVE/DB_MASTER)
576 * @return Array (DatabaseBase, ScopedCallback)
577 */
578 protected function getDB( $index ) {
579 $lb = ( $this->cluster !== false )
580 ? wfGetLBFactory()->getExternalLB( $this->cluster, $this->wiki )
581 : wfGetLB( $this->wiki );
582 $conn = $lb->getConnection( $index, array(), $this->wiki );
583 return array(
584 $conn,
585 new ScopedCallback( function() use ( $lb, $conn ) {
586 $lb->reuseConnection( $conn );
587 } )
588 );
589 }
590
591 /**
592 * @param $job Job
593 * @return array
594 */
595 protected function insertFields( Job $job ) {
596 list( $dbw, $scope ) = $this->getMasterDB();
597 return array(
598 // Fields that describe the nature of the job
599 'job_cmd' => $job->getType(),
600 'job_namespace' => $job->getTitle()->getNamespace(),
601 'job_title' => $job->getTitle()->getDBkey(),
602 'job_params' => self::makeBlob( $job->getParams() ),
603 // Additional job metadata
604 'job_id' => $dbw->nextSequenceValue( 'job_job_id_seq' ),
605 'job_timestamp' => $dbw->timestamp(),
606 'job_sha1' => wfBaseConvert(
607 sha1( serialize( $job->getDeduplicationInfo() ) ),
608 16, 36, 31
609 ),
610 'job_random' => mt_rand( 0, self::MAX_JOB_RANDOM )
611 );
612 }
613
614 /**
615 * @return string
616 */
617 private function getCacheKey( $property ) {
618 list( $db, $prefix ) = wfSplitWikiID( $this->wiki );
619 return wfForeignMemcKey( $db, $prefix, 'jobqueue', $this->type, $property );
620 }
621
622 /**
623 * @param string $signature Hash identifier of the root job
624 * @return string
625 */
626 private function getRootJobCacheKey( $signature ) {
627 list( $db, $prefix ) = wfSplitWikiID( $this->wiki );
628 return wfForeignMemcKey( $db, $prefix, 'jobqueue', $this->type, 'rootjob', $signature );
629 }
630
631 /**
632 * @param $params
633 * @return string
634 */
635 protected static function makeBlob( $params ) {
636 if ( $params !== false ) {
637 return serialize( $params );
638 } else {
639 return '';
640 }
641 }
642
643 /**
644 * @param $blob
645 * @return bool|mixed
646 */
647 protected static function extractBlob( $blob ) {
648 if ( (string)$blob !== '' ) {
649 return unserialize( $blob );
650 } else {
651 return false;
652 }
653 }
654 }