app/vmselect: add ability to set Graphite-compatible filter via {__graphite__="foo.*.bar"} syntax

README.md

@@ -588,6 +588,10 @@ VictoriaMetrics supports the following Graphite APIs:
 * Metrics API - see [these docs](#graphite-metrics-api-usage).
 * Tags API - see [these docs](#graphite-tags-api-usage).
 
+VictoriaMetrics supports `__graphite__` pseudo-label for filtering time series with Graphite-compatible filters in [MetricsQL](https://victoriametrics.github.io/MetricsQL.html).
+For example, `{__graphite__="foo.*.bar"}` is equivalent to `{__name__=~"foo[.][^.]*[.]bar"}`, but it works faster
+and it is easier to use when migrating from Graphite to VictoriaMetrics.
+
 
 ### Graphite Metrics API usage
 

app/vmselect/graphite/tags_api.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 //
 // See https://graphite.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tags.html#removing-series-from-the-tagdb
 func TagsDelSeriesHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
+	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
 	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse form values: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ func TagsDelSeriesHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 	totalDeleted := 0
 	var row graphiteparser.Row
 	var tagsPool []graphiteparser.Tag
-	ct := time.Now().UnixNano() / 1e6
+	ct := startTime.UnixNano() / 1e6
 	for _, path := range paths {
 		var err error
 		tagsPool, err = row.UnmarshalMetricAndTags(path, tagsPool[:0])
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ func TagsDelSeriesHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 			})
 		}
 		sq := storage.NewSearchQuery(0, ct, [][]storage.TagFilter{tfs})
-		n, err := netstorage.DeleteSeries(sq)
+		n, err := netstorage.DeleteSeries(sq, deadline)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("cannot delete series for %q: %w", sq, err)
 		}
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ func registerMetrics(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 	var b []byte
 	var tagsPool []graphiteparser.Tag
 	mrs := make([]storage.MetricRow, len(paths))
-	ct := time.Now().UnixNano() / 1e6
+	ct := startTime.UnixNano() / 1e6
 	canonicalPaths := make([]string, len(paths))
 	for i, path := range paths {
 		var err error
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ func TagsAutoCompleteValuesHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r
 		}
 	} else {
 		// Slow path: use netstorage.SearchMetricNames for applying `expr` filters.
-		sq, err := getSearchQueryForExprs(exprs)
+		sq, err := getSearchQueryForExprs(startTime, exprs)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -268,7 +269,7 @@ func TagsAutoCompleteTagsHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *
 		}
 	} else {
 		// Slow path: use netstorage.SearchMetricNames for applying `expr` filters.
-		sq, err := getSearchQueryForExprs(exprs)
+		sq, err := getSearchQueryForExprs(startTime, exprs)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@ func TagsFindSeriesHandler(startTime time.Time, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.R
 	if len(exprs) == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("expecting at least one `expr` query arg")
 	}
-	sq, err := getSearchQueryForExprs(exprs)
+	sq, err := getSearchQueryForExprs(startTime, exprs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -456,12 +457,12 @@ func getInt(r *http.Request, argName string) (int, error) {
 	return n, nil
 }
 
-func getSearchQueryForExprs(exprs []string) (*storage.SearchQuery, error) {
+func getSearchQueryForExprs(startTime time.Time, exprs []string) (*storage.SearchQuery, error) {
 	tfs, err := exprsToTagFilters(exprs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	ct := time.Now().UnixNano() / 1e6
+	ct := startTime.UnixNano() / 1e6
 	sq := storage.NewSearchQuery(0, ct, [][]storage.TagFilter{tfs})
 	return sq, nil
 }

app/vmselect/netstorage/netstorage.go

@@ -446,8 +446,12 @@ func (sbh *sortBlocksHeap) Pop() interface{} {
 }
 
 // DeleteSeries deletes time series matching the given tagFilterss.
-func DeleteSeries(sq *storage.SearchQuery) (int, error) {
-	tfss, err := setupTfss(sq.TagFilterss)
+func DeleteSeries(sq *storage.SearchQuery, deadline searchutils.Deadline) (int, error) {
+	tr := storage.TimeRange{
+		MinTimestamp: sq.MinTimestamp,
+		MaxTimestamp: sq.MaxTimestamp,
+	}
+	tfss, err := setupTfss(tr, sq.TagFilterss, deadline)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
@@ -613,6 +617,11 @@ func GetTagValueSuffixes(tr storage.TimeRange, tagKey, tagValuePrefix string, de
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error during search for suffixes for tagKey=%q, tagValuePrefix=%q, delimiter=%c on time range %s: %w",
 			tagKey, tagValuePrefix, delimiter, tr.String(), err)
 	}
+	if len(suffixes) >= *maxTagValueSuffixesPerSearch {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("more than -search.maxTagValueSuffixesPerSearch=%d tag value suffixes found for tagKey=%q, tagValuePrefix=%q, delimiter=%c on time range %s; "+
+			"either narrow down the query or increase -search.maxTagValueSuffixesPerSearch command-line flag value",
+			*maxTagValueSuffixesPerSearch, tagKey, tagValuePrefix, delimiter, tr.String())
+	}
 	return suffixes, nil
 }
 
@@ -695,10 +704,6 @@ func ExportBlocks(sq *storage.SearchQuery, deadline searchutils.Deadline, f func
 	if deadline.Exceeded() {
 		return fmt.Errorf("timeout exceeded before starting data export: %s", deadline.String())
 	}
-	tfss, err := setupTfss(sq.TagFilterss)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	tr := storage.TimeRange{
 		MinTimestamp: sq.MinTimestamp,
 		MaxTimestamp: sq.MaxTimestamp,
@@ -706,6 +711,10 @@ func ExportBlocks(sq *storage.SearchQuery, deadline searchutils.Deadline, f func
 	if err := vmstorage.CheckTimeRange(tr); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	tfss, err := setupTfss(tr, sq.TagFilterss, deadline)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	vmstorage.WG.Add(1)
 	defer vmstorage.WG.Done()
@@ -801,10 +810,6 @@ func SearchMetricNames(sq *storage.SearchQuery, deadline searchutils.Deadline) (
 	}
 
 	// Setup search.
-	tfss, err := setupTfss(sq.TagFilterss)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
 	tr := storage.TimeRange{
 		MinTimestamp: sq.MinTimestamp,
 		MaxTimestamp: sq.MaxTimestamp,
@@ -812,6 +817,10 @@ func SearchMetricNames(sq *storage.SearchQuery, deadline searchutils.Deadline) (
 	if err := vmstorage.CheckTimeRange(tr); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	tfss, err := setupTfss(tr, sq.TagFilterss, deadline)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	mns, err := vmstorage.SearchMetricNames(tfss, tr, *maxMetricsPerSearch, deadline.Deadline())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -829,10 +838,6 @@ func ProcessSearchQuery(sq *storage.SearchQuery, fetchData bool, deadline search
 	}
 
 	// Setup search.
-	tfss, err := setupTfss(sq.TagFilterss)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
 	tr := storage.TimeRange{
 		MinTimestamp: sq.MinTimestamp,
 		MaxTimestamp: sq.MaxTimestamp,
@@ -840,6 +845,10 @@ func ProcessSearchQuery(sq *storage.SearchQuery, fetchData bool, deadline search
 	if err := vmstorage.CheckTimeRange(tr); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	tfss, err := setupTfss(tr, sq.TagFilterss, deadline)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	vmstorage.WG.Add(1)
 	defer vmstorage.WG.Done()
@@ -917,12 +926,25 @@ type blockRef struct {
 	addr    tmpBlockAddr
 }
 
-func setupTfss(tagFilterss [][]storage.TagFilter) ([]*storage.TagFilters, error) {
+func setupTfss(tr storage.TimeRange, tagFilterss [][]storage.TagFilter, deadline searchutils.Deadline) ([]*storage.TagFilters, error) {
 	tfss := make([]*storage.TagFilters, 0, len(tagFilterss))
 	for _, tagFilters := range tagFilterss {
 		tfs := storage.NewTagFilters()
 		for i := range tagFilters {
 			tf := &tagFilters[i]
+			if string(tf.Key) == "__graphite__" {
+				query := tf.Value
+				paths, err := vmstorage.SearchGraphitePaths(tr, query, *maxMetricsPerSearch, deadline.Deadline())
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("error when searching for Graphite paths for query %q: %w", query, err)
+				}
+				if len(paths) >= *maxMetricsPerSearch {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("more than -search.maxUniqueTimeseries=%d time series match Graphite query %q; "+
+						"either narrow down the query or increase -search.maxUniqueTimeseries command-line flag value", *maxMetricsPerSearch, query)
+				}
+				tfs.AddGraphiteQuery(query, paths, tf.IsNegative)
+				continue
+			}
 			if err := tfs.Add(tf.Key, tf.Value, tf.IsNegative, tf.IsRegexp); err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot parse tag filter %s: %w", tf, err)
 			}

app/vmselect/prometheus/prometheus.go

@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ var exportBlockPool = &sync.Pool{
 //
 // See https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#delete-series
 func DeleteHandler(startTime time.Time, r *http.Request) error {
+	deadline := searchutils.GetDeadlineForQuery(r, startTime)
 	if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse request form values: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -448,8 +449,9 @@ func DeleteHandler(startTime time.Time, r *http.Request) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	sq := storage.NewSearchQuery(0, 0, tagFilterss)
-	deletedCount, err := netstorage.DeleteSeries(sq)
+	ct := startTime.UnixNano() / 1e6
+	sq := storage.NewSearchQuery(0, ct, tagFilterss)
+	deletedCount, err := netstorage.DeleteSeries(sq, deadline)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot delete time series: %w", err)
 	}

app/vmstorage/main.go

@@ -186,6 +186,14 @@ func SearchTagValueSuffixes(tr storage.TimeRange, tagKey, tagValuePrefix []byte,
 	return suffixes, err
 }
 
+// SearchGraphitePaths returns all the metric names matching the given Graphite query.
+func SearchGraphitePaths(tr storage.TimeRange, query []byte, maxPaths int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
+	WG.Add(1)
+	paths, err := Storage.SearchGraphitePaths(tr, query, maxPaths, deadline)
+	WG.Done()
+	return paths, err
+}
+
 // SearchTagEntries searches for tag entries.
 func SearchTagEntries(maxTagKeys, maxTagValues int, deadline uint64) ([]storage.TagEntry, error) {
 	WG.Add(1)

docs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 * FEATURE: added [vmctl tool](https://victoriametrics.github.io/vmctl.html) to VictoriaMetrics release process. Now it is packaged in `vmutils-*.tar.gz` archive on [the releases page](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases). Source code for `vmctl` tool has been moved from [github.com/VictoriaMetrics/vmctl](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/vmctl) to [github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/app/vmctl](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/tree/master/app/vmctl).
 * FEATURE: added `-loggerTimezone` command-line flag for adjusting time zone for timestamps in log messages. By default UTC is used.
 * FEATURE: added `-search.maxStepForPointsAdjustment` command-line flag, which can be used for disabling adjustment for points returned by `/api/v1/query_range` handler if such points have timestamps closer than `-search.latencyOffset` to the current time. Such points may contain incomplete data, so they are substituted by the previous values for `step` query args smaller than one minute by default.
+* FEATURE: vmselect: added ability to use Graphite-compatible filters in MetricsQL via `{__graphite__="foo.*.bar"}` syntax. This expression is equivalent to `{__name__=~"foo[.][^.]*[.]bar"}`, but it works faster and it is easier to use when migrating from Graphite to VictoriaMetrics.
 * FEATURE: vmselect: added ability to set additional label filters, which must be applied during queries. Such label filters can be set via optional `extra_label` query arg, which is accepted by [querying API](https://victoriametrics.github.io/#prometheus-querying-api-usage) handlers. For example, the request to `/api/v1/query_range?extra_label=tenant_id=123&query=<query>` adds `{tenant_id="123"}` label filter to the given `<query>`. It is expected that the `extra_label` query arg is automatically set by auth proxy sitting
 in front of VictoriaMetrics. [Contact us](mailto:sales@victoriametrics.com) if you need assistance with such a proxy. See https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/1021 .
 * FEATURE: vmalert: added `-datasource.queryStep` command-line flag for passing optional `step` query arg to `/api/v1/query` endpoint. See https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/1025
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ in front of VictoriaMetrics. [Contact us](mailto:sales@victoriametrics.com) if y
   - `vm_promscrape_discovery_retries_total`
   - `vm_promscrape_scrape_retries_total`
   - `vm_promscrape_service_discovery_duration_seconds`
+
 * BUGFIX: vmagent: reduce HTTP reconnection rate for scrape targets. Previously vmagent could errorneusly close HTTP keep-alive connections more frequently than needed.
 * BUGFIX: vmagent: retry scrape and service discovery requests when the remote server closes HTTP keep-alive connection. Previously `disable_keepalive: true` option could be used under `scrape_configs` section when working with such servers.
 

docs/MetricsQL.md

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Feel free [filing a feature request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/Victoria
 This functionality can be tried at [an editable Grafana dashboard](http://play-grafana.victoriametrics.com:3000/d/4ome8yJmz/node-exporter-on-victoriametrics-demo).
 
 - [`WITH` templates](https://play.victoriametrics.com/promql/expand-with-exprs). This feature simplifies writing and managing complex queries. Go to [`WITH` templates playground](https://play.victoriametrics.com/promql/expand-with-exprs) and try it.
+- Graphite-compatible filters can be passed via `{__graphite__="foo.*.bar"}` syntax. This is equivalent to `{__name__=~"foo[.][^.]*[.]bar"}`, but usually works faster and is easier to use when migrating from Graphite to VictoriaMetrics.
 - Range duration in functions such as [rate](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/functions/#rate()) may be omitted. VictoriaMetrics automatically selects range duration depending on the current step used for building the graph. For instance, the following query is valid in VictoriaMetrics: `rate(node_network_receive_bytes_total)`.
 - All the aggregate functions support optional `limit N` suffix in order to limit the number of output series. For example, `sum(x) by (y) limit 10` limits
   the number of output time series after the aggregation to 10. All the other time series are dropped.

docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md

@@ -588,6 +588,10 @@ VictoriaMetrics supports the following Graphite APIs:
 * Metrics API - see [these docs](#graphite-metrics-api-usage).
 * Tags API - see [these docs](#graphite-tags-api-usage).
 
+VictoriaMetrics supports `__graphite__` pseudo-label for filtering time series with Graphite-compatible filters in [MetricsQL](https://victoriametrics.github.io/MetricsQL.html).
+For example, `{__graphite__="foo.*.bar"}` is equivalent to `{__name__=~"foo[.][^.]*[.]bar"}`, but it works faster
+and it is easier to use when migrating from Graphite to VictoriaMetrics.
+
 
 ### Graphite Metrics API usage
 

lib/storage/index_db.go

@@ -1101,6 +1101,8 @@ func (is *indexSearch) searchTagValues(tvs map[string]struct{}, tagKey []byte, m
 // SearchTagValueSuffixes returns all the tag value suffixes for the given tagKey and tagValuePrefix on the given tr.
 //
 // This allows implementing https://graphite-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#metrics-find or similar APIs.
+//
+// If it returns maxTagValueSuffixes suffixes, then it is likely more than maxTagValueSuffixes suffixes is found.
 func (db *indexDB) SearchTagValueSuffixes(tr TimeRange, tagKey, tagValuePrefix []byte, delimiter byte, maxTagValueSuffixes int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
 	// TODO: cache results?
 
@@ -1111,13 +1113,15 @@ func (db *indexDB) SearchTagValueSuffixes(tr TimeRange, tagKey, tagValuePrefix [
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	ok := db.doExtDB(func(extDB *indexDB) {
-		is := extDB.getIndexSearch(deadline)
-		err = is.searchTagValueSuffixesForTimeRange(tvss, tr, tagKey, tagValuePrefix, delimiter, maxTagValueSuffixes)
-		extDB.putIndexSearch(is)
-	})
-	if ok && err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	if len(tvss) < maxTagValueSuffixes {
+		ok := db.doExtDB(func(extDB *indexDB) {
+			is := extDB.getIndexSearch(deadline)
+			err = is.searchTagValueSuffixesForTimeRange(tvss, tr, tagKey, tagValuePrefix, delimiter, maxTagValueSuffixes)
+			extDB.putIndexSearch(is)
+		})
+		if ok && err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	suffixes := make([]string, 0, len(tvss))
@@ -1125,6 +1129,9 @@ func (db *indexDB) SearchTagValueSuffixes(tr TimeRange, tagKey, tagValuePrefix [
 		// Do not skip empty suffixes, since they may represent leaf tag values.
 		suffixes = append(suffixes, suffix)
 	}
+	if len(suffixes) > maxTagValueSuffixes {
+		suffixes = suffixes[:maxTagValueSuffixes]
+	}
 	// Do not sort suffixes, since they must be sorted by vmselect.
 	return suffixes, nil
 }
@@ -1156,6 +1163,9 @@ func (is *indexSearch) searchTagValueSuffixesForTimeRange(tvss map[string]struct
 				errGlobal = err
 				return
 			}
+			if len(tvss) > maxTagValueSuffixes {
+				return
+			}
 			for k := range tvssLocal {
 				tvss[k] = struct{}{}
 			}
@@ -1174,7 +1184,7 @@ func (is *indexSearch) searchTagValueSuffixesAll(tvss map[string]struct{}, tagKe
 	kb.B = marshalTagValue(kb.B, tagValuePrefix)
 	kb.B = kb.B[:len(kb.B)-1] // remove tagSeparatorChar from the end of kb.B
 	prefix := append([]byte(nil), kb.B...)
-	return is.searchTagValueSuffixesForPrefix(tvss, nsPrefix, prefix, tagValuePrefix, delimiter, maxTagValueSuffixes)
+	return is.searchTagValueSuffixesForPrefix(tvss, nsPrefix, prefix, len(tagValuePrefix), delimiter, maxTagValueSuffixes)
 }
 
 func (is *indexSearch) searchTagValueSuffixesForDate(tvss map[string]struct{}, date uint64, tagKey, tagValuePrefix []byte, delimiter byte, maxTagValueSuffixes int) error {
@@ -1186,10 +1196,10 @@ func (is *indexSearch) searchTagValueSuffixesForDate(tvss map[string]struct{}, d
 	kb.B = marshalTagValue(kb.B, tagValuePrefix)
 	kb.B = kb.B[:len(kb.B)-1] // remove tagSeparatorChar from the end of kb.B
 	prefix := append([]byte(nil), kb.B...)
-	return is.searchTagValueSuffixesForPrefix(tvss, nsPrefix, prefix, tagValuePrefix, delimiter, maxTagValueSuffixes)
+	return is.searchTagValueSuffixesForPrefix(tvss, nsPrefix, prefix, len(tagValuePrefix), delimiter, maxTagValueSuffixes)
 }
 
-func (is *indexSearch) searchTagValueSuffixesForPrefix(tvss map[string]struct{}, nsPrefix byte, prefix, tagValuePrefix []byte, delimiter byte, maxTagValueSuffixes int) error {
+func (is *indexSearch) searchTagValueSuffixesForPrefix(tvss map[string]struct{}, nsPrefix byte, prefix []byte, tagValuePrefixLen int, delimiter byte, maxTagValueSuffixes int) error {
 	kb := &is.kb
 	ts := &is.ts
 	mp := &is.mp
@@ -1215,10 +1225,7 @@ func (is *indexSearch) searchTagValueSuffixesForPrefix(tvss map[string]struct{},
 			continue
 		}
 		tagValue := mp.Tag.Value
-		if !bytes.HasPrefix(tagValue, tagValuePrefix) {
-			continue
-		}
-		suffix := tagValue[len(tagValuePrefix):]
+		suffix := tagValue[tagValuePrefixLen:]
 		n := bytes.IndexByte(suffix, delimiter)
 		if n < 0 {
 			// Found leaf tag value that doesn't have delimiters after the given tagValuePrefix.
@@ -2118,7 +2125,7 @@ func matchTagFilters(mn *MetricName, tfs []*tagFilter, kb *bytesutil.ByteBuffer)
 	kb.B = marshalCommonPrefix(kb.B[:0], nsPrefixTagToMetricIDs)
 
 	for i, tf := range tfs {
-		if len(tf.key) == 0 {
+		if len(tf.key) == 0 || string(tf.key) == "__graphite__" {
 			// Match against mn.MetricGroup.
 			b := marshalTagValue(kb.B, nil)
 			b = marshalTagValue(b, mn.MetricGroup)

lib/storage/storage.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
@@ -979,10 +980,121 @@ func (s *Storage) SearchTagValues(tagKey []byte, maxTagValues int, deadline uint
 // SearchTagValueSuffixes returns all the tag value suffixes for the given tagKey and tagValuePrefix on the given tr.
 //
 // This allows implementing https://graphite-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html#metrics-find or similar APIs.
+//
+// If more than maxTagValueSuffixes suffixes is found, then only the first maxTagValueSuffixes suffixes is returned.
 func (s *Storage) SearchTagValueSuffixes(tr TimeRange, tagKey, tagValuePrefix []byte, delimiter byte, maxTagValueSuffixes int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
 	return s.idb().SearchTagValueSuffixes(tr, tagKey, tagValuePrefix, delimiter, maxTagValueSuffixes, deadline)
 }
 
+// SearchGraphitePaths returns all the matching paths for the given graphite query on the given tr.
+//
+// If more than maxPaths paths is found, then only the first maxPaths paths is returned.
+func (s *Storage) SearchGraphitePaths(tr TimeRange, query []byte, maxPaths int, deadline uint64) ([]string, error) {
+	queryStr := string(query)
+	n := strings.IndexAny(queryStr, "*[{")
+	if n < 0 {
+		// Verify that the query matches a metric name.
+		suffixes, err := s.SearchTagValueSuffixes(tr, nil, query, '.', 1, deadline)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if len(suffixes) == 0 {
+			// The query doesn't match anything.
+			return nil, nil
+		}
+		if len(suffixes[0]) > 0 {
+			// The query matches a metric name with additional suffix.
+			return nil, nil
+		}
+		return []string{queryStr}, nil
+	}
+	suffixes, err := s.SearchTagValueSuffixes(tr, nil, query[:n], '.', maxPaths, deadline)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if len(suffixes) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	if len(suffixes) >= maxPaths {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("more than maxPaths=%d suffixes found", maxPaths)
+	}
+	qPrefixStr := queryStr[:n]
+	qNode := queryStr[n:]
+	qTail := ""
+	mustMatchLeafs := true
+	if m := strings.IndexByte(qNode, '.'); m >= 0 {
+		qNode = qNode[:m+1]
+		qTail = qNode[m+1:]
+		mustMatchLeafs = false
+	}
+	re, err := getRegexpForGraphiteNodeQuery(qNode)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var paths []string
+	for _, suffix := range suffixes {
+		if len(paths) > maxPaths {
+			paths = paths[:maxPaths]
+			break
+		}
+		if !re.MatchString(suffix) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if mustMatchLeafs {
+			paths = append(paths, qPrefixStr+suffix)
+			continue
+		}
+		q := qPrefixStr + suffix + qTail
+		ps, err := s.SearchGraphitePaths(tr, []byte(q), maxPaths, deadline)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		paths = append(paths, ps...)
+	}
+	return paths, nil
+}
+
+func getRegexpForGraphiteNodeQuery(q string) (*regexp.Regexp, error) {
+	parts := getRegexpPartsForGraphiteNodeQuery(q)
+	reStr := "^" + strings.Join(parts, "") + "$"
+	return regexp.Compile(reStr)
+}
+
+func getRegexpPartsForGraphiteNodeQuery(q string) []string {
+	var parts []string
+	for {
+		n := strings.IndexAny(q, "*{[")
+		if n < 0 {
+			return append(parts, regexp.QuoteMeta(q))
+		}
+		parts = append(parts, regexp.QuoteMeta(q[:n]))
+		q = q[n:]
+		switch q[0] {
+		case '*':
+			parts = append(parts, "[^.]*")
+			q = q[1:]
+		case '{':
+			n := strings.IndexByte(q, '}')
+			if n < 0 {
+				return append(parts, regexp.QuoteMeta(q))
+			}
+			var tmp []string
+			for _, x := range strings.Split(q[1:n], ",") {
+				tmp = append(tmp, strings.Join(getRegexpPartsForGraphiteNodeQuery(x), ""))
+			}
+			parts = append(parts, "(?:"+strings.Join(tmp, "|")+")")
+			q = q[n+1:]
+		case '[':
+			n := strings.IndexByte(q, ']')
+			if n < 0 {
+				return append(parts, regexp.QuoteMeta(q))
+			}
+			parts = append(parts, q[:n+1])
+			q = q[n+1:]
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // SearchTagEntries returns a list of (tagName -> tagValues)
 func (s *Storage) SearchTagEntries(maxTagKeys, maxTagValues int, deadline uint64) ([]TagEntry, error) {
 	idb := s.idb()

lib/storage/storage_test.go

@@ -14,6 +14,28 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/uint64set"
 )
 
+func TestGetRegexpForGraphiteNodeQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(q, expectedRegexp string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		re, err := getRegexpForGraphiteNodeQuery(q)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error for query=%q: %s", q, err)
+		}
+		reStr := re.String()
+		if reStr != expectedRegexp {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected regexp for query %q; got %q want %q", q, reStr, expectedRegexp)
+		}
+	}
+	f(``, `^$`)
+	f(`*`, `^[^.]*$`)
+	f(`foo.`, `^foo\.$`)
+	f(`foo.bar`, `^foo\.bar$`)
+	f(`{foo,b*ar,b[a-z]}`, `^(?:foo|b[^.]*ar|b[a-z])$`)
+	f(`[-a-zx.]`, `^[-a-zx.]$`)
+	f(`**`, `^[^.]*[^.]*$`)
+	f(`a*[de]{x,y}z`, `^a[^.]*[de](?:x|y)z$`)
+}
+
 func TestDateMetricIDCacheSerial(t *testing.T) {
 	c := newDateMetricIDCache()
 	if err := testDateMetricIDCache(c, false); err != nil {

lib/storage/tag_filters.go

@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ func NewTagFilters() *TagFilters {
 	}
 }
 
+// AddGraphiteQuery adds the given Graphite query that matches the given paths to tfs.
+func (tfs *TagFilters) AddGraphiteQuery(query []byte, paths []string, isNegative bool) {
+	tf := tfs.addTagFilter()
+	tf.InitFromGraphiteQuery(tfs.commonPrefix, query, paths, isNegative)
+}
+
 // Add adds the given tag filter to tfs.
 //
 // MetricGroup must be encoded with nil key.
@@ -52,7 +58,7 @@ func (tfs *TagFilters) Add(key, value []byte, isNegative, isRegexp bool) error {
 		}
 
 		// Substitute negative tag filter matching anything with negative tag filter matching non-empty value
-		// in order to out all the time series with the given key.
+		// in order to filter out all the time series with the given key.
 		value = []byte(".+")
 	}
 
@@ -162,6 +168,8 @@ type tagFilter struct {
 	prefix []byte
 
 	// or values obtained from regexp suffix if it equals to "foo|bar|..."
+	//
+	// This array is also populated with matching Graphite metrics if key="__graphite__"
 	orSuffixes []string
 
 	// Matches regexp suffix.
@@ -228,6 +236,49 @@ func (tf *tagFilter) Marshal(dst []byte) []byte {
 	return dst
 }
 
+// InitFromGraphiteQuery initializes tf from the given graphite query expanded to the given paths.
+func (tf *tagFilter) InitFromGraphiteQuery(commonPrefix, query []byte, paths []string, isNegative bool) {
+	if len(paths) == 0 {
+		// explicitly add empty path in order match zero metric names.
+		paths = []string{""}
+	}
+	prefix, orSuffixes := getCommonPrefix(paths)
+	if len(orSuffixes) == 0 {
+		orSuffixes = append(orSuffixes, "")
+	}
+	tf.key = append(tf.key[:0], "__graphite__"...)
+	tf.value = append(tf.value[:0], query...)
+	tf.isNegative = isNegative
+	tf.isRegexp = true // this is needed for tagFilter.matchSuffix
+	tf.prefix = append(tf.prefix[:0], commonPrefix...)
+	tf.prefix = marshalTagValue(tf.prefix, nil)
+	tf.prefix = marshalTagValueNoTrailingTagSeparator(tf.prefix, []byte(prefix))
+	tf.orSuffixes = append(tf.orSuffixes[:0], orSuffixes...)
+	tf.reSuffixMatch, tf.matchCost = newMatchFuncForOrSuffixes(orSuffixes)
+}
+
+func getCommonPrefix(ss []string) (string, []string) {
+	if len(ss) == 0 {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+	prefix := ss[0]
+	for _, s := range ss[1:] {
+		i := 0
+		for i < len(s) && i < len(prefix) && s[i] == prefix[i] {
+			i++
+		}
+		prefix = prefix[:i]
+		if len(prefix) == 0 {
+			return "", ss
+		}
+	}
+	result := make([]string, len(ss))
+	for i, s := range ss {
+		result[i] = s[len(prefix):]
+	}
+	return prefix, result
+}
+
 // Init initializes the tag filter for the given commonPrefix, key and value.
 //
 // If isNegaitve is true, then the tag filter matches all the values
@@ -242,6 +293,7 @@ func (tf *tagFilter) Init(commonPrefix, key, value []byte, isNegative, isRegexp
 	tf.value = append(tf.value[:0], value...)
 	tf.isNegative = isNegative
 	tf.isRegexp = isRegexp
+	tf.matchCost = 0
 
 	tf.prefix = tf.prefix[:0]
 
@@ -345,22 +397,7 @@ func getRegexpFromCache(expr []byte) (regexpCacheValue, error) {
 	var reCost uint64
 	var literalSuffix string
 	if len(orValues) > 0 {
-		if len(orValues) == 1 {
-			v := orValues[0]
-			reMatch = func(b []byte) bool {
-				return string(b) == v
-			}
-		} else {
-			reMatch = func(b []byte) bool {
-				for _, v := range orValues {
-					if string(b) == v {
-						return true
-					}
-				}
-				return false
-			}
-		}
-		reCost = uint64(len(orValues)) * literalMatchCost
+		reMatch, reCost = newMatchFuncForOrSuffixes(orValues)
 	} else {
 		reMatch, literalSuffix, reCost = getOptimizedReMatchFunc(re.Match, sExpr)
 	}
@@ -388,6 +425,26 @@ func getRegexpFromCache(expr []byte) (regexpCacheValue, error) {
 	return rcv, nil
 }
 
+func newMatchFuncForOrSuffixes(orValues []string) (reMatch func(b []byte) bool, reCost uint64) {
+	if len(orValues) == 1 {
+		v := orValues[0]
+		reMatch = func(b []byte) bool {
+			return string(b) == v
+		}
+	} else {
+		reMatch = func(b []byte) bool {
+			for _, v := range orValues {
+				if string(b) == v {
+					return true
+				}
+			}
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	reCost = uint64(len(orValues)) * literalMatchCost
+	return reMatch, reCost
+}
+
 // getOptimizedReMatchFunc tries returning optimized function for matching the given expr.
 //   '.*'
 //   '.+'

lib/storage/tag_filters_test.go

@@ -2,9 +2,32 @@ package storage
 
 import (
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestGetCommonPrefix(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(a []string, expectedPrefix string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		prefix, result := getCommonPrefix(a)
+		if prefix != expectedPrefix {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected prefix; got %q; want %q", prefix, expectedPrefix)
+		}
+		for i, s := range a {
+			if !strings.HasPrefix(s, prefix) {
+				t.Fatalf("s=%q has no prefix %q", s, prefix)
+			}
+			if s[len(prefix):] != result[i] {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected result[%d]; got %q; want %q", i, s[len(prefix):], result[i])
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	f(nil, "")
+	f([]string{"foo"}, "foo")
+	f([]string{"foo", "bar"}, "")
+	f([]string{"foo1", "foo2", "foo34"}, "foo")
+}
+
 func TestExtractRegexpPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 	f := func(s string, expectedPrefix, expectedSuffix string) {
 		t.Helper()