Anchor prepare cache entry via PreparedStatement back-reference - #893
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Pull request overview
This PR addresses premature eviction of entries in the weak-values prepare cache by anchoring the cached CompletableFuture to the resulting DefaultPreparedStatement, ensuring the cache entry stays alive for as long as the application holds the PreparedStatement.
Changes:
- Add a strong back-reference field (
cacheRetainer) and setter toDefaultPreparedStatementto retain the cached future. - In
CqlPrepareAsyncProcessor, attach the cached future to the prepared statement upon successful prepare completion. - Add unit tests covering weak-value retention/eviction behavior, including the new prepared-statement retainer behavior.
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| File | Description |
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| core/src/main/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/internal/core/cql/CqlPrepareAsyncProcessor.java | Anchors the cached future via the prepared statement, and returns cached future directly for completed entries. |
| core/src/main/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/internal/core/cql/DefaultPreparedStatement.java | Adds cacheRetainer field + setter used to strongly retain the cached future. |
| core/src/test/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/internal/core/cql/CqlPrepareAsyncProcessorTest.java | Adds tests for defensive-copy behavior and weak-value cache retention/eviction, including PS-retainer scenarios. |
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core/src/test/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/internal/core/cql/CqlPrepareAsyncProcessorTest.java:235
- Same brittleness concern as above: this direct
DefaultPreparedStatementconstruction relies on manynullarguments and could easily break with unrelated production changes. A helper that builds a minimally-valid instance (or a dedicated test fixture) would make the GC/retainer test more stable and easier to maintain.
DefaultPreparedStatement ps =
new DefaultPreparedStatement(
java.nio.ByteBuffer.wrap(new byte[] {1, 2, 3, 4}),
"SELECT 1",
com.datastax.oss.driver.internal.core.cql.EmptyColumnDefinitions.INSTANCE,
java.util.Collections.emptyList(),
null,
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| /** | ||
| * Attaches a strong reference to the prepare cache entry, preventing its weak-value eviction as | ||
| * long as this PreparedStatement is reachable. | ||
| */ | ||
| public void setCacheRetainer(Object retainer) { | ||
| this.cacheRetainer = retainer; | ||
| } |
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Moved off DefaultPreparedStatement onto the internal PrepareCacheAnchor interface, with the parameter narrowed to CompletableFuture<PreparedStatement>.
| for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { | ||
| System.gc(); | ||
| Thread.sleep(50); | ||
| cache.cleanUp(); | ||
| if (cache.getIfPresent(request) == null) { | ||
| break; | ||
| } | ||
| } | ||
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| // Cache entry may have been evicted (weak values) | ||
| // This is expected behavior - the fix ensures callers who DO hold a reference keep it alive | ||
| // We just verify the cache doesn't throw | ||
| assertThat(cache.size()).isGreaterThanOrEqualTo(0); |
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Gone — that test came from this branch's duplicate of #892, which the rebase onto current scylla-4.x dropped.
| // Simulate what the processor does: create a real DefaultPreparedStatement and set retainer | ||
| DefaultPreparedStatement ps = | ||
| new DefaultPreparedStatement( | ||
| java.nio.ByteBuffer.wrap(new byte[] {1, 2, 3, 4}), | ||
| "SELECT 1", | ||
| com.datastax.oss.driver.internal.core.cql.EmptyColumnDefinitions.INSTANCE, | ||
| java.util.Collections.emptyList(), | ||
| null, |
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Both sites now call PreparedStatementTestHelper.newPreparedStatement(), extracted from the factory DefaultPreparedStatementTest already had.
| if (result.isDone()) { | ||
| // Completed futures are immutable (cancel/complete/completeExceptionally are no-ops), | ||
| // so returning the cached instance directly is safe. This also keeps the cache entry | ||
| // alive via the caller's strong reference, preventing premature weak-value eviction | ||
| // under GC pressure. | ||
| return result; | ||
| } | ||
| // Defensive copy for in-flight preparations only: protects the shared cached future | ||
| // from cancellation by one of multiple concurrent waiters. |
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Agreed, and the anchor makes it free: with the entry held by the statement, the isDone shortcut no longer buys any liveness. Dropped it — process() returns an unconditional defensive copy again.
| if (preparedStatement instanceof DefaultPreparedStatement) { | ||
| ((DefaultPreparedStatement) preparedStatement).setCacheRetainer(mine); | ||
| } |
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i feel like you don't need whole cache thing if you store this in the DefaultPreparedStatement, but then you need to make this method exportable, whole thing look hacky, what if they have their own implementation of the PreparedStatement, then it won't work.
Can you please check if then it makes sense to make this part of public API fo the PreparedStatement and have a default function that stores cache retainer anchor?
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You're right that instanceof DefaultPreparedStatement was wrong. It's now PrepareCacheAnchor, an internal interface in the vein of RequestRoutingTypeAccessor, so a custom impl can opt in. Putting it on PreparedStatement is defensible too — setResultMetadata sets that precedent — but a default no-op anchors nothing unless the impl overrides it, so I kept a GC detail off the public API. Happy to move it if you'd rather.
The prepare cache holds its values weakly, so an entry can be collected while the application is still using the statement it produced, costing a re-PREPARE round trip on the next prepare() of the same query. Callers routinely keep only the PreparedStatement, not the CompletionStage the processor hands back, so nothing keeps the cached future reachable. Store the cached future on the statement itself. The cache holds the future weakly, the future references the statement, and the statement references the future back, so the cycle survives exactly as long as the application holds the statement and becomes collectible as a whole once it does not. Expose this through PrepareCacheAnchor, an internal hook interface in the same vein as RequestRoutingTypeAccessor, rather than casting to DefaultPreparedStatement: a third-party PreparedStatement can opt into anchoring by implementing it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
PR scylladb#892 returned the cached future itself once it was completed, so that a caller holding the returned stage would keep the weakly-held entry reachable. The anchor added in the previous commit ties the entry's lifetime to the statement instead, which covers that case and the far more common one where the caller keeps only the statement. That leaves the shortcut with no liveness value and one drawback: the cached future is handed to callers, who can still overwrite it through obtrudeValue/obtrudeException. Restore the unconditional defensive copy. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- Around line 166-171: Update collectGarbage in CqlPrepareAsyncProcessorTest so
it uses an eventual retry condition rather than a fixed ten-iteration, 500 ms
wait; repeatedly request garbage collection and call cache.cleanUp() until the
weak-reference expectation is satisfied, while retaining a bounded timeout for
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| private void collectGarbage() throws InterruptedException { | ||
| for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { | ||
| System.gc(); | ||
| Thread.sleep(50); | ||
| cache.cleanUp(); | ||
| } |
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Do not require garbage collection within a fixed time.
System.gc() only requests garbage collection. The weak-reference assertion can fail because collectGarbage() returns after 500 ms without checking whether collection occurred. Use an eventual condition that retries collection and cache cleanup until the expected state is reached.
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In
`@core/src/test/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/internal/core/cql/CqlPrepareAsyncProcessorTest.java`
around lines 166 - 171, Update collectGarbage in CqlPrepareAsyncProcessorTest so
it uses an eventual retry condition rather than a fixed ten-iteration, 500 ms
wait; repeatedly request garbage collection and call cache.cleanUp() until the
weak-reference expectation is satisfied, while retaining a bounded timeout for
the test.
Problem
The prepare cache in
CqlPrepareAsyncProcessorholds its values weakly (CacheBuilder.newBuilder().weakValues()). Nothing in the driver keeps the cachedCompletableFuturereachable once a prepare has finished, so under GC pressure an entry can be collected while the application is still using thePreparedStatementit produced. The nextprepare()of the same query then pays a needless PREPARE round trip.#892 narrowed this by returning the cached future itself when already completed, so a caller that holds on to the returned
CompletionStagekeeps the entry alive. That does not help the common case: callers keep thePreparedStatementand discard the stage.Fix
Store the cached future on the statement it produced. The cache references the future weakly, the future references the statement, and the statement references the future back:
The hook is
PrepareCacheAnchor, an internal interface ininternal.core.cqlfollowing the existingRequestRoutingTypeAccessorpattern, rather than a cast toDefaultPreparedStatement. A third-partyPreparedStatementcan opt into anchoring by implementing it.The second commit then drops #892's
isDoneshortcut. With the anchor in place it no longer contributes to liveness, and it exposed the cached future to callers, who could overwrite it viaobtrudeValue/obtrudeException.process()returns an unconditional defensive copy again.Commits
fix: anchor the prepare cache entry on the prepared statementrefactor: always return a defensive copy from the prepare cacheTesting
CqlPrepareAsyncProcessorTest:should_return_defensive_copy_when_future_is_already_completed— a copy is returned and obtruding on it leaves the cached entry intactshould_keep_cache_entry_alive_via_prepared_statement_anchor— entry survives GC while the statement is heldshould_evict_cache_entry_when_prepared_statement_is_unreachable— entry is evicted once it is not, proving the anchor is not a leakThe two GC tests allocate inside a helper frame and assert on a
WeakReference, so a statement that failed to be collected is reported as such rather than silently passing.mvn -pl core verify -DskipITsis green (3905 unit tests); the GC tests were run 10× locally without a flake.The constructor calls the earlier revision open-coded now reuse a shared
PreparedStatementTestHelper, extracted from the factory that already existed inDefaultPreparedStatementTest.Note
Earlier revisions of this description referenced CUSTOMER-372; that was a mistaken reference (it is the LWT/SERIAL contention issue addressed by #886) and has been removed. There is no Jira issue tracking this work.