xds/ringhash: cache connectivity state of subchannels inside picker (#…

…6351)

xds/internal/balancer/ringhash/e2e/ringhash_balancer_test.go

@@ -119,10 +119,7 @@ func (s) TestRingHash_ReconnectToMoveOutOfTransientFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	// Make an RPC to get the ring_hash LB policy to reconnect and thereby move
 	// to TRANSIENT_FAILURE upon connection failure.
 	client.EmptyCall(ctx, &testpb.Empty{})
-	for ; ctx.Err() == nil; <-time.After(defaultTestShortTimeout) {
-		if cc.GetState() == connectivity.TransientFailure {
-			break
-		}
+	for state := cc.GetState(); state != connectivity.TransientFailure && cc.WaitForStateChange(ctx, state); state = cc.GetState() {
 	}
 	if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Timeout waiting for channel to reach %q after server shutdown: %v", connectivity.TransientFailure, err)

xds/internal/balancer/ringhash/picker.go

@@ -29,12 +29,17 @@ import (
 )
 
 type picker struct {
-	ring   *ring
-	logger *grpclog.PrefixLogger
+	ring          *ring
+	logger        *grpclog.PrefixLogger
+	subConnStates map[*subConn]connectivity.State
 }
 
 func newPicker(ring *ring, logger *grpclog.PrefixLogger) *picker {
-	return &picker{ring: ring, logger: logger}
+	states := make(map[*subConn]connectivity.State)
+	for _, e := range ring.items {
+		states[e.sc] = e.sc.effectiveState()
+	}
+	return &picker{ring: ring, logger: logger, subConnStates: states}
 }
 
 // handleRICSResult is the return type of handleRICS. It's needed to wrap the
@@ -54,7 +59,7 @@ type handleRICSResult struct {
 // or Shutdown. If it's true, the PickResult and error should be returned from
 // Pick() as is.
 func (p *picker) handleRICS(e *ringEntry) (handleRICSResult, bool) {
-	switch state := e.sc.effectiveState(); state {
+	switch state := p.subConnStates[e.sc]; state {
 	case connectivity.Ready:
 		return handleRICSResult{pr: balancer.PickResult{SubConn: e.sc.sc}}, true
 	case connectivity.Idle:
@@ -118,7 +123,7 @@ func (p *picker) handleTransientFailure(e *ringEntry) (balancer.PickResult, erro
 	// but don't not trigger Connect() on the other SubConns.
 	var firstNonFailedFound bool
 	for ee := nextSkippingDuplicates(p.ring, e2); ee != e; ee = nextSkippingDuplicates(p.ring, ee) {
-		scState := ee.sc.effectiveState()
+		scState := p.subConnStates[ee.sc]
 		if scState == connectivity.Ready {
 			return balancer.PickResult{SubConn: ee.sc.sc}, nil
 		}

xds/internal/balancer/ringhash/picker_test.go

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/balancer"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/connectivity"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/grpclog"
+	igrpclog "google.golang.org/grpc/internal/grpclog"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/internal/testutils"
 )
 
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ func (s) TestPickerPickFirstTwo(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			p := &picker{ring: tt.ring}
+			p := newPicker(tt.ring, igrpclog.NewPrefixLogger(grpclog.Component("xds"), "rh_test"))
 			got, err := p.Pick(balancer.PickInfo{
 				Ctx: SetRequestHash(context.Background(), tt.hash),
 			})
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ func (s) TestPickerPickTriggerTFConnect(t *testing.T) {
 		connectivity.TransientFailure, connectivity.TransientFailure, connectivity.TransientFailure, connectivity.TransientFailure,
 		connectivity.Idle, connectivity.TransientFailure, connectivity.TransientFailure, connectivity.TransientFailure,
 	})
-	p := &picker{ring: ring}
+	p := newPicker(ring, igrpclog.NewPrefixLogger(grpclog.Component("xds"), "rh_test"))
 	_, err := p.Pick(balancer.PickInfo{Ctx: SetRequestHash(context.Background(), 5)})
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Pick() error = %v, want non-nil", err)
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ func (s) TestPickerPickTriggerTFReturnReady(t *testing.T) {
 	ring := newTestRing([]connectivity.State{
 		connectivity.TransientFailure, connectivity.TransientFailure, connectivity.TransientFailure, connectivity.Ready,
 	})
-	p := &picker{ring: ring}
+	p := newPicker(ring, igrpclog.NewPrefixLogger(grpclog.Component("xds"), "rh_test"))
 	pr, err := p.Pick(balancer.PickInfo{Ctx: SetRequestHash(context.Background(), 5)})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Pick() error = %v, want nil", err)
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ func (s) TestPickerPickTriggerTFWithIdle(t *testing.T) {
 	ring := newTestRing([]connectivity.State{
 		connectivity.TransientFailure, connectivity.TransientFailure, connectivity.Idle, connectivity.TransientFailure, connectivity.TransientFailure,
 	})
-	p := &picker{ring: ring}
+	p := newPicker(ring, igrpclog.NewPrefixLogger(grpclog.Component("xds"), "rh_test"))
 	_, err := p.Pick(balancer.PickInfo{Ctx: SetRequestHash(context.Background(), 5)})
 	if err == balancer.ErrNoSubConnAvailable {
 		t.Fatalf("Pick() error = %v, want %v", err, balancer.ErrNoSubConnAvailable)

xds/internal/balancer/ringhash/ringhash.go

@@ -347,37 +347,23 @@ func (b *ringhashBalancer) UpdateSubConnState(sc balancer.SubConn, state balance
 	newSCState := scs.effectiveState()
 	b.logger.Infof("SubConn's effective old state was: %v, new state is %v", oldSCState, newSCState)
 
-	var sendUpdate bool
-	oldBalancerState := b.state
 	b.state = b.csEvltr.recordTransition(oldSCState, newSCState)
-	if oldBalancerState != b.state {
-		sendUpdate = true
-	}
 
 	switch s {
-	case connectivity.Idle:
-		// No need to send an update. No queued RPC can be unblocked. If the
-		// overall state changed because of this, sendUpdate is already true.
-	case connectivity.Connecting:
-		// No need to send an update. No queued RPC can be unblocked. If the
-		// overall state changed because of this, sendUpdate is already true.
-	case connectivity.Ready:
-		// We need to regenerate the picker even if the ring has not changed
-		// because we could be moving from TRANSIENT_FAILURE to READY, in which
-		// case, we need to update the error picker returned earlier.
-		b.regeneratePicker()
-		sendUpdate = true
 	case connectivity.TransientFailure:
 		// Save error to be reported via picker.
 		b.connErr = state.ConnectionError
-		b.regeneratePicker()
 	case connectivity.Shutdown:
 		// When an address was removed by resolver, b called RemoveSubConn but
 		// kept the sc's state in scStates. Remove state for this sc here.
 		delete(b.scStates, sc)
 	}
 
-	if sendUpdate {
+	if oldSCState != newSCState {
+		// Because the picker caches the state of the subconns, we always
+		// regenerate and update the picker when the effective SubConn state
+		// changes.
+		b.regeneratePicker()
 		b.logger.Infof("Pushing new state %v and picker %p", b.state, b.picker)
 		b.cc.UpdateState(balancer.State{ConnectivityState: b.state, Picker: b.picker})
 	}