Github user StefanRRichter commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/3801#discussion_r114283114 --- Diff: flink-contrib/flink-statebackend-rocksdb/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/contrib/streaming/state/RocksDBKeyedStateBackend.java --- @@ -621,6 +692,237 @@ private static void checkInterrupted() throws InterruptedException { } } + private static class RocksDBIncrementalSnapshotOperation { + + private final RocksDBKeyedStateBackend<?> stateBackend; + + private final CheckpointStreamFactory checkpointStreamFactory; + + private final long checkpointId; + + private final long checkpointTimestamp; + + private Map<String, StreamStateHandle> baseSstFiles; + + private List<KeyedBackendSerializationProxy.StateMetaInfo<?, ?>> stateMetaInfos = new ArrayList<>(); + + private FileSystem backupFileSystem; + private Path backupPath; + + private FSDataInputStream inputStream = null; + private CheckpointStreamFactory.CheckpointStateOutputStream outputStream = null; + + // new sst files since the last completed checkpoint + private Set<String> newSstFileNames = new HashSet<>(); + + // handles to the sst files in the current snapshot + private Map<String, StreamStateHandle> sstFiles = new HashMap<>(); + + // handles to the misc files in the current snapshot + private Map<String, StreamStateHandle> miscFiles = new HashMap<>(); + + private StreamStateHandle metaStateHandle = null; + + private RocksDBIncrementalSnapshotOperation( + RocksDBKeyedStateBackend<?> stateBackend, + CheckpointStreamFactory checkpointStreamFactory, + long checkpointId, + long checkpointTimestamp) { + + this.stateBackend = stateBackend; + this.checkpointStreamFactory = checkpointStreamFactory; + this.checkpointId = checkpointId; + this.checkpointTimestamp = checkpointTimestamp; + } + + private StreamStateHandle materializeStateData(Path filePath) throws Exception { + try { + final byte[] buffer = new byte[1024]; + + FileSystem backupFileSystem = backupPath.getFileSystem(); + inputStream = backupFileSystem.open(filePath); + stateBackend.cancelStreamRegistry.registerClosable(inputStream); + + outputStream = checkpointStreamFactory + .createCheckpointStateOutputStream(checkpointId, checkpointTimestamp); + stateBackend.cancelStreamRegistry.registerClosable(outputStream); + + while (true) { + int numBytes = inputStream.read(buffer); + + if (numBytes == -1) { + break; + } + + outputStream.write(buffer, 0, numBytes); + } + + return outputStream.closeAndGetHandle(); + } finally { + if (inputStream != null) { + stateBackend.cancelStreamRegistry.unregisterClosable(inputStream); + inputStream.close(); + inputStream = null; + } + + if (outputStream != null) { + stateBackend.cancelStreamRegistry.unregisterClosable(outputStream); + outputStream.close(); + outputStream = null; + } + } + } + + private StreamStateHandle materializeMetaData() throws Exception { + try { + outputStream = checkpointStreamFactory + .createCheckpointStateOutputStream(checkpointId, checkpointTimestamp); + stateBackend.cancelStreamRegistry.registerClosable(outputStream); + + KeyedBackendSerializationProxy serializationProxy = + new KeyedBackendSerializationProxy(stateBackend.keySerializer, stateMetaInfos); + DataOutputView out = new DataOutputViewStreamWrapper(outputStream); + + serializationProxy.write(out); + + return outputStream.closeAndGetHandle(); + } finally { + if (outputStream != null) { + stateBackend.cancelStreamRegistry.unregisterClosable(outputStream); + outputStream.close(); + outputStream = null; + } + } + } + + void takeSnapshot() throws Exception { + // use the last completed checkpoint as the comparison base. + baseSstFiles = stateBackend.materializedSstFiles.get(stateBackend.lastCompletedCheckpointId); + + // save meta data + for (Map.Entry<String, Tuple2<ColumnFamilyHandle, RegisteredBackendStateMetaInfo<?, ?>>> stateMetaInfoEntry : stateBackend.kvStateInformation.entrySet()) { + + RegisteredBackendStateMetaInfo<?, ?> metaInfo = stateMetaInfoEntry.getValue().f1; + + KeyedBackendSerializationProxy.StateMetaInfo<?, ?> metaInfoProxy = + new KeyedBackendSerializationProxy.StateMetaInfo<>( + metaInfo.getStateType(), + metaInfo.getName(), + metaInfo.getNamespaceSerializer(), + metaInfo.getStateSerializer()); + + stateMetaInfos.add(metaInfoProxy); + } + + // save state data + backupPath = new Path(stateBackend.instanceBasePath.getAbsolutePath(), "chk-" + checkpointId); + backupFileSystem = backupPath.getFileSystem(); + if (backupFileSystem.exists(backupPath)) { + LOG.warn("Deleting an existing local checkpoint directory " + + backupPath + "."); + + backupFileSystem.delete(backupPath, true); + } + + // create hard links of living files in the checkpoint path + Checkpoint checkpoint = Checkpoint.create(stateBackend.db); + checkpoint.createCheckpoint(backupPath.getPath()); --- End diff -- @gyfora I think your initial concerns are valid. We need to flush the memtable to disk prior to a checkpoint and this will generate a SST. What is required for fast checkpoint intervals is an alternative mechanism to quickly determine a delta from the previous incremental checkpoint. This could be a changelog buffer in Flink that we maintain up to a certain size. The content becomes part of the private state in the incremental snapshot and it is dropped i) after each checkpoint or ii) after exceeding a certain size which to justify writing a new SST.
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