fix: keep the collection state check outside the factory-wide lock - #1292
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CollectionFactory.getCollection holds one lock for the whole factory and, while holding it, calls isDropped() and isOpen() on the registered collection. Both take that collection's read lock. While a long write holds a collection's write lock (an index rebuild, a large remove(filter), an update on a big document) the one caller asking for that collection blocks inside the factory lock, and from then on every getCollection call for every other collection queues behind it. Observed on a production system: one thread rebuilding an index inside update() for over three hours, 349 other threads parked in CollectionFactory.getCollection on the factory lock, most of them wanting unrelated collections. The registry is now read under the factory read lock, the usability check runs with no factory lock held, and the factory write lock is taken only to create or replace an entry, with a re-check for a concurrent replacement. Callers of the busy collection still wait on it, as they should; callers of other collections no longer wait at all. CollectionFactoryConvoyTest parks a remove(filter) inside its filter under the collection's write lock through the public API, confirms that a getCollection for that collection waits, and asserts that getCollection for a registered and for a brand new collection both return promptly. It fails on main with a TimeoutException and passes with this change.
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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The change generally reduces cross-collection blocking, but a narrow replacement race can still delay unrelated collection requests. This is mergeable with owner awareness and a follow-up retry-loop fix. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Caller
participant CollectionFactory
participant CollectionRegistry
participant Collection
Caller->>CollectionFactory: getCollection(name)
CollectionFactory->>CollectionRegistry: lookup under registry lock
CollectionFactory->>Collection: check usability
CollectionFactory->>CollectionRegistry: recheck under write lock
CollectionFactory-->>Caller: return or create collection
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In `@nitrite/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/collection/CollectionFactory.java`:
- Line 82: Update the collection replacement logic around isUsable(current) so
usability validation never runs while the factory write lock is held. Release
the factory lock and retry the outer check when a different current collection
must be validated, preserving the existing replacement behavior once validation
completes.
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| } else { | ||
| return createCollection(name, nitriteConfig, writeCatalogue); | ||
| NitriteCollection current = collectionMap.get(name); | ||
| if (current != null && current != registered && isUsable(current)) { |
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isUsable(current) runs with the factory write lock held.
This branch takes the replacement collection's read lock while the factory write lock is held. If the replacement instance is inside a long write, every caller for every other collection queues behind this thread again. The scenario is narrow, but it reintroduces the convoy the rest of the method removes.
Release the factory lock and retry the outer check instead of validating a foreign instance inside the write lock.
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- NitriteCollection registered = getRegistered(name);
- if (registered != null && isUsable(registered)) {
- return registered;
- }
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- Lock lock = lockService.getWriteLock(this.getClass().getName());
- try {
- lock.lock();
- NitriteCollection current = collectionMap.get(name);
- if (current != null && current != registered && isUsable(current)) {
- // another caller replaced it while this one was checking the old instance
- return current;
- }
-
- if (current != null) {
- collectionMap.remove(name);
- }
- return createCollection(name, nitriteConfig, writeCatalogue);
- } finally {
- lock.unlock();
- }
+ while (true) {
+ NitriteCollection registered = getRegistered(name);
+ if (registered != null && isUsable(registered)) {
+ return registered;
+ }
+
+ Lock lock = lockService.getWriteLock(this.getClass().getName());
+ try {
+ lock.lock();
+ NitriteCollection current = collectionMap.get(name);
+ if (current != null && current != registered) {
+ // another caller replaced it while this one was checking the old
+ // instance; validate the new instance without the factory lock
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ if (current != null) {
+ collectionMap.remove(name);
+ }
+ return createCollection(name, nitriteConfig, writeCatalogue);
+ } finally {
+ lock.unlock();
+ }
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| if (current != null && current != registered && isUsable(current)) { | |
| while (true) { | |
| NitriteCollection registered = getRegistered(name); | |
| if (registered != null && isUsable(registered)) { | |
| return registered; | |
| } | |
| Lock lock = lockService.getWriteLock(this.getClass().getName()); | |
| try { | |
| lock.lock(); | |
| NitriteCollection current = collectionMap.get(name); | |
| if (current != null && current != registered) { | |
| // another caller replaced it while this one was checking the old | |
| // instance; validate the new instance without the factory lock | |
| continue; | |
| } | |
| if (current != null) { | |
| collectionMap.remove(name); | |
| } | |
| return createCollection(name, nitriteConfig, writeCatalogue); | |
| } finally { | |
| lock.unlock(); | |
| } | |
| } |
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In `@nitrite/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/collection/CollectionFactory.java` at
line 82, Update the collection replacement logic around isUsable(current) so
usability validation never runs while the factory write lock is held. Release
the factory lock and retry the outer check when a different current collection
must be validated, preserving the existing replacement behavior once validation
completes.
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CollectionFactory.getCollection holds one lock for the whole factory and, while holding it, calls isDropped() and isOpen() on the registered collection. Both take that collection's read lock. While a long write holds a collection's write lock (an index rebuild, a large remove(filter), an update on a big document) the one caller asking for that collection blocks inside the factory lock, and from then on every getCollection call for every other collection queues behind it.
Observed on a production system: one thread rebuilding an index inside update() for over three hours, 349 other threads parked in CollectionFactory.getCollection on the factory lock, most of them wanting unrelated collections.
The registry is now read under the factory read lock, the usability check runs with no factory lock held, and the factory write lock is taken only to create or replace an entry, with a re-check for a concurrent replacement. Callers of the busy collection still wait on it, as they should; callers of other collections no longer wait at all.
CollectionFactoryConvoyTest parks a remove(filter) inside its filter under the collection's write lock through the public API, confirms that a getCollection for that collection waits, and asserts that getCollection for a registered and for a brand new collection both return promptly. It fails on main with a TimeoutException and passes with this change.
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