[SDK] Do not frequently create and destroy http client threads

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ Increment the:
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+* [SDK] Do not frequently create and destroy http client threads
+  [#3198](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/3198)
+
 ## [1.18 2024-11-25]
 
 * [EXPORTER] Fix crash in ElasticsearchLogRecordExporter

ext/include/opentelemetry/ext/http/client/curl/http_client_curl.h

@@ -322,25 +322,16 @@ class HttpClient : public opentelemetry::ext::http::client::HttpClient
 
   inline CURLM *GetMultiHandle() noexcept { return multi_handle_; }
 
-  void MaybeSpawnBackgroundThread();
+  // return true if create background thread, false is already exist background thread
+  bool MaybeSpawnBackgroundThread();
 
   void ScheduleAddSession(uint64_t session_id);
   void ScheduleAbortSession(uint64_t session_id);
   void ScheduleRemoveSession(uint64_t session_id, HttpCurlEasyResource &&resource);
 
-  void WaitBackgroundThreadExit()
-  {
-    std::unique_ptr<std::thread> background_thread;
-    {
-      std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock_guard{background_thread_m_};
-      background_thread.swap(background_thread_);
-    }
+  void SetBackgroundWaitFor(std::chrono::milliseconds ms);
 
-    if (background_thread && background_thread->joinable())
-    {
-      background_thread->join();
-    }
-  }
+  void WaitBackgroundThreadExit();
 
 private:
   void wakeupBackgroundThread();
@@ -366,6 +357,9 @@ class HttpClient : public opentelemetry::ext::http::client::HttpClient
   std::unique_ptr<std::thread> background_thread_;
   std::chrono::milliseconds scheduled_delay_milliseconds_;
 
+  std::chrono::milliseconds background_thread_wait_for_;
+  std::atomic<bool> is_shutdown_{false};
+
   nostd::shared_ptr<HttpCurlGlobalInitializer> curl_global_initializer_;
 };
 

ext/src/http/client/curl/http_client_curl.cc

@@ -189,11 +189,13 @@ HttpClient::HttpClient()
       next_session_id_{0},
       max_sessions_per_connection_{8},
       scheduled_delay_milliseconds_{std::chrono::milliseconds(256)},
+      background_thread_wait_for_{std::chrono::minutes{1}},
       curl_global_initializer_(HttpCurlGlobalInitializer::GetInstance())
 {}
 
 HttpClient::~HttpClient()
 {
+  is_shutdown_.store(true, std::memory_order_release);
   while (true)
   {
     std::unique_ptr<std::thread> background_thread;
@@ -211,6 +213,7 @@ HttpClient::~HttpClient()
     }
     if (background_thread->joinable())
     {
+      wakeupBackgroundThread();  // if delay quit, wake up first
       background_thread->join();
     }
   }
@@ -335,29 +338,33 @@ void HttpClient::CleanupSession(uint64_t session_id)
   }
 }
 
-void HttpClient::MaybeSpawnBackgroundThread()
+bool HttpClient::MaybeSpawnBackgroundThread()
 {
   std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock_guard{background_thread_m_};
   if (background_thread_)
   {
-    return;
+    return false;
   }
 
   background_thread_.reset(new std::thread(
       [](HttpClient *self) {
         int still_running = 1;
+        std::chrono::system_clock::time_point last_free_job_timepoint =
+            std::chrono::system_clock::now();
+        bool need_wait_more = false;
         while (true)
         {
           CURLMsg *msg;
           int queued;
           CURLMcode mc = curl_multi_perform(self->multi_handle_, &still_running);
+
           // According to https://curl.se/libcurl/c/curl_multi_perform.html, when mc is not OK, we
           // can not curl_multi_perform it again
           if (mc != CURLM_OK)
           {
             self->resetMultiHandle();
           }
-          else if (still_running)
+          else if (still_running || need_wait_more)
           {
         // curl_multi_poll is added from libcurl 7.66.0, before 7.68.0, we can only wait util
         // timeout to do the rest jobs
@@ -416,6 +423,32 @@ void HttpClient::MaybeSpawnBackgroundThread()
             still_running = 1;
           }
 
+          std::chrono::system_clock::time_point now = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
+          if (still_running > 0)
+          {
+            last_free_job_timepoint = now;
+            need_wait_more          = false;
+            continue;
+          }
+
+          std::chrono::milliseconds wait_for = std::chrono::milliseconds::zero();
+
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x074400
+          // only available with curl_multi_poll+curl_multi_wakeup, because curl_multi_wait would
+          // cause CPU busy, curl_multi_wait+sleep could not wakeup quickly
+          wait_for = self->background_thread_wait_for_;
+#endif
+          if (self->is_shutdown_.load(std::memory_order_acquire))
+          {
+            wait_for = std::chrono::milliseconds::zero();
+          }
+
+          if (now - last_free_job_timepoint < wait_for)
+          {
+            need_wait_more = true;
+            continue;
+          }
+
           if (still_running == 0)
           {
             std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock_guard{self->background_thread_m_};
@@ -454,6 +487,7 @@ void HttpClient::MaybeSpawnBackgroundThread()
         }
       },
       this));
+  return true;
 }
 
 void HttpClient::ScheduleAddSession(uint64_t session_id)
@@ -502,6 +536,28 @@ void HttpClient::ScheduleRemoveSession(uint64_t session_id, HttpCurlEasyResource
   wakeupBackgroundThread();
 }
 
+void HttpClient::SetBackgroundWaitFor(std::chrono::milliseconds ms)
+{
+  background_thread_wait_for_ = ms;
+}
+
+void HttpClient::WaitBackgroundThreadExit()
+{
+  is_shutdown_.store(true, std::memory_order_release);
+  std::unique_ptr<std::thread> background_thread;
+  {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock_guard{background_thread_m_};
+    background_thread.swap(background_thread_);
+  }
+
+  if (background_thread && background_thread->joinable())
+  {
+    wakeupBackgroundThread();
+    background_thread->join();
+  }
+  is_shutdown_.store(false, std::memory_order_release);
+}
+
 void HttpClient::wakeupBackgroundThread()
 {
 // Before libcurl 7.68.0, we can only wait for timeout and do the rest jobs

ext/test/http/curl_http_test.cc

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+#include <curl/curlver.h>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <atomic>
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <string>
+#include <thread>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -531,3 +533,51 @@ TEST_F(BasicCurlHttpTests, FinishInAsyncCallback)
     }
   }
 }
+
+TEST_F(BasicCurlHttpTests, ElegantQuitQuick)
+{
+  auto http_client = http_client::HttpClientFactory::Create();
+  std::static_pointer_cast<curl::HttpClient>(http_client)->MaybeSpawnBackgroundThread();
+  // start background first, then test it could wakeup
+  auto session = http_client->CreateSession("http://127.0.0.1:19000/get/");
+  auto request = session->CreateRequest();
+  request->SetUri("get/");
+  auto handler = std::make_shared<GetEventHandler>();
+  session->SendRequest(handler);
+  std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds{10});  // let it enter poll state
+  auto beg = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
+  http_client->FinishAllSessions();
+  http_client.reset();
+  // when background_thread_wait_for_ is used, it should have no side effect on elegant quit
+  // wait should be less than scheduled_delay_milliseconds_
+  // Due to load on CI hosts (some take 10ms), we assert it is less than 20ms
+  auto cost = std::chrono::system_clock::now() - beg;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(cost < std::chrono::milliseconds{20})
+      << "cost ms: " << std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(cost).count()
+      << " libcurl version: 0x" << std::hex << LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(handler->is_called_);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(handler->got_response_);
+}
+
+TEST_F(BasicCurlHttpTests, BackgroundThreadWaitMore)
+{
+  {
+    curl::HttpClient http_client;
+    http_client.MaybeSpawnBackgroundThread();
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds{10});
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x074200
+    ASSERT_FALSE(http_client.MaybeSpawnBackgroundThread());
+#else
+    // low version curl do not support delay quit, so old background would quit
+    ASSERT_TRUE(http_client.MaybeSpawnBackgroundThread());
+#endif
+  }
+  {
+    curl::HttpClient http_client;
+    http_client.SetBackgroundWaitFor(std::chrono::milliseconds::zero());
+    http_client.MaybeSpawnBackgroundThread();
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds{10});
+    // we can disable delay quit by set wait for 0
+    ASSERT_TRUE(http_client.MaybeSpawnBackgroundThread());
+  }
+}