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Fixing Performance and Memory Problems (RubyWine)
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Fixing performance & Memory problems @fglc2 / dressipi
Part 1: The follow events happen in real-time
Realtime recommender
Realtime recommender Batch Predictions
Realtime recommender Batch Predictions Event Stream Recommender Realtime Predictions
Realtime recommender Batch Predictions Event Stream Recommender Realtime Predictions Results
We deployed to production
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API Combine Serialize Batch Predictions Realtime Predictions
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class ScoreMap def serialize to_int_array.pack("l<*") end def to_int_array @scores.flat_map do
|key, value| [ key, (value/(scale_factor + 1).to_i] end end def scale_factor @scores.values.max_by {|n| n.abs } .abs / 1000 end end
class ScoreMap def serialize to_int_array.pack("l<*") end def to_int_array @scores.flat_map do
|key, value| [ key, (value/(scale_factor + 1)).to_i] end end def scale_factor @scores.values.max_by {|n| n.abs }
class ScoreMap def serialize to_int_array.pack("l<*") end def to_int_array @scores.flat_map do
|key, value| [ key, (value/(scale_factor + 1)).to_i] end end def scale_factor @scores.values.max_by {|n| n.abs } .abs / 1000
def to_int_array @scores.flat_map do |key, value| [ key, (value/(scale_factor +
1)).to_i] end end def scale_factor @scores.values.max_by {|n| n.abs } .abs / 1000 end end
Ruby-Prof is a profiler • Records behaviour of your code
• Produces reports on where your code spends time • Use to analyse problems not detect them
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require 'ruby-prof'
require 'ruby-prof' scores = load_example_data
require 'ruby-prof' scores = load_example_data result = RubyProf.profile do ScoreMap.new(scores).serialize
end
require 'ruby-prof' scores = load_example_data result = RubyProf.profile do ScoreMap.new(scores).serialize
end printer = RubyProf::GraphHtmlPrinter.new(result) File.open('out.html', 'w') do |file| printer.print(file) end
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def to_int_array @scores.flat_map do |key, value| [ key, (value/(scale_factor +
1)).to_i] end end def scale_factor @scores.values.max_by {|n| n.abs } .abs / 1000 end
def to_int_array @scores.flat_map do |key, value| [ key, (value/(scale_factor +
1)).to_i] end end def scale_factor @scale_factor ||= @scores.values.max_by {|n| n.abs } .abs / 1000 end
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Slows down your code
Can distort things
ruby-prof is exact
Sampling profilers
Sampling profilers • Sampling profilers monitor (sample) call stack periodically
and reports how often each method seen
Sampling profilers • Sampling profilers monitor (sample) call stack periodically
and reports how often each method seen • Sampling frequency controls accuracy vs overhead tradeoff
Stackprof StackProf.run(mode: :cpu, out: 'stackprof.dump') do ScoreMap.new(scores).serialize end
Stackprof StackProf.run(mode: :cpu, out: 'stackprof.dump') do ScoreMap.new(scores).serialize end
================================== Mode: cpu(1000) Samples: 435 (0.00% miss rate) GC: 2
(0.46%) ================================== TOTAL (pct) SAMPLES (pct) FRAME 433 (99.5%) 433 (99.5%) ScoreMap#scale_factor 2 (0.5%) 2 (0.5%) (garbage collection) 433 (99.5%) 0 (0.0%) ScoreMap#to_int_array 433 (99.5%) 0 (0.0%) ScoreMap#serialize 433 (99.5%) 0 (0.0%) block in <main> 433 (99.5%) 0 (0.0%) <main> 433 (99.5%) 0 (0.0%) <main>
================================== Mode: cpu(1000) Samples: 435 (0.00% miss rate) GC: 2
(0.46%) ================================== TOTAL (pct) SAMPLES (pct) FRAME 433 (99.5%) 433 (99.5%) ScoreMap#scale_factor 2 (0.5%) 2 (0.5%) (garbage collection) 433 (99.5%) 0 (0.0%) ScoreMap#to_int_array 433 (99.5%) 0 (0.0%) ScoreMap#serialize 433 (99.5%) 0 (0.0%) block in <main> 433 (99.5%) 0 (0.0%) <main> 433 (99.5%) 0 (0.0%) <main>
Overhead
Overhead • Code on its own: 6.05 s
Overhead • Code on its own: 6.05 s • Rubyprof:
~ 27s
Overhead • Code on its own: 6.05 s • Rubyprof:
~ 27s • Stackprof (default settings): 6.09s
Part 1 Summary
Part 1 Summary • Use monitoring (or angry users) to
detect problems
Part 1 Summary • Use monitoring (or angry users) to
detect problems • Refine with stackprof (if needed)
Part 1 Summary • Use monitoring (or angry users) to
detect problems • Refine with stackprof (if needed) • Reproduce the problem in a small benchmark
Part 1 Summary • Use monitoring (or angry users) to
detect problems • Refine with stackprof (if needed) • Reproduce the problem in a small benchmark • Use rubyprof to understand / fix the problem
Part 1 Summary • Use monitoring (or angry users) to
detect problems • Refine with stackprof (if needed) • Reproduce the problem in a small benchmark • Use rubyprof to understand / fix the problem • Profit!
Part 2: Memory
• Bitmap GC (1.9) • Generational GC (2.1) • Incremental
GC (2.2) • Symbol GC (2.2) • Transient Heap (2.6) • Compacting GC ( 2.7 )
You still have to worry about memory
NoMemoryError: failed to allocate
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Memory leak
Where do they come from
Where do they come from • Leaks in native code
(C extensions)
Where do they come from • Leaks in native code
(C extensions) • Ruby thinks you are still using it (long lived objects, caches, etc.)
Where do they come from • Leaks in native code
(C extensions) • Ruby thinks you are still using it (long lived objects, caches, etc.) • Not understanding object lifecycles
class LeakingMiddleware def initialize(app) @app = app end def call(env)
... end def cached_thing(id) @things ||= {} @things[id] ||= Thing.find id end end
class LeakingMiddleware def initialize(app) @app = app end def call(env)
... end def cached_thing(id) @things ||= {} @things[id] ||= Thing.find id end end
Leaks are scary because
Leaks are scary because • Manifest as global problem
Leaks are scary because • Manifest as global problem •
Memory usage is complicated and noisy (caches, threads, lazy load)
Leaks are scary because • Manifest as global problem •
Memory usage is complicated and noisy (caches, threads, lazy load) • Easily hidden in a dependency (see bundler-leak)
Back to the problem
At least a year
At least a year • Slow or rare leak ~
2 weeks to exhaust memory at 3M requests / day
At least a year • Slow or rare leak ~
2 weeks to exhaust memory at 3M requests / day • App usually restarted often enough (deploys, autoscaling)
At least a year • Slow or rare leak ~
2 weeks to exhaust memory at 3M requests / day • App usually restarted often enough (deploys, autoscaling) • Failed instances automatically detected as unhealthy and replaced
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But seriously
I couldn't reproduce the leak
What could be happening?
What could be happening? • Not picking the right endpoint
What could be happening? • Not picking the right endpoint
• Different usage patterns
What could be happening? • Not picking the right endpoint
• Different usage patterns • Environment differences
Debugging in production
rbtrace
rbtrace • Count / trace method calls, GCs
rbtrace • Count / trace method calls, GCs • Dump
backtraces
rbtrace • Count / trace method calls, GCs • Dump
backtraces • Execute arbitrary ruby
trace_object_allocations
trace_object_allocations • Part of Objectspace (in stdlib)
trace_object_allocations • Part of Objectspace (in stdlib) • Records details
about each memory allocation (when/ where/what)
trace_object_allocations • Part of Objectspace (in stdlib) • Records details
about each memory allocation (when/ where/what) • Dump to a file for analysis ( heap dump )
Note that this feature introduces a huge performance decrease and
huge memory consumption.
The plan
The plan • Only work on one instance
The plan • Only work on one instance • Use
rbtrace to dump heap from single rails process
The plan • Only work on one instance • Use
rbtrace to dump heap from single rails process • Analyse heap dump offline
I had to google this!
bundle exec rbtrace --pid $PID -e ' Thread.new { require
'objspace' ObjectSpace.trace_object_allocations_start }' Start Tracing
bundle exec rbtrace --pid $PID -e ' Thread.new { require
'objspace' ObjectSpace.trace_object_allocations_start }' Start Tracing
Dump GC.start io=File.open("/tmp/heap.dump", "w"); ObjectSpace.dump_all(output: io); io.close
What's in a heap dump?
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"address": "0x7ff5bbdfc3f8",
"address": "0x7ff5bbdfc3f8", "type": "OBJECT", "class": "0x7ff5ba88b8e8",
"address": "0x7ff5bbdfc3f8", "type": "OBJECT", "class": "0x7ff5ba88b8e8", "file": "...gems/mongoid-7.0.5/lib/mongoid/document.rb", "line": 335,
"method": "allocate",
"address": "0x7ff5bbdfc3f8", "type": "OBJECT", "class": "0x7ff5ba88b8e8", "file": "...gems/mongoid-7.0.5/lib/mongoid/document.rb", "line": 335,
"method": "allocate", "generation": 62,
"address": "0x7ff5bbdfc3f8", "type": "OBJECT", "class": "0x7ff5ba88b8e8", "file": "...gems/mongoid-7.0.5/lib/mongoid/document.rb", "line": 335,
"method": "allocate", "generation": 62, "ivars": 3, "memsize": 40,
"address": "0x7ff5bbdfc3f8", "type": "OBJECT", "class": "0x7ff5ba88b8e8", "file": "...gems/mongoid-7.0.5/lib/mongoid/document.rb", "line": 335,
"method": "allocate", "generation": 62, "ivars": 3, "memsize": 40, "references": [ "0x7ff5bbe1c4f0" ],
"address": "0x7ff5bbdfc3f8", "type": "OBJECT", "class": "0x7ff5ba88b8e8", "file": "...gems/mongoid-7.0.5/lib/mongoid/document.rb", "line": 335,
"method": "allocate", "generation": 62, "ivars": 3, "memsize": 40, "references": [ "0x7ff5bbe1c4f0" ], "flags": { "wb_protected": true },
heapy
heapy $ heapy read good_heap.dump
heapy $ heapy read good_heap.dump Analyzing Heap ==============
heapy $ heapy read good_heap.dump Analyzing Heap ============== Generation: nil
object count: 475742, mem: 0.0 kb
heapy $ heapy read good_heap.dump Analyzing Heap ============== Generation: nil
object count: 475742, mem: 0.0 kb Generation: 61 object count: 5334, mem: 1782.5 kb Generation: 62 object count: 918, mem: 1324.8 kb Generation: 63 object count: 4, mem: 0.3 kb
heapy $ heapy read good_heap.dump Analyzing Heap ============== Generation: nil
object count: 475742, mem: 0.0 kb Generation: 61 object count: 5334, mem: 1782.5 kb Generation: 62 object count: 918, mem: 1324.8 kb Generation: 63 object count: 4, mem: 0.3 kb Generation: 2222 object count: 1, mem: 0.0 kb Generation: 2223 object count: 420, mem: 44.6 kb Generation: 2224 object count: 635, mem: 42.8 kb
Analyzing Heap ============== Generation: nil object count: 498011, mem: 0.0
kb Generation: 61 object count: 834, mem: 82.2 kb Generation: 62 object count: 36, mem: 3.9 kb Generation: 63 object count: 9, mem: 0.8 kb Generation: 64 object count: 3, mem: 0.4 kb Generation: 65 object count: 23, mem: 1.8 kb Generation: 66 object count: 16, mem: 1.4 kb Generation: 67 object count: 12, mem: 1.2 kb ...
Analyzing Heap ============== Generation: nil object count: 498011, mem: 0.0
kb Generation: 61 object count: 834, mem: 82.2 kb Generation: 62 object count: 36, mem: 3.9 kb Generation: 63 object count: 9, mem: 0.8 kb Generation: 64 object count: 3, mem: 0.4 kb Generation: 65 object count: 23, mem: 1.8 kb Generation: 66 object count: 16, mem: 1.4 kb Generation: 67 object count: 12, mem: 1.2 kb ...
Generation: 218 object count: 11, mem: 1.2 kb Generation: 219
object count: 10, mem: 1.1 kb Generation: 220 object count: 12, mem: 1.2 kb Generation: 221 object count: 12, mem: 1.2 kb Generation: 222 object count: 13, mem: 9.2 kb Generation: 223 object count: 10, mem: 1.0 kb Generation: 224 object count: 12, mem: 1.2 kb Generation: 225 object count: 12, mem: 1.2 kb Generation: 226 object count: 9, mem: 0.9 kb Generation: 227 object count: 11, mem: 1.2 kb ...
Generation: 1874 object count: 8, mem: 0.9 kb Generation: 1875
object count: 8, mem: 1.0 kb Generation: 1876 object count: 10, mem: 1.0 kb Generation: 1877 object count: 6, mem: 0.7 kb Generation: 1878 object count: 8, mem: 1.0 kb Generation: 1879 object count: 10, mem: 1.0 kb Generation: 1880 object count: 6, mem: 0.7 kb Generation: 1881 object count: 8, mem: 1.0 kb Generation: 1882 object count: 9, mem: 0.8 kb Generation: 1883 object count: 6, mem: 0.7 kb ...
$ heapy read heap.dump 1879
$ heapy read heap.dump 1879 allocated by memory (978) (in
bytes) ============================== 858 .../action_view/template.rb:296 120 .../active_support/core_ext/module/remove_method.rb:4
$ heapy read heap.dump 1879 allocated by memory (978) (in
bytes) ============================== 858 .../action_view/template.rb:296 120 .../active_support/core_ext/module/remove_method.rb:4 _app_views_mobile_layouts_widgets_html_haml__3857206368_702097383 _app_views_mobile_widgets_outfits_html_haml__3715565700_702097206 _app_views_mobile_layouts_widgets_html_haml__3857206368_702096884
$ heapy read heap.dump 1879 allocated by memory (978) (in
bytes) ============================== 858 .../action_view/template.rb:296 120 .../active_support/core_ext/module/remove_method.rb:4 _app_views_mobile_layouts_widgets_html_haml__3857206368_702097383 _app_views_mobile_widgets_outfits_html_haml__3715565700_702097206 _app_views_mobile_layouts_widgets_html_haml__3857206368_702096884 "flags":{"wb_protected":true, "old":true, "uncollectible":true }
2 Questions
2 Questions • Why is the method name uncollectible?
2 Questions • Why is the method name uncollectible? •
Why so many of them?
Ruby 2.2: Symbols can be garbage collected
Ruby 2.2: Symbols can be garbage collected *Terms and conditions
may apply Your statutory rights are not affected
2 Kinds of Symbols
2 Kinds of Symbols • Mortal symbols: created from foo.to_sym
2 Kinds of Symbols • Mortal symbols: created from foo.to_sym
• Immortal symbols: C-level references (rb_intern)
2 Kinds of Symbols • Mortal symbols: created from foo.to_sym
• Immortal symbols: C-level references (rb_intern) Defining a method creates an immortal symbol
Action View template caching
Action View template caching • Each template is compiled to
a method with random name
Action View template caching • Each template is compiled to
a method with random name • Each entry in the view search path is a resolver
Action View template caching • Each template is compiled to
a method with random name • Each entry in the view search path is a resolver • Resolvers return compiled template from cache or load from disk
before_action :set_view_path def set_view_path if mobile_site_requested? prepend_view_path "app/views/mobile" end end
before_action :set_view_path def set_view_path if mobile_site_requested? prepend_view_path "app/views/mobile" end end
before_action :set_view_path def set_view_path if mobile_site_requested? prepend_view_path "app/views/mobile" end end
devise/app/views app/views View Paths
devise/app/views app/views View Paths
devise/app/views app/views View Paths app/views/mobile
devise/app/views app/views View Paths app/views/mobile
devise/app/views app/views View Paths
devise/app/views app/views View Paths app/views/mobile
New (empty) cache on each request!
Each request leaks a symbol
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Part 2 Summary
Part 2 Summary • Don't be afraid of production!
Part 2 Summary • Don't be afraid of production! •
Understand what/how using memory with heap dumps
Part 2 Summary • Don't be afraid of production! •
Understand what/how using memory with heap dumps • Pay attention to your objects' lifecycles
Thank you! @fglc2 / dressipi
Further Reading • https://samsaffron.com/archive/2015/03/31/debugging-memory- leaks-in-ruby • https://samsaffron.com/archive/2019/10/08/debugging-unmanaged- and-hidden-memory-leaks-in-ruby • https://blog.codeship.com/tracking-object-allocations-in-ruby/
• https://blog.codeship.com/debugging-a-memory-leak-on-heroku/ • https://www.slideshare.net/authorNari/symbol-gc • https://github.com/schneems/derailed_benchmarks • https://www.schneems.com/2019/11/07/why-does-my-apps- memory-usage-grow-asymptotically-over-time/