pageserver: don't rewrite invisible layers during ancestor compaction (#11580)

## Problem

Shard ancestor compaction can be very expensive following shard splits
of large tenants. We currently rewrite garbage layers after shard splits
as well, which can be a significant amount of data.

Touches https://github.com/neondatabase/cloud/issues/22532.

## Summary of changes

Don't rewrite invisible layers after shard splits.
This commit is contained in:
Erik Grinaker
2025-04-15 16:25:58 +02:00
committed by GitHub
parent e31455d936
commit bcef542d5b

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@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ use crate::tenant::storage_layer::batch_split_writer::{
use crate::tenant::storage_layer::filter_iterator::FilterIterator;
use crate::tenant::storage_layer::merge_iterator::MergeIterator;
use crate::tenant::storage_layer::{
AsLayerDesc, PersistentLayerDesc, PersistentLayerKey, ValueReconstructState,
AsLayerDesc, LayerVisibilityHint, PersistentLayerDesc, PersistentLayerKey,
ValueReconstructState,
};
use crate::tenant::tasks::log_compaction_error;
use crate::tenant::timeline::{
@@ -1348,12 +1349,19 @@ impl Timeline {
continue;
}
// We do not yet implement rewrite of delta layers.
if layer_desc.is_delta() {
// We do not yet implement rewrite of delta layers
debug!(%layer, "Skipping rewrite of delta layer");
continue;
}
// We don't bother rewriting layers that aren't visible, since these won't be needed by
// reads and will likely be garbage collected soon.
if layer.visibility() != LayerVisibilityHint::Visible {
debug!(%layer, "Skipping rewrite of invisible layer");
continue;
}
// Only rewrite layers if their generations differ. This guarantees:
// - that local rewrite is safe, as local layer paths will differ between existing layer and rewritten one
// - that the layer is persistent in remote storage, as we only see old-generation'd layer via loading from remote storage