fix pserver save / load checkpoint

go/cmd/pserver/pserver.go

@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ func main() {
 		idx, err = e.Register(*port)
 		candy.Must(err)
 
-		cp, err = pserver.NewCheckpointFromFile(*checkpointPath, idx, e)
+		cp, err = pserver.LoadCheckpoint(e, idx)
 		if err != nil {
 			if err == pserver.ErrCheckpointNotFound {
 				log.Infof("Could not find the pserver checkpoint.")
 			} else {
-				log.Errorf("Fetch checkpoint failed, %s", err)
+				panic(err)
 			}
 		}
 	}

go/glide.lock

-hash: 2a1c0eca5c07a130e3d224f9821f96cfa37a39bf6bce141c855bbc57ef569f1c
-updated: 2017-07-29T07:34:48.722757905+08:00
+hash: 1b9b07408ca7fac27a374dc2ccd2433e4bff090484008a037df967284949a582
+updated: 2017-08-03T21:46:51.744995189Z
 imports:
 - name: github.com/beorn7/perks
   version: 4c0e84591b9aa9e6dcfdf3e020114cd81f89d5f9
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ imports:
   version: a1dba9ce8baed984a2495b658c82687f8157b98f
   subpackages:
   - xfs
+- name: github.com/satori/go.uuid
+  version: 879c5887cd475cd7864858769793b2ceb0d44feb
 - name: github.com/sirupsen/logrus
   version: a3f95b5c423586578a4e099b11a46c2479628cac
 - name: github.com/topicai/candy

go/glide.yaml

@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ import:
   version: ^1.0.0
 - package: github.com/topicai/candy
 - package: golang.org/x/crypto
-  vcs: git
   repo: https://github.com/golang/crypto.git
-- package: golang.org/x/sys
   vcs: git
+- package: golang.org/x/sys
   repo: https://github.com/golang/sys.git
-- package: golang.org/x/text
   vcs: git
+- package: golang.org/x/text
   repo: https://github.com/golang/text.git
+  vcs: git
+- package: github.com/satori/go.uuid
+  version: v1.1.0

go/pserver/etcd_client.go

@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ func (e *EtcdClient) GetKey(key string, timeout time.Duration) ([]byte, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return []byte{}, err
 	}
+
 	kvs := resp.Kvs
 	if len(kvs) == 0 {
 		return []byte{}, nil
@@ -215,9 +216,14 @@ func (e *EtcdClient) GetKey(key string, timeout time.Duration) ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 // PutKey put into etcd with value by key specified
-func (e *EtcdClient) PutKey(key string, value []byte, timeout time.Duration) error {
+func (e *EtcdClient) PutKey(key string, value []byte, timeout time.Duration, withLease bool) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), timeout)
-	_, err := e.client.Put(ctx, key, string(value), clientv3.WithLease(e.sess.Lease()))
+	var err error
+	if withLease {
+		_, err = e.client.Put(ctx, key, string(value), clientv3.WithLease(e.sess.Lease()))
+	} else {
+		_, err = e.client.Put(ctx, key, string(value))
+	}
 	cancel()
 	return err
 }

go/pserver/optimizer.go

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ type optimizer struct {
 	opt         *C.struct_paddle_optimizer
 	elementType ElementType
 	contentLen  int
+	config      []byte
 }
 
 func cArrayToSlice(p unsafe.Pointer, len int) []byte {
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ func newOptimizer(paramWithConfigs ParameterWithConfig, State []byte) *optimizer
 		cstate = unsafe.Pointer(&s[0])
 	}
 
+	o.config = c
 	o.opt = C.paddle_create_optimizer((*C.uchar)(&c[0]), C.int(len(c)),
 		C.paddle_element_type(p.ElementType), cbuffer, C.int(paramBufferSize), (*C.char)(cstate), C.int(len(s)))
 	return o

go/pserver/service.go

@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
+	"path"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	uuid "github.com/satori/go.uuid"
+
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
@@ -42,9 +44,9 @@ var ErrCheckpointNotFound = errors.New("checkpoint not found")
 
 // RPC error message.
 const (
-	AlreadyInitialized  = "pserver already initialized"
-	Uninitialized       = "pserver not fully initialized"
-	CheckpointMD5Failed = "checkpoint file MD5 validation failed"
+	AlreadyInitialized = "pserver already initialized"
+	Uninitialized      = "pserver not fully initialized"
+	WrongChecksum      = "checkpoint file checksum validation failed"
 )
 
 // Supported element types.
@@ -73,11 +75,12 @@ type ParameterWithConfig struct {
 // checkpointMeta saves checkpoint metadata
 type checkpointMeta struct {
 	UUID      string `json:"uuid"`
+	Path      string `json:"path"`
 	MD5       string `json:"md5"`
 	Timestamp int64  `json:"timestamp"`
 }
 
-// Checkpoint is the pserver shard persist in file
+// Checkpoint is the pserver shard persist in file.
 type Checkpoint []parameterCheckpoint
 
 // Gradient is the gradient of the parameter.
@@ -90,50 +93,58 @@ type Service struct {
 	checkpointInterval time.Duration
 	checkpointPath     string
 	client             *EtcdClient
-	mu                 sync.Mutex
-	optMap             map[string]*optimizer
+
+	mu     sync.Mutex
+	optMap map[string]*optimizer
 }
 
-// parameterCheckpoint saves parameter checkpoint
+// parameterCheckpoint saves parameter checkpoint.
 type parameterCheckpoint struct {
 	ParameterWithConfig
 	State []byte
 }
 
-// NewCheckpointFromFile loads parameters and state from checkpoint file
-func NewCheckpointFromFile(cpPath string, idx int, e *EtcdClient) (Checkpoint, error) {
-	v, err := e.GetKey(PsPath+string(idx), 3*time.Second)
+func loadMeta(e *EtcdClient, idx int) (meta checkpointMeta, err error) {
+	v, err := e.GetKey(PsCheckpoint+strconv.Itoa(idx), 3*time.Second)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return
 	}
 
 	if len(v) == 0 {
-		return nil, ErrCheckpointNotFound
+		err = ErrCheckpointNotFound
+		return
 	}
 
-	var cpMeta checkpointMeta
-	if err = json.Unmarshal(v, &cpMeta); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	if err = json.Unmarshal(v, &meta); err != nil {
+		return
 	}
 
-	fn := filepath.Join(cpPath, cpMeta.UUID)
-	if _, err = os.Stat(fn); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	return
+}
+
+// LoadCheckpoint loads checkpoint from file.
+func LoadCheckpoint(e *EtcdClient, idx int) (Checkpoint, error) {
+	cpMeta, err := loadMeta(e, idx)
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fn)
+
+	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(cpMeta.Path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// TODO(helin): change MD5 to CRC since CRC is better for file
+	// checksum in our use case (emphasize speed over security).
 	h := md5.New()
 	md5 := hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(content))
 	if md5 != cpMeta.MD5 {
-		return nil, errors.New(CheckpointMD5Failed)
+		return nil, errors.New(WrongChecksum)
 	}
 
 	dec := gob.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(content))
-	cp := Checkpoint{}
-	if err = dec.Decode(cp); err != nil {
+	var cp Checkpoint
+	if err = dec.Decode(&cp); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return cp, nil
@@ -193,6 +204,15 @@ func (s *Service) FinishInitParams(_ int, _ *int) error {
 	}
 
 	close(s.initialized)
+	go func() {
+		t := time.Tick(s.checkpointInterval)
+		for range t {
+			err := s.checkpoint()
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Errorln(err)
+			}
+		}
+	}()
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -240,23 +260,36 @@ func (s *Service) GetParam(name string, parameter *Parameter) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// pserver save checkpoint
-func (s *Service) doCheckpoint() (err error) {
-	<-s.initialized
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+func traceTime(start time.Time, name string) {
+	elapsed := time.Since(start)
+	log.Infof("%s took %v", name, elapsed)
+}
+
+// checkpoint saves checkpoint to disk.
+//
+// checkpoint should be only called after the parameters are
+// initialized.
+func (s *Service) checkpoint() (err error) {
+	log.Infoln("Begin save checkpoint.")
+	defer traceTime(time.Now(), "save checkpoint")
 
+	s.mu.Lock()
 	cp := make([]parameterCheckpoint, len(s.optMap))
 	index := 0
+	// TODO(helin): write checkpoint incrementally to reduce memory
+	// footprint during checkpoint.
 	for name, opt := range s.optMap {
 		var pc parameterCheckpoint
 		pc.Param.Name = name
 		pc.Param.ElementType = opt.elementType
 		pc.Param.Content = opt.GetWeights()
+		pc.Config = opt.config
 		pc.State = opt.GetStates()
 		cp[index] = pc
 		index++
 	}
+	s.mu.Unlock()
+
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	encoder := gob.NewEncoder(&buf)
 	err = encoder.Encode(cp)
@@ -264,32 +297,9 @@ func (s *Service) doCheckpoint() (err error) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	cpMeta := checkpointMeta{}
-	cpMeta.UUID = s.checkpointPath + strconv.Itoa(s.idx)
-	cpMeta.Timestamp = time.Now().UnixNano()
-	h := md5.New()
-	cpMeta.MD5 = hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(buf.Bytes()))
-
-	cpMetajson, err := json.Marshal(cpMeta)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	err = s.client.PutKey(filepath.Join(PsCheckpoint, strconv.Itoa(s.idx)), cpMetajson, 3*time.Second)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	if _, err = os.Stat(cpMeta.UUID); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		log.Info("checkpoint does not exists.")
-	} else {
-		err = os.Remove(cpMeta.UUID)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Infof("Removing checkpoint %s failed", cpMeta.UUID)
-		} else {
-			log.Infof("checkpoint %s already exsits, removing ", cpMeta.UUID)
-		}
-	}
-	f, err := os.Create(cpMeta.UUID)
+	id := uuid.NewV4().String()
+	p := path.Join(s.checkpointPath, id)
+	f, err := os.Create(p)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -317,5 +327,43 @@ func (s *Service) doCheckpoint() (err error) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	oldMeta, err := loadMeta(s.client, s.idx)
+	if err == ErrCheckpointNotFound {
+		log.Infoln("Do not have existing checkpoint.")
+		err = nil
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	h := md5.New()
+	md5 := hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(buf.Bytes()))
+	cpMeta := checkpointMeta{
+		UUID:      id,
+		Timestamp: time.Now().UnixNano(),
+		MD5:       md5,
+		Path:      p,
+	}
+
+	json, err := json.Marshal(cpMeta)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	err = s.client.PutKey(PsCheckpoint+strconv.Itoa(s.idx), json, 3*time.Second, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if oldMeta.Path != "" {
+		rmErr := os.Remove(oldMeta.Path)
+		if rmErr != nil {
+			// log error, but still treat checkpoint as
+			// successful.
+			log.Errorln(rmErr)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return
 }

go/pserver/service_test.go

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const (
 
 func TestServiceFull(t *testing.T) {
 	var cp pserver.Checkpoint
-	s, err := pserver.NewService(0, 1, "", nil, cp)
+	s, err := pserver.NewService(0, time.Second, "", nil, cp)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func TestServiceFull(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestMultipleInit(t *testing.T) {
 	var cp pserver.Checkpoint
-	s, err := pserver.NewService(0, 1, "", nil, cp)
+	s, err := pserver.NewService(0, time.Second, "", nil, cp)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func TestMultipleInit(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestUninitialized(t *testing.T) {
 	var cp pserver.Checkpoint
-	s, err := pserver.NewService(0, 1, "", nil, cp)
+	s, err := pserver.NewService(0, time.Second, "", nil, cp)
 	err = s.SendGrad(pserver.Gradient{}, nil)
 	if err.Error() != pserver.Uninitialized {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func TestUninitialized(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestBlockUntilInitialized(t *testing.T) {
 	var cp pserver.Checkpoint
-	s, err := pserver.NewService(0, 1, "", nil, cp)
+	s, err := pserver.NewService(0, time.Second, "", nil, cp)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}