lib/{mergeset,storage}: do not use pools for indexBlock and inmemoryBlock during their caching, since this results in higher memory usage in production without any performance gains

lib/mergeset/block_header.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package mergeset
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/encoding"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
@@ -34,6 +35,10 @@ type blockHeader struct {
 	lensBlockSize uint32
 }
 
+func (bh *blockHeader) SizeBytes() int {
+	return int(unsafe.Sizeof(*bh)) + cap(bh.commonPrefix) + cap(bh.firstItem)
+}
+
 func (bh *blockHeader) Reset() {
 	bh.commonPrefix = bh.commonPrefix[:0]
 	bh.firstItem = bh.firstItem[:0]

lib/mergeset/part.go

@@ -138,24 +138,14 @@ type indexBlock struct {
 }
 
 func (idxb *indexBlock) SizeBytes() int {
-	return cap(idxb.bhs) * int(unsafe.Sizeof(blockHeader{}))
+	bhs := idxb.bhs[:cap(idxb.bhs)]
-}
+	n := int(unsafe.Sizeof(*idxb))
-
+	for i := range bhs {
-func getIndexBlock() *indexBlock {
+		n += bhs[i].SizeBytes()
-	v := indexBlockPool.Get()
-	if v == nil {
-		return &indexBlock{}
 	}
-	return v.(*indexBlock)
+	return n
 }
 
-func putIndexBlock(idxb *indexBlock) {
-	idxb.bhs = idxb.bhs[:0]
-	indexBlockPool.Put(idxb)
-}
-
-var indexBlockPool sync.Pool
-
 type indexBlockCache struct {
 	// Atomically updated counters must go first in the struct, so they are properly
 	// aligned to 8 bytes on 32-bit architectures.
@@ -194,12 +184,6 @@ func newIndexBlockCache() *indexBlockCache {
 func (idxbc *indexBlockCache) MustClose() {
 	close(idxbc.cleanerStopCh)
 	idxbc.cleanerWG.Wait()
-
-	// It is safe returning idxbc.m to pool, since the MustClose can be called
-	// when the idxbc entries are no longer accessed by concurrent goroutines.
-	for _, idxbe := range idxbc.m {
-		putIndexBlock(idxbe.idxb)
-	}
 	idxbc.m = nil
 }
 
@@ -223,8 +207,6 @@ func (idxbc *indexBlockCache) cleanByTimeout() {
 	for k, idxbe := range idxbc.m {
 		// Delete items accessed more than two minutes ago.
 		if currentTime-atomic.LoadUint64(&idxbe.lastAccessTime) > 2*60 {
-			// do not call putIndexBlock(ibxbc.m[k]), since it
-			// may be used by concurrent goroutines.
 			delete(idxbc.m, k)
 		}
 	}
@@ -257,8 +239,6 @@ func (idxbc *indexBlockCache) Put(k uint64, idxb *indexBlock) {
 		// Remove 10% of items from the cache.
 		overflow = int(float64(len(idxbc.m)) * 0.1)
 		for k := range idxbc.m {
-			// do not call putIndexBlock(ibxbc.m[k]), since it
-			// may be used by concurrent goroutines.
 			delete(idxbc.m, k)
 			overflow--
 			if overflow == 0 {
@@ -348,12 +328,6 @@ func newInmemoryBlockCache() *inmemoryBlockCache {
 func (ibc *inmemoryBlockCache) MustClose() {
 	close(ibc.cleanerStopCh)
 	ibc.cleanerWG.Wait()
-
-	// It is safe returning ibc.m entries to pool, since the MustClose can be called
-	// only if no other goroutines access ibc entries.
-	for _, ibe := range ibc.m {
-		putInmemoryBlock(ibe.ib)
-	}
 	ibc.m = nil
 }
 
@@ -377,8 +351,6 @@ func (ibc *inmemoryBlockCache) cleanByTimeout() {
 	for k, ibe := range ibc.m {
 		// Delete items accessed more than a two minutes ago.
 		if currentTime-atomic.LoadUint64(&ibe.lastAccessTime) > 2*60 {
-			// do not call putInmemoryBlock(ibc.m[k]), since it
-			// may be used by concurrent goroutines.
 			delete(ibc.m, k)
 		}
 	}
@@ -412,8 +384,6 @@ func (ibc *inmemoryBlockCache) Put(k inmemoryBlockCacheKey, ib *inmemoryBlock) {
 		// Remove 10% of items from the cache.
 		overflow = int(float64(len(ibc.m)) * 0.1)
 		for k := range ibc.m {
-			// do not call putInmemoryBlock(ib), since the ib
-			// may be used by concurrent goroutines.
 			delete(ibc.m, k)
 			overflow--
 			if overflow == 0 {

lib/mergeset/part_search.go

@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func (ps *partSearch) readIndexBlock(mr *metaindexRow) (*indexBlock, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot decompress index block: %w", err)
 	}
-	idxb := getIndexBlock()
+	idxb := &indexBlock{}
 	idxb.bhs, err = unmarshalBlockHeaders(idxb.bhs[:0], ps.indexBuf, int(mr.blockHeadersCount))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot unmarshal block headers from index block (offset=%d, size=%d): %w", mr.indexBlockOffset, mr.indexBlockSize, err)

lib/storage/part.go

@@ -145,21 +145,6 @@ func (idxb *indexBlock) SizeBytes() int {
 	return cap(idxb.bhs) * int(unsafe.Sizeof(blockHeader{}))
 }
 
-func getIndexBlock() *indexBlock {
-	v := indexBlockPool.Get()
-	if v == nil {
-		return &indexBlock{}
-	}
-	return v.(*indexBlock)
-}
-
-func putIndexBlock(ib *indexBlock) {
-	ib.bhs = ib.bhs[:0]
-	indexBlockPool.Put(ib)
-}
-
-var indexBlockPool sync.Pool
-
 type indexBlockCache struct {
 	// Put atomic counters to the top of struct in order to align them to 8 bytes on 32-bit architectures.
 	// See https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/212
@@ -198,12 +183,6 @@ func newIndexBlockCache() *indexBlockCache {
 func (ibc *indexBlockCache) MustClose(isBig bool) {
 	close(ibc.cleanerStopCh)
 	ibc.cleanerWG.Wait()
-
-	// It is safe returning ibc.m itemst to the pool, since Reset must
-	// be called only when no other goroutines access ibc entries.
-	for _, ibe := range ibc.m {
-		putIndexBlock(ibe.ib)
-	}
 	ibc.m = nil
 }
 
@@ -259,7 +238,6 @@ func (ibc *indexBlockCache) Put(k uint64, ib *indexBlock) {
 		// Remove 10% of items from the cache.
 		overflow = int(float64(len(ibc.m)) * 0.1)
 		for k := range ibc.m {
-			// Do not call putIndexBlock on ibc.m entries, since they may be used by concurrent goroutines.
 			delete(ibc.m, k)
 			overflow--
 			if overflow == 0 {

lib/storage/part_search.go

@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ func (ps *partSearch) readIndexBlock(mr *metaindexRow) (*indexBlock, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot decompress index block: %w", err)
 	}
-	ib := getIndexBlock()
+	ib := &indexBlock{}
 	ib.bhs, err = unmarshalBlockHeaders(ib.bhs[:0], ps.indexBuf, int(mr.BlockHeadersCount))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot unmarshal index block: %w", err)