perf(drivers): fixed-rate poll pacing with overrun counter; non-blocking unsubscribe

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Joseph Doherty
2026-08-16 04:26:20 -04:00
parent 684e59d871
commit 9cf400f1e8
9 changed files with 277 additions and 43 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Concurrent;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
@@ -33,6 +34,21 @@ namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions;
/// behaves byte-identically to before: no batch is collected and no per-cycle allocation is
/// made.</para>
///
/// <para>Pacing is <b>fixed-rate, not fixed-delay</b>: the post-poll wait is
/// <c>max(interval - elapsed, 0)</c>, so a read that takes 80 ms on a 100 ms interval is
/// followed by a 20 ms wait rather than a full 100 ms one, and the observed cadence stays at
/// the configured interval instead of drifting out to (read + interval). When a poll takes
/// LONGER than the interval the next one starts immediately, the overrun is counted in
/// <see cref="OverrunCount"/>, and the optional <c>onOverrun</c> callback is invoked with the
/// measured duration. The failure/backoff branch is deliberately exempt: once
/// <c>consecutiveFailures &gt; 0</c> with a <c>backoffCap</c> configured, the capped-exponential
/// schedule wins, because a failing device must not be hammered at fixed rate.</para>
///
/// <para><b>No <c>Meter</c> lives here.</b> <c>Core.Abstractions</c> deliberately references
/// nothing, so <see cref="OverrunCount"/> plus the <c>onOverrun</c> callback ARE the
/// instrumentation surface — a driver that wants a metric wires its own meter to the callback.
/// (Driver-level meters are a recorded follow-up, not part of this type.)</para>
///
/// <para>Programmer errors and obviously-fatal exceptions (<see cref="OutOfMemoryException"/>,
/// <see cref="ThreadAbortException"/>, <see cref="StackOverflowException"/>,
/// <see cref="AccessViolationException"/>) are NOT caught — they propagate and tear the poll
@@ -44,10 +60,12 @@ public sealed class PollGroupEngine : IAsyncDisposable
private readonly Action<ISubscriptionHandle, string, DataValueSnapshot> _onChange;
private readonly Action<Exception>? _onError;
private readonly Action<ISubscriptionHandle, IReadOnlyList<DataChangeItem>>? _onBatch;
private readonly Action<TimeSpan>? _onOverrun;
private readonly TimeSpan _minInterval;
private readonly TimeSpan? _backoffCap;
private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<long, SubscriptionState> _subscriptions = new();
private long _nextId;
private long _overrunCount;
/// <summary>Default floor for publishing intervals — matches the Modbus 100 ms cap.</summary>
public static readonly TimeSpan DefaultMinInterval = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100);
@@ -73,13 +91,19 @@ public sealed class PollGroupEngine : IAsyncDisposable
/// order, after all of the cycle's per-tag <paramref name="onChange"/> callbacks. The
/// driver forwards it to its own <see cref="IBatchSubscribable.OnDataChangeBatch"/> event.
/// <c>null</c> (default) collects nothing and allocates nothing per cycle.</param>
/// <param name="onOverrun">Optional overrun sink — invoked with the measured poll duration
/// every time a poll takes longer than its subscription's interval (the same events counted
/// by <see cref="OverrunCount"/>). Since this assembly carries no metrics dependency, this
/// callback is how a driver surfaces the condition to its own meter/log. Defensive: a
/// handler that throws is absorbed, exactly like <c>onError</c>.</param>
public PollGroupEngine(
Func<IReadOnlyList<string>, CancellationToken, Task<IReadOnlyList<DataValueSnapshot>>> reader,
Action<ISubscriptionHandle, string, DataValueSnapshot> onChange,
TimeSpan? minInterval = null,
Action<Exception>? onError = null,
TimeSpan? backoffCap = null,
Action<ISubscriptionHandle, IReadOnlyList<DataChangeItem>>? onBatch = null)
Action<ISubscriptionHandle, IReadOnlyList<DataChangeItem>>? onBatch = null,
Action<TimeSpan>? onOverrun = null)
{
ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(reader);
ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(onChange);
@@ -89,8 +113,16 @@ public sealed class PollGroupEngine : IAsyncDisposable
_minInterval = minInterval ?? DefaultMinInterval;
_backoffCap = backoffCap;
_onBatch = onBatch;
_onOverrun = onOverrun;
}
/// <summary>
/// Total number of poll cycles, across every subscription of this engine, whose read took
/// longer than the subscription's publishing interval. A non-zero and climbing value means
/// the device cannot sustain the configured rate — the loop is already running flat out.
/// </summary>
public long OverrunCount => Interlocked.Read(ref _overrunCount);
/// <summary>Register a new polled subscription and start its background loop.</summary>
/// <param name="fullReferences">The list of tag references to poll.</param>
/// <param name="publishingInterval">The desired polling interval; will be clamped to the configured minimum.</param>
@@ -108,43 +140,94 @@ public sealed class PollGroupEngine : IAsyncDisposable
return handle;
}
/// <summary>Cancel the background loop for a handle returned by <see cref="Subscribe"/>.</summary>
/// <summary>
/// Cancel the background loop for a handle returned by <see cref="Subscribe"/>, BLOCKING the
/// calling thread until the in-flight poll drains. Retained for compatibility; prefer
/// <see cref="UnsubscribeAsync"/> on any path that runs inside an actor mailbox turn or a
/// request pipeline, where blocking a thread for up to 5 s is never acceptable.
/// </summary>
/// <returns><c>true</c> when the handle was known to the engine and has been torn down.</returns>
/// <param name="handle">The subscription handle to cancel.</param>
public bool Unsubscribe(ISubscriptionHandle handle)
{
if (handle is PollSubscriptionHandle h && _subscriptions.TryRemove(h.Id, out var state))
if (!TryTake(handle, out var state)) return false;
StopState(state);
return true;
}
/// <summary>
/// Non-blocking counterpart of <see cref="Unsubscribe"/>: identical teardown semantics (the
/// loop is cancelled and awaited before the CTS is disposed, so no callback can fire after
/// this completes) but it awaits the loop task instead of blocking a thread on it.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="handle">The subscription handle to cancel.</param>
/// <returns><c>true</c> when the handle was known to the engine and has been torn down.</returns>
public async ValueTask<bool> UnsubscribeAsync(ISubscriptionHandle handle)
{
if (!TryTake(handle, out var state)) return false;
await StopStateAsync(state).ConfigureAwait(false);
return true;
}
/// <summary>
/// Shared front half of both teardown paths: recognise the handle and remove it from the
/// registry exactly once, so a double unsubscribe (or a race between the sync and async
/// overloads) tears one subscription down once and reports <c>false</c> for the loser.
/// </summary>
private bool TryTake(ISubscriptionHandle handle, out SubscriptionState state)
{
if (handle is PollSubscriptionHandle h && _subscriptions.TryRemove(h.Id, out var found))
{
StopState(state);
state = found;
return true;
}
state = null!;
return false;
}
// Cancel + drain + dispose, shared by both teardown paths. The loop task is awaited (with a
// generous timeout) before the CTS is disposed so:
// (a) no _onChange callback fires after the caller considers the subscription torn down, and
// (b) the CTS is not disposed while Task.Delay is still holding a reference to its token,
// which can turn OperationCanceledException into ObjectDisposedException.
private static void StopState(SubscriptionState state)
{
try { state.Cts.Cancel(); } catch { }
// Await the loop task (with a generous timeout) before disposing the CTS so:
// (a) no _onChange callback fires after the caller considers the engine torn down, and
// (b) the CTS is not disposed while Task.Delay is still holding a reference to its token,
// which can turn OperationCanceledException into ObjectDisposedException.
var task = state.LoopTask;
if (task is not null)
{
try { task.Wait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5)); } catch { }
try { task.Wait(DrainTimeout); } catch { }
}
state.Cts.Dispose();
}
private static async ValueTask StopStateAsync(SubscriptionState state)
{
try { state.Cts.Cancel(); } catch { }
var task = state.LoopTask;
if (task is not null)
{
try { await task.WaitAsync(DrainTimeout).ConfigureAwait(false); } catch { }
}
state.Cts.Dispose();
}
/// <summary>Ceiling on how long a teardown waits for an in-flight poll to unwind.</summary>
private static readonly TimeSpan DrainTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
/// <summary>Snapshot of active subscription count — exposed for driver diagnostics.</summary>
public int ActiveSubscriptionCount => _subscriptions.Count;
private async Task PollLoopAsync(SubscriptionState state, CancellationToken ct)
{
var consecutiveFailures = 0;
// Duration of the poll just performed — the fixed-rate pacing subtracts it from the
// interval so the cadence is the interval, not (interval + read time).
TimeSpan lastPollDuration;
// Initial-data push: every subscribed tag fires once at subscribe time regardless of
// whether it has changed, satisfying OPC UA Part 4 initial-value semantics.
var started = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
try
{
await PollOnceAsync(state, forceRaise: true, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -161,21 +244,49 @@ public sealed class PollGroupEngine : IAsyncDisposable
consecutiveFailures++;
ReportError(ex);
}
finally { lastPollDuration = Stopwatch.GetElapsedTime(started); }
NoteOverrun(state.Interval, lastPollDuration);
while (!ct.IsCancellationRequested)
{
// Fixed cadence by default; when a backoff cap is configured, sustained failures
// stretch the delay (capped exponential) and a success snaps it back to Interval.
var delay = _backoffCap is null
? state.Interval
: ConnectionBackoff.ComputeDelay(state.Interval, consecutiveFailures, _backoffCap.Value);
try { await Task.Delay(delay, ct).ConfigureAwait(false); }
catch (OperationCanceledException) { return; }
// Defensive: the CTS may be disposed by Unsubscribe/DisposeAsync between the
// cancellation check above and the Task.Delay touching the token. Treat that race
// as a normal cancellation rather than a fatal exception.
catch (ObjectDisposedException) { return; }
// Fixed RATE, not fixed delay: the wait is what remains of the interval after the poll
// that just ran, so a slow-but-succeeding device keeps the configured cadence and a
// poll that overran starts the next one immediately.
//
// The failure branch is deliberately exempt: once a backoff cap is configured AND the
// device is failing, the capped-exponential schedule wins outright — a dead device must
// not be hammered at fixed rate. With no failures ComputeDelay returns the base interval
// anyway, so it is only consulted when it can actually change the answer.
TimeSpan delay;
if (_backoffCap is not null && consecutiveFailures > 0)
{
delay = ConnectionBackoff.ComputeDelay(state.Interval, consecutiveFailures, _backoffCap.Value);
}
else
{
var remaining = state.Interval - lastPollDuration;
delay = remaining > TimeSpan.Zero ? remaining : TimeSpan.Zero;
}
if (delay > TimeSpan.Zero)
{
try { await Task.Delay(delay, ct).ConfigureAwait(false); }
catch (OperationCanceledException) { return; }
// Defensive: the CTS may be disposed by Unsubscribe/DisposeAsync between the
// cancellation check above and the Task.Delay touching the token. Treat that race
// as a normal cancellation rather than a fatal exception.
catch (ObjectDisposedException) { return; }
}
else
{
// Overrun: no wait is owed. Still yield, so a reader that completes synchronously
// can never turn a zero delay into a thread-pool-starving tight loop, and so the
// cancellation check below is reached.
await Task.Yield();
if (ct.IsCancellationRequested) return;
}
started = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
try
{
await PollOnceAsync(state, forceRaise: false, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -191,9 +302,25 @@ public sealed class PollGroupEngine : IAsyncDisposable
consecutiveFailures++;
ReportError(ex);
}
finally { lastPollDuration = Stopwatch.GetElapsedTime(started); }
NoteOverrun(state.Interval, lastPollDuration);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Record a poll that took longer than its interval: bump <see cref="OverrunCount"/> and
/// hand the measured duration to the optional <c>onOverrun</c> sink. Defensive against a
/// sink that throws, for the same reason <see cref="ReportError"/> is.
/// </summary>
private void NoteOverrun(TimeSpan interval, TimeSpan elapsed)
{
if (elapsed <= interval) return;
Interlocked.Increment(ref _overrunCount);
if (_onOverrun is null) return;
try { _onOverrun(elapsed); }
catch { /* never let a buggy overrun sink stop the poll loop */ }
}
/// <summary>
/// Programmer-error / process-fatal exception classification: anything that cannot be
/// safely "swallowed and retry on the next tick" must escape the poll loop instead.
@@ -448,10 +448,11 @@ public sealed class AbCipDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery,
Task.FromResult(_poll.Subscribe(fullReferences, publishingInterval));
/// <inheritdoc />
public Task UnsubscribeAsync(ISubscriptionHandle handle, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
public async Task UnsubscribeAsync(ISubscriptionHandle handle, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
_poll.Unsubscribe(handle);
return Task.CompletedTask;
// Async teardown: the engine drains the in-flight poll without blocking the caller's
// thread — this runs inside a DriverInstanceActor mailbox turn.
await _poll.UnsubscribeAsync(handle).ConfigureAwait(false);
}
// ---- IAlarmSource (ALMD projection) ----
@@ -489,10 +489,11 @@ public sealed class AbLegacyDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscover
Task.FromResult(_poll.Subscribe(fullReferences, publishingInterval));
/// <inheritdoc />
public Task UnsubscribeAsync(ISubscriptionHandle handle, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
public async Task UnsubscribeAsync(ISubscriptionHandle handle, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
_poll.Unsubscribe(handle);
return Task.CompletedTask;
// Async teardown: the engine drains the in-flight poll without blocking the caller's
// thread — this runs inside a DriverInstanceActor mailbox turn.
await _poll.UnsubscribeAsync(handle).ConfigureAwait(false);
}
// ---- IHostConnectivityProbe ----
@@ -838,10 +838,11 @@ public sealed class FocasDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery,
Task.FromResult(_poll.Subscribe(fullReferences, publishingInterval));
/// <inheritdoc />
public Task UnsubscribeAsync(ISubscriptionHandle handle, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
public async Task UnsubscribeAsync(ISubscriptionHandle handle, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
_poll.Unsubscribe(handle);
return Task.CompletedTask;
// Async teardown: the engine drains the in-flight poll without blocking the caller's
// thread — this runs inside a DriverInstanceActor mailbox turn.
await _poll.UnsubscribeAsync(handle).ConfigureAwait(false);
}
// ---- IHostConnectivityProbe ----
@@ -1341,13 +1341,14 @@ public sealed class ModbusDriver
Task.FromResult(_poll.Subscribe(fullReferences, publishingInterval));
/// <inheritdoc />
public Task UnsubscribeAsync(ISubscriptionHandle handle, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
public async Task UnsubscribeAsync(ISubscriptionHandle handle, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
_poll.Unsubscribe(handle);
// Async teardown: the engine drains the in-flight poll without blocking the caller's
// thread — this runs inside a DriverInstanceActor mailbox turn.
await _poll.UnsubscribeAsync(handle).ConfigureAwait(false);
// Drop any partially-collected cycle buffer so a torn-down subscription leaks nothing.
// Unsubscribe awaits the loop task, so no onChange can re-add after this point.
// The teardown above awaits the loop task, so no onChange can re-add after this point.
_cycleBatchItems.TryRemove(handle, out _);
return Task.CompletedTask;
}
// ---- IHostConnectivityProbe ----
@@ -1732,10 +1732,11 @@ public sealed class S7Driver
=> Task.FromResult(_poll.Subscribe(fullReferences, publishingInterval));
/// <inheritdoc />
public Task UnsubscribeAsync(ISubscriptionHandle handle, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
public async Task UnsubscribeAsync(ISubscriptionHandle handle, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
_poll.Unsubscribe(handle);
return Task.CompletedTask;
// Async teardown: the engine drains the in-flight poll without blocking the caller's
// thread — this runs inside a DriverInstanceActor mailbox turn.
await _poll.UnsubscribeAsync(handle).ConfigureAwait(false);
}
/// <summary>
@@ -570,10 +570,11 @@ public sealed class SqlDriver
}
/// <inheritdoc />
public Task UnsubscribeAsync(ISubscriptionHandle handle, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
public async Task UnsubscribeAsync(ISubscriptionHandle handle, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
_poll.Unsubscribe(handle);
return Task.CompletedTask;
// Async teardown: the engine drains the in-flight poll without blocking the caller's
// thread — this runs inside a DriverInstanceActor mailbox turn.
await _poll.UnsubscribeAsync(handle).ConfigureAwait(false);
}
// ---- IHostConnectivityProbe ----
@@ -576,17 +576,18 @@ public sealed class TwinCATDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery
}
/// <inheritdoc />
public Task UnsubscribeAsync(ISubscriptionHandle handle, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
public async Task UnsubscribeAsync(ISubscriptionHandle handle, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
if (handle is NativeSubscriptionHandle native && _nativeSubs.TryRemove(native.Id, out var sub))
{
// NativeRegistration.Dispose removes itself from its device registry (so a later replay
// won't touch it) and disposes its live handle.
foreach (var r in sub.Registrations) { try { r.Dispose(); } catch { } }
return Task.CompletedTask;
return;
}
_poll.Unsubscribe(handle);
return Task.CompletedTask;
// Async teardown: the engine drains the in-flight poll without blocking the caller's
// thread — this runs inside a DriverInstanceActor mailbox turn.
await _poll.UnsubscribeAsync(handle).ConfigureAwait(false);
}
private sealed record NativeSubscriptionHandle(long Id) : ISubscriptionHandle