Roomserver input API queuing using NATS

appservice/appservice.go

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func NewInternalAPI(
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	consumer, _ := jetstream.SetupConsumerProducer(&base.Cfg.Global.JetStream)
+	_, consumer, _ := jetstream.SetupConsumerProducer(&base.Cfg.Global.JetStream)
 
 	// Create a connection to the appservice postgres DB
 	appserviceDB, err := storage.NewDatabase(&base.Cfg.AppServiceAPI.Database)

clientapi/clientapi.go

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func AddPublicRoutes(
 	extRoomsProvider api.ExtraPublicRoomsProvider,
 	mscCfg *config.MSCs,
 ) {
-	_, producer := jetstream.SetupConsumerProducer(&cfg.Matrix.JetStream)
+	_, _, producer := jetstream.SetupConsumerProducer(&cfg.Matrix.JetStream)
 
 	syncProducer := &producers.SyncAPIProducer{
 		Producer: producer,

eduserver/eduserver.go

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func NewInternalAPI(
 ) api.EDUServerInputAPI {
 	cfg := &base.Cfg.EDUServer
 
-	_, producer := jetstream.SetupConsumerProducer(&cfg.Matrix.JetStream)
+	_, _, producer := jetstream.SetupConsumerProducer(&cfg.Matrix.JetStream)
 
 	return &input.EDUServerInputAPI{
 		Cache:                        eduCache,

federationsender/federationsender.go

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func NewInternalAPI(
 		FailuresUntilBlacklist: cfg.FederationMaxRetries,
 	}
 
-	consumer, _ := jetstream.SetupConsumerProducer(&cfg.Matrix.JetStream)
+	_, consumer, _ := jetstream.SetupConsumerProducer(&cfg.Matrix.JetStream)
 
 	queues := queue.NewOutgoingQueues(
 		federationSenderDB, base.ProcessContext,

go.mod

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ replace github.com/nats-io/nats.go => github.com/neilalexander/nats.go v1.11.1-0
 
 require (
 	github.com/Arceliar/ironwood v0.0.0-20210619124114-6ad55cae5031
+	github.com/Arceliar/phony v0.0.0-20210209235338-dde1a8dca979
 	github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.0
 	github.com/HdrHistogram/hdrhistogram-go v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.1.1

keyserver/keyserver.go

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func AddInternalRoutes(router *mux.Router, intAPI api.KeyInternalAPI) {
 func NewInternalAPI(
 	base *setup.BaseDendrite, cfg *config.KeyServer, fedClient fedsenderapi.FederationClient,
 ) api.KeyInternalAPI {
-	consumer, producer := jetstream.SetupConsumerProducer(&cfg.Matrix.JetStream)
+	_, consumer, producer := jetstream.SetupConsumerProducer(&cfg.Matrix.JetStream)
 
 	db, err := storage.NewDatabase(&cfg.Database)
 	if err != nil {

roomserver/internal/api.go

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/storage"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/setup/config"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib"
+	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 // RoomserverInternalAPI is an implementation of api.RoomserverInternalAPI
@@ -39,13 +41,15 @@ type RoomserverInternalAPI struct {
 	KeyRing                gomatrixserverlib.JSONVerifier
 	fsAPI                  fsAPI.FederationSenderInternalAPI
 	asAPI                  asAPI.AppServiceQueryAPI
-	OutputRoomEventTopic   string // Kafka topic for new output room events
+	InputRoomEventTopic    string // JetStream topic for new input room events
+	OutputRoomEventTopic   string // JetStream topic for new output room events
 	PerspectiveServerNames []gomatrixserverlib.ServerName
 }
 
 func NewRoomserverAPI(
-	cfg *config.RoomServer, roomserverDB storage.Database, producer sarama.SyncProducer,
+	cfg *config.RoomServer, roomserverDB storage.Database,
-	outputRoomEventTopic string, caches caching.RoomServerCaches,
+	consumer nats.JetStreamContext, producer sarama.SyncProducer,
+	inputRoomEventTopic, outputRoomEventTopic string, caches caching.RoomServerCaches,
 	keyRing gomatrixserverlib.JSONVerifier, perspectiveServerNames []gomatrixserverlib.ServerName,
 ) *RoomserverInternalAPI {
 	serverACLs := acls.NewServerACLs(roomserverDB)
@@ -64,13 +68,18 @@ func NewRoomserverAPI(
 		},
 		Inputer: &input.Inputer{
 			DB:                   roomserverDB,
+			InputRoomEventTopic:  inputRoomEventTopic,
 			OutputRoomEventTopic: outputRoomEventTopic,
+			Consumer:             consumer,
 			Producer:             producer,
 			ServerName:           cfg.Matrix.ServerName,
 			ACLs:                 serverACLs,
 		},
 		// perform-er structs get initialised when we have a federation sender to use
 	}
+	if err := a.Inputer.Start(); err != nil {
+		logrus.WithError(err).Panic("failed to start roomserver input API")
+	}
 	return a
 }
 

roomserver/internal/input/input.go

@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"sync"
-	"time"
 
+	"github.com/Arceliar/phony"
 	"github.com/Shopify/sarama"
 	"github.com/getsentry/sentry-go"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/internal/hooks"
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/api"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/roomserver/storage"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib"
+	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/tidwall/gjson"
-	"go.uber.org/atomic"
 )
 
 var keyContentFields = map[string]string{
@@ -42,48 +42,62 @@ var keyContentFields = map[string]string{
 
 type Inputer struct {
 	DB                   storage.Database
+	Consumer             nats.JetStreamContext
 	Producer             sarama.SyncProducer
 	ServerName           gomatrixserverlib.ServerName
 	ACLs                 *acls.ServerACLs
+	InputRoomEventTopic  string
 	OutputRoomEventTopic string
-	workers              sync.Map // room ID -> *inputWorker
+	workers              sync.Map // room ID -> *phony.Inbox
 }
 
-type inputTask struct {
+// onMessage is called when a new event arrives in the roomserver input stream.
-	ctx   context.Context
+func (r *Inputer) Start() error {
-	event *api.InputRoomEvent
+	_, err := r.Consumer.Subscribe(
-	wg    *sync.WaitGroup
+		r.InputRoomEventTopic,
-	err   error // written back by worker, only safe to read when all tasks are done
+		func(msg *nats.Msg) {
+			_ = msg.InProgress()
+			var inputRoomEvent api.InputRoomEvent
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(msg.Data, &inputRoomEvent); err != nil {
+				_ = msg.Nak()
+				return
 			}
-
+			inbox, _ := r.workers.LoadOrStore(msg.Header.Get("room_id"), &phony.Inbox{})
-type inputWorker struct {
+			inbox.(*phony.Inbox).Act(nil, func() {
-	r       *Inputer
+				if _, err := r.processRoomEvent(context.TODO(), &inputRoomEvent); err != nil {
-	running atomic.Bool
+					sentry.CaptureException(err)
-	input   *fifoQueue
+					_ = msg.Nak()
-}
-
-// Guarded by a CAS on w.running
-func (w *inputWorker) start() {
-	defer w.running.Store(false)
-	for {
-		select {
-		case <-w.input.wait():
-			task, ok := w.input.pop()
-			if !ok {
-				continue
-			}
-			roomserverInputBackpressure.With(prometheus.Labels{
-				"room_id": task.event.Event.RoomID(),
-			}).Dec()
-			hooks.Run(hooks.KindNewEventReceived, task.event.Event)
-			_, task.err = w.r.processRoomEvent(task.ctx, task.event)
-			if task.err == nil {
-				hooks.Run(hooks.KindNewEventPersisted, task.event.Event)
 				} else {
-				sentry.CaptureException(task.err)
+					hooks.Run(hooks.KindNewEventPersisted, inputRoomEvent.Event)
+					_ = msg.Ack()
 				}
-			task.wg.Done()
+			})
-		case <-time.After(time.Second * 5):
+		},
+		nats.ManualAck(),
+	)
+	return err
+}
+
+// InputRoomEvents implements api.RoomserverInternalAPI
+func (r *Inputer) InputRoomEvents(
+	_ context.Context,
+	request *api.InputRoomEventsRequest,
+	response *api.InputRoomEventsResponse,
+) {
+	var err error
+	for _, e := range request.InputRoomEvents {
+		msg := &nats.Msg{
+			Subject: r.InputRoomEventTopic,
+			Header:  nats.Header{},
+		}
+		msg.Header.Set("room_id", e.Event.RoomID())
+		msg.Data, err = json.Marshal(e)
+		if err != nil {
+			response.ErrMsg = err.Error()
+			return
+		}
+		if _, err = r.Consumer.PublishMsg(msg); err != nil {
+			response.ErrMsg = err.Error()
 			return
 		}
 	}
@@ -156,67 +170,3 @@ var roomserverInputBackpressure = prometheus.NewGaugeVec(
 	},
 	[]string{"room_id"},
 )
-
-// InputRoomEvents implements api.RoomserverInternalAPI
-func (r *Inputer) InputRoomEvents(
-	_ context.Context,
-	request *api.InputRoomEventsRequest,
-	response *api.InputRoomEventsResponse,
-) {
-	// Create a wait group. Each task that we dispatch will call Done on
-	// this wait group so that we know when all of our events have been
-	// processed.
-	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
-	wg.Add(len(request.InputRoomEvents))
-	tasks := make([]*inputTask, len(request.InputRoomEvents))
-
-	for i, e := range request.InputRoomEvents {
-		// Work out if we are running per-room workers or if we're just doing
-		// it on a global basis (e.g. SQLite).
-		roomID := "global"
-		if r.DB.SupportsConcurrentRoomInputs() {
-			roomID = e.Event.RoomID()
-		}
-
-		// Look up the worker, or create it if it doesn't exist. This channel
-		// is buffered to reduce the chance that we'll be blocked by another
-		// room - the channel will be quite small as it's just pointer types.
-		w, _ := r.workers.LoadOrStore(roomID, &inputWorker{
-			r:     r,
-			input: newFIFOQueue(),
-		})
-		worker := w.(*inputWorker)
-
-		// Create a task. This contains the input event and a reference to
-		// the wait group, so that the worker can notify us when this specific
-		// task has been finished.
-		tasks[i] = &inputTask{
-			ctx:   context.Background(),
-			event: &request.InputRoomEvents[i],
-			wg:    wg,
-		}
-
-		// Send the task to the worker.
-		if worker.running.CAS(false, true) {
-			go worker.start()
-		}
-		worker.input.push(tasks[i])
-		roomserverInputBackpressure.With(prometheus.Labels{
-			"room_id": roomID,
-		}).Inc()
-	}
-
-	// Wait for all of the workers to return results about our tasks.
-	wg.Wait()
-
-	// If any of the tasks returned an error, we should probably report
-	// that back to the caller.
-	for _, task := range tasks {
-		if task.err != nil {
-			response.ErrMsg = task.err.Error()
-			_, rejected := task.err.(*gomatrixserverlib.NotAllowed)
-			response.NotAllowed = rejected
-			return
-		}
-	}
-}

roomserver/internal/input/input_fifo.go

@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-package input
-
-import (
-	"sync"
-)
-
-type fifoQueue struct {
-	tasks  []*inputTask
-	count  int
-	mutex  sync.Mutex
-	notifs chan struct{}
-}
-
-func newFIFOQueue() *fifoQueue {
-	q := &fifoQueue{
-		notifs: make(chan struct{}, 1),
-	}
-	return q
-}
-
-func (q *fifoQueue) push(frame *inputTask) {
-	q.mutex.Lock()
-	defer q.mutex.Unlock()
-	q.tasks = append(q.tasks, frame)
-	q.count++
-	select {
-	case q.notifs <- struct{}{}:
-	default:
-	}
-}
-
-// pop returns the first item of the queue, if there is one.
-// The second return value will indicate if a task was returned.
-// You must check this value, even after calling wait().
-func (q *fifoQueue) pop() (*inputTask, bool) {
-	q.mutex.Lock()
-	defer q.mutex.Unlock()
-	if q.count == 0 {
-		return nil, false
-	}
-	frame := q.tasks[0]
-	q.tasks[0] = nil
-	q.tasks = q.tasks[1:]
-	q.count--
-	if q.count == 0 {
-		// Force a GC of the underlying array, since it might have
-		// grown significantly if the queue was hammered for some reason
-		q.tasks = nil
-	}
-	return frame, true
-}
-
-// wait returns a channel which can be used to detect when an
-// item is waiting in the queue.
-func (q *fifoQueue) wait() <-chan struct{} {
-	q.mutex.Lock()
-	defer q.mutex.Unlock()
-	if q.count > 0 && len(q.notifs) == 0 {
-		ch := make(chan struct{})
-		close(ch)
-		return ch
-	}
-	return q.notifs
-}

roomserver/roomserver.go

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func NewInternalAPI(
 ) api.RoomserverInternalAPI {
 	cfg := &base.Cfg.RoomServer
 
-	_, producer := jetstream.SetupConsumerProducer(&cfg.Matrix.JetStream)
+	js, _, producer := jetstream.SetupConsumerProducer(&cfg.Matrix.JetStream)
 
 	var perspectiveServerNames []gomatrixserverlib.ServerName
 	for _, kp := range base.Cfg.SigningKeyServer.KeyPerspectives {
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ func NewInternalAPI(
 	}
 
 	return internal.NewRoomserverAPI(
-		cfg, roomserverDB, producer, string(cfg.Matrix.JetStream.TopicFor(jetstream.OutputRoomEvent)),
+		cfg, roomserverDB, js, producer,
+		cfg.Matrix.JetStream.TopicFor(jetstream.InputRoomEvent),
+		cfg.Matrix.JetStream.TopicFor(jetstream.OutputRoomEvent),
 		base.Caches, keyRing, perspectiveServerNames,
 	)
 }

roomserver/roomserver_test.go

@@ -181,7 +181,9 @@ func mustCreateRoomserverAPI(t *testing.T) (api.RoomserverInternalAPI, *dummyPro
 		logrus.WithError(err).Panicf("failed to connect to room server db")
 	}
 	return internal.NewRoomserverAPI(
-		&cfg.RoomServer, roomserverDB, dp, string(cfg.Global.JetStream.TopicFor(jetstream.OutputRoomEvent)),
+		&cfg.RoomServer, roomserverDB, dp,
+		cfg.Global.JetStream.TopicFor(jetstream.InputRoomEvent),
+		cfg.Global.JetStream.TopicFor(jetstream.OutputRoomEvent),
 		base.Caches, &test.NopJSONVerifier{}, nil,
 	), dp
 }

setup/jetstream/nats.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 var natsServer *natsserver.Server
 var natsServerMutex sync.Mutex
 
-func SetupConsumerProducer(cfg *config.JetStream) (sarama.Consumer, sarama.SyncProducer) {
+func SetupConsumerProducer(cfg *config.JetStream) (nats.JetStreamContext, sarama.Consumer, sarama.SyncProducer) {
 	// check if we need an in-process NATS Server
 	if len(cfg.Addresses) != 0 {
 		return setupNATS(cfg, nil)
@@ -51,20 +51,20 @@ func SetupConsumerProducer(cfg *config.JetStream) (sarama.Consumer, sarama.SyncP
 	return setupNATS(cfg, nc)
 }
 
-func setupNATS(cfg *config.JetStream, nc *natsclient.Conn) (sarama.Consumer, sarama.SyncProducer) {
+func setupNATS(cfg *config.JetStream, nc *natsclient.Conn) (nats.JetStreamContext, sarama.Consumer, sarama.SyncProducer) {
 	if nc == nil {
 		var err error
 		nc, err = nats.Connect(strings.Join(cfg.Addresses, ","))
 		if err != nil {
 			logrus.WithError(err).Panic("Unable to connect to NATS")
-			return nil, nil
+			return nil, nil, nil
 		}
 	}
 
 	s, err := nc.JetStream()
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.WithError(err).Panic("Unable to get JetStream context")
-		return nil, nil
+		return nil, nil, nil
 	}
 
 	for _, stream := range streams {
@@ -89,5 +89,5 @@ func setupNATS(cfg *config.JetStream, nc *natsclient.Conn) (sarama.Consumer, sar
 
 	consumer := saramajs.NewJetStreamConsumer(nc, s, "")
 	producer := saramajs.NewJetStreamProducer(nc, s, "")
-	return consumer, producer
+	return s, consumer, producer
 }

setup/jetstream/streams.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
+	InputRoomEvent          = "InputRoomEvent"
 	OutputRoomEvent         = "OutputRoomEvent"
 	OutputSendToDeviceEvent = "OutputSendToDeviceEvent"
 	OutputKeyChangeEvent    = "OutputKeyChangeEvent"
@@ -16,6 +17,11 @@ var (
 )
 
 var streams = []*nats.StreamConfig{
+	{
+		Name:      InputRoomEvent,
+		Retention: nats.InterestPolicy,
+		Storage:   nats.FileStorage,
+	},
 	{
 		Name:      OutputRoomEvent,
 		Retention: nats.InterestPolicy,

syncapi/syncapi.go

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func AddPublicRoutes(
 	federation *gomatrixserverlib.FederationClient,
 	cfg *config.SyncAPI,
 ) {
-	consumer, _ := jetstream.SetupConsumerProducer(&cfg.Matrix.JetStream)
+	_, consumer, _ := jetstream.SetupConsumerProducer(&cfg.Matrix.JetStream)
 
 	syncDB, err := storage.NewSyncServerDatasource(&cfg.Database)
 	if err != nil {