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inhibit: preserve source-only matches in equal-label index
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118 changes: 106 additions & 12 deletions inhibit/index.go
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Expand Up @@ -17,43 +17,112 @@ import (
"sync"

"github.com/prometheus/common/model"

"github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/types"
)

// index contains map of fingerprints to fingerprints.
// The keys are fingerprints of the equal labels of source alerts.
// The values are fingerprints of the source alerts.
// index maps fingerprints of source alert equal labels to source alerts.
// For more info see comments on inhibitor and InhibitRule.
type index struct {
mtx sync.RWMutex
items map[model.Fingerprint]model.Fingerprint
items map[model.Fingerprint]*indexEntry
}

type indexEntry struct {
alerts map[model.Fingerprint]indexedAlert

any *types.Alert
sourceOnly *types.Alert
}

type indexedAlert struct {
alert *types.Alert
sourceOnly bool
}

func newIndex() *index {
return &index{
items: make(map[model.Fingerprint]model.Fingerprint),
items: make(map[model.Fingerprint]*indexEntry),
}
}

func (c *index) Get(key model.Fingerprint) (model.Fingerprint, bool) {
func (c *index) Get(key model.Fingerprint, sourceOnly bool) (*types.Alert, bool) {
c.mtx.RLock()
defer c.mtx.RUnlock()

fp, ok := c.items[key]
return fp, ok
entry, ok := c.items[key]
if !ok {
return nil, false
}

if sourceOnly {
return entry.sourceOnly, entry.sourceOnly != nil
}

return entry.any, entry.any != nil
}

func (c *index) Set(key, value model.Fingerprint) {
func (c *index) Set(key model.Fingerprint, alert *types.Alert, sourceOnly bool) {
c.mtx.Lock()
defer c.mtx.Unlock()

c.items[key] = value
entry, ok := c.items[key]
if !ok {
entry = &indexEntry{
alerts: make(map[model.Fingerprint]indexedAlert),
}
c.items[key] = entry
}

if sameFingerprint(entry.any, alert) || sameFingerprint(entry.sourceOnly, alert) {
entry.alerts[alert.Fingerprint()] = indexedAlert{
alert: alert,
sourceOnly: sourceOnly,
}
entry.rebuild()
return
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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Avoid a full rebuild for a non-decreasing representative refresh.

If the cached representative receives a refresh with the same fingerprint and an equal or later EndsAt, this branch scans every alert in the bucket while holding the write lock. A 10,000-alert bucket makes each such refresh O(n) and blocks concurrent lookups.

Update the cached pointer directly when the refreshed alert remains the representative. Rebuild only when its EndsAt moves earlier and another alert can replace it. Add a repeated-refresh benchmark for the selected representative.

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minimal, and validate.

In `@inhibit/index.go` around lines 77 - 83, Update the sameFingerprint refresh
path in the bucket’s rebuild/representative logic to modify the cached
representative pointer directly when the refreshed alert has an equal or later
EndsAt, avoiding entry.rebuild() under the write lock. Only rebuild when EndsAt
moves earlier and another alert may become representative, and add a benchmark
covering repeated refreshes of the selected representative.

}

entry.alerts[alert.Fingerprint()] = indexedAlert{
alert: alert,
sourceOnly: sourceOnly,
}

if shouldReplaceIndexAlert(entry.any, alert) {
entry.any = alert
}
if sourceOnly && shouldReplaceIndexAlert(entry.sourceOnly, alert) {
entry.sourceOnly = alert
}
}

func (c *index) Delete(key model.Fingerprint) {
func (c *index) Delete(key model.Fingerprint, alert *types.Alert) {
c.mtx.Lock()
defer c.mtx.Unlock()

delete(c.items, key)
entry, ok := c.items[key]
if !ok {
return
}

fp := alert.Fingerprint()
indexed, ok := entry.alerts[fp]
if !ok {
return
}
if indexed.alert != alert {
return
}

delete(entry.alerts, fp)
if len(entry.alerts) == 0 {
delete(c.items, key)
return
}

if entry.any == alert || entry.sourceOnly == alert {
entry.rebuild()
}
}

func (c *index) Len() int {
Expand All @@ -62,3 +131,28 @@ func (c *index) Len() int {

return len(c.items)
}

func (e *indexEntry) rebuild() {
e.any = nil
e.sourceOnly = nil

for _, indexed := range e.alerts {
if shouldReplaceIndexAlert(e.any, indexed.alert) {
e.any = indexed.alert
}
if indexed.sourceOnly && shouldReplaceIndexAlert(e.sourceOnly, indexed.alert) {
e.sourceOnly = indexed.alert
}
}
}

func shouldReplaceIndexAlert(current, candidate *types.Alert) bool {
if current == nil {
return true
}
return current.ResolvedAt(candidate.EndsAt)
}

func sameFingerprint(a, b *types.Alert) bool {
return a != nil && a.Fingerprint() == b.Fingerprint()
}
71 changes: 17 additions & 54 deletions inhibit/inhibit.go
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Expand Up @@ -259,10 +259,9 @@ type InhibitRule struct {
// Cache of alerts matching source labels.
scache *store.Alerts

// Index of fingerprints of source alert equal labels to fingerprint of source alert.
// The index helps speed up source alert lookups from scache significantely in scenarios with 100s of source alerts cached.
// The index items might overwrite eachother if multiple source alerts have exact equal labels.
// Overwrites only happen if the new source alert has bigger EndsAt value.
// Index of source alerts by equal-label fingerprint.
// The index avoids scanning scache in scenarios with 100s of source alerts cached.
// Each equal-label bucket keeps the latest source alert, plus the latest source-only alert for self-inhibition checks.
sindex *index
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -345,62 +344,29 @@ func (r *InhibitRule) fingerprintEquals(lset model.LabelSet) model.Fingerprint {

// updateIndex updates the source alert index if necessary.
func (r *InhibitRule) updateIndex(alert *types.Alert) {
fp := alert.Fingerprint()
// Calculate source labelset subset which is in equals.
eq := r.fingerprintEquals(alert.Labels)

// Check if the equal labelset is already in the index.
indexed, ok := r.sindex.Get(eq)
if !ok {
// If not, add it.
r.sindex.Set(eq, fp)
return
}
// If the indexed fingerprint is the same as the new fingerprint, do nothing.
if indexed == fp {
return
}

// New alert and existing index are not the same, compare them.
existing, err := r.scache.Get(indexed)
if err != nil {
// failed to get the existing alert, overwrite the index.
r.sindex.Set(eq, fp)
return
}

// If the new alert resolves after the existing alert, replace the index.
if existing.ResolvedAt(alert.EndsAt) {
r.sindex.Set(eq, fp)
return
}
// If the existing alert resolves after the new alert, do nothing.
r.sindex.Set(eq, alert, !r.TargetMatchers.Matches(alert.Labels))
}

// findEqualSourceAlert returns the source alert that matches the equal labels of the given label set.
func (r *InhibitRule) findEqualSourceAlert(lset model.LabelSet, now time.Time) (*types.Alert, bool) {
func (r *InhibitRule) findEqualSourceAlert(lset model.LabelSet, sourceOnly bool, now time.Time) (*types.Alert, bool) {
equalsFP := r.fingerprintEquals(lset)
sourceFP, ok := r.sindex.Get(equalsFP)
if ok {
alert, err := r.scache.Get(sourceFP)
if err != nil {
return nil, false
}

if alert.ResolvedAt(now) {
return nil, false
}
alert, ok := r.sindex.Get(equalsFP, sourceOnly)
if !ok {
return nil, false
}

return alert, true
if alert.ResolvedAt(now) {
return nil, false
}

return nil, false
return alert, true
}

func (r *InhibitRule) gcCallback(alerts []*types.Alert) {
for _, a := range alerts {
fp := r.fingerprintEquals(a.Labels)
r.sindex.Delete(fp)
r.sindex.Delete(fp, a)
}
}

Expand All @@ -409,13 +375,10 @@ func (r *InhibitRule) gcCallback(alerts []*types.Alert) {
// is returned. If excludeTwoSidedMatch is true, alerts that match both the
// source and the target side of the rule are disregarded.
func (r *InhibitRule) hasEqual(lset model.LabelSet, excludeTwoSidedMatch bool, now time.Time) (model.Fingerprint, bool) {
equal, found := r.findEqualSourceAlert(lset, now)
if found {
if excludeTwoSidedMatch && r.TargetMatchers.Matches(equal.Labels) {
return model.Fingerprint(0), false
}
return equal.Fingerprint(), found
equal, found := r.findEqualSourceAlert(lset, excludeTwoSidedMatch, now)
if !found {
return model.Fingerprint(0), false
}

return model.Fingerprint(0), false
return equal.Fingerprint(), true
}
55 changes: 55 additions & 0 deletions inhibit/inhibit_bench_test.go
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Expand Up @@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ func BenchmarkMutes(b *testing.B) {
b.Run("1 inhibition rule, 10000 inhibiting alerts", func(b *testing.B) {
benchmarkMutes(b, allRulesMatchBenchmark(b, 1, 10000))
})
b.Run("1 inhibition rule, 10000 same-equal alerts, source-only candidate", func(b *testing.B) {
benchmarkMutes(b, sameEqualSourceOnlyBenchmark(b, 10000))
})
b.Run("100 inhibition rules, 1000 inhibiting alerts", func(b *testing.B) {
benchmarkMutes(b, allRulesMatchBenchmark(b, 100, 1000))
})
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -140,6 +143,58 @@ func allRulesMatchBenchmark(b *testing.B, numInhibitionRules, numInhibitingAlert
}
}

func sameEqualSourceOnlyBenchmark(b *testing.B, numInhibitingAlerts int) benchmarkOptions {
now := time.Now()

return benchmarkOptions{
n: 1,
newRuleFunc: func(_ int) amcommoncfg.InhibitRule {
return amcommoncfg.InhibitRule{
SourceMatchers: amcommoncfg.Matchers{
mustNewMatcher(b, labels.MatchEqual, "src", "1"),
},
TargetMatchers: amcommoncfg.Matchers{
mustNewMatcher(b, labels.MatchEqual, "dst", "1"),
},
Equal: []string{"eq"},
}
},
newAlertsFunc: func(_ int, _ amcommoncfg.InhibitRule) []types.Alert {
alerts := make([]types.Alert, 0, numInhibitingAlerts+1)
for i := range numInhibitingAlerts {
alerts = append(alerts, types.Alert{
Alert: model.Alert{
Labels: model.LabelSet{
"src": model.LabelValue("1"),
"eq": model.LabelValue("1"),
"idx": model.LabelValue(strconv.Itoa(i)),
},
EndsAt: now.Add(time.Hour),
},
})
}
alerts = append(alerts, types.Alert{
Alert: model.Alert{
Labels: model.LabelSet{
"src": model.LabelValue("1"),
"dst": model.LabelValue("1"),
"eq": model.LabelValue("1"),
"idx": model.LabelValue("two-sided"),
},
EndsAt: now.Add(2 * time.Hour),
},
})
return alerts
},
benchFunc: func(mutesFunc func(context.Context, model.LabelSet) bool) error {
if ok := mutesFunc(context.Background(), model.LabelSet{"src": "1", "dst": "1", "eq": "1"}); !ok {
return errors.New("expected source-and-target alert to be muted by a source-only alert")
}
return nil
},
}
}

// lastRuleMatchesBenchmark returns a new benchmark where the last inhibition
// rule inhibits the label dst=0. All other inhibition rules are no-ops.
//
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