teach rebaseline_server to generate diffs of rendered SKPs

gm/rebaseline_server/imagediffdb.py

 #!/usr/bin/python
 
 """
 Copyright 2013 Google Inc.
 
 Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 found in the LICENSE file.
 
 Calulate differences between image pairs, and store them in a database.
 """
 
 # System-level imports
 import contextlib
+import errno
 import json
 import logging
 import os
+import Queue
 import re
 import shutil
 import tempfile
+import threading
+import time
 import urllib
 
 # Must fix up PYTHONPATH before importing from within Skia
 import fix_pythonpath  # pylint: disable=W0611
 
 # Imports from within Skia
 import find_run_binary
+from py.utils import gs_utils
+
 
 SKPDIFF_BINARY = find_run_binary.find_path_to_program('skpdiff')
 
 DEFAULT_IMAGE_SUFFIX = '.png'
 DEFAULT_IMAGES_SUBDIR = 'images'
+# TODO(epoger): Using a conservative default number of threads, to avoid
+# the "too many open files" bug we saw in http://skbug.com/2423

[rmistry, 2014/08/04 20:52:49]

Is this a TODO or a comment?

[epoger, 2014/08/05 03:34:08]

Done.

+DEFAULT_NUM_WORKER_THREADS = 1
 
 DISALLOWED_FILEPATH_CHAR_REGEX = re.compile('[^\w\-]')
 
 RGBDIFFS_SUBDIR = 'diffs'
 WHITEDIFFS_SUBDIR = 'whitediffs'
 
 # Keys used within DiffRecord dictionary representations.
 # NOTE: Keep these in sync with static/constants.js
 KEY__DIFFERENCES__MAX_DIFF_PER_CHANNEL = 'maxDiffPerChannel'
 KEY__DIFFERENCES__NUM_DIFF_PIXELS = 'numDifferingPixels'
 KEY__DIFFERENCES__PERCENT_DIFF_PIXELS = 'percentDifferingPixels'
 KEY__DIFFERENCES__PERCEPTUAL_DIFF = 'perceptualDifference'
 
+# Special values within ImageDiffDB._diff_dict
+_DIFFRECORD_FAILED = 'failed'
+_DIFFRECORD_PENDING = 'pending'
+
+# TODO(epoger): Temporary variable to keep track of how many times we download
+# the same file in multiple threads.

[rmistry, 2014/08/04 20:52:49]

TODO or comment?

[epoger, 2014/08/05 03:34:08]

Done.

+global_file_collisions = 0
+
 
 class DiffRecord(object):
   """ Record of differences between two images. """
 
-  def __init__(self, storage_root,
+  def __init__(self, gs, storage_root,
                expected_image_url, expected_image_locator,
                actual_image_url, actual_image_locator,
                expected_images_subdir=DEFAULT_IMAGES_SUBDIR,
                actual_images_subdir=DEFAULT_IMAGES_SUBDIR,
                image_suffix=DEFAULT_IMAGE_SUFFIX):
     """Download this pair of images (unless we already have them on local disk),
     and prepare a DiffRecord for them.
 
-    TODO(epoger): Make this asynchronously download images, rather than blocking
-    until the images have been downloaded and processed.
-
     Args:
+      gs: instance of GSUtils object we can use to download images
       storage_root: root directory on local disk within which we store all
           images
-      expected_image_url: file or HTTP url from which we will download the
+      expected_image_url: file, GS, or HTTP url from which we will download the
           expected image
       expected_image_locator: a unique ID string under which we will store the
           expected image within storage_root (probably including a checksum to
           guarantee uniqueness)
-      actual_image_url: file or HTTP url from which we will download the
+      actual_image_url: file, GS, or HTTP url from which we will download the
           actual image
       actual_image_locator: a unique ID string under which we will store the
           actual image within storage_root (probably including a checksum to
           guarantee uniqueness)
       expected_images_subdir: the subdirectory expected images are stored in.
       actual_images_subdir: the subdirectory actual images are stored in.
       image_suffix: the suffix of images.
     """
     expected_image_locator = _sanitize_locator(expected_image_locator)
     actual_image_locator = _sanitize_locator(actual_image_locator)
 
     # Download the expected/actual images, if we don't have them already.
-    # TODO(rmistry): Add a parameter that just tries to use already-present
-    # image files rather than downloading them.
     expected_image_file = os.path.join(
         storage_root, expected_images_subdir,
         str(expected_image_locator) + image_suffix)
     actual_image_file = os.path.join(
         storage_root, actual_images_subdir,
         str(actual_image_locator) + image_suffix)
     try:
-      _download_file(expected_image_file, expected_image_url)
+      _download_file(gs, expected_image_file, expected_image_url)
     except Exception:
       logging.exception('unable to download expected_image_url %s to file %s' %
                         (expected_image_url, expected_image_file))
       raise
     try:
-      _download_file(actual_image_file, actual_image_url)
+      _download_file(gs, actual_image_file, actual_image_url)
     except Exception:
       logging.exception('unable to download actual_image_url %s to file %s' %
                         (actual_image_url, actual_image_file))
       raise
 
     # Get all diff images and values from skpdiff binary.
     skpdiff_output_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
     try:
       skpdiff_summary_file = os.path.join(skpdiff_output_dir,
                                           'skpdiff-output.json')
       skpdiff_rgbdiff_dir = os.path.join(skpdiff_output_dir, 'rgbDiff')
       skpdiff_whitediff_dir = os.path.join(skpdiff_output_dir, 'whiteDiff')
       expected_img = os.path.join(storage_root, expected_images_subdir,
                                   str(expected_image_locator) + image_suffix)
       actual_img = os.path.join(storage_root, actual_images_subdir,
                                 str(actual_image_locator) + image_suffix)
 
-      # TODO: Call skpdiff ONCE for all image pairs, instead of calling it
-      # repeatedly.  This will allow us to parallelize a lot more work.
+      # TODO(epoger): Consider calling skpdiff ONCE for all image pairs,
+      # instead of calling it separately for each image pair.
+      # Pro: we'll incur less overhead from making repeated system calls,
+      # spinning up the skpdiff binary, etc.
+      # Con: we would have to wait until all image pairs were loaded before
+      # generating any of the diffs?
       find_run_binary.run_command(
           [SKPDIFF_BINARY, '-p', expected_img, actual_img,
            '--jsonp', 'false',
            '--output', skpdiff_summary_file,
            '--differs', 'perceptual', 'different_pixels',
            '--rgbDiffDir', skpdiff_rgbdiff_dir,
            '--whiteDiffDir', skpdiff_whitediff_dir,
            ])
 
       # Get information out of the skpdiff_summary_file.
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             self.get_percent_pixels_differing(),
         KEY__DIFFERENCES__MAX_DIFF_PER_CHANNEL: self._max_diff_per_channel,
         KEY__DIFFERENCES__PERCEPTUAL_DIFF: self._perceptual_difference,
     }
 
 
 class ImageDiffDB(object):
   """ Calculates differences between image pairs, maintaining a database of
   them for download."""
 
-  def __init__(self, storage_root):
+  def __init__(self, storage_root, gs=None,
+               num_worker_threads=DEFAULT_NUM_WORKER_THREADS):
     """
     Args:
       storage_root: string; root path within the DB will store all of its stuff
+      gs: instance of GSUtils object we can use to download images
+      num_worker_threads: how many threads that download images and
+          generate diffs simultaneously
     """
     self._storage_root = storage_root
+    self._gs = gs
 
     # Dictionary of DiffRecords, keyed by (expected_image_locator,
     # actual_image_locator) tuples.
+    # Values can also be _DIFFRECORD_PENDING, _DIFFRECORD_FAILED.
+    #
+    # Any thread that modifies _diff_dict must first acquire
+    # _diff_dict_writelock!
+    #
+    # TODO(epoger): Disk is limitless, but RAM is not... so, we should probably
+    # remove items from self._diff_dict if they haven't been accessed for a
+    # long time.  We can always regenerate them by diffing the images we
+    # previously downloaded to local disk.
+    # I guess we should figure out how expensive it is to download vs diff the
+    # image pairs... if diffing them is expensive too, we can write these
+    # _diff_dict objects out to disk if there's too many to hold in RAM.
+    # Or we could use virtual memory to handle that automatically.
     self._diff_dict = {}
+    self._diff_dict_writelock = threading.RLock()
+
+    # Set up the queue for asynchronously loading DiffRecords, and start the
+    # worker threads reading from it.
+    self._tasks_queue = Queue.Queue(maxsize=2*num_worker_threads)
+    self._workers = []
+    for i in range(num_worker_threads):
+      worker = threading.Thread(target=self.worker, args=(i,))
+      worker.daemon = True
+      worker.start()
+      self._workers.append(worker)
+
+  def worker(self, worker_num):
+    """Launch a worker thread that pulls tasks off self._tasks_queue.
+
+    Args:
+      worker_num: (integer) which worker this is
+    """
+    while True:
+      params = self._tasks_queue.get()
+      key, expected_image_url, actual_image_url = params
+      try:
+        diff_record = DiffRecord(
+            self._gs, self._storage_root,
+            expected_image_url=expected_image_url,
+            expected_image_locator=key[0],
+            actual_image_url=actual_image_url,
+            actual_image_locator=key[1])
+      except Exception:
+        logging.exception(
+            'exception while creating DiffRecord for key %s' % str(key))
+        diff_record = _DIFFRECORD_FAILED
+      self._diff_dict_writelock.acquire()
+      try:
+        self._diff_dict[key] = diff_record
+      finally:
+        self._diff_dict_writelock.release()
 
   @property
   def storage_root(self):
     return self._storage_root
 
   def add_image_pair(self,
                      expected_image_url, expected_image_locator,
                      actual_image_url, actual_image_locator):
-    """Download this pair of images (unless we already have them on local disk),
-    and prepare a DiffRecord for them.
+    """Asynchronously prepare a DiffRecord for a pair of images.
 
-    TODO(epoger): Make this asynchronously download images, rather than blocking
-    until the images have been downloaded and processed.
-    When we do that, we should probably add a new method that will block
-    until all of the images have been downloaded and processed.  Otherwise,
-    we won't know when it's safe to start calling get_diff_record().
-    jcgregorio notes: maybe just make ImageDiffDB thread-safe and create a
-    thread-pool/worker queue at a higher level that just uses ImageDiffDB?
+    This method will return quickly; calls to get_diff_record() will block
+    until the DiffRecord is available (or we have given up on creating it).
+
+    If we already have a DiffRecord for this particular image pair, no work
+    will be done.
 
     Args:
-      expected_image_url: file or HTTP url from which we will download the
+      expected_image_url: file, GS, or HTTP url from which we will download the
           expected image
       expected_image_locator: a unique ID string under which we will store the
           expected image within storage_root (probably including a checksum to
           guarantee uniqueness)
-      actual_image_url: file or HTTP url from which we will download the
+      actual_image_url: file, GS, or HTTP url from which we will download the
           actual image
       actual_image_locator: a unique ID string under which we will store the
           actual image within storage_root (probably including a checksum to
           guarantee uniqueness)
     """
     expected_image_locator = _sanitize_locator(expected_image_locator)
     actual_image_locator = _sanitize_locator(actual_image_locator)
     key = (expected_image_locator, actual_image_locator)
-    if not key in self._diff_dict:
-      try:
-        new_diff_record = DiffRecord(
-            self._storage_root,
-            expected_image_url=expected_image_url,
-            expected_image_locator=expected_image_locator,
-            actual_image_url=actual_image_url,
-            actual_image_locator=actual_image_locator)
-      except Exception:
-        # If we can't create a real DiffRecord for this (expected, actual) pair,
-        # store None and the UI will show whatever information we DO have.
-        # Fixes http://skbug.com/2368 .
-        logging.exception(
-            'got exception while creating a DiffRecord for '
-            'expected_image_url=%s , actual_image_url=%s; returning None' % (
-                expected_image_url, actual_image_url))
-        new_diff_record = None
-      self._diff_dict[key] = new_diff_record
+    must_add_to_queue = False
+
+    self._diff_dict_writelock.acquire()
+    try:
+      if not key in self._diff_dict:
+        # If we have already requested a diff between these two images,
+        # we don't need to request it again.
+        must_add_to_queue = True
+        self._diff_dict[key] = _DIFFRECORD_PENDING
+    finally:
+      self._diff_dict_writelock.release()
+
+    if must_add_to_queue:
+      self._tasks_queue.put((key, expected_image_url, actual_image_url))
 
   def get_diff_record(self, expected_image_locator, actual_image_locator):
     """Returns the DiffRecord for this image pair.
 
-    Raises a KeyError if we don't have a DiffRecord for this image pair.
+    This call will block until the diff record is available, or we were unable
+    to generate it.
+
+    Args:
+      expected_image_locator: a unique ID string under which we will store the
+          expected image within storage_root (probably including a checksum to
+          guarantee uniqueness)
+      actual_image_locator: a unique ID string under which we will store the
+          actual image within storage_root (probably including a checksum to
+          guarantee uniqueness)
+
+    Returns the DiffRecord for this image pair, or None if we were unable to
+    generate one.
     """
     key = (_sanitize_locator(expected_image_locator),
            _sanitize_locator(actual_image_locator))
-    return self._diff_dict[key]
+    diff_record = self._diff_dict[key]
+
+    # If we have no results yet, block until we do.
+    while diff_record == _DIFFRECORD_PENDING:
+      time.sleep(1)
+      diff_record = self._diff_dict[key]
+
+    # Once we have the result...
+    if diff_record == _DIFFRECORD_FAILED:
+      logging.error(
+          'failed to create a DiffRecord for expected_image_locator=%s , '
+          'actual_image_locator=%s' % (
+              expected_image_locator, actual_image_locator))
+      return None
+    else:
+      return diff_record
 
 
 # Utility functions
 
-def _download_file(local_filepath, url):
+def _download_file(gs, local_filepath, url):
   """Download a file from url to local_filepath, unless it is already there.
 
   Args:
+    gs: instance of GSUtils object, in case the url points at Google Storage
     local_filepath: path on local disk where the image should be stored
-    url: URL from which we can download the image if we don't have it yet
+    url: HTTP or GS URL from which we can download the image if we don't have
+        it yet
   """
+  global global_file_collisions
   if not os.path.exists(local_filepath):
     _mkdir_unless_exists(os.path.dirname(local_filepath))
-    with contextlib.closing(urllib.urlopen(url)) as url_handle:
-      with open(local_filepath, 'wb') as file_handle:
-        shutil.copyfileobj(fsrc=url_handle, fdst=file_handle)
+
+    # First download the file contents into a unique filename, and
+    # then rename that file.  That way, if multiple threads are downloading
+    # the same filename at the same time, they won't interfere with each
+    # other (they will both download the file, and one will "win" in the end)
+    temp_filename = '%s-%d' % (local_filepath,
+                               threading.current_thread().ident)
+    if gs_utils.GSUtils.is_gs_url(url):
+      (bucket, path) = gs_utils.GSUtils.split_gs_url(url)
+      gs.download_file(source_bucket=bucket, source_path=path,
+                       dest_path=temp_filename)
+    else:
+      with contextlib.closing(urllib.urlopen(url)) as url_handle:
+        with open(temp_filename, 'wb') as file_handle:
+          shutil.copyfileobj(fsrc=url_handle, fdst=file_handle)
+
+    # Rename the file to its real filename.
+    # Keep count of how many colliding downloads we encounter;
+    # if it's a large number, we may want to change our download strategy
+    # to minimize repeated downloads.
+    if os.path.exists(local_filepath):
+      global_file_collisions += 1
+    else:
+      os.rename(temp_filename, local_filepath)
 
 
 def _mkdir_unless_exists(path):
   """Unless path refers to an already-existing directory, create it.
 
   Args:
     path: path on local disk
   """
-  if not os.path.isdir(path):
+  try:
     os.makedirs(path)
+  except OSError as e:
+    if e.errno == errno.EEXIST:
+      pass
 
 
 def _sanitize_locator(locator):
   """Returns a sanitized version of a locator (one in which we know none of the
   characters will have special meaning in filenames).
 
   Args:
     locator: string, or something that can be represented as a string
   """
   return DISALLOWED_FILEPATH_CHAR_REGEX.sub('_', str(locator))
 
 
 def _get_difference_locator(expected_image_locator, actual_image_locator):
   """Returns the locator string used to look up the diffs between expected_image
   and actual_image.
 
   We must keep this function in sync with getImageDiffRelativeUrl() in
   static/loader.js
 
   Args:
     expected_image_locator: locator string pointing at expected image
     actual_image_locator: locator string pointing at actual image
 
   Returns: already-sanitized locator where the diffs between expected and
       actual images can be found
   """
   return "%s-vs-%s" % (_sanitize_locator(expected_image_locator),
                        _sanitize_locator(actual_image_locator))