Got it.

I was proposing that we do the "delayed async batch" but I think your
argument for complexity and pushing it out of the scope is convincing, so
instead I propose we do the synchronous mini batching still but obviously
it is already there :)  I'm +1 on the current proposal scope.

Guozhang

On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 10:16 AM Brian Byrne <bby...@confluent.io> wrote:

> Hi Guozhang,
>
> Ah, sorry, I misunderstood. Actually, this is solved for us today. How the
> producer works is that it maintains at most one inflight metadata fetch
> request at any time, where each request is tagged with the current
> (monotonically increasing) request version. This version is bumped whenever
> a new topic is encountered, and metadata fetching will continue to process
> while the latest metadata response's version is below the current version.
>
> So if a metadata request is in flight, and a number of threads produce to
> new topics, they'll be added to the working set but the next metadata
> request won't take place until the outstanding one returns. So their
> updates will be batched together. As you suggest, we can have a simple list
> that tracks unknown topics to isolate new vs. old topics.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 10:04 AM Guozhang Wang <wangg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Brian,
> >
> > I think I buy the complexity and extra end-to-end-latency argument :) I'm
> > fine with delaying the asynchronous tech fetching to future works and
> keep
> > the current KIP's scope as-is for now. Under that case can we consider
> just
> > a minor implementation detail (since it is not affecting public APIs we
> > probably do not even need to list it, but just thinking loud here):
> >
> > In your proposal when we request for a topic of unknown metadata, we are
> > going to directly set the topic name as that singleton in the request.
> I'm
> > wondering for the scenario that KAFKA-8904 described, if the
> producer#send
> > for thousands of new topics are triggered sequentially by a single thread
> > or concurrent threads? If it's the latter, and we expect in such
> scenarios
> > we may have multiple topics being requests within a very short time, then
> > we can probably do sth. like this internally in a synchronized manner:
> >
> > 1) put the topic name into a list, as "unknown topics", then
> > 2) exhaust the list, and put all topics from that list to the request; if
> > the list is empty, it means it has been emptied by another thread so we
> > skip sending a new request and just wait for the returned metadata
> refresh.
> >
> > In most cases the list would just be a singleton with the one that thread
> > has just enqueued, but under extreme scenarios it can help batching a few
> > topic names probably (of course, I'm thinking about very extreme cases
> > here, assuming that's was what we've seen in 8904). Since these two steps
> > are very light-weighted, doing that in a synchronized block would not
> hurt
> > the concurrency too much.
> >
> >
> > Guozhang
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 9:39 AM Brian Byrne <bby...@confluent.io> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Guozhang,
> > >
> > > Your understanding of the rationale is accurate, and what you suggest
> is
> > > completely plausible, however I have a slightly different take on the
> > > situation.
> > >
> > > When the KIP was originally drafted, making KafkaProducer#send
> > asynchronous
> > > was one element of the changes (this is a little more general than (a),
> > but
> > > has similar implications). As you're aware, doing so would allow new
> > topics
> > > to aggregate since the producer could continue to push new records,
> > whereas
> > > today the producer thread is blocked waiting for resolution.
> > >
> > > However, there were concerns about changing client behavior
> unexpectedly
> > in
> > > this manner, and the change isn't as trivial as one would hope. For
> > > example, we'd have to introduce an intermediate queue of records for
> > topics
> > > without metadata, and have that play well with the buffer pool which
> > > ensures the memory limit isn't exceeded. A side effect is that a
> producer
> > > could hit 'memory full' conditions easier, which could have unintended
> > > consequences if, say, the model was setup such that different producer
> > > threads produced to a disjoint set of topics. Where one producer thread
> > was
> > > blocked waiting for new metadata, it could now push enough data to
> block
> > > all producer threads due to memory limits, so we'd need to be careful
> > here.
> > >
> > > For case (a) described, another concern would be adding additional a
> new
> > > source of latency (possibly seconds) for new topics. Not a huge issue,
> > but
> > > it is new behavior to existing clients and adds to the complexity of
> > > verifying no major regressions.
> > >
> > > It also wouldn't resolve all cases we're interested in. One behavior
> > we're
> > > witnessing is the following: a producer generates to a very large
> number
> > of
> > > topics (several thousand), however the period of consecutive records
> for
> > a
> > > topic can often be beyond the current hard-coded expiry of 5 minutes.
> > > Therefore, when the producer does submit a request for this topic
> after 5
> > > minutes, it has to request all of the topic metadata again. While
> > batching
> > > new topics in the start-up case would definitely help, here it would
> > likely
> > > be lost effort.
> > >
> > > Being able to increase the metadata eviction for the above case would
> > > improve things, but there's no perfect value when consecutive produce
> > times
> > > can be modelled as a probability distribution. Rather, the better
> > solution
> > > could be what we discussed earlier, where we'd lower the eviction
> > timeout,
> > > but make the cost of fetching uncached topic metadata much smaller.
> > >
> > > The changes in the KIP were meant to improve the general case without
> > > affecting external client behavior, and then the plan was to fix the
> > > asynchronous send in the next iteration, if necessary. Point (b) is
> along
> > > the lines of the latest revision: only send requests for uncached
> topics,
> > > if they exist, otherwise request the full working set. Piggy-backing
> was
> > > originally included, but removed because its utility was in doubt.
> > >
> > > So to summarize, you're correct in that asynchronous topic fetching
> would
> > > be a big improvement, and should be an item of future work. However
> what
> > > this KIP proposes should be the safest/easiest set of changes to
> resolve
> > > the current pain points. Please let me know if you agree/disagree with
> > this
> > > assessment.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Brian
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 10:52 AM Guozhang Wang <wangg...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello Brian,
> > > >
> > > > I looked at the new proposal again, and I'd like to reason about its
> > > > rationale from the listed motivations in your wiki:
> > > >
> > > > 1) more RPCs: we may send metadata requests more frequently than
> > > > appropriate. This is especially the case during producer start-up,
> > where
> > > > the more topics it needs to send to, the more metadata requests it
> > needs
> > > to
> > > > send. This the original reported issue as in KAFKA-8904.
> > > >
> > > > 2) large RPCs: we including all topics in the work set when sending
> > > > metadata request. But I think our conjecture (as Colin has pointed
> out)
> > > is
> > > > that this alone is fine most of the time, assuming e.g. you are
> sending
> > > > such large RPC only once every 10 minutes. It is only because of 1)
> > where
> > > > you are sending large RPC too frequently which is a common issue.
> > > >
> > > > 3) we want to have a configurable eviction period than hard-coded
> > > values. I
> > > > consider it as a semi-orthogonal motivation compared with 2) / 3) but
> > we
> > > > wanted to piggy-back this fix along with the KIP.
> > > >
> > > > So from there, 1) and 2) does not contradict to each other since our
> > > belief
> > > > is that large RPCs is usually okay as long as it is not
> > > large-and-frequent
> > > > RPCs, and we actually prefer large-infrequent RPC > smaller-frequent
> > RPC
> > > >
> > > > large-and-frequent RPC (of course).
> > > >
> > > > The current proposal basically tries to un-tangle 2) from 1), i.e.
> for
> > > the
> > > > scenario of KAFKA-8904 it would result in smaller-frequent RPC during
> > > > startup than large-and-frequent RPC. But I'm wondering why don't we
> > just
> > > do
> > > > even better and make it large-infrequent RPC? More specifically, just
> > > like
> > > > Lucas suggested in the ticket:
> > > >
> > > > a. when there's new topic with unknown metadata enqueued, instead of
> > > > requesting a metadata immediately just delay it for a short period
> (no
> > > more
> > > > than seconds) hoping that more unknown topics would be requested in
> the
> > > > period; during this period we would not know which partition it would
> > go
> > > to
> > > > of course, so we buffer it in a different manner.
> > > >
> > > > b. when we are about to send metadata, if there are unknown topic(s)
> --
> > > > consider them "urgent topics" -- just send them without other topics;
> > > > otherwise, send the work set in the request. If we want to go even
> > > fancier,
> > > > we can still piggy-back some non-urgent along with urgent ones but it
> > is
> > > > more complicated to reason about the trade-off so a simpler approach
> is
> > > > fine too.
> > > >
> > > > c. fixing 3) with a new config, which is relatively orthogonal to a)
> > and
> > > > b).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Guozhang
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 10:39 AM Brian Byrne <bby...@confluent.io>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello all,
> > > > >
> > > > > After further offline discussion, I've removed any efforts to
> control
> > > > > metadata RPC sizes. There are now only two items proposed in this
> > KIP:
> > > > >
> > > > > (1) When encountering a new topic, only issue a metadata request
> for
> > > that
> > > > > particular topic. For all other cases, continue as it does today
> > with a
> > > > > full working set refresh.
> > > > >
> > > > > (2) Introduces client configuration flag "
> > metadata.eviction.period.ms"
> > > > to
> > > > > control cache eviction duration. I've reset the default back to the
> > > > current
> > > > > (hard-coded) value of 5 minutes since we can identify cases where
> > > > changing
> > > > > it would cause surprises.
> > > > >
> > > > > The votes have been cleared. My apologies for continually
> > interrupting
> > > > and
> > > > > making changes to the KIP, but hopefully this is an agreeable
> minimum
> > > > > solution to move forward.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Brian
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 5:23 PM Colin McCabe <cmcc...@apache.org>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2020, at 14:40, Brian Byrne wrote:
> > > > > > > So the performance of a metadata RPC that occurs every once
> every
> > > 10
> > > > > > > seconds should not be measured strictly in CPU cost, but rather
> > the
> > > > > > effect
> > > > > > > on the 95-99%. The larger the request is, the more opportunity
> > > there
> > > > is
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > > put a burst stress on the producer and broker, and the larger
> the
> > > > > > response
> > > > > > > payload to push through the control plane socket. Maybe that's
> > not
> > > at
> > > > > 5k
> > > > > > > topics, but there are groups that are 10k+ topics and pushing
> > > > further.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > KAFKA-7019 made reading the metadata lock-free.  There is no a
> > priori
> > > > > > reason to prefer lots of small requests to a few big requests
> > (within
> > > > > > reason!)  In fact, it's quite the opposite: when we make lots of
> > > small
> > > > > > requests, it uses more network bandwidth than when we make a few
> > big
> > > > > ones.
> > > > > > There are a few reasons for this: the request and response
> headers
> > > > have a
> > > > > > fixed overhead, one big array takes less space when serialized
> than
> > > > > several
> > > > > > small ones, etc.  There is also TCP and IP overhead, etc.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The broker can only push a few tens of thousands of metadata
> > > requests a
> > > > > > second, due to the overhead of message processing.  This is why
> > > almost
> > > > > all
> > > > > > of the admin commands support batching.  So if you need to create
> > > 1,000
> > > > > > topics, you make one request, not 1,000 requests, for example.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It's definitely reasonable to limit the number of topics made per
> > > > > metadata
> > > > > > request.  But the reason for this is not improving performance,
> but
> > > > > > preventing certain bad corner cases that happen when RPCs get too
> > > big.
> > > > > For
> > > > > > example, one problem that can happen when a metadata response
> gets
> > > too
> > > > > big
> > > > > > is that the client could time out before it finishes reading the
> > > > > response.
> > > > > > Or if the response got way too big, it could even exceed the
> > maximum
> > > > > > response size.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So I think the limit should be pretty high here.  We might also
> > > > consider
> > > > > > putting the limit in terms of number of partitions rather than
> > number
> > > > of
> > > > > > topics, since that's what really matters here (this is harder to
> > > > > implement,
> > > > > > I realize...)  If I had to put a rough number on it, I'd say we
> > don't
> > > > > want
> > > > > > more than like 50 MB of response data.  This is vaguely in line
> > with
> > > > how
> > > > > we
> > > > > > do fetch responses as well (although I think the limit there is
> > > > higher).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We should also keep in mind that anyone with a wildcard
> > subscription
> > > is
> > > > > > making full metadata requests, which will return back information
> > > about
> > > > > > every topic in the system.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > There's definitely weight to the metadata RPCs. Looking at a
> > > previous
> > > > > > > local, non-loaded test I ran, I calculate about 2 microseconds
> > per
> > > > > > > partition latency to the producer. At 10,000 topics with 100
> > > > partitions
> > > > > > > each, that's a full 2-second bubble in the best case. I can
> > rerun a
> > > > > more
> > > > > > > targeted performance test, but I feel that's missing the point.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If the metadata is fetched in the background, there should be no
> > > impact
> > > > > on
> > > > > > producer latency, right?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It would be good to talk more about the importance of background
> > > > metadata
> > > > > > fetching in the KIP.  The fact that we don't do this is actually
> a
> > > big
> > > > > > problem with the current implementation.  As I understand it,
> when
> > > the
> > > > > > metadata gets too old, we slam on the brakes and wait for a
> > metadata
> > > > > fetch
> > > > > > to complete, rather than starting the metadata fetch BEFORE we
> need
> > > it.
> > > > > > It's just bad scheduling.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > best,
> > > > > > Colin
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Brian
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 1:31 PM Colin McCabe <
> cmcc...@apache.org>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2020, at 13:07, Brian Byrne wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Hi Colin,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thanks again for the feedback!
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 12:07 PM Colin McCabe <
> > > cmcc...@apache.org
> > > > >
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Metadata requests don't (always) go to the controller,
> > right?
> > > > We
> > > > > > > > should
> > > > > > > > > > fix the wording in this section.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > You're correct, s/controller/broker(s)/.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I feel like "Proposed Changes" should come before "Public
> > > > > Interfaces"
> > > > > > > > > > here.  The new configuration won't make sense to the
> reader
> > > > until
> > > > > > he
> > > > > > > > or she
> > > > > > > > > > has read the "changes" section.  Also, it's not clear
> from
> > > the
> > > > > name
> > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > > "metadata evict" refers to a span of time.  What do you
> > think
> > > > > > about "
> > > > > > > > > > metadata.eviction.period.ms" as a configuration name?
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Sure, makes sense. Updated order and config name.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Where is the "10 seconds" coming from here?  The current
> > > > default
> > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > metadata.max.age.ms is 5 * 60 * 1000 ms, which implies
> > that
> > > we
> > > > > > want to
> > > > > > > > > > refresh every 5 minutes.  Definitely not every 10
> seconds.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > The 10 seconds is another arbitrary value to prevent a
> large
> > > > number
> > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > RPCs
> > > > > > > > > if the target batch size were fixed at 20. For example, if
> > > > there's
> > > > > > 5,000
> > > > > > > > > topics with a 5-minute interval, then instead of issuing an
> > RPC
> > > > > every
> > > > > > > > > 1.2 seconds with batch size of 20, it would issue an RPC
> > every
> > > 10
> > > > > > seconds
> > > > > > > > > with batch size of 167.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hmm.  This will lead to many more RPCs compared to the
> current
> > > > > > situation
> > > > > > > > of issuing an RPC every 5 minutes with 5,000 topics, right?
> > See
> > > > > below
> > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > more discussion.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Stepping back a little bit, it seems like the big problem
> > you
> > > > > > > > identified
> > > > > > > > > > is the O(N^2) behavior of producing to X, then Y, then Z,
> > > etc.
> > > > > etc.
> > > > > > > > where
> > > > > > > > > > each new produce to a fresh topic triggers a metadata
> > request
> > > > > with
> > > > > > all
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > preceding topics included.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Of course we need to send out a metadata request before
> > > > producing
> > > > > > to X,
> > > > > > > > > > then Y, then Z, but that request could just specify X, or
> > > just
> > > > > > specify
> > > > > > > > Y,
> > > > > > > > > > etc. etc.  In other words, we could decouple decouple the
> > > > routine
> > > > > > > > metadata
> > > > > > > > > > fetch which happens on a 5 minute timer from the need to
> > > fetch
> > > > > > > > metadata for
> > > > > > > > > > something specific right now.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > I guess my question is, do we really need to allow
> routine
> > > > > metadata
> > > > > > > > > > fetches to "piggyback" on the emergency metadata fetches?
> > It
> > > > > adds
> > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > lot of
> > > > > > > > > > complexity, and we don't have any benchmarks proving that
> > > it's
> > > > > > better.
> > > > > > > > > > Also, as I understand it, whether we piggyback or not,
> the
> > > > number
> > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > > metadata fetches is the same, right?
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > So it's possible to do as you suggest, but I would argue
> that
> > > > it'd
> > > > > be
> > > > > > > > more
> > > > > > > > > complex with how the code is structured and wouldn't add
> any
> > > > extra
> > > > > > > > > complexity. The derived metadata class effectively respond
> > to a
> > > > > > > > > notification that a metadata RPC is going to be issued,
> where
> > > > they
> > > > > > return
> > > > > > > > > the metadata request structure with topics to refresh,
> which
> > is
> > > > > > decoupled
> > > > > > > > > from what generated the event (new topic, stale metadata,
> > > > periodic
> > > > > > > > refresh
> > > > > > > > > alarm). There is also a strict implementation detail that
> > only
> > > > one
> > > > > > > > metadata
> > > > > > > > > request can be outstanding at any time, which lends itself
> to
> > > > > > consolidate
> > > > > > > > > complexity in the base metadata class and have the derived
> > use
> > > > the
> > > > > > > > "listen
> > > > > > > > > for next update" model.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > By maintaining an ordered list of topics by their last
> > metadata
> > > > > > refresh
> > > > > > > > > time (0 for new topics), it's a matter of pulling from the
> > > front
> > > > of
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > list to see which topics should be included in the next
> > update.
> > > > > > Always
> > > > > > > > > include all urgent topics, then include non-urgent (i.e.
> need
> > > to
> > > > be
> > > > > > > > > refreshed soon-ish) up to the target batch size.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > The number of metadata fetches could be reduced. Assuming a
> > > > target
> > > > > > batch
> > > > > > > > > size of 20, a new topic might also refresh 19 other
> "refresh
> > > > soon"
> > > > > > topics
> > > > > > > > > in the same RPC, as opposed to those 19 being handled in a
> > > > > subsequent
> > > > > > > > RPC.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Although to counter the above, the batching/piggybacking
> > logic
> > > > > isn't
> > > > > > > > > necessarily about reducing the total number of RPCs, but
> > rather
> > > > to
> > > > > > > > > distribute the load more evenly over time. For example, if
> a
> > > > large
> > > > > > number
> > > > > > > > > of topics need to be refreshed at the approximate same time
> > > > (common
> > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > startups cases that hit a large number of topics), the
> > updates
> > > > are
> > > > > > more
> > > > > > > > > evenly distributed to avoid a flood.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > It wouldn't be a flood in the current case, right?  It would
> > just
> > > > be
> > > > > a
> > > > > > > > single metadata request for a lot of topics.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Let's compare the two cases.  In the current scenario, we
> have
> > 1
> > > > > > metadata
> > > > > > > > request every 5 minutes.  This request is for 5,000 topics
> > (let's
> > > > > > say).  In
> > > > > > > > the new scenario, we have a request every 10 seconds for 167
> > > topics
> > > > > > each.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Which do you think will be more expensive?  I think the
> second
> > > > > scenario
> > > > > > > > certainly will because of the overhead of 30x as many
> requests
> > > send
> > > > > > over
> > > > > > > > the wire.  Metadata accesses are now lockless, so the big
> > > metadata
> > > > > > request
> > > > > > > > just isn't that much of a problem.  I bet if you benchmark
> it,
> > > > > sending
> > > > > > back
> > > > > > > > metadata for 167 topics won't be that much cheaper than
> sending
> > > > back
> > > > > > > > metadata for 5k.  Certainly not 30x cheaper.  There will
> > > eventually
> > > > > be
> > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > point where we need to split metadata requests, but it's
> > > definitely
> > > > > > not at
> > > > > > > > 5,000 topics.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > regards,
> > > > > > > > Colin
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Brian
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2020, at 10:26, Lucas Bradstreet wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > +1 (non-binding)
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 11:15 AM Brian Byrne <
> > > > > bby...@confluent.io
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Hello all,
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > After further discussion and improvements, I'd like
> to
> > > > > > reinstate
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > voting
> > > > > > > > > > > > process.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > The updated KIP:
> > > > > > > > > >
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-526
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > %3A+Reduce+Producer+Metadata+Lookups+for+Large+Number+of+Topics
> > > > > > > > > > > > <
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-526%3A+Reduce+Producer+Metadata+Lookups+for+Large+Number+of+Topics
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > The continued discussion:
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b2f8f830ef04587144cf0840c7d4811bbf0a14f3c459723dbc5acf9e@%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > I'd be happy to address any further
> comments/feedback.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > > > > Brian
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 11:02 PM Guozhang Wang <
> > > > > > wangg...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > With the concluded summary on the other discussion
> > > > thread,
> > > > > > I'm
> > > > > > > > +1 on
> > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > proposal.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Brian!
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 8:00 PM deng ziming <
> > > > > > > > > > dengziming1...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For new (uncached) topics, one problem here is
> > that
> > > > we
> > > > > > don't
> > > > > > > > know
> > > > > > > > > > > > which
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > partition to map a record to in the event that
> it
> > > > has a
> > > > > > key
> > > > > > > > or
> > > > > > > > > > custom
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > partitioner, so the RecordAccumulator wouldn't
> > know
> > > > > which
> > > > > > > > > > > > batch/broker
> > > > > > > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > belongs. We'd need an intermediate record queue
> > > that
> > > > > > > > subsequently
> > > > > > > > > > > > moved
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > records into RecordAccumulators once metadata
> > > > > resolution
> > > > > > was
> > > > > > > > > > > > complete.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > For
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > known topics, we don't currently block at all
> in
> > > > > > > > waitOnMetadata.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > You are right, I forget this fact, and the
> > > intermediate
> > > > > > record
> > > > > > > > > > queue
> > > > > > > > > > > > will
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > help, but I have some questions
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > if we add an intermediate record queue in
> > > > KafkaProducer,
> > > > > > when
> > > > > > > > > > should we
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > move the records into RecordAccumulators?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > only NetworkClient is aware of the
> > MetadataResponse,
> > > > here
> > > > > > is
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > hierarchical structure of the related classes:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > KafkaProducer
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >     Accumulator
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >     Sender
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >         NetworkClient
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > >  metadataUpdater.handleCompletedMetadataResponse
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > so
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. we should also add a metadataUpdater to
> > > > KafkaProducer?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. if the topic really does not exists? the
> > > > intermediate
> > > > > > record
> > > > > > > > > > queue
> > > > > > > > > > > > > will
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > become too large?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > 3. and should we `block` when the intermediate
> > record
> > > > > > queue is
> > > > > > > > too
> > > > > > > > > > > > large?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > and this will again bring the blocking problem?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 12:40 AM Brian Byrne <
> > > > > > > > bby...@confluent.io>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Deng,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the feedback.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 6:56 PM deng ziming <
> > > > > > > > > > > > dengziming1...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hi, I reviewed the current code, the
> > > > ProduceMetadata
> > > > > > > > maintains
> > > > > > > > > > an
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > expiry
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > threshold for every topic, every time when we
> > > write
> > > > > to
> > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > topic
> > > > > > > > > > we
> > > > > > > > > > > > > will
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > set
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the expiry time to -1 to indicate it should
> be
> > > > > updated,
> > > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > > does
> > > > > > > > > > > > > work
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > reduce the size of the topic working set, but
> > the
> > > > > > producer
> > > > > > > > will
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > continue
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fetching metadata for these topics in every
> > > > metadata
> > > > > > > > request
> > > > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > full
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > expiry duration.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Indeed, you are correct, I terribly misread the
> > > code
> > > > > > here.
> > > > > > > > > > > > Fortunately
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > was only a minor optimization in the KIP that's
> > no
> > > > > longer
> > > > > > > > > > necessary.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and we can improve the situation by 2 means:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >     1. we maintain a refresh threshold for
> > every
> > > > > topic
> > > > > > > > which
> > > > > > > > > > is for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > example
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 0.8 * expiry_threshold, and when we send
> > > > > > `MetadataRequest`
> > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > brokers
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > we
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > just request unknownLeaderTopics +
> > > > > > unknownPartitionTopics +
> > > > > > > > > > topics
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > reach refresh threshold.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Right, this is similar to what I suggested,
> with
> > a
> > > > > larger
> > > > > > > > window
> > > > > > > > > > on
> > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "staleness" that permits for batching to an
> > > > appropriate
> > > > > > size
> > > > > > > > > > (except
> > > > > > > > > > > > if
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > there's any unknown topics, you'd want to issue
> > the
> > > > > > request
> > > > > > > > > > > > > immediately).
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >     2. we don't invoke
> > > KafkaProducer#waitOnMetadata
> > > > > > when we
> > > > > > > > > > call
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > KafkaProducer#send because of we just send
> data
> > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > RecordAccumulator,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > before we send data to brokers we will invoke
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > RecordAccumulator#ready(),
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > so
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > we can only invoke waitOnMetadata to block
> when
> > > > > (number
> > > > > > > > topics
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > reach refresh threshold)>(number of all known
> > > > > > topics)*0.2.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For new (uncached) topics, one problem here is
> > that
> > > > we
> > > > > > don't
> > > > > > > > know
> > > > > > > > > > > > which
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > partition to map a record to in the event that
> it
> > > > has a
> > > > > > key
> > > > > > > > or
> > > > > > > > > > custom
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > partitioner, so the RecordAccumulator wouldn't
> > know
> > > > > which
> > > > > > > > > > > > batch/broker
> > > > > > > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > belongs. We'd need an intermediate record queue
> > > that
> > > > > > > > subsequently
> > > > > > > > > > > > moved
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > records into RecordAccumulators once metadata
> > > > > resolution
> > > > > > was
> > > > > > > > > > > > complete.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > For
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > known topics, we don't currently block at all
> in
> > > > > > > > waitOnMetadata.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The last major point of minimizing producer
> > startup
> > > > > > metadata
> > > > > > > > > > RPCs may
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > still
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > need to be improved, but this would be a large
> > > > > > improvement
> > > > > > > > on the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > current
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > situation.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Brian
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think the above 2 ways are enough to solve
> > the
> > > > > > current
> > > > > > > > > > problem.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 3:20 AM Colin McCabe
> <
> > > > > > > > > > cmcc...@apache.org>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2019, at 10:05, Brian Byrne
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 5:08 PM Colin
> > McCabe
> > > <
> > > > > > > > > > > > cmcc...@apache.org
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Two seconds doesn't seem like a
> > reasonable
> > > > > > amount of
> > > > > > > > > > time to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > leave
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > metadata fetch.  Fetching halfway
> through
> > > the
> > > > > > > > expiration
> > > > > > > > > > > > period
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > seems
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > more
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > reasonable.  It also doesn't require us
> > to
> > > > > > create a
> > > > > > > > new
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > configuration
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > key,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > which is nice.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Another option is to just do the
> metadata
> > > > fetch
> > > > > > every
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > metadata.max.age.ms,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > but not expire the topic until we can't
> > > fetch
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > metadata
> > > > > > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 2
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > *
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > metadata.max.age.ms.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd expect two seconds to be reasonable
> in
> > > the
> > > > > > common
> > > > > > > > case.
> > > > > > > > > > > > Keep
> > > > > > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mind
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that this doesn't affect correctness,
> and a
> > > > > control
> > > > > > > > > > operation
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > returning
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cached metadata should be on the order of
> > > > > > milliseconds.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Brian,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks again for the KIP.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think the issue here is not the common
> > case,
> > > > but
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > uncommon
> > > > > > > > > > > > > case
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > where
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the metadata fetch takes longer than
> > expected.
> > > > In
> > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > > case, we
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > don't
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > want
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to be in the position of having our
> metadata
> > > > expire
> > > > > > > > because
> > > > > > > > > > we
> > > > > > > > > > > > > waited
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > too
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > long to renew it.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is one reason why I think that the
> > > metadata
> > > > > > > > expiration
> > > > > > > > > > time
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > should
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > longer than the metadata refresh time.  In
> > > fact,
> > > > it
> > > > > > > > might be
> > > > > > > > > > > > worth
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > having
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > two separate configuration keys for these
> two
> > > > > > values.  I
> > > > > > > > > > could
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > imagine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > user who is having trouble with metadata
> > > > expiration
> > > > > > > > wanting
> > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > increase
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > metadata expiration time, but without
> > > increasing
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > > metadata
> > > > > > > > > > > > > refresh
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > period.  In a sense, the metadata
> expiration
> > > time
> > > > > is
> > > > > > like
> > > > > > > > > > the ZK
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > session
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > expiration time.  You might want to turn it
> > up
> > > if
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > cluster is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > experiencing load spikes.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But to the general
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > point, defining the algorithm would mean
> > > > > enforcing
> > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > fair
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > accuracy,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > whereas if the suggestion is that it'll
> be
> > > > > > performed
> > > > > > > > at a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > reasonable
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > time,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it allows for batching and other
> > > optimizations.
> > > > > > > > Perhaps I
> > > > > > > > > > > > > shouldn't
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > regarding what's defined in a KIP to be
> > > > > > contractual in
> > > > > > > > > > these
> > > > > > > > > > > > > cases,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > but
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > could consider a first implementation to
> > > > collect
> > > > > > topics
> > > > > > > > > > whose
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > metadata
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > has
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > exceeded (metadata.max.age.ms / 2), and
> > > > sending
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > batch
> > > > > > > > > > > > once a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > constituent topic's metadata is near the
> > > > expiry,
> > > > > > or a
> > > > > > > > > > > > sufficient
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > number
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > topics have been collected (10? 100?
> > 1000?).
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm concerned that if we change the
> metadata
> > > > > caching
> > > > > > > > strategy
> > > > > > > > > > > > > without
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > discussing it first, it may improve certain
> > > > > > workloads but
> > > > > > > > > > make
> > > > > > > > > > > > > others
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > worse.  We need to be concrete about what
> the
> > > > > > proposed
> > > > > > > > > > strategy
> > > > > > > > > > > > is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > so
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > we can really evaluate it.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We should be specific about what
> happens
> > if
> > > > the
> > > > > > > > first few
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > metadata
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fetches
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fail.  Do we use exponential backoff to
> > > > decide
> > > > > > when
> > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > resend?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > It
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > seems
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > like we really should, for all the
> usual
> > > > > reasons
> > > > > > > > (reduce
> > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > load
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > on
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > brokers, ride out temporary service
> > > > > disruptions,
> > > > > > > > etc.)
> > > > > > > > > > Maybe
> > > > > > > > > > > > > we
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > could
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > have
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > an exponential retry backoff for each
> > > broker
> > > > > (in
> > > > > > > > other
> > > > > > > > > > words,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > we
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > should try
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to contact a different broker before
> > > applying
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > backoff.)
> > > > > > > > > > > > I
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > think
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > already sort of happens with the
> > disconnect
> > > > > > timeout,
> > > > > > > > but
> > > > > > > > > > we
> > > > > > > > > > > > > might
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > need
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > more general solution.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't plan to change this behavior.
> > > Currently
> > > > > it
> > > > > > > > retries
> > > > > > > > > > > > after
> > > > > > > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fixed
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > value of 'retry.backoff.ms' (defaults to
> > 100
> > > > > ms).
> > > > > > It's
> > > > > > > > > > > > possible
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > different brokers are attempted, but I
> > > haven't
> > > > > dug
> > > > > > > > into it.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think it's critical to understand what
> the
> > > > > current
> > > > > > > > > > behavior is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > before
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > we
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > try to change it.  The difference between
> > > > retrying
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > same
> > > > > > > > > > > > broker
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > trying a different one has a large impact
> it
> > > has
> > > > on
> > > > > > > > cluster
> > > > > > > > > > load
> > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > latency.  For what it's worth, I believe
> the
> > > > > > behavior is
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > second
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > one,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > but it has been a while since I checked.
> > Let's
> > > > > > figure
> > > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > > out.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the clarification.  Fully
> > > > > > asynchronous is
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > way
> > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > go, I
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > agree.  I'm having trouble
> understanding
> > > how
> > > > > > > > timeouts are
> > > > > > > > > > > > > handled
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > KIP.  It seems like if we can't fetch
> the
> > > > > > metadata
> > > > > > > > > > within the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > designated
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > metadata timeout, the future / callback
> > > > should
> > > > > > > > receive a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > TimeoutException
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > right?  We do not want the send call to
> > be
> > > > > > deferred
> > > > > > > > > > forever
> > > > > > > > > > > > if
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > metadata
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > can't be fetched.  Eventually it should
> > > fail
> > > > if
> > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > can't
> > > > > > > > > > be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > performed.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I do think this is something that will
> > have
> > > > to
> > > > > be
> > > > > > > > > > mentioned
> > > > > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > compatibility section.  There is some
> > code
> > > > out
> > > > > > there
> > > > > > > > > > that is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > probably
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > prepared to handle a timeout exception
> > from
> > > > the
> > > > > > send
> > > > > > > > > > > > function,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > which
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > may
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > need to be updated to check for a
> timeout
> > > > from
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > future or
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > callback.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Correct, a timeout exception would be
> > > delivered
> > > > > in
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > future.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sure,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > can
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > add that note to the KIP.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > best,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Colin
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It seems like this is an existing
> > problem.
> > > > You
> > > > > > may
> > > > > > > > fire
> > > > > > > > > > off
> > > > > > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > lot
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > send
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > calls that get blocked because the
> broker
> > > > that
> > > > > > is the
> > > > > > > > > > leader
> > > > > > > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > certain
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > partition is not responding.  I'm not
> > sure
> > > > that
> > > > > > we
> > > > > > > > need
> > > > > > > > > > to do
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > anything
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > special here.  On the other hand, we
> > could
> > > > make
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > case
> > > > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > generic
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "max
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > number of outstanding sends"
> > configuration
> > > to
> > > > > > prevent
> > > > > > > > > > > > surprise
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > OOMs
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > existing cases, plus the new one we're
> > > > adding.
> > > > > > But
> > > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > > > > feels
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > like a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bit
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of a scope expansion.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Right, this is an existing problem,
> however
> > > the
> > > > > > > > > > asynchronous
> > > > > > > > > > > > send
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > could
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cause unexpected behavior. For example,
> if
> > a
> > > > > client
> > > > > > > > pinned
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > topics/partitions to individual send
> > threads,
> > > > > then
> > > > > > > > memory
> > > > > > > > > > > > > couldn't
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > exhausted by a single topic since a
> > blocking
> > > > send
> > > > > > would
> > > > > > > > > > prevent
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > further
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > records from being buffered on that
> topic.
> > > The
> > > > > > > > compromise
> > > > > > > > > > could
> > > > > > > > > > > > > be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > we
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > only ever permit one outstanding record
> > batch
> > > > > for a
> > > > > > > > topic,
> > > > > > > > > > > > which
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > would
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > keep
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the code simple and wouldn't permit a
> > single
> > > > > topic
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > consume
> > > > > > > > > > > > all
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > available
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > memory.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > They may be connected, but I'm not sure
> > > they
> > > > > > should
> > > > > > > > be
> > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > same.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > expiry should be 4x the typical fetch
> > rate,
> > > > for
> > > > > > > > example.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That's true. You could also make the case
> > > for a
> > > > > > faster
> > > > > > > > > > expiry
> > > > > > > > > > > > > than
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > refresh
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > as well. Makes sense to separate this
> out.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hmm.... are you sure this is an N^2
> > > problem?
> > > > > If
> > > > > > you
> > > > > > > > > > have T1
> > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > T2,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fetch metadata for T1 and T2, right?  I
> > > guess
> > > > > you
> > > > > > > > could
> > > > > > > > > > argue
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > we
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > often
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fetch metadata for partitions we don't
> > care
> > > > > > about,
> > > > > > > > but
> > > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > doesn't
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > make it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > O(N^2).  Maybe there's something about
> > the
> > > > > > > > implementation
> > > > > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > missing.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My apologies, I left out the context. One
> > > issue
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > > KIP is
> > > > > > > > > > > > trying
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > resolve is the metadata storm that's
> caused
> > > by
> > > > > > > > producers
> > > > > > > > > > > > starting
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > up.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the worst case, where the send call is
> only
> > > > > > performed
> > > > > > > > from
> > > > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > single
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thread
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (i.e. no possible batching), fetching
> > > metadata
> > > > > for
> > > > > > 1K
> > > > > > > > > > topics
> > > > > > > > > > > > will
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > generate
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1K RPCs, with payload 1+2+...+1K topics'
> > > > > metadata.
> > > > > > > > Being
> > > > > > > > > > smart
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > about
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > topics being refreshed would still
> generate
> > > 1K
> > > > > RPCs
> > > > > > > > for 1
> > > > > > > > > > topic
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > each,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > asynchronous behavior would permit
> batching
> > > > (note
> > > > > > > > > > steady-state
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > refreshing
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > doesn't require the asynchronous behavior
> > to
> > > > > > batch).
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In general, we need to take advantage
> of
> > > > > > batching to
> > > > > > > > do
> > > > > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > > > > > well
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (one
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > reason why I think we should steer
> clear
> > of
> > > > > > > > > > ultra-granular
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > timeout
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tracking).  It's best to do 1 RPC
> asking
> > > for
> > > > 10
> > > > > > > > topics,
> > > > > > > > > > not
> > > > > > > > > > > > 10
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > RPCs
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > asking
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > for a single topic each, even if that
> > means
> > > > > some
> > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > topic
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > timeouts
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > are
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > not *exactly* aligned with the
> configured
> > > > > value.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Absolutely, agreed.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Brian
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > best,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Colin
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Brian
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 11:47 AM
> Colin
> > > > > McCabe <
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cmcc...@apache.org>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Brian,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the KIP.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Starting the metadata fetch before
> we
> > > > need
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > result is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > definitely a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > great idea.  This way, the metadata
> > > fetch
> > > > > > can be
> > > > > > > > > > done in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > parallel
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > with
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > all
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the other stuff e producer is
> doing,
> > > > rather
> > > > > > than
> > > > > > > > > > forcing
> > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > producer
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > periodically come to a halt
> > > periodically
> > > > > > while
> > > > > > > > > > metadata
> > > > > > > > > > > > is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fetched.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe I missed it, but there seemed
> > to
> > > be
> > > > > > some
> > > > > > > > > > details
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > missing
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > here.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > do we start the metadata fetch?
> For
> > > > > > example, if
> > > > > > > > > > topic
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > metadata
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > expires
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > every 5 minutes, perhaps we should
> > > wait 4
> > > > > > > > minutes,
> > > > > > > > > > then
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > starting
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fetching
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the new metadata, which we would
> > expect
> > > > to
> > > > > > > > arrive by
> > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > 5
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > minute
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > deadline.  Or perhaps we should
> start
> > > the
> > > > > > fetch
> > > > > > > > even
> > > > > > > > > > > > > earlier,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > around
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2.5 minute mark.  In any case,
> there
> > > > should
> > > > > > be
> > > > > > > > some
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > discussion
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > about
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > what
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the actual policy is.  Given that
> > > > > > > > > > metadata.max.age.ms is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > configurable,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > maybe that policy  needs to be
> > > expressed
> > > > in
> > > > > > > > terms of
> > > > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > percentage
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > refresh period rather than in terms
> > of
> > > an
> > > > > > > > absolute
> > > > > > > > > > delay.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The KIP correctly points out that
> the
> > > > > current
> > > > > > > > > > metadata
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > fetching
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > policy
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > causes us to "[block] in a function
> > > > that's
> > > > > > > > > > advertised as
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > asynchronous."
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > However, the KIP doesn't seem to
> > spell
> > > > out
> > > > > > > > whether we
> > > > > > > > > > > > will
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > continue to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > block if metadata can't be found,
> or
> > if
> > > > > this
> > > > > > > > will be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > abolished.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Clearly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > starting the metadata fetch early
> > will
> > > > > reduce
> > > > > > > > > > blocking in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > common
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > case,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > but will there still be blocking in
> > the
> > > > > > uncommon
> > > > > > > > case
> > > > > > > > > > > > where
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > early
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fetch
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > doesn't succeed in time?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > To address (2), the producer
> > > currently
> > > > > > > > maintains
> > > > > > > > > > an
> > > > > > > > > > > > > expiry
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > threshold
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > every topic, which is used to
> > > remove a
> > > > > > topic
> > > > > > > > from
> > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > working
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > set
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > at a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > future time (currently
> hard-coded
> > > to 5
> > > > > > > > minutes,
> > > > > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > should
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > modified
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > use metadata.max.age.ms). While
> > > this
> > > > > does
> > > > > > > > work to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > reduce
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > size
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > topic working set, the producer
> > will
> > > > > > continue
> > > > > > > > > > fetching
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > metadata
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > these
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > topics in every metadata request
> > for
> > > > the
> > > > > > full
> > > > > > > > > > expiry
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > duration.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > logic
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > can be made more intelligent by
> > > > managing
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > expiry
> > > > > > > > > > > > from
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > when
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > topic
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > was last used, enabling the
> expiry
> > > > > > duration
> > > > > > > > to be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > reduced
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > improve
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cases
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > where a large number of topics
> are
> > > > > touched
> > > > > > > > > > > > > intermittently.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you clarify this part a bit?
> It
> > > > seems
> > > > > > like
> > > > > > > > we
> > > > > > > > > > have a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > metadata
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > expiration policy now for topics,
> and
> > > we
> > > > > will
> > > > > > > > have
> > > > > > > > > > one
> > > > > > > > > > > > > after
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > KIP,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > but
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they will be somewhat different.
> But
> > > > it's
> > > > > > not
> > > > > > > > clear
> > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > me
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > what
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > differences are.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In general, if load is a problem,
> we
> > > > should
> > > > > > > > probably
> > > > > > > > > > > > > consider
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > adding
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > some
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > kind of jitter on the client side.
> > > There
> > > > > are
> > > > > > > > > > definitely
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > cases
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > where
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > people
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > start up a lot of clients at the
> same
> > > > time
> > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > parallel
> > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > there
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > is a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > thundering herd problem with
> metadata
> > > > > > updates.
> > > > > > > > > > Adding
> > > > > > > > > > > > > jitter
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > would
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > spread
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the load across time rather than
> > > > creating a
> > > > > > spike
> > > > > > > > > > every 5
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > minutes
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > case.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > best,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Colin
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 8, 2019, at 08:59,
> Ismael
> > > > Juma
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think this KIP affects when we
> > > block
> > > > > > which is
> > > > > > > > > > > > actually
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > user
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > visible
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > behavior. Right?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ismael
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 8, 2019, 8:50 AM
> Brian
> > > > Byrne
> > > > > <
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bby...@confluent.io>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Guozhang,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regarding metadata expiry, no
> > > access
> > > > > > times
> > > > > > > > other
> > > > > > > > > > than
> > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > initial
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > lookup[1]
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > are used for determining when
> to
> > > > expire
> > > > > > > > producer
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > metadata.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Therefore,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > frequently used topics'
> metadata
> > > will
> > > > > be
> > > > > > aged
> > > > > > > > > > out and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > subsequently
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > refreshed (in a blocking
> manner)
> > > > every
> > > > > > five
> > > > > > > > > > minutes,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > infrequently
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > used
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > topics will be retained for a
> > > minimum
> > > > > of
> > > > > > five
> > > > > > > > > > minutes
> > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > currently
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > refetched on every metadata
> > update
> > > > > during
> > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > > time
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > period.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sentence is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > suggesting that we could reduce
> > the
> > > > > > expiry
> > > > > > > > time
> > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > improve
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > latter
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > without affecting (rather
> > slightly
> > > > > > > > improving) the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > former.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Keep in mind that in most all
> > > cases,
> > > > I
> > > > > > > > wouldn't
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > anticipate
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > much of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > difference with producer
> > behavior,
> > > > and
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > extra
> > > > > > > > > > > > logic
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > can
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > implemented
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to have insignificant cost.
> It's
> > > the
> > > > > > > > > > large/dynamic
> > > > > > > > > > > > > topic
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > corner
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cases
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > we're trying to improve.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It'd be convenient if the KIP
> is
> > no
> > > > > > longer
> > > > > > > > > > necessary.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You're
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > right
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > there's no public API changes
> and
> > > the
> > > > > > > > behavioral
> > > > > > > > > > > > > changes
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > are
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > entirely
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > internal. I'd be happy to
> > continue
> > > > the
> > > > > > > > discussion
> > > > > > > > > > > > > around
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > KIP,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > but
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > unless otherwise objected, it
> can
> > > be
> > > > > > retired.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [1] Not entirely accurate, it's
> > > > > actually
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > first
> > > > > > > > > > > > time
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > when
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > client
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > calculates whether to retain
> the
> > > > topic
> > > > > > in its
> > > > > > > > > > > > metadata.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Brian
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 4:48 PM
> > > > Guozhang
> > > > > > Wang
> > > > > > > > <
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wangg...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello Brian,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Could you elaborate a bit
> more
> > on
> > > > > this
> > > > > > > > > > sentence:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > "This
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > logic
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > can
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > made
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > more intelligent by managing
> > the
> > > > > expiry
> > > > > > > > from
> > > > > > > > > > when
> > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > topic
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > was
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > last
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > used,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > enabling the expiry duration
> to
> > > be
> > > > > > reduced
> > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > improve
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cases
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > where a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > large
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > number of topics are touched
> > > > > > > > intermittently."
> > > > > > > > > > Not
> > > > > > > > > > > > > sure
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > I
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fully
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > understand
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the proposal.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also since now this KIP did
> not
> > > > make
> > > > > > any
> > > > > > > > > > public API
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > changes
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > behavioral changes are not
> > > > > considered a
> > > > > > > > public
> > > > > > > > > > API
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > contract
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (i.e.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > how we
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > maintain the topic metadata
> in
> > > > > producer
> > > > > > > > cache
> > > > > > > > > > is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > never
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > committed
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > users),
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I wonder if we still need a
> KIP
> > > for
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > proposed
> > > > > > > > > > > > > change
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > any
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > more?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Guozhang
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 12:43
> PM
> > > > Brian
> > > > > > > > Byrne <
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bby...@confluent.io
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello all,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd like to propose a vote
> > for
> > > a
> > > > > > producer
> > > > > > > > > > change
> > > > > > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > improve
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > producer
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > behavior when dealing with
> a
> > > > large
> > > > > > > > number of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > topics,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > part by
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > reducing
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the amount of metadata
> > fetching
> > > > > > > > performed.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The full KIP is provided
> > here:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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