Fix excessive CPU load in generate_test_data.sh - #455
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generate_test_data.sh was forking a brand-new kafka-console-producer JVM (full classpath scan, producer init, metadata fetch) for every single message, once a second, forever. This pegged the container at 180-200% CPU cycling every 1-2 seconds. Start the producer once and stream messages to it over a FIFO instead, keeping the same generation logic and ~1 msg/sec cadence. Cleanup now also kills the persistent producer on SIGINT/SIGTERM so it isn't orphaned. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Included review availability: Your plan includes up to 2 reviews per rolling hour; 1 remains after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe script now uses a safely quoted Kafka command array, streams generated actions through a private FIFO to one long-lived producer, and cleans up producer resources. The Compose service restarts unless explicitly stopped. ChangesKafka action streaming
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participant GenerateTestData
participant FIFO
participant KafkaProducer
GenerateTestData->>KafkaProducer: start producer with quoted command array
GenerateTestData->>FIFO: write generated action through file descriptor 3
FIFO->>KafkaProducer: stream action data
GenerateTestData->>KafkaProducer: close writer and wait for exit
GenerateTestData->>FIFO: remove temporary FIFO
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In `@example_data/generate_test_data.sh`:
- Line 60: Update the FIFO setup in the test-data generation script to create an
owned temporary directory with mktemp -d, place the FIFO inside that directory,
and stop if mkfifo fails. Extend the cleanup path to remove the temporary
directory along with the FIFO.
- Line 95: Replace the string-based Kafka command and eval invocation around
build_kafka_command with a Bash array populated directly by that function, then
execute it as "${kafka_cmd[@]}" with the existing FIFO redirection; preserve the
current arguments and background execution without reparsing
environment-controlled values.
- Around line 67-71: Update the producer shutdown logic after closing file
descriptor 3: first wait for the producer process to exit after receiving EOF,
send SIGTERM only if it remains active, and always run wait on producer_pid to
reap it.
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example_data/generate_test_data.sh
- Create the FIFO inside an owned mktemp -d directory instead of /tmp directly, and bail out if mkfifo fails. - Build the kafka-console-producer invocation as a Bash array instead of an eval'd string, avoiding re-parsing of env-controlled values. - On shutdown, wait for the producer to exit after EOF before sending SIGTERM, and always reap it with wait. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Thank you for this! While reviewing I realized that the old way (which was excessive) also had a self-healing property. Are we okay if this container has no restart policy? Should we add a restart to the osprey-kafka-test-data-producer service? |
Makes sense. Added a restart policy (unless-stopped). |
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generate_test_data.shwas spawning a brand-newkafka-console-producerJVM process per message (once/sec), paying full JVM startup + classpath scan + producer init/metadata fetch every iteration, forever — this pegged theosprey-kafka-test-data-producercontainer at 180-200% CPU cycling every 1-2s underdocker top.kafka-console-producerprocess and streams generated messages to it over a FIFO, instead of forking a new producer per line.generate_action,template.jsonsubstitution) and ~1 msg/sec cadence are preserved.cleanup()now also closes the FIFO write end and kills the persistent producer on SIGINT/SIGTERM, so it isn't left orphaned.Test plan
osprey-kafka-test-data-producercontainer with the fix applied (volume-mountedexample_data).docker topshows a single persistentConsoleProducerJVM process across multiple message sends, instead of a new one per second.docker statsshows CPU settling to ~2-3% instead of 180-200%.Checklist
uv run ruff check .passes (no unused imports or other lint errors)uv tool run fawltydeps --check-unused --pyenv .venvpasses (no unused dependencies)CHANGELOG.mdwith my changes, if notable (refer to Keep a Changelog conventions)Summary by CodeRabbit
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