statsd histogram to support more than 1 second

Summary:
Problem: Collectd/Statsd supports configurable percentiles for timers but it limits the value to be 1 to 1000ms. If the timer value is more than 1000ms, it uses for min, max, average,... and drops it for percentile computation.

Solution: Added support for increasing bin width when the value is above histogram's range.

Test Plan: Tested by sending metrics within range and out-of-range (ie above 1000 ms)

Reviewers: skhajamo, shalstea

Reviewed By: skhajamo

CC: arcyd
Differential Revision: https://all.phab.dev.bloomberg.com/D156454

diff --git a/src/utils_latency.c b/src/utils_latency.c
index 94da2112ec1971410f9b54870b9694ac35388b84..cfe90e27ac97f8869d31cf68c33f32d37f3f55fb 100644 (file)
--- a/src/utils_latency.c
+++ b/src/utils_latency.c
@@ -25,13 +25,18 @@
  **/
 
 #include "collectd.h"
+#include "plugin.h"
 #include "utils_latency.h"
 #include "common.h"
 
-#ifndef LATENCY_HISTOGRAM_SIZE
-# define LATENCY_HISTOGRAM_SIZE 1000
+#include <math.h>
+
+#ifndef HISTOGRAM_NUM_BINS
+# define HISTOGRAM_NUM_BINS 1000
 #endif
 
+static const int HISTOGRAM_DEFAULT_BIN_WIDTH = 1;
+
 struct latency_counter_s
 {
   cdtime_t start_time;
@@ -42,9 +47,69 @@ struct latency_counter_s
   cdtime_t min;
   cdtime_t max;
 
-  int histogram[LATENCY_HISTOGRAM_SIZE];
+  int bin_width;
+  int histogram[HISTOGRAM_NUM_BINS];
 };
 
+/*
+* Histogram represents the distribution of data, it has a list of "bins".
+* Each bin represents an interval and has a count (frequency) of
+* number of values fall within its interval.
+*
+* Histogram's range is determined by the number of bins and the bin width,
+* There are 1000 bins and all bins have the same width of default 1 millisecond.
+* When a value above this range is added, Histogram's range is increased by
+* increasing the bin width (note that number of bins remains always at 1000).
+* This operation of increasing bin width is little expensive as each bin need
+* to be visited to update it's count. To reduce frequent change of bin width,
+* new bin width will be the next nearest power of 2. Example: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32,
+* 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 5086, ...
+*
+* So, if the required bin width is 300, then new bin width will be 512 as it is
+* the next nearest power of 2.
+*
+*/
+void change_bin_width (latency_counter_t *lc, size_t val) /* {{{ */
+{
+  int i=0;
+  /* This function is called because the new value is above histogram's range.
+   * First find the required bin width:
+   *           requiredBinWidth = (value + 1) / numBins
+   * then get the next nearest power of 2
+   *           newBinWidth = 2^(ceil(log2(requiredBinWidth)))
+   */
+  double required_bin_width = (double)(val + 1) / HISTOGRAM_NUM_BINS;
+  double required_bin_width_logbase2 = log(required_bin_width) / log(2.0);
+  int new_bin_width = (int)(pow(2.0, ceil( required_bin_width_logbase2)));
+  int old_bin_width = lc->bin_width;
+  lc->bin_width = new_bin_width;
+
+  /*
+   * bin width has been increased, now iterate through all bins and move the
+   * old bin's count to new bin.
+   */
+  if (lc->num > 0) // if the histogram has data then iterate else skip
+  {
+      double width_change_ratio = old_bin_width / new_bin_width;
+      for (i=0; i<HISTOGRAM_NUM_BINS; i++)
+      {
+         int new_bin = (int)(i * width_change_ratio);
+         if (i == new_bin)
+             continue;
+         lc->histogram[new_bin] += lc->histogram[i];
+         lc->histogram[i] = 0;
+      }
+      DEBUG("utils_latency: change_bin_width: fixed all bins");
+  }
+
+  DEBUG("utils_latency: change_bin_width: val-[%ld], oldBinWidth-[%d], "
+          "newBinWidth-[%d], required_bin_width-[%f], "
+          "required_bin_width_logbase2-[%f]",
+          val, old_bin_width, new_bin_width, required_bin_width,
+          required_bin_width_logbase2);
+
+} /* }}} void change_bin_width */
+
 latency_counter_t *latency_counter_create () /* {{{ */
 {
   latency_counter_t *lc;
@@ -54,6 +119,7 @@ latency_counter_t *latency_counter_create () /* {{{ */
     return (NULL);
 
   latency_counter_reset (lc);
+  lc->bin_width = HISTOGRAM_DEFAULT_BIN_WIDTH;
   return (lc);
 } /* }}} latency_counter_t *latency_counter_create */
 
@@ -83,8 +149,19 @@ void latency_counter_add (latency_counter_t *lc, cdtime_t latency) /* {{{ */
    * subtract one from the cdtime_t value so that exactly 1.0 ms get sorted
    * accordingly. */
   latency_ms = (size_t) CDTIME_T_TO_MS (latency - 1);
-  if (latency_ms < STATIC_ARRAY_SIZE (lc->histogram))
-    lc->histogram[latency_ms]++;
+
+  int bin = (int)(latency_ms / lc->bin_width);
+  if (bin >= HISTOGRAM_NUM_BINS)
+  {
+      change_bin_width(lc, latency_ms);
+      bin = (int)(latency_ms / lc->bin_width);
+      if (bin >= HISTOGRAM_NUM_BINS)
+      {
+          ERROR("utils_latency: latency_counter_add: Invalid bin %d", bin);
+          return;
+      }
+  }
+  lc->histogram[bin]++;
 } /* }}} void latency_counter_add */
 
 void latency_counter_reset (latency_counter_t *lc) /* {{{ */
@@ -92,7 +169,11 @@ void latency_counter_reset (latency_counter_t *lc) /* {{{ */
   if (lc == NULL)
     return;
 
+  int bin_width = lc->bin_width;
   memset (lc, 0, sizeof (*lc));
+
+  /* preserve bin width */
+  lc->bin_width = bin_width;
   lc->start_time = cdtime ();
 } /* }}} void latency_counter_reset */
 
@@ -153,7 +234,7 @@ cdtime_t latency_counter_get_percentile (latency_counter_t *lc,
   percent_upper = 0.0;
   percent_lower = 0.0;
   sum = 0;
-  for (i = 0; i < LATENCY_HISTOGRAM_SIZE; i++)
+  for (i = 0; i < HISTOGRAM_NUM_BINS; i++)
   {
     percent_lower = percent_upper;
     sum += lc->histogram[i];
@@ -166,14 +247,14 @@ cdtime_t latency_counter_get_percentile (latency_counter_t *lc,
       break;
   }
 
-  if (i >= LATENCY_HISTOGRAM_SIZE)
+  if (i >= HISTOGRAM_NUM_BINS)
     return (0);
 
   assert (percent_upper >= percent);
   assert (percent_lower < percent);
 
-  ms_upper = (double) (i + 1);
-  ms_lower = (double) i;
+  ms_upper = (double) ( (i + 1) * lc->bin_width );
+  ms_lower = (double) ( i * lc->bin_width );
   if (i == 0)
     return (MS_TO_CDTIME_T (ms_upper));