## Problem
One WAL record can actually produce an arbitrary amount of key value pairs.
This is problematic since it might cause our frozen layers to bloat past the
max allowed size of S3 single shot uploads.
[#6639](https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/pull/6639) introduced a "should roll"
check after every batch of `ingest_batch_size` (100 WAL records by default). This helps,
but the original problem still exists.
## Summary of changes
This patch moves the responsibility of rolling the currently open layer
to the `TimelineWriter`. Previously, this was done ad-hoc via calls
to `check_checkpoint_distance`. The advantages of this approach are:
* ability to split one batch over multiple open layers
* less layer map locking
* remove ad-hoc check_checkpoint_distance calls
More specifically, we track the current size of the open layer in the
writer. On each `put` check whether the current layer should be closed
and a new one opened. Keeping track of the currently open layer results
in less contention on the layer map lock. It only needs to be acquired
on the first write and on writes that require a roll afterwards.
Rolling the open layer can be triggered by:
1. The distance from the last LSN we rolled at. This bounds the amount
of WAL that the safekeepers need to store.
2. The size of the currently open layer.
3. The time since the last roll. It helps safekeepers to regard
pageserver as caught up and suspend activity.
Closes#6624
## Problem
Various places in remote storage were not subject to a timeout (thereby
stuck TCP connections could hold things up), and did not respect a
cancellation token (so things like timeline deletion or tenant detach
would have to wait arbitrarily long).
## Summary of changes
- Add download_cancellable and upload_cancellable helpers, and use them
in all the places we wait for remote storage operations (with the
exception of initdb downloads, where it would not have been safe).
- Add a cancellation token arg to `download_retry`.
- Use cancellation token args in various places that were missing one
per #5066Closes: #5066
Why is this only "basic" handling?
- Doesn't express difference between shutdown and errors in return
types, to avoid refactoring all the places that use an anyhow::Error
(these should all eventually return a more structured error type)
- Implements timeouts on top of remote storage, rather than within it:
this means that operations hitting their timeout will lose their
semaphore permit and thereby go to the back of the queue for their
retry.
- Doing a nicer job is tracked in
https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/6096
this will make it easier to test if an added allowed_error does in fact
match for example against a log file from an allure report.
```
$ python3 test_runner/fixtures/pageserver/allowed_errors.py --help
usage: allowed_errors.py [-h] [-i INPUT]
check input against pageserver global allowed_errors
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-i INPUT, --input INPUT
Pageserver logs file. Reads from stdin if no file is provided.
```
Co-authored-by: Alexander Bayandin <alexander@neon.tech>
