capture: use length prefixed encoding to reliably receive events

timely/src/dataflow/operators/core/capture/capture.rs

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub trait Capture<T: Timestamp, C: Container + Data> {
     /// use std::rc::Rc;
     /// use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
     /// use timely::dataflow::Scope;
-    /// use timely::dataflow::operators::{Capture, ToStream, Inspect};
+    /// use timely::dataflow::operators::{Capture, ToStream};
     /// use timely::dataflow::operators::capture::{EventLink, Replay, Extract};
     ///
     /// // get send and recv endpoints, wrap send to share
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pub trait Capture<T: Timestamp, C: Container + Data> {
     /// use std::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
     /// use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
     /// use timely::dataflow::Scope;
-    /// use timely::dataflow::operators::{Capture, ToStream, Inspect};
+    /// use timely::dataflow::operators::{Capture, ToStream};
     /// use timely::dataflow::operators::capture::{EventReader, EventWriter, Replay, Extract};
     ///
     /// # #[cfg(miri)] fn main() {}
@@ -79,30 +79,26 @@ pub trait Capture<T: Timestamp, C: Container + Data> {
     /// let (send0, recv0) = ::std::sync::mpsc::channel();
     /// let send0 = Arc::new(Mutex::new(send0));
     ///
-    /// timely::execute(timely::Config::thread(), move |worker| {
-    ///
-    ///     // this is only to validate the output.
-    ///     let send0 = send0.lock().unwrap().clone();
-    ///
-    ///     // these allow us to capture / replay a timely stream.
-    ///     let list = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:8001").unwrap();
-    ///     let send = TcpStream::connect("127.0.0.1:8001").unwrap();
-    ///     let recv = list.incoming().next().unwrap().unwrap();
-    ///
-    ///     recv.set_nonblocking(true).unwrap();
+    /// // these allow us to capture / replay a timely stream.
+    /// let list = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:8001").unwrap();
+    /// let send = TcpStream::connect("127.0.0.1:8001").unwrap();
+    /// let recv = list.incoming().next().unwrap().unwrap();
+    /// recv.set_nonblocking(true).unwrap();
     ///
-    ///     worker.dataflow::<u64,_,_>(|scope1|
+    /// std::thread::scope(move |s| {
+    ///     s.spawn(move || timely::example(move |scope1| {
     ///         (0..10u64)
     ///             .to_stream(scope1)
     ///             .capture_into(EventWriter::new(send))
-    ///     );
-    ///
-    ///     worker.dataflow::<u64,_,_>(|scope2| {
+    ///     }));
+    ///     s.spawn(move || timely::example(move |scope2| {
+    ///         // this is only to validate the output.
+    ///         let send0 = send0.lock().unwrap().clone();
     ///         Some(EventReader::<_,Vec<u64>,_>::new(recv))
     ///             .replay_into(scope2)
     ///             .capture_into(send0)
-    ///     });
-    /// }).unwrap();
+    ///     }));
+    /// });
     ///
     /// assert_eq!(recv0.extract()[0].1, (0..10).collect::<Vec<_>>());
     /// # }

timely/src/dataflow/operators/core/capture/event.rs

@@ -132,8 +132,12 @@ pub mod link {
 pub mod binary {
 
     use std::borrow::Cow;
+    use std::io::ErrorKind;
+    use std::ops::DerefMut;
+    use std::sync::Arc;
 
     use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Serialize};
+    use timely_communication::allocator::zero_copy::bytes_slab::{BytesRefill, BytesSlab};
 
     use super::{Event, EventPusher, EventIterator};
 
@@ -156,30 +160,62 @@ pub mod binary {
     impl<T: Serialize, C: Serialize, W: ::std::io::Write> EventPusher<T, C> for EventWriter<T, C, W> {
         fn push(&mut self, event: Event<T, C>) {
             // TODO: `push` has no mechanism to report errors, so we `unwrap`.
-            ::bincode::serialize_into(&mut self.stream, &event).expect("Event bincode/write failed");
+            let len = ::bincode::serialized_size(&event).expect("Event bincode failed");
+            self.stream.write_all(&len.to_le_bytes()).expect("Event write failed");
+            ::bincode::serialize_into(&mut self.stream, &event).expect("Event bincode failed");
         }
     }
 
     /// A Wrapper for `R: Read` implementing `EventIterator<T, D>`.
     pub struct EventReader<T, C, R: ::std::io::Read> {
         reader: R,
-        decoded: Option<Event<T, C>>,
+        buf: BytesSlab,
+        phant: ::std::marker::PhantomData<(T, C)>,
     }
 
     impl<T, C, R: ::std::io::Read> EventReader<T, C, R> {
         /// Allocates a new `EventReader` wrapping a supplied reader.
         pub fn new(r: R) -> Self {
+            let refill = BytesRefill {
+                logic: Arc::new(|size| {
+                    Box::new(vec![0_u8; size]) as Box<dyn DerefMut<Target = [u8]>>
+                }),
+                limit: None,
+            };
             Self {
                 reader: r,
-                decoded: None,
+                buf: BytesSlab::new(20, refill),
+                phant: ::std::marker::PhantomData,
             }
         }
     }
 
     impl<T: DeserializeOwned + Clone, C: DeserializeOwned + Clone, R: ::std::io::Read> EventIterator<T, C> for EventReader<T, C, R> {
         fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Cow<'_, Event<T, C>>> {
-            self.decoded = ::bincode::deserialize_from(&mut self.reader).ok();
-            self.decoded.take().map(Cow::Owned)
+            self.buf.ensure_capacity(1);
+            // Attempt to read some more bytes into self.buffer.
+            match self.reader.read(self.buf.empty()) {
+                Ok(n) => self.buf.make_valid(n),
+                Err(e) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {}
+                Err(e) => panic!("read failed: {e}"),
+            };
+
+            let valid = self.buf.valid();
+            if valid.len() >= 8 {
+                let event_len = u64::from_le_bytes([
+                    valid[0], valid[1], valid[2], valid[3], valid[4], valid[5], valid[6], valid[7],
+                ]);
+                let required_bytes = (event_len + 8) as usize;
+                if valid.len() >= required_bytes {
+                    let bytes = self.buf.extract(required_bytes);
+                    let event = ::bincode::deserialize(&bytes[8..]).expect("Event decode failed");
+                    Some(Cow::Owned(event))
+                } else {
+                    None
+                }
+            } else {
+                None
+            }
         }
     }
 }