[dogstatsd] handle properly utf8 packets

aggregator.py

@@ -391,7 +391,8 @@ class Aggregator(object):
 
     def __init__(self, hostname, interval=1.0, expiry_seconds=300,
             formatter=None, recent_point_threshold=None,
-            histogram_aggregates=None, histogram_percentiles=None):
+            histogram_aggregates=None, histogram_percentiles=None,
+            utf8_decoding=False):
         self.events = []
         self.total_count = 0
         self.count = 0
@@ -413,6 +414,8 @@ def __init__(self, hostname, interval=1.0, expiry_seconds=300,
             }
         }
 
+        self.utf8_decoding = utf8_decoding
+
     def packets_per_second(self, interval):
         if interval == 0:
             return 0
@@ -495,7 +498,7 @@ def parse_event_packet(self, packet):
             # Event syntax:
             # _e{5,4}:title|body|meta
             name = name_and_metadata[0]
-            metadata = unicode(name_and_metadata[1])
+            metadata = name_and_metadata[1]
             title_length, text_length = name.split(',')
             title_length = int(title_length[3:])
             text_length = int(text_length[:-1])
@@ -525,8 +528,15 @@ def parse_event_packet(self, packet):
             raise Exception(u'Unparseable event packet: %s' % packet)
 
     def submit_packets(self, packets):
-        for packet in packets.splitlines():
+        # We should probably consider that packets are always encoded
+        # in utf8, but decoding all packets has an perf overhead of 7%
+        # So we let the user decide if we wants utf8 by default
+        # Keep a very conservative approach anyhow
+        # Clients MUST always send UTF-8 encoded content
+        if self.utf8_decoding:
+            packets = unicode(packets, 'utf-8', errors='replace')
 
+        for packet in packets.splitlines():
             if not packet.strip():
                 continue
 
@@ -542,6 +552,7 @@ def submit_packets(self, packets):
                     self.submit_metric(name, value, mtype, tags=tags, hostname=hostname,
                         device_name=device_name, sample_rate=sample_rate)
 
+
     def _extract_magic_tags(self, tags):
         """Magic tags (host, device) override metric hostname and device_name attributes"""
         hostname = None
@@ -620,15 +631,17 @@ class MetricsBucketAggregator(Aggregator):
 
     def __init__(self, hostname, interval=1.0, expiry_seconds=300,
             formatter=None, recent_point_threshold=None,
-            histogram_aggregates=None, histogram_percentiles=None):
+            histogram_aggregates=None, histogram_percentiles=None,
+            utf8_decoding=False):
         super(MetricsBucketAggregator, self).__init__(
             hostname,
             interval,
             expiry_seconds,
             formatter,
             recent_point_threshold,
             histogram_aggregates,
-            histogram_percentiles
+            histogram_percentiles,
+            utf8_decoding
         )
         self.metric_by_bucket = {}
         self.last_sample_time_by_context = {}
@@ -758,15 +771,17 @@ class MetricsAggregator(Aggregator):
 
     def __init__(self, hostname, interval=1.0, expiry_seconds=300,
             formatter=None, recent_point_threshold=None,
-            histogram_aggregates=None, histogram_percentiles=None):
+            histogram_aggregates=None, histogram_percentiles=None,
+            utf8_decoding=False):
         super(MetricsAggregator, self).__init__(
             hostname,
             interval,
             expiry_seconds,
             formatter,
             recent_point_threshold,
             histogram_aggregates,
-            histogram_percentiles
+            histogram_percentiles,
+            utf8_decoding
         )
         self.metrics = {}
         self.metric_type_to_class = {

config.py

@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ def get_config(parse_args=True, cfg_path=None, options=None):
         'additional_checksd': '/etc/dd-agent/checks.d/',
         'bind_host': get_default_bind_host(),
         'statsd_metric_namespace': None,
+        'utf8_decoding': False
     }
 
     # Config handling
@@ -489,6 +490,10 @@ def get_config(parse_args=True, cfg_path=None, options=None):
         if config.has_option("Main", "collect_ec2_tags"):
             agentConfig["collect_ec2_tags"] = _is_affirmative(config.get("Main", "collect_ec2_tags"))
 
+        agentConfig["utf8_decoding"] = False
+        if config.has_option("Main", "utf8_decoding"):
+            agentConfig["utf8_decoding"] = _is_affirmative(config.get("Main", "utf8_decoding"))
+
     except ConfigParser.NoSectionError, e:
         sys.stderr.write('Config file not found or incorrectly formatted.\n')
         sys.exit(2)

datadog.conf.example

@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ use_mount: no
 # like `metric.name` will instead become `namespace.metric.name`
 # statsd_metric_namespace:
 
+# By default, dogstatsd supports only plain ASCII packets. However, most
+# (dog)statsd client support UTF8 by encoding packets before sending them
+# this option enables UTF8 decoding in case you need it.
+# However, it comes with a performance overhead of ~10% in the dogstatsd
+# server. This will be taken care of properly in the new gen agent core.
+# utf8_decoding: false
+
 # ========================================================================== #
 # Service-specific configuration                                             #
 # ========================================================================== #

dogstatsd.py

@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ def init(config_path=None, use_watchdog=False, use_forwarder=False, args=None):
         formatter=get_formatter(c),
         histogram_aggregates=c.get('histogram_aggregates'),
         histogram_percentiles=c.get('histogram_percentiles'),
+        utf8_decoding=c['utf8_decoding']
     )
 
     # Start the reporting thread.

tests/performance/benchmark_aggregator.py

@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
 Performance tests for the agent/dogstatsd metrics aggregator.
 """
-
-
 from aggregator import MetricsAggregator, MetricsBucketAggregator
 
 
-
-
 class TestAggregatorPerf(object):
 
     FLUSH_COUNT = 10
@@ -54,8 +51,63 @@ def test_checksd_aggregation_perf(self):
                     ma.set('set.%s' % j, float(i))
             ma.flush()
 
+    def create_event_packet(self, title, text):
+        p = "_e{{{title_len},{text_len}}}:{title}|{text}".format(
+                title_len=len(title),
+                text_len=len(text),
+                title=title,
+                text=text
+            )
+        return p
+
+
+    def test_dogstatsd_utf8_events(self):
+        ma = MetricsBucketAggregator('my.host')
+
+        for _ in xrange(self.FLUSH_COUNT):
+            for i in xrange(self.LOOPS_PER_FLUSH):
+                for j in xrange(self.METRIC_COUNT):
+
+                    ma.submit_packets(self.create_event_packet(
+                        'Τη γλώσσα μου έδωσαν ελληνική',
+                        """τὸ σπίτι φτωχικὸ στὶς ἀμμουδιὲς τοῦ Ὁμήρου. Μονάχη ἔγνοια ἡ γλῶσσα μου στὶς ἀμμουδιὲς τοῦ Ὁμήρου. ἀπὸ τὸ Ἄξιον ἐστί τοῦ Ὀδυσσέα Ἐλύτη"""
+                    ))
+                    ma.submit_packets(self.create_event_packet(
+                        'ვეპხის ტყაოსანი შოთა რუსთაველი',
+                        """ღმერთსი შემვედრე, ნუთუ კვლა დამხსნას სოფლისა შრომასა, ცეცხლს, წყალსა და მიწასა, ჰაერთა თანა მრომასა; მომცნეს ფრთენი და აღვფრინდე, მივჰხვდე მას ჩემსა ნდომასა, დღისით და ღამით ვჰხედვიდე მზისა ელვათა კრთომაასა.
+                        """
+                    ))
+                    ma.submit_packets(self.create_event_packet(
+                        'Traité sur la tolérance',
+                        """Ose supposer qu'un Ministre éclairé & magnanime, un Prélat humain & sage, un Prince qui sait que son intérêt consiste dans le grand nombre de ses Sujets, & sa gloire dans leur bonheur, daigne jetter les yeux sur cet Ecrit informe & défectueux; il y supplée par ses propres lumieres; il se dit à lui-même: Que risquerai-je à voir la terre cultivée & ornée par plus de mains laborieuses, les tributs augmentés, l'Etat plus florissant?"""
+                    ))
+
+            ma.flush()
+
+    def test_dogstatsd_ascii_events(self):
+        ma = MetricsBucketAggregator('my.host')
+
+        for _ in xrange(self.FLUSH_COUNT):
+            for i in xrange(self.LOOPS_PER_FLUSH):
+                for j in xrange(self.METRIC_COUNT):
+
+                    ma.submit_packets(self.create_event_packet(
+                        'asldkfj fdsaljfas dflksjafs fasdfkjaldsfkjasldf',
+                        """alkdjfa slfalskdfjas lkfdjaoisudhfalsdkjbfaksdhfbasjdk fa;sf ljda fsafksadfh alsdjfhaskjdfgahls d;fjasdlkfh9823udjs dlfhaspdf98as ufdaksjhfaisdhufalskdjfhas df"""
+                    ))
+                    ma.submit_packets(self.create_event_packet(
+                        'kdjfsofuousodifu982309rijdfsljsd  dfsdf sdf',
+                        """dflskjdfs8d9fsdfjs sldfjka ;dlfjapfoia jsdflakjsdfp 0adsfuolwejf wflsdjf lsdkjf0saoiufja dlfjasd of;lasdjf ;askdjf asodfhas lkmfbashudf asd,fasdfna s,dfjas lcjx vjaskdlfjals dfkjasdflk jasldfkj asldkfjas ldfkasjdf a"""
+                    ))
+                    ma.submit_packets(self.create_event_packet(
+                        'asdf askdjf asldfkjsad lfkajsdlfksajd fasdfsdfdf',
+                        """skdfjsld flskdjf alksdjfpasdofuapo sdfjalksdjf ;as.kjdf ;ljLKJL :KJL:KJ l;kdsjf ;lkj :Lkj FLDKFJ LSKFDJ ;LDFJ SLKDJF KSDLjf: Lfjldkj fLKDSJf lSKDjf ls;kdjf s;lkfjs L:KAJ :LFKJDL:DKjf L:SKjf;lKDJfl;SKJDf :LKSDj;lsdfj fsdljfsd ofisunafoialjsflmsdifjas;dlkfaj sdfkasjd flaksjdfnpmsao;difjkas dfnlaksdfa;sodljfas lfdjasdflmajsdlfknaf98wouanepr9qo3ud fadspuf oaisdufpoasid fj askdjn LKJH LKJHFL KJDHSF DSFLHSL JKDFHLSK DJFHLS KJDFHS"""
+                    ))
+
+            ma.flush()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     t = TestAggregatorPerf()
-    t.test_dogstatsd_aggregation_perf()
+    #t.test_dogstatsd_aggregation_perf()
     #t.test_checksd_aggregation_perf()
+    t.test_dogstatsd_utf8_events()

tests/test_dogstatsd.py

@@ -624,40 +624,52 @@ def test_event_tags(self):
         nt.assert_equal(fourth['tags'], sorted(['t1', 't2']))
 
     def test_event_title(self):
-        stats = MetricsAggregator('myhost')
+        stats = MetricsAggregator('myhost', utf8_decoding=True)
         stats.submit_packets('_e{0,4}:|text')
-        stats.submit_packets(u'_e{9,4}:2intitulé|text')
+        stats.submit_packets(u'_e{9,4}:2intitulé|text'.encode('utf-8')) # comes from socket
         stats.submit_packets('_e{14,4}:3title content|text')
         stats.submit_packets('_e{14,4}:4title|content|text')
         stats.submit_packets('_e{13,4}:5title\\ntitle|text') # \n stays escaped
 
         events = self.sort_events(stats.flush_events())
 
         assert len(events) == 5
-        first, second, third, fourth, fifth = events
 
-        nt.assert_equal(first['msg_title'], '')
-        nt.assert_equal(second['msg_title'], u'2intitulé')
-        nt.assert_equal(third['msg_title'], '3title content')
-        nt.assert_equal(fourth['msg_title'], '4title|content')
-        nt.assert_equal(fifth['msg_title'], '5title\\ntitle')
+        nt.assert_equal(events[0]['msg_title'], '')
+        nt.assert_equal(events[1]['msg_title'], u'2intitulé')
+        nt.assert_equal(events[2]['msg_title'], '3title content')
+        nt.assert_equal(events[3]['msg_title'], '4title|content')
+        nt.assert_equal(events[4]['msg_title'], '5title\\ntitle')
 
     def test_event_text(self):
         stats = MetricsAggregator('myhost')
         stats.submit_packets('_e{2,0}:t1|')
         stats.submit_packets('_e{2,12}:t2|text|content')
         stats.submit_packets('_e{2,23}:t3|First line\\nSecond line') # \n is a newline
-        stats.submit_packets(u'_e{2,19}:t4|♬ †øU †øU ¥ºu T0µ ♪') # utf-8 compliant
 
         events = self.sort_events(stats.flush_events())
 
-        assert len(events) == 4
-        first, second, third, fourth = events
+        assert len(events) == 3
+
+        nt.assert_equal(events[0]['msg_text'], '')
+        nt.assert_equal(events[1]['msg_text'], 'text|content')
+        nt.assert_equal(events[2]['msg_text'], 'First line\nSecond line')
+
+    def test_event_text_utf8(self):
+        stats = MetricsAggregator('myhost', utf8_decoding=True)
+        # Should raise because content is not encoded
+
+        self.assertRaises(Exception, stats.submit_packets, u'_e{2,19}:t4|♬ †øU †øU ¥ºu T0µ ♪')
+        stats.submit_packets(u'_e{2,19}:t4|♬ †øU †øU ¥ºu T0µ ♪'.encode('utf-8')) # utf-8 compliant
+        # Normal packet
+        stats.submit_packets('_e{2,23}:t3|First line\\nSecond line') # \n is a newline
+
+        events = self.sort_events(stats.flush_events())
+
+        assert len(events) == 2
 
-        nt.assert_equal(first['msg_text'], '')
-        nt.assert_equal(second['msg_text'], 'text|content')
-        nt.assert_equal(third['msg_text'], 'First line\nSecond line')
-        nt.assert_equal(fourth['msg_text'], u'♬ †øU †øU ¥ºu T0µ ♪')
+        nt.assert_equal(events[0]['msg_text'], 'First line\nSecond line')
+        nt.assert_equal(events[1]['msg_text'], u'♬ †øU †øU ¥ºu T0µ ♪')
 
     def test_recent_point_threshold(self):
         threshold = 100