Optimize Set.Filter for no filtered case

When all elements of the Set are kept during a call to Filter, do not
allocate a new Set and the dropped attributes slice. Instead, return the
immutable Set and nil.

To achieve this the functionality of filterSet is broken down into a
more generic filteredToFront function.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 - Improve `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace.TraceState`'s performance. (#4722)
 - Improve `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation.TraceContext`'s performance. (#4721)
 - Improve `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/baggage` performance. (#4743)
+- Imporove performance of the `(*Set).Filter` method in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute` when the passed filter does not filter out any attributes from the set. (#4774)
 - `Member.String` in `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/baggage` percent-encodes only when necessary. (#4775)
 
 ### Fixed

attribute/set.go

@@ -279,52 +279,74 @@ func NewSetWithSortableFiltered(kvs []KeyValue, tmp *Sortable, filter Filter) (S
 		position--
 		kvs[offset], kvs[position] = kvs[position], kvs[offset]
 	}
+	kvs = kvs[position:]
+
 	if filter != nil {
-		return filterSet(kvs[position:], filter)
+		if div := filteredToFront(kvs, filter); div != 0 {
+			return Set{equivalent: computeDistinct(kvs[div:])}, kvs[:div]
+		}
 	}
-	return Set{
-		equivalent: computeDistinct(kvs[position:]),
-	}, nil
+	return Set{equivalent: computeDistinct(kvs)}, nil
 }
 
-// filterSet reorders kvs so that included keys are contiguous at the end of
-// the slice, while excluded keys precede the included keys.
-func filterSet(kvs []KeyValue, filter Filter) (Set, []KeyValue) {
-	var excluded []KeyValue
-
-	// Move attributes that do not match the filter so they're adjacent before
-	// calling computeDistinct().
-	distinctPosition := len(kvs)
-
-	// Swap indistinct keys forward and distinct keys toward the
-	// end of the slice.
-	offset := len(kvs) - 1
-	for ; offset >= 0; offset-- {
-		if filter(kvs[offset]) {
-			distinctPosition--
-			kvs[offset], kvs[distinctPosition] = kvs[distinctPosition], kvs[offset]
-			continue
+// filteredToFront filters slice in-place using f. All KeyValues that need to
+// be removed are moved to the front. All KeyValues that need to be kept are
+// moved (in-order) to the back. The index for the first KeyValue to be kept is
+// returned.
+func filteredToFront(slice []KeyValue, keep Filter) int {
+	n := len(slice)
+	j := n
+	for i := n - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		if keep(slice[i]) {
+			j--
+			slice[i], slice[j] = slice[j], slice[i]
 		}
 	}
-	excluded = kvs[:distinctPosition]
-
-	return Set{
-		equivalent: computeDistinct(kvs[distinctPosition:]),
-	}, excluded
+	return j
 }
 
 // Filter returns a filtered copy of this Set. See the documentation for
 // NewSetWithSortableFiltered for more details.
 func (l *Set) Filter(re Filter) (Set, []KeyValue) {
 	if re == nil {
-		return Set{
-			equivalent: l.equivalent,
-		}, nil
+		return *l, nil
+	}
+
+	// Iterate in reverse to the first attribute that will be filtered out.
+	n := l.Len()
+	first := n - 1
+	for ; first >= 0; first-- {
+		kv, _ := l.Get(first)
+		if !re(kv) {
+			break
+		}
 	}
 
-	// Note: This could be refactored to avoid the temporary slice
-	// allocation, if it proves to be expensive.
-	return filterSet(l.ToSlice(), re)
+	// No attributes will be dropped, return the immutable Set l and nil.
+	if first < 0 {
+		return *l, nil
+	}
+
+	// Copy now that we know we need to return a modified set.
+	//
+	// Do not do this in-place on the underlying storage of *Set l. Sets are
+	// immutable and filtering should not change this.
+	slice := l.ToSlice()
+
+	// Don't re-iterate the slice if only slice[0] is filtered.
+	if first == 0 {
+		// It is safe to assume len(slice) >= 1 given we found at least one
+		// attribute above that needs to be filtered out.
+		return Set{equivalent: computeDistinct(slice[1:])}, slice[:1]
+	}
+	// Move the filtered slice[first] to the front (preserving order).
+	kv := slice[first]
+	copy(slice[1:first+1], slice[:first])
+	slice[0] = kv
+
+	// Do not re-evaluate re(slice[first+1:]).
+	div := filteredToFront(slice[1:first+1], re) + 1
+	return Set{equivalent: computeDistinct(slice[div:])}, slice[:div]
 }
 
 // computeDistinct returns a Distinct using either the fixed- or

attribute/set_test.go

@@ -130,6 +130,106 @@ func TestSetDedup(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestFiltering(t *testing.T) {
+	a := attribute.String("A", "a")
+	b := attribute.String("B", "b")
+	c := attribute.String("C", "c")
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		in         []attribute.KeyValue
+		filter     attribute.Filter
+		kept, drop []attribute.KeyValue
+	}{
+		{
+			name:   "A",
+			in:     []attribute.KeyValue{a, b, c},
+			filter: func(kv attribute.KeyValue) bool { return kv.Key == "A" },
+			kept:   []attribute.KeyValue{a},
+			drop:   []attribute.KeyValue{b, c},
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "B",
+			in:     []attribute.KeyValue{a, b, c},
+			filter: func(kv attribute.KeyValue) bool { return kv.Key == "B" },
+			kept:   []attribute.KeyValue{b},
+			drop:   []attribute.KeyValue{a, c},
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "C",
+			in:     []attribute.KeyValue{a, b, c},
+			filter: func(kv attribute.KeyValue) bool { return kv.Key == "C" },
+			kept:   []attribute.KeyValue{c},
+			drop:   []attribute.KeyValue{a, b},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "A||B",
+			in:   []attribute.KeyValue{a, b, c},
+			filter: func(kv attribute.KeyValue) bool {
+				return kv.Key == "A" || kv.Key == "B"
+			},
+			kept: []attribute.KeyValue{a, b},
+			drop: []attribute.KeyValue{c},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "B||C",
+			in:   []attribute.KeyValue{a, b, c},
+			filter: func(kv attribute.KeyValue) bool {
+				return kv.Key == "B" || kv.Key == "C"
+			},
+			kept: []attribute.KeyValue{b, c},
+			drop: []attribute.KeyValue{a},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "A||C",
+			in:   []attribute.KeyValue{a, b, c},
+			filter: func(kv attribute.KeyValue) bool {
+				return kv.Key == "A" || kv.Key == "C"
+			},
+			kept: []attribute.KeyValue{a, c},
+			drop: []attribute.KeyValue{b},
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "None",
+			in:     []attribute.KeyValue{a, b, c},
+			filter: func(kv attribute.KeyValue) bool { return false },
+			kept:   nil,
+			drop:   []attribute.KeyValue{a, b, c},
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "All",
+			in:     []attribute.KeyValue{a, b, c},
+			filter: func(kv attribute.KeyValue) bool { return true },
+			kept:   []attribute.KeyValue{a, b, c},
+			drop:   nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "Empty",
+			in:     []attribute.KeyValue{},
+			filter: func(kv attribute.KeyValue) bool { return true },
+			kept:   nil,
+			drop:   nil,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Run("NewSetWithFiltered", func(t *testing.T) {
+				fltr, drop := attribute.NewSetWithFiltered(test.in, test.filter)
+				assert.Equal(t, test.kept, fltr.ToSlice(), "filtered")
+				assert.ElementsMatch(t, test.drop, drop, "dropped")
+			})
+
+			t.Run("Set.Filter", func(t *testing.T) {
+				s := attribute.NewSet(test.in...)
+				fltr, drop := s.Filter(test.filter)
+				assert.Equal(t, test.kept, fltr.ToSlice(), "filtered")
+				assert.ElementsMatch(t, test.drop, drop, "dropped")
+			})
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestUniqueness(t *testing.T) {
 	short := []attribute.KeyValue{
 		attribute.String("A", "0"),
@@ -225,3 +325,45 @@ func args(m reflect.Method) []reflect.Value {
 	}
 	return out
 }
+
+func BenchmarkFiltering(b *testing.B) {
+	var kvs [26]attribute.KeyValue
+	buf := [1]byte{'A' - 1}
+	for i := range kvs {
+		buf[0]++ // A, B, C ... Z
+		kvs[i] = attribute.String(string(buf[:]), "")
+	}
+
+	var result struct {
+		set     attribute.Set
+		dropped []attribute.KeyValue
+	}
+
+	run := func(fltr attribute.Filter) func(*testing.B) {
+		return func(b *testing.B) {
+			b.Helper()
+			b.Run("Set.Filter", func(b *testing.B) {
+				s := attribute.NewSet(kvs[:]...)
+				b.ResetTimer()
+				b.ReportAllocs()
+				for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+					result.set, result.dropped = s.Filter(fltr)
+				}
+			})
+
+			b.Run("NewSetWithFiltered", func(b *testing.B) {
+				attrs := kvs[:]
+				b.ResetTimer()
+				b.ReportAllocs()
+				for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+					result.set, result.dropped = attribute.NewSetWithFiltered(attrs, fltr)
+				}
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	b.Run("NoFilter", run(nil))
+	b.Run("NoFiltered", run(func(attribute.KeyValue) bool { return true }))
+	b.Run("Filtered", run(func(kv attribute.KeyValue) bool { return kv.Key == "A" }))
+	b.Run("AllDropped", run(func(attribute.KeyValue) bool { return false }))
+}