timescaledb/scripts/test_memory_spikes.py

# Copyright (c) 2016-2018  Timescale, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
#
# This file is licensed under the Apache License, see LICENSE-APACHE
# at the top level directory of the timescaledb distribution.

# Python script to check if there are memory spikes when running
# out of order random inserts to TimescaleDB database
import psutil
import time
import sys

DEFAULT_MEMCAP = 300 # in MB
THRESHOLD_RATIO = 1.5 # ratio above which considered memory spike

# finds processes with name as argument
def find_procs_by_name(name):
    # Return a list of processes matching 'name'
    ls = []
    for p in psutil.process_iter():
        if p.name() == name:
            ls.append(p)
    return ls

# return human readable form of number of bytes n
def bytes2human(n):
    # http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578019
    # >>> bytes2human(10000)
    # '9.8K'
    # >>> bytes2human(100001221)
    # '95.4M'
    symbols = ('K', 'M', 'G', 'T', 'P', 'E', 'Z', 'Y')
    prefix = {}
    for i, s in enumerate(symbols):
        prefix[s] = 1 << (i + 1) * 10
    for s in reversed(symbols):
        if n >= prefix[s]:
            value = float(n) / prefix[s]
            return '%.1f%s' % (value, s)
    return "%sB" % n

# prints pid of processes
def print_pid(process):
    if not process:
        return
    for p in process:
        print(p.pid, end=" ")
        print()
    return

# return process id of new postgres process created when running SQL file
def find_new_process():
    # get postgres processes that are running before insertion starts
    base_process = find_procs_by_name('postgres')
    print('Processes running before inserts run: ')
    print_pid(base_process)

    process_count = len(base_process)

    print("Waiting 30 seconds for process running inserts to start")
    time.sleep(30) # wait 30 seconds to get process that runs the inserts

    # continuously check for creation of new postgres process
    timeout = time.time() + 60
    while True:
        # prevent infinite loop
        if time.time() > timeout:
            print('Timed out on finding new process, should force quit SQL inserts')
            sys.exit(4)

        process = find_procs_by_name('postgres')
        cnt = len(process)
        print("process count ", cnt)
        if cnt > process_count:
            process = find_procs_by_name('postgres')
            difference_set = set(process) - set(base_process)
            new_process = None
            # We assume that the backend is the first 'new' process to start, so it will have
            # the lower PID
            for p in difference_set:
                print('found process: {}'.format(p))
                if new_process is None or p.pid < new_process.pid:
                    new_process = p
            print('new_process: {}'.format(new_process))
            return new_process.pid
        time.sleep(1)

def main():
    # get process created from running insert test sql file
    pid = find_new_process()
    p = psutil.Process(pid)
    print('*** Check this pid is the same as "pg_backend_pid" from SQL command ***')
    print('New process running random inserts:', pid)

    print('Waiting 1 minute for memory consumption to stabilize')
    time.sleep(60)

    # Calculate average memory consumption from 5 values over 15 seconds
    sum = 0
    for i in range (0, 5):
        sum += p.memory_info().rss
        time.sleep(3)
    avg = sum / 5
    print('Average memory consumption: ', bytes2human(avg))

    cap = int(sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else DEFAULT_MEMCAP) * 1024 * 1024
    upper_threshold = min(cap, avg * THRESHOLD_RATIO)

    # check if memory consumption goes above threshold until process terminates every 30 seconds
    timeout = time.time() + 45 * 60
    while True:
        # insert finished
        if not psutil.pid_exists(pid):
            break
        # prevent infinite loop
        if time.time() > timeout:
            print('Timed out on running inserts (over 45 mins)')
            print('Killing postgres process')
            p.kill()
            sys.exit(4)

        rss = p.memory_info().rss
        print('Memory used by process ' + str(p.pid) + ': ' + bytes2human(rss))

        # exit with error if memory above threshold
        if rss > upper_threshold:
            print('Memory consumption exceeded upper threshold')
            print('Killing postgres process')
            p.kill()
            sys.exit(4)
        time.sleep(30)

    print('No memory errors detected with out of order random inserts')
    sys.exit(0) # success

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()