lib/timerpool: use timer pool in concurrency limiters

This should reduce the number of memory allocations in highly loaded system

app/vminsert/concurrencylimiter/concurrencylimiter.go

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"runtime"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/timerpool"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -21,14 +23,15 @@ var (
 func Do(f func() error) error {
 	// Limit the number of conurrent inserts in order to prevent from excess
 	// memory usage and CPU trashing.
-	t := time.NewTimer(waitDuration)
+	t := timerpool.Get(waitDuration)
 	select {
 	case ch <- struct{}{}:
-		t.Stop()
+		timerpool.Put(t)
 		err := f()
 		<-ch
 		return err
 	case <-t.C:
+		timerpool.Put(t)
 		return fmt.Errorf("the server is overloaded with %d concurrent inserts; either increase the number of CPUs or reduce the load", cap(ch))
 	}
 }

app/vmselect/main.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fs"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/httpserver"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/timerpool"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
 )
 
@@ -43,12 +44,13 @@ func Stop() {
 func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 	// Limit the number of concurrent queries.
 	// Sleep for a while until giving up. This should resolve short bursts in requests.
-	t := time.NewTimer(*maxQueueDuration)
+	t := timerpool.Get(*maxQueueDuration)
 	select {
 	case concurrencyCh <- struct{}{}:
-		t.Stop()
+		timerpool.Put(t)
 		defer func() { <-concurrencyCh }()
 	case <-t.C:
+		timerpool.Put(t)
 		httpserver.Errorf(w, "cannot handle more than %d concurrent requests", cap(concurrencyCh))
 		return true
 	}

lib/storage/storage.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/fs"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/memory"
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/timerpool"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fastcache"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
@@ -553,12 +554,13 @@ func (s *Storage) AddRows(mrs []MetricRow, precisionBits uint8) error {
 	// Limit the number of concurrent goroutines that may add rows to the storage.
 	// This should prevent from out of memory errors and CPU trashing when too many
 	// goroutines call AddRows.
-	t := time.NewTimer(addRowsTimeout)
+	t := timerpool.Get(addRowsTimeout)
 	select {
 	case addRowsConcurrencyCh <- struct{}{}:
-		t.Stop()
+		timerpool.Put(t)
 		defer func() { <-addRowsConcurrencyCh }()
 	case <-t.C:
+		timerpool.Put(t)
 		return fmt.Errorf("Cannot add %d rows to storage in %s, since it is overloaded with %d concurrent writers. Add more CPUs or reduce load",
 			len(mrs), addRowsTimeout, cap(addRowsConcurrencyCh))
 	}

lib/timerpool/timerpool.go

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package timerpool
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
+)
+
+// Get returns a timer for the given duration d from the pool.
+//
+// Return back the timer to the pool with Put.
+func Get(d time.Duration) *time.Timer {
+	if v := timerPool.Get(); v != nil {
+		t := v.(*time.Timer)
+		if t.Reset(d) {
+			logger.Panicf("BUG: active timer trapped to the pool!")
+		}
+		return t
+	}
+	return time.NewTimer(d)
+}
+
+// Put returns t to the pool.
+//
+// t cannot be accessed after returning to the pool.
+func Put(t *time.Timer) {
+	if !t.Stop() {
+		// Drain t.C if it wasn't obtained by the caller yet.
+		select {
+		case <-t.C:
+		default:
+		}
+	}
+	timerPool.Put(t)
+}
+
+var timerPool sync.Pool