Hi, Artem. Thanks for the reply. One more comment.
32. Do we need to add any new metric on the producer? For example, if partitioner.availability.timeout.ms is > 0, it might be useful to know the number of unavailable partitions. Thanks, Jun On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 12:46 PM Artem Livshits <alivsh...@confluent.io.invalid> wrote: > Hi Jun, > > 30. Clarified. > > 31. I plan to do some benchmarking once implementation is finished, I'll > update the KIP with the results once I have them. The reason to make it > default is that it won't be used otherwise and we won't know if it's good > or not in practical workloads. > > -Artem > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 11:42 AM Jun Rao <j...@confluent.io.invalid> wrote: > > > Hi, Artem, > > > > Thanks for the updated KIP. A couple of more comments. > > > > 30. For the 3 new configs, it would be useful to make it clear that they > > are only relevant when the partitioner class is null. > > > > 31. partitioner.adaptive.partitioning.enable : I am wondering whether it > > should default to true. This is a more complex behavior than "uniform > > sticky" and may take some time to get right. If we do want to enable it > by > > default, it would be useful to validate it with some test results. > > > > Jun > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 10:05 PM Artem Livshits > > <alivsh...@confluent.io.invalid> wrote: > > > > > Thank you for feedback, I've discussed this offline with some of the > > folks > > > and updated the KIP. The main change is that now instead of using > > > DefaultPartitioner and UniformStickyPartitioners as flags, in the new > > > proposal the default partitioner is null, so if no custom partitioner > is > > > specified then the partitioning logic is implemented in KafkaProducer. > > > Compatibility section is updated as well. Also the configuration > options > > > are renamed to be more consistent. > > > > > > -Artem > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 10:38 PM Luke Chen <show...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Artem, > > > > > > > > Thanks for your explanation and update to the KIP. > > > > Some comments: > > > > > > > > 5. In the description for `enable.adaptive.partitioning`, the `false` > > > case, > > > > you said: > > > > > the producer will try to distribute messages uniformly. > > > > I think we should describe the possible skewing distribution. > > Otherwise, > > > > user might be confused about why adaptive partitioning is important. > > > > > > > > 6. In the description for `partition.availability.timeout.ms`, I > think > > > we > > > > should mention in the last sentence about if > > > `enable.adaptive.partitioning` > > > > is disabled this logic is also disabled. > > > > > > > > 7. Similar thoughts as Ismael, I think we should have a POC and test > to > > > > prove that this adaptive partitioning algorithm can have better > uniform > > > > partitioning, compared with original sticky one. > > > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > Luke > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 9:22 PM Ismael Juma <ism...@juma.me.uk> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Regarding `3`, we should only deprecate it if we're sure the new > > > approach > > > > > handles all cases better. Are we confident about that for both of > the > > > > > previous partitioners? > > > > > > > > > > Ismael > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 1:37 AM David Jacot > > <dja...@confluent.io.invalid > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Artem, > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the KIP! I have a few comments: > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. In the preamble of the proposed change section, there is > still a > > > > > > mention of the > > > > > > -1 approach. My understanding is that we have moved away from it > > now. > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. I am a bit concerned by the trick suggested about the > > > > > > DefaultPartitioner and > > > > > > the UniformStickyPartitioner. I do agree that implementing the > > logic > > > in > > > > > the > > > > > > producer itself is a good thing. However, it is weird from a user > > > > > > perspective > > > > > > that he can set a class as partitioner that is not used in the > > end. I > > > > > > think that > > > > > > this will be confusing for our users. Have we considered changing > > the > > > > > > default > > > > > > value of partitioner.class to null to indicate that the new > > built-in > > > > > > partitioner > > > > > > must be used? By default, the built-in partitioner would be used > > > unless > > > > > the > > > > > > user explicitly specify one. The downside is that the new default > > > > > behavior > > > > > > would not work if the user explicitly specify the partitioner but > > we > > > > > could > > > > > > mitigate this with my next point. > > > > > > > > > > > > 3. Related to the previous point, I think that we could deprecate > > > both > > > > > the > > > > > > DefaultPartitioner and the UniformStickyPartitioner. I would also > > > add a > > > > > > warning if one of them is explicitly provided by the user to > inform > > > > them > > > > > > that they should switch to the new built-in one. I am pretty sure > > > that > > > > > most > > > > > > of the folks use the default configuration anyway. > > > > > > > > > > > > 4. It would be great if we could explain why the -1 way was > > rejected. > > > > At > > > > > > the moment, the rejected alternative only explain the idea but > does > > > not > > > > > > say why we rejected it. > > > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 6:03 AM Artem Livshits > > > > > > <alivsh...@confluent.io.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Jun, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. Removed the option from the KIP. Now the sticky > partitioning > > > > > > threshold > > > > > > > is hardcoded to batch.size. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 20. Added the corresponding wording to the KIP. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Artem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 10:52 AM Jun Rao > <j...@confluent.io.invalid > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, Artem, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the reply. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Sounds good. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. If we don't expect users to change it, we probably could > > just > > > > > leave > > > > > > out > > > > > > > > the new config. In general, it's easy to add a new config, > but > > > hard > > > > > to > > > > > > > > remove an existing config. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 20. The two new configs enable.adaptive.partitioning and > > > > > > > > partition.availability.timeout.ms only apply to the two > > built-in > > > > > > > > partitioners DefaultPartitioner and UniformStickyPartitioner, > > > > right? > > > > > It > > > > > > > > would be useful to document that in the KIP. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jun > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 9:47 AM Artem Livshits > > > > > > > > <alivsh...@confluent.io.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Jun, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for the suggestions. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. As we discussed offline, we can hardcode the logic for > > > > > > > > > DefaultPartitioner and UniformStickyPartitioner in the > > > > > KafkaProducer > > > > > > > > (i.e. > > > > > > > > > the DefaultPartitioner.partition won't get called, instead > > > > > > KafkaProducer > > > > > > > > > would check if the partitioner is an instance of > > > > DefaultPartitioner > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > then run the actual partitioning logic itself). Then the > > > change > > > > to > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > Partitioner wouldn't be required. I'll update the KIP to > > > reflect > > > > > > that. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. I don't expect users to change this too often, as > changing > > > it > > > > > > would > > > > > > > > > require a bit of studying of the production patterns. As a > > > > general > > > > > > > > > principle, if I can think of a model that requires a > > deviation > > > > from > > > > > > > > > default, I tend to add a configuration option. It could be > > > that > > > > > > it'll > > > > > > > > > never get used in practice, but I cannot prove that. I'm > ok > > > with > > > > > > > > removing > > > > > > > > > the option, let me know what you think. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Artem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 2:06 PM Jun Rao > > > <j...@confluent.io.invalid > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, Artem, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the reply. A few more comments. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Since we control the implementation and the usage of > > > > > > > > > DefaultPartitioner, > > > > > > > > > > another way is to instantiate the DefaultPartitioner > with a > > > > > special > > > > > > > > > > constructor, which allows it to have more access to > > internal > > > > > > > > information. > > > > > > > > > > Then we could just change the behavior of > > DefaultPartitioner > > > > > such > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > > > > can use the internal infoamtion when choosing the > > partition. > > > > This > > > > > > seems > > > > > > > > > > more intuitive than having DefaultPartitioner return -1 > > > > > partition. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. I guess partitioner.sticky.batch.size is introduced > > > because > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > effective batch size could be less than batch.size and we > > > want > > > > to > > > > > > align > > > > > > > > > > partition switching with the effective batch size. How > > would > > > a > > > > > user > > > > > > > > know > > > > > > > > > > the effective batch size to set > > partitioner.sticky.batch.size > > > > > > properly? > > > > > > > > > If > > > > > > > > > > the user somehow knows the effective batch size, does > > setting > > > > > > > > batch.size > > > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > > the effective batch size achieve the same result? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 4. Thanks for the explanation. Makes sense to me. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jun > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jun > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 8:26 PM Artem Livshits > > > > > > > > > > <alivsh...@confluent.io.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Jun, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Updated the KIP to add a couple paragraphs about > > > > > > implementation > > > > > > > > > > > necessities in the Proposed Changes section. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. Sorry if my reply was confusing, what I meant to say > > > (and > > > > I > > > > > > > > > elaborated > > > > > > > > > > > on that in point #3) is that there could be patterns > for > > > > which > > > > > > 16KB > > > > > > > > > > > wouldn't be the most effective setting, thus it would > be > > > good > > > > > to > > > > > > make > > > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > > > > > configurable. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 4. We could use broker readiness timeout. But I'm not > > sure > > > > it > > > > > > would > > > > > > > > > > > correctly model the broker load. The problem is that > > > latency > > > > > is > > > > > > not > > > > > > > > an > > > > > > > > > > > accurate measure of throughput, we could have 2 brokers > > > that > > > > > have > > > > > > > > equal > > > > > > > > > > > throughput but one has higher latency (so it takes > larger > > > > > batches > > > > > > > > less > > > > > > > > > > > frequently, but still takes the same load). > > Latency-based > > > > > logic > > > > > > is > > > > > > > > > > likely > > > > > > > > > > > to send less data to the broker with higher latency. > > Using > > > > the > > > > > > queue > > > > > > > > > > size > > > > > > > > > > > would adapt to throughput, regardless of latency (which > > > could > > > > > be > > > > > > > > just a > > > > > > > > > > > result of deployment topology), so that's the model > > chosen > > > in > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > proposal. The partition.availability.timeout.ms logic > > > > > > approaches > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > model > > > > > > > > > > > from a slightly different angle, say we have a > > requirement > > > to > > > > > > deliver > > > > > > > > > > > messages via brokers that have a certain latency, then > > > > > > > > > > > partition.availability.timeout.ms could be used to > tune > > > > that. > > > > > > > > Latency > > > > > > > > > > is > > > > > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > > > > much more volatile metric than throughput (latency > > depends > > > on > > > > > > > > external > > > > > > > > > > > load, on capacity, on deployment topology, on jitter in > > > > > network, > > > > > > on > > > > > > > > > > jitter > > > > > > > > > > > in disk, etc.) and I think it would be best to leave > > > > > > latency-based > > > > > > > > > > > thresholds configurable to tune for the environment. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Artem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 11:14 AM Jun Rao > > > > > > <j...@confluent.io.invalid> > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, Artem, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the reply. A few more comments. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Perhaps you could elaborate a bit more on how the > > > > producer > > > > > > > > > > determines > > > > > > > > > > > > the partition if the partitioner returns -1. This > will > > > help > > > > > > > > > understand > > > > > > > > > > > why > > > > > > > > > > > > encapsulating that logic as a partitioner is not > clean. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. I am not sure that I understand this part. If > 15.5KB > > > is > > > > > more > > > > > > > > > > > efficient, > > > > > > > > > > > > could we just set batch.size to 15.5KB? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 4. Yes, we could add a switch (or a variant of the > > > > > > partitioner) for > > > > > > > > > > > > enabling this behavior. Also, choosing partitions > based > > > on > > > > > > broker > > > > > > > > > > > readiness > > > > > > > > > > > > can be made in a smoother way. For example, we could > > > track > > > > > the > > > > > > last > > > > > > > > > > time > > > > > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > > > > > broker has drained any batches from the accumulator. > We > > > can > > > > > > then > > > > > > > > > select > > > > > > > > > > > > partitions from brokers proportionally to the inverse > > of > > > > that > > > > > > time. > > > > > > > > > > This > > > > > > > > > > > > seems smoother than a cutoff based on a > > > > > > > > > > > partition.availability.timeout.ms > > > > > > > > > > > > threshold. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jun > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 5:14 PM Artem Livshits > > > > > > > > > > > > <alivsh...@confluent.io.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello Luke, Jun, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for your feedback. I've added the > Rejected > > > > > > Alternative > > > > > > > > > > > section > > > > > > > > > > > > > that may clarify some of the questions w.r.t. > > returning > > > > -1. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. I've elaborated on the -1 in the KIP. The > problem > > > is > > > > > > that a > > > > > > > > > > > > significant > > > > > > > > > > > > > part of the logic needs to be in the producer > > (because > > > it > > > > > now > > > > > > > > uses > > > > > > > > > > > > > information about brokers that only the producer > > > knows), > > > > so > > > > > > > > > > > encapsulation > > > > > > > > > > > > > of the logic within the default partitioner isn't > as > > > > clean. > > > > > > > > I've > > > > > > > > > > > added > > > > > > > > > > > > > the Rejected Alternative section that documents an > > > > attempt > > > > > to > > > > > > > > keep > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > > encapsulation by providing new callbacks to the > > > > > partitioner. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. The meaning of the partitioner.sticky.batch.size > > is > > > > > > explained > > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > > Uniform Sticky Batch Size section. Basically, we > > track > > > > the > > > > > > > > amount > > > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > > > > > bytes > > > > > > > > > > > > > produced to the partition and if it exceeds > > > > > > > > > > > partitioner.sticky.batch.size > > > > > > > > > > > > > then we switch to the next partition. As far as > the > > > > reason > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > make > > > > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > > > > > > > different from batch.size, I think Luke answered > this > > > > with > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > question > > > > > > > > > > > > #3 > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- what if the load pattern is such that 15.5KB > would > > > be > > > > > more > > > > > > > > > > efficient > > > > > > > > > > > > > than 16KB? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 3. I think it's hard to have one size that would > fit > > > all > > > > > > > > patterns. > > > > > > > > > > > E.g. > > > > > > > > > > > > if > > > > > > > > > > > > > the load pattern is such that there is linger and > the > > > app > > > > > > fills > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > batch > > > > > > > > > > > > > before linger expires, then having 16KB would most > > > likely > > > > > > > > > synchronize > > > > > > > > > > > > > batching and partition switching, so each partition > > > would > > > > > > get a > > > > > > > > > full > > > > > > > > > > > > > batch. If load pattern is such that there are a > few > > > > > > non-complete > > > > > > > > > > > batches > > > > > > > > > > > > > go out before a larger batch starts to fill, then > it > > > may > > > > > > actually > > > > > > > > > be > > > > > > > > > > > > > beneficial to make slightly larger (e.g. linger=0, > > > first > > > > > few > > > > > > > > > records > > > > > > > > > > go > > > > > > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > > > > > > > the first batch, then next few records go to second > > > > batch, > > > > > > and so > > > > > > > > > on, > > > > > > > > > > > > until > > > > > > > > > > > > > 5 in-flight, then larger batch would form while > > waiting > > > > for > > > > > > > > broker > > > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > > > > > respond, but the partition switch would happen > before > > > the > > > > > > larger > > > > > > > > > > batch > > > > > > > > > > > is > > > > > > > > > > > > > full). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 4. There are a couple of reasons for introducing > > > > > > > > > > > > > partition.availability.timeout.ms. Luke's an > Jun's > > > > > > questions > > > > > > > > are > > > > > > > > > > > > slightly > > > > > > > > > > > > > different, so I'm going to separate replies. > > > > > > > > > > > > > (Luke) Is the queue size a good enough signal? I > > think > > > > > it's > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > good > > > > > > > > > > > > default > > > > > > > > > > > > > signal as it tries to preserve general fairness and > > not > > > > > > overreact > > > > > > > > > on > > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > > broker's state at each moment in time. But because > > > it's > > > > > > smooth, > > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > > > > may > > > > > > > > > > > > not > > > > > > > > > > > > > be reactive enough to instantaneous latency jumps. > > For > > > > > > > > > > > latency-sensitive > > > > > > > > > > > > > workloads, it may be desirable to react faster > when a > > > > > broker > > > > > > > > > becomes > > > > > > > > > > > > > unresponsive (but that may make the distribution > > really > > > > > > choppy), > > > > > > > > so > > > > > > > > > > > > > partition.availability.timeout.ms provides an > > > > opportunity > > > > > to > > > > > > > > tune > > > > > > > > > > > > > adaptiveness. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (Jun) Can we just not assign partitions to brokers > > that > > > > are > > > > > > not > > > > > > > > > > ready? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Switching partitions purely based on current broker > > > > > readiness > > > > > > > > > > > information > > > > > > > > > > > > > can really skew workload I think (or at least I > > > couldn't > > > > > > build a > > > > > > > > > > model > > > > > > > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > > > > > > proves that over time it's going to be generally > > > fair), I > > > > > > feel > > > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > > algorithm should try to be fair in general and use > > > > smoother > > > > > > > > signals > > > > > > > > > > by > > > > > > > > > > > > > default (e.g. a broker with choppier latency may > get > > > much > > > > > > less > > > > > > > > load > > > > > > > > > > > even > > > > > > > > > > > > > though it can handle throughput, it then may > > > potentially > > > > > skew > > > > > > > > > > > > consumption), > > > > > > > > > > > > > note that the queue-size-based logic uses > > probabilities > > > > (so > > > > > > we > > > > > > > > > don't > > > > > > > > > > > > fully > > > > > > > > > > > > > remove brokers, just make it less likely) and > > relative > > > > info > > > > > > > > rather > > > > > > > > > > > than a > > > > > > > > > > > > > threshold (so if all brokers are heavily, but > equally > > > > > loaded, > > > > > > > > they > > > > > > > > > > will > > > > > > > > > > > > get > > > > > > > > > > > > > equal distribution, rather than get removed because > > > they > > > > > > exceed > > > > > > > > > some > > > > > > > > > > > > > threshold). So at the very least, I would like > this > > > > logic > > > > > > to be > > > > > > > > > > turned > > > > > > > > > > > > off > > > > > > > > > > > > > by default as it's hard to predict what it could do > > > with > > > > > > > > different > > > > > > > > > > > > patterns > > > > > > > > > > > > > (which means that there would need to be some > > > > > > configuration). We > > > > > > > > > > could > > > > > > > > > > > > > just not use brokers that are not ready, but > again, I > > > > think > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > > it's > > > > > > > > > > > > good > > > > > > > > > > > > > to try to be fair under normal circumstances, so if > > > > > normally > > > > > > > > > brokers > > > > > > > > > > > can > > > > > > > > > > > > > respond under some > partition.availability.timeout.ms > > > > > > threshold > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > > application works well with those latencies, then > we > > > > could > > > > > > > > > distribute > > > > > > > > > > > > data > > > > > > > > > > > > > equally between brokers that don't exceed the > > > latencies. > > > > > The > > > > > > > > > value, > > > > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > > > > > > course, would depend on the environment and app > > > > > requirements, > > > > > > > > hence > > > > > > > > > > > it's > > > > > > > > > > > > > configurable. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 10. Added a statement at the beginning of the > > proposed > > > > > > changes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Artem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 3:46 PM Jun Rao > > > > > > <j...@confluent.io.invalid > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, Artem, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the KIP. A few comments below. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. I agree with Luke that having the partitioner > > > > > returning > > > > > > -1 > > > > > > > > is > > > > > > > > > > kind > > > > > > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > weird. Could we just change the implementation of > > > > > > > > > > DefaultPartitioner > > > > > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > new behavior? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. partitioner.sticky.batch.size: Similar > question > > to > > > > > > Luke. I > > > > > > > > am > > > > > > > > > > not > > > > > > > > > > > > sure > > > > > > > > > > > > > > why we want to introduce this new configuration. > > > Could > > > > we > > > > > > just > > > > > > > > > use > > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > existing batch.size? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 4. I also agree with Luke that it's not clear why > > we > > > > need > > > > > > > > > > > > > > partition.availability.timeout.ms. The KIP says > > the > > > > > broker > > > > > > > > > "would > > > > > > > > > > > not > > > > > > > > > > > > be > > > > > > > > > > > > > > chosen until the broker is able to accept the > next > > > > ready > > > > > > batch > > > > > > > > > from > > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > partition". If we are keeping track of this, > could > > we > > > > > just > > > > > > > > avoid > > > > > > > > > > > > > assigning > > > > > > > > > > > > > > records to partitions whose leader is not able to > > > > accept > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > next > > > > > > > > > > > > batch? > > > > > > > > > > > > > If > > > > > > > > > > > > > > we do that, perhaps we don't need > > > > > > > > > > partition.availability.timeout.ms. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 10. Currently, partitioner.class defaults to > > > > > > > > DefaultPartitioner, > > > > > > > > > > > which > > > > > > > > > > > > > uses > > > > > > > > > > > > > > StickyPartitioner when the key is specified. > Since > > > this > > > > > KIP > > > > > > > > > > improves > > > > > > > > > > > > upon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > StickyPartitioner, it would be useful to make the > > new > > > > > > behavior > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > > default > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and document that in the KIP. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jun > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 7:30 PM Luke Chen < > > > > > > show...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Artem, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, one more thing I think you need to know. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > As this bug KAFKA-7572 < > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-7572 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mentioned, sometimes the custom partitioner > would > > > > > return > > > > > > > > > negative > > > > > > > > > > > > > > partition > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > id accidentally. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If it returned -1, how could you know if it is > > > > expected > > > > > > or > > > > > > > > not > > > > > > > > > > > > > expected? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Luke > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 3:28 PM Luke Chen < > > > > > > show...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Artem, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the update. I have some questions > > > about > > > > > it: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Could you explain why you need the > > > `partitioner` > > > > > > return > > > > > > > > > -1? > > > > > > > > > > In > > > > > > > > > > > > > which > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > case we need it? And how it is used in your > > KIP? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. What does the > > "partitioner.sticky.batch.size" > > > > > mean? > > > > > > In > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Configuration" part, you didn't explain it. > > And > > > > > > default to > > > > > > > > > 0, > > > > > > > > > > I > > > > > > > > > > > > > guess > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it's > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the same as current behavior for backward > > > > > > compatibility, > > > > > > > > > right? > > > > > > > > > > > You > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > should > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mention it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 3. I'm thinking we can have a threshold to > the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "partitioner.sticky.batch.size". Let's say, > we > > > > > already > > > > > > > > > > accumulate > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 15.5KB > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > partition1, and sent. So when next batch > > created, > > > > in > > > > > > your > > > > > > > > > > current > > > > > > > > > > > > > > design, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > we still stick to partition1, until 16KB > > reached, > > > > and > > > > > > then > > > > > > > > we > > > > > > > > > > > > create > > > > > > > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > new > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > batch to change to next partition, ex: > > > partition2. > > > > > But > > > > > > I > > > > > > > > > think > > > > > > > > > > if > > > > > > > > > > > > we > > > > > > > > > > > > > > set > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > threshold to 95% (for example), we can know > > > > previous > > > > > > 15.5KB > > > > > > > > > > > already > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > exceeds > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the threshold so that we can directly create > > new > > > > > batch > > > > > > for > > > > > > > > > next > > > > > > > > > > > > > > records. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This way should be able to make it more > > > efficient. > > > > > > WDYT? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 4. I think the improved queuing logic should > be > > > > good > > > > > > > > enough. > > > > > > > > > I > > > > > > > > > > > > can't > > > > > > > > > > > > > > get > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the benefit of having ` > > > > > > partition.availability.timeout.ms` > > > > > > > > > > > config. > > > > > > > > > > > > In > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > short, you want to make the partitioner take > > the > > > > > broker > > > > > > > > load > > > > > > > > > > into > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > consideration. We can just improve that in > the > > > > > queuing > > > > > > > > logic > > > > > > > > > > (and > > > > > > > > > > > > you > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > already did it). Why should we add the > config? > > > > Could > > > > > > you > > > > > > > > use > > > > > > > > > > some > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > examples > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to explain why we need it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Luke > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 8:57 AM Artem > Livshits > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <alivsh...@confluent.io.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Please add your comments about the KIP. If > > > there > > > > > are > > > > > > no > > > > > > > > > > > > > > considerations, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> I'll put it up for vote in the next few > days. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> -Artem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 6:01 PM Artem > Livshits > > < > > > > > > > > > > > > > alivsh...@confluent.io > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > After trying a few prototypes, I've made > > some > > > > > > changes to > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > > public > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > interface. Please see the updated > document > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-794%3A+Strictly+Uniform+Sticky+Partitioner > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > -Artem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 10:37 AM Artem > > > Livshits < > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > alivsh...@confluent.io> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> This is the discussion thread for > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-794%3A+Strictly+Uniform+Sticky+Partitioner > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> The proposal is a bug fix for > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-10888, > > > > > > but > > > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > > > > > does > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> include a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> client config change, therefore we have a > > KIP > > > > to > > > > > > > > discuss. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> -Artem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
