HBASE-17178 Add region balance throttling

Signed-off-by: Phil Yang <yangzhe1991@apache.org>

hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java

@@ -128,6 +128,22 @@ public final class HConstants {
   /** Config for balancing the cluster by table */
   public static final String HBASE_MASTER_LOADBALANCE_BYTABLE = "hbase.master.loadbalance.bytable";
 
+  /** Config for the max percent of regions in transition */
+  public static final String HBASE_MASTER_BALANCER_MAX_RIT_PERCENT =
+      "hbase.master.balancer.maxRitPercent";
+
+  /** Default value for the max percent of regions in transition */
+  public static final double DEFAULT_HBASE_MASTER_BALANCER_MAX_RIT_PERCENT = 1.0;
+
+  /** Config for the max balancing time */
+  public static final String HBASE_BALANCER_MAX_BALANCING = "hbase.balancer.max.balancing";
+
+  /** Config for the balancer period */
+  public static final String HBASE_BALANCER_PERIOD = "hbase.balancer.period";
+
+  /** Default value for the balancer period */
+  public static final int DEFAULT_HBASE_BALANCER_PERIOD = 300000;
+
   /** The name of the ensemble table */
   public static final String ENSEMBLE_TABLE_NAME = "hbase:ensemble";
 

hbase-common/src/main/resources/hbase-default.xml

@@ -564,6 +564,14 @@ possible configurations would overwhelm and obscure the important.
     to atomic bulk loads are attempted in the face of splitting operations
     0 means never give up.</description>
   </property>
+  <property>
+    <name>hbase.master.balancer.maxRitPercent</name>
+    <value>1.0</value>
+    <description>The max percent of regions in transition when balancing.
+      The default value is 1.0. So there are no balancer throttling. If set this config to 0.01,
+      It means that there are at most 1% regions in transition when balancing.
+      Then the cluster's availability is at least 99% when balancing.</description>
+  </property>
   <property>
     <name>hbase.balancer.period
     </name>

hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/HMaster.java

@@ -309,6 +309,11 @@ public class HMaster extends HRegionServer implements MasterServices, Server {
   private final ProcedureEvent serverCrashProcessingEnabled =
     new ProcedureEvent("server crash processing");
 
+  // Maximum time we should run balancer for
+  private final int maxBlancingTime;
+  // Maximum percent of regions in transition when balancing
+  private final double maxRitPercent;
+
   LoadBalancer balancer;
   private RegionNormalizer normalizer;
   private BalancerChore balancerChore;
@@ -432,6 +437,10 @@ public class HMaster extends HRegionServer implements MasterServices, Server {
     // preload table descriptor at startup
     this.preLoadTableDescriptors = conf.getBoolean("hbase.master.preload.tabledescriptors", true);
 
+    this.maxBlancingTime = getMaxBalancingTime();
+    this.maxRitPercent = conf.getDouble(HConstants.HBASE_MASTER_BALANCER_MAX_RIT_PERCENT,
+      HConstants.DEFAULT_HBASE_MASTER_BALANCER_MAX_RIT_PERCENT);
+
     // Do we publish the status?
 
     boolean shouldPublish = conf.getBoolean(HConstants.STATUS_PUBLISHED,
@@ -1298,18 +1307,61 @@ public class HMaster extends HRegionServer implements MasterServices, Server {
   /**
    * @return Maximum time we should run balancer for
    */
-  private int getBalancerCutoffTime() {
+  private int getMaxBalancingTime() {
-    int balancerCutoffTime =
+    int maxBalancingTime = getConfiguration().
-      getConfiguration().getInt("hbase.balancer.max.balancing", -1);
+        getInt(HConstants.HBASE_BALANCER_MAX_BALANCING, -1);
-    if (balancerCutoffTime == -1) {
+    if (maxBalancingTime == -1) {
       // No time period set so create one
-      int balancerPeriod =
+      maxBalancingTime = getConfiguration().getInt(HConstants.HBASE_BALANCER_PERIOD,
-        getConfiguration().getInt("hbase.balancer.period", 300000);
+        HConstants.DEFAULT_HBASE_BALANCER_PERIOD);
-      balancerCutoffTime = balancerPeriod;
-      // If nonsense period, set it to balancerPeriod
-      if (balancerCutoffTime <= 0) balancerCutoffTime = balancerPeriod;
     }
-    return balancerCutoffTime;
+    return maxBalancingTime;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @return Maximum number of regions in transition
+   */
+  private int getMaxRegionsInTransition() {
+    int numRegions = this.assignmentManager.getRegionStates().getRegionAssignments().size();
+    return Math.max((int) Math.floor(numRegions * this.maxRitPercent), 1);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * It first sleep to the next balance plan start time. Meanwhile, throttling by the max
+   * number regions in transition to protect availability.
+   * @param nextBalanceStartTime The next balance plan start time
+   * @param maxRegionsInTransition max number of regions in transition
+   * @param cutoffTime when to exit balancer
+   */
+  private void balanceThrottling(long nextBalanceStartTime, int maxRegionsInTransition,
+      long cutoffTime) {
+    boolean interrupted = false;
+
+    // Sleep to next balance plan start time
+    // But if there are zero regions in transition, it can skip sleep to speed up.
+    while (!interrupted && System.currentTimeMillis() < nextBalanceStartTime
+        && this.assignmentManager.getRegionStates().getRegionsInTransitionCount() != 0) {
+      try {
+        Thread.sleep(100);
+      } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
+        interrupted = true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Throttling by max number regions in transition
+    while (!interrupted
+        && maxRegionsInTransition > 0
+        && this.assignmentManager.getRegionStates().getRegionsInTransitionCount()
+        >= maxRegionsInTransition && System.currentTimeMillis() <= cutoffTime) {
+      try {
+        // sleep if the number of regions in transition exceeds the limit
+        Thread.sleep(100);
+      } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
+        interrupted = true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (interrupted) Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
   }
 
   public boolean balance() throws IOException {
@@ -1328,8 +1380,7 @@ public class HMaster extends HRegionServer implements MasterServices, Server {
       return false;
     }
 
-    // Do this call outside of synchronized block.
+    int maxRegionsInTransition = getMaxRegionsInTransition();
-    int maximumBalanceTime = getBalancerCutoffTime();
     synchronized (this.balancer) {
       // If balance not true, don't run balancer.
       if (!this.loadBalancerTracker.isBalancerOn()) return false;
@@ -1376,27 +1427,35 @@ public class HMaster extends HRegionServer implements MasterServices, Server {
         if (partialPlans != null) plans.addAll(partialPlans);
       }
 
-      long cutoffTime = System.currentTimeMillis() + maximumBalanceTime;
+      long balanceStartTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+      long cutoffTime = balanceStartTime +  this.maxBlancingTime;
       int rpCount = 0;  // number of RegionPlans balanced so far
-      long totalRegPlanExecTime = 0;
       if (plans != null && !plans.isEmpty()) {
+        int balanceInterval =  this.maxBlancingTime / plans.size();
+        LOG.info("Balancer plans size is " + plans.size() + ", the balance interval is "
+            + balanceInterval + " ms, and the max number regions in transition is "
+            + maxRegionsInTransition);
+
         for (RegionPlan plan: plans) {
           LOG.info("balance " + plan);
-          long balStartTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
           //TODO: bulk assign
           this.assignmentManager.balance(plan);
-          totalRegPlanExecTime += System.currentTimeMillis()-balStartTime;
           rpCount++;
-          if (rpCount < plans.size() &&
+
-              // if performing next balance exceeds cutoff time, exit the loop
+          balanceThrottling(balanceStartTime + rpCount * balanceInterval, maxRegionsInTransition,
-              (System.currentTimeMillis() + (totalRegPlanExecTime / rpCount)) > cutoffTime) {
+            cutoffTime);
-            //TODO: After balance, there should not be a cutoff time (keeping it as a security net for now)
+
-            LOG.debug("No more balancing till next balance run; maximumBalanceTime=" +
+          // if performing next balance exceeds cutoff time, exit the loop
-              maximumBalanceTime);
+          if (rpCount < plans.size() && System.currentTimeMillis() > cutoffTime) {
+            // TODO: After balance, there should not be a cutoff time (keeping it as a security net
+            // for now)
+            LOG.debug("No more balancing till next balance run; maxBalanceTime="
+                +  this.maxBlancingTime);
             break;
           }
         }
       }
+
       if (this.cpHost != null) {
         try {
           this.cpHost.postBalance(rpCount < plans.size() ? plans.subList(0, rpCount) : plans);

hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/RegionStates.java

@@ -240,6 +240,13 @@ public class RegionStates {
     return rit;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the number of regions in transition.
+   */
+  public synchronized int getRegionsInTransitionCount() {
+    return regionsInTransition.size();
+  }
+
   /**
    * @return True if specified region in transition.
    */

hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/BalancerChore.java

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ScheduledChore;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.HMaster;
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ public class BalancerChore extends ScheduledChore {
 
   public BalancerChore(HMaster master) {
     super(master.getServerName() + "-BalancerChore", master, master.getConfiguration().getInt(
-      "hbase.balancer.period", 300000));
+      HConstants.HBASE_BALANCER_PERIOD, HConstants.DEFAULT_HBASE_BALANCER_PERIOD));
     this.master = master;
   }
 

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestMasterBalanceThrottling.java

@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
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+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MasterTests;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MediumTests;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
+
+@Category({MasterTests.class, MediumTests.class})
+public class TestMasterBalanceThrottling {
+  private static final HBaseTestingUtility TEST_UTIL = new HBaseTestingUtility();
+  private static final byte[] FAMILYNAME = Bytes.toBytes("fam");
+
+  @Before
+  public void setupConfiguration() {
+    TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration().set(HConstants.HBASE_MASTER_LOADBALANCER_CLASS,
+        "org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.balancer.SimpleLoadBalancer");
+  }
+
+  @After
+  public void shutdown() throws Exception {
+    TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration().setInt(HConstants.HBASE_BALANCER_MAX_BALANCING,
+      HConstants.DEFAULT_HBASE_BALANCER_PERIOD);
+    TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration().setDouble(HConstants.HBASE_MASTER_BALANCER_MAX_RIT_PERCENT,
+      HConstants.DEFAULT_HBASE_MASTER_BALANCER_MAX_RIT_PERCENT);
+    TEST_UTIL.shutdownMiniCluster();
+  }
+
+  @Test(timeout = 60000)
+  public void testThrottlingByBalanceInterval() throws Exception {
+    // Use default config and start a cluster of two regionservers.
+    TEST_UTIL.startMiniCluster(2);
+
+    TableName tableName = createTable("testNoThrottling");
+    final HMaster master = TEST_UTIL.getHBaseCluster().getMaster();
+
+    // Default max balancing time is 300000 ms and there are 50 regions to balance
+    // The balance interval is 6000 ms, much longger than the normal region in transition duration
+    // So the master can balance the region one by one
+    unbalance(master, tableName);
+    AtomicInteger maxCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
+    AtomicBoolean stop = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+    Thread checker = startBalancerChecker(master, maxCount, stop);
+    master.balance();
+    stop.set(true);
+    checker.interrupt();
+    checker.join();
+    assertTrue("max regions in transition: " + maxCount.get(), maxCount.get() == 1);
+
+    TEST_UTIL.deleteTable(tableName);
+  }
+
+  @Test(timeout = 60000)
+  public void testThrottlingByMaxRitPercent() throws Exception {
+    // Set max balancing time to 500 ms and max percent of regions in transition to 0.05
+    TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration().setInt(HConstants.HBASE_BALANCER_MAX_BALANCING, 500);
+    TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration().setDouble(HConstants.HBASE_MASTER_BALANCER_MAX_RIT_PERCENT, 0.05);
+    TEST_UTIL.startMiniCluster(2);
+
+    TableName tableName = createTable("testThrottlingByMaxRitPercent");
+    final HMaster master = TEST_UTIL.getHBaseCluster().getMaster();
+
+    unbalance(master, tableName);
+    AtomicInteger maxCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
+    AtomicBoolean stop = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+    Thread checker = startBalancerChecker(master, maxCount, stop);
+    master.balance();
+    stop.set(true);
+    checker.interrupt();
+    checker.join();
+    // The max number of regions in transition is 100 * 0.05 = 5
+    assertTrue("max regions in transition: " + maxCount.get(), maxCount.get() == 5);
+
+    TEST_UTIL.deleteTable(tableName);
+  }
+
+  private TableName createTable(String table) throws IOException {
+    TableName tableName = TableName.valueOf(table);
+    byte[] startKey = new byte[] { 0x00 };
+    byte[] stopKey = new byte[] { 0x7f };
+    TEST_UTIL.createTable(tableName, new byte[][] { FAMILYNAME }, 1, startKey, stopKey,
+      100);
+    return tableName;
+  }
+
+  private Thread startBalancerChecker(final HMaster master, final AtomicInteger maxCount,
+      final AtomicBoolean stop) {
+    Runnable checker = new Runnable() {
+      @Override
+      public void run() {
+        while (!stop.get()) {
+          maxCount.set(Math.max(maxCount.get(), master.getAssignmentManager().getRegionStates()
+              .getRegionsInTransitionCount()));
+          try {
+            Thread.sleep(10);
+          } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    };
+    Thread thread = new Thread(checker);
+    thread.start();
+    return thread;
+  }
+
+  private void unbalance(HMaster master, TableName tableName) throws Exception {
+    while (master.getAssignmentManager().getRegionStates().getRegionsInTransitionCount() > 0) {
+      Thread.sleep(100);
+    }
+    HRegionServer biasedServer = TEST_UTIL.getMiniHBaseCluster().getRegionServer(0);
+    for (HRegionInfo regionInfo : TEST_UTIL.getHBaseAdmin().getTableRegions(tableName)) {
+      master.move(regionInfo.getEncodedNameAsBytes(),
+        Bytes.toBytes(biasedServer.getServerName().getServerName()));
+    }
+    while (master.getAssignmentManager().getRegionStates().getRegionsInTransitionCount() > 0) {
+      Thread.sleep(100);
+    }
+  }
+}

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestSplitTransactionOnCluster.java

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public class TestSplitTransactionOnCluster {
     new HBaseTestingUtility();
 
   static void setupOnce() throws Exception {
-    TESTING_UTIL.getConfiguration().setInt("hbase.balancer.period", 60000);
+    TESTING_UTIL.getConfiguration().setInt(HConstants.HBASE_BALANCER_PERIOD, 60000);
     useZKForAssignment = TESTING_UTIL.getConfiguration().getBoolean(
       "hbase.assignment.usezk", true);
     TESTING_UTIL.startMiniCluster(NB_SERVERS);