Add EarliestMessageID patch logic (#7119)

Signed-off-by: NCongqi Xia <congqi.xia@zilliz.com>

internal/util/mqclient/pulsar_consumer.go

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 package mqclient
 
 import (
-	"time"
+	"reflect"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/apache/pulsar-client-go/pulsar"
 	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/internal/log"
@@ -32,8 +33,18 @@ func (pc *pulsarConsumer) Subscription() string {
 func (pc *pulsarConsumer) Chan() <-chan ConsumerMessage {
 	if pc.msgChannel == nil {
 		pc.msgChannel = make(chan ConsumerMessage)
+		// this part handles msgstream expectation when the consumer is not seeked
+		// pulsar's default behavior is setting postition to the earliest pointer when client of the same subscription pointer is not acked
+		// yet, our message stream is to setting to the very start point of the topic
 		if !pc.hasSeek {
-			pc.c.SeekByTime(time.Unix(0, 0))
+			// the concrete value of the MessageID is pulsar.messageID{-1,-1,-1,-1}
+			// but Seek function logic does not allow partitionID -1, See line 618-620 of github.com/apache/pulsar-client-go@v0.5.0 pulsar/consumer_impl.go
+			mid := pulsar.EarliestMessageID()
+			// the patch function use unsafe pointer to set partitionIdx to 0, which is the valid default partition index of current use case
+			// NOTE: when pulsar client version check, do check this logic is fixed or offset is changed!!!
+			// NOTE: unsafe solution, check implementation asap
+			patchEarliestMessageID(&mid)
+			pc.c.Seek(mid)
 		}
 		go func() {
 			for { //nolint:gosimple
@@ -72,3 +83,38 @@ func (pc *pulsarConsumer) Close() {
 	pc.c.Close()
 	close(pc.closeCh)
 }
+
+// patchEarliestMessageID unsafe patch logic to change messageID partitionIdx to 0
+// ONLY used in Chan() function
+// DON'T use elsewhere
+func patchEarliestMessageID(mid *pulsar.MessageID) {
+	v := reflect.ValueOf(mid)
+	v = v.Elem()
+	// cannot use field.SetInt(), since partitionIdx is not exported
+
+	// this reflect+ unsafe solution is disable by go vet
+
+	//ifData := v.InterfaceData() // unwrap interface
+	//ifData[1] is the pointer to the exact struct
+	// 20 is the offset of paritionIdx of messageID
+	//lint:ignore unsafeptr: possible misuse of unsafe.Pointer (govet), hardcoded offset
+	//*(*int32)(unsafe.Pointer(v.InterfaceData()[1] + 20)) = 0
+
+	// use direct unsafe conversion
+	r := (*iface)(unsafe.Pointer(mid))
+	id := (*messageID)(r.Data)
+	id.partitionIdx = 0
+}
+
+// unsafe access pointer, same as pulsar.messageID
+type messageID struct {
+	ledgerID     int64
+	entryID      int64
+	batchID      int32
+	partitionIdx int32
+}
+
+// interface struct mapping
+type iface struct {
+	Type, Data unsafe.Pointer
+}

internal/util/mqclient/pulsar_consumer_test.go

+// Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Zilliz. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+// is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+// or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+
+package mqclient
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/apache/pulsar-client-go/pulsar"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestPatchEarliestMessageID(t *testing.T) {
+	mid := pulsar.EarliestMessageID()
+
+	// String() -> ledgerID:entryID:partitionIdx
+	assert.Equal(t, "-1:-1:-1", fmt.Sprintf("%v", mid))
+
+	patchEarliestMessageID(&mid)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "-1:-1:0", fmt.Sprintf("%v", mid))
+}