Fix for race condition in node-join/node-left loop (opensearch-projec…

…t#15521)

* Add custom connect to node for handleJoinRequest

Signed-off-by: Rahul Karajgikar <karajgik@amazon.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Fix search_as_you_type not supporting multi-fields ([#15988](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/15988))
 - Avoid infinite loop when `flat_object` field contains invalid token ([#15985](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/15985))
 - Fix infinite loop in nested agg ([#15931](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/15931))
+- Fix race condition in node-join and node-left ([#15521](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/15521))
 
 ### Security
 

server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/NodeConnectionsService.java

@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ public class NodeConnectionsService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent {
 
     // contains an entry for every node in the latest cluster state, as well as for nodes from which we are in the process of
     // disconnecting
-    private final Map<DiscoveryNode, ConnectionTarget> targetsByNode = new HashMap<>();
+    protected final Map<DiscoveryNode, ConnectionTarget> targetsByNode = new HashMap<>();
 
     private final TimeValue reconnectInterval;
-    private volatile ConnectionChecker connectionChecker;
+    protected volatile ConnectionChecker connectionChecker;
 
     @Inject
     public NodeConnectionsService(Settings settings, ThreadPool threadPool, TransportService transportService) {
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ public NodeConnectionsService(Settings settings, ThreadPool threadPool, Transpor
         this.reconnectInterval = NodeConnectionsService.CLUSTER_NODE_RECONNECT_INTERVAL_SETTING.get(settings);
     }
 
+    // exposed for testing
+    protected ConnectionTarget createConnectionTarget(DiscoveryNode discoveryNode) {
+        return new ConnectionTarget(discoveryNode);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Connect to all the given nodes, but do not disconnect from any extra nodes. Calls the completion handler on completion of all
      * connection attempts to _new_ nodes, but not on attempts to re-establish connections to nodes that are already known.
@@ -159,6 +164,14 @@ public void connectToNodes(DiscoveryNodes discoveryNodes, Runnable onCompletion)
         runnables.forEach(Runnable::run);
     }
 
+    public void setPendingDisconnections(Set<DiscoveryNode> nodes) {
+        nodes.forEach(transportService::setPendingDisconnection);
+    }
+
+    public void clearPendingDisconnections() {
+        transportService.clearPendingDisconnections();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Disconnect from any nodes to which we are currently connected which do not appear in the given nodes. Does not wait for the
      * disconnections to complete, because they might have to wait for ongoing connection attempts first.
@@ -211,7 +224,7 @@ private void awaitPendingActivity(Runnable onCompletion) {
      * nodes which are in the process of disconnecting. The onCompletion handler is called after all ongoing connection/disconnection
      * attempts have completed.
      */
-    private void connectDisconnectedTargets(Runnable onCompletion) {
+    protected void connectDisconnectedTargets(Runnable onCompletion) {
         final List<Runnable> runnables = new ArrayList<>();
         synchronized (mutex) {
             final Collection<ConnectionTarget> connectionTargets = targetsByNode.values();
@@ -321,7 +334,7 @@ private enum ActivityType {
      *
      * @opensearch.internal
      */
-    private class ConnectionTarget {
+    protected class ConnectionTarget {
         private final DiscoveryNode discoveryNode;
 
         private PlainListenableActionFuture<Void> future = PlainListenableActionFuture.newListenableFuture();

server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/coordination/Coordinator.java

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.cluster.ClusterStateTaskConfig;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.ClusterStateUpdateTask;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.LocalClusterUpdateTask;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.NodeConnectionsService;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlocks;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.coordination.ClusterFormationFailureHelper.ClusterFormationState;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.coordination.CoordinationMetadata.VotingConfigExclusion;
@@ -187,6 +188,7 @@ public class Coordinator extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements Discovery
     private final NodeHealthService nodeHealthService;
     private final PersistedStateRegistry persistedStateRegistry;
     private final RemoteStoreNodeService remoteStoreNodeService;
+    private NodeConnectionsService nodeConnectionsService;
 
     /**
      * @param nodeName The name of the node, used to name the {@link java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService} of the {@link SeedHostsResolver}.
@@ -418,7 +420,11 @@ PublishWithJoinResponse handlePublishRequest(PublishRequest publishRequest) {
 
         synchronized (mutex) {
             final DiscoveryNode sourceNode = publishRequest.getAcceptedState().nodes().getClusterManagerNode();
-            logger.trace("handlePublishRequest: handling [{}] from [{}]", publishRequest, sourceNode);
+            logger.debug(
+                "handlePublishRequest: handling version [{}] from [{}]",
+                publishRequest.getAcceptedState().getVersion(),
+                sourceNode
+            );
 
             if (sourceNode.equals(getLocalNode()) && mode != Mode.LEADER) {
                 // Rare case in which we stood down as leader between starting this publication and receiving it ourselves. The publication
@@ -630,7 +636,6 @@ private void handleJoinRequest(JoinRequest joinRequest, JoinHelper.JoinCallback
 
         transportService.connectToNode(joinRequest.getSourceNode(), ActionListener.wrap(ignore -> {
             final ClusterState stateForJoinValidation = getStateForClusterManagerService();
-
             if (stateForJoinValidation.nodes().isLocalNodeElectedClusterManager()) {
                 onJoinValidators.forEach(a -> a.accept(joinRequest.getSourceNode(), stateForJoinValidation));
                 if (stateForJoinValidation.getBlocks().hasGlobalBlock(STATE_NOT_RECOVERED_BLOCK) == false) {
@@ -814,6 +819,10 @@ public void onFailure(String source, Exception e) {
             public ClusterTasksResult<LocalClusterUpdateTask> execute(ClusterState currentState) {
                 if (currentState.nodes().isLocalNodeElectedClusterManager() == false) {
                     allocationService.cleanCaches();
+                    // This set only needs to be maintained on active cluster-manager
+                    // This is cleaned up to avoid stale entries which would block future reconnections
+                    logger.trace("Removing all pending disconnections as part of cluster-manager cleanup");
+                    nodeConnectionsService.clearPendingDisconnections();
                 }
                 return unchanged();
             }
@@ -914,11 +923,18 @@ public DiscoveryStats stats() {
     @Override
     public void startInitialJoin() {
         synchronized (mutex) {
+            logger.trace("Starting initial join, becoming candidate");
             becomeCandidate("startInitialJoin");
         }
         clusterBootstrapService.scheduleUnconfiguredBootstrap();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void setNodeConnectionsService(NodeConnectionsService nodeConnectionsService) {
+        assert this.nodeConnectionsService == null : "nodeConnectionsService is already set";
+        this.nodeConnectionsService = nodeConnectionsService;
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void doStop() {
         configuredHostsResolver.stop();
@@ -1356,6 +1372,9 @@ assert getLocalNode().equals(clusterState.getNodes().get(getLocalNode().getId())
                 currentPublication = Optional.of(publication);
 
                 final DiscoveryNodes publishNodes = publishRequest.getAcceptedState().nodes();
+                // marking pending disconnects before publish
+                // if a nodes tries to send a joinRequest while it is pending disconnect, it should fail
+                nodeConnectionsService.setPendingDisconnections(new HashSet<>(clusterChangedEvent.nodesDelta().removedNodes()));
                 leaderChecker.setCurrentNodes(publishNodes);
                 followersChecker.setCurrentNodes(publishNodes);
                 lagDetector.setTrackedNodes(publishNodes);

server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/coordination/Publication.java

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public Publication(PublishRequest publishRequest, AckListener ackListener, LongS
     }
 
     public void start(Set<DiscoveryNode> faultyNodes) {
-        logger.trace("publishing {} to {}", publishRequest, publicationTargets);
+        logger.debug("publishing version {} to {}", publishRequest.getAcceptedState().getVersion(), publicationTargets);
 
         for (final DiscoveryNode faultyNode : faultyNodes) {
             onFaultyNode(faultyNode);

server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/coordination/PublicationTransportHandler.java

@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ public String executor() {
         }
 
         public void sendClusterState(DiscoveryNode destination, ActionListener<PublishWithJoinResponse> listener) {
-            logger.debug("sending cluster state over transport to node: {}", destination.getName());
+            logger.trace("sending cluster state over transport to node: {}", destination.getName());
             if (sendFullVersion || previousState.nodes().nodeExists(destination) == false) {
                 logger.trace("sending full cluster state version [{}] to [{}]", newState.version(), destination);
                 sendFullClusterState(destination, listener);

server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/service/ClusterApplierService.java

@@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ private void runTask(UpdateTask task) {
             try {
                 applyChanges(task, previousClusterState, newClusterState, stopWatch);
                 TimeValue executionTime = TimeValue.timeValueMillis(Math.max(0, currentTimeInMillis() - startTimeMS));
+                // At this point, cluster state appliers and listeners are completed
                 logger.debug(
                     "processing [{}]: took [{}] done applying updated cluster state (version: {}, uuid: {})",
                     task.source,
@@ -510,6 +511,7 @@ private void runTask(UpdateTask task) {
                     newClusterState.stateUUID()
                 );
                 warnAboutSlowTaskIfNeeded(executionTime, task.source, stopWatch);
+                // Then we call the ClusterApplyListener of the task
                 task.listener.onSuccess(task.source);
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 TimeValue executionTime = TimeValue.timeValueMillis(Math.max(0, currentTimeInMillis() - startTimeMS));
@@ -578,6 +580,7 @@ private void applyChanges(UpdateTask task, ClusterState previousClusterState, Cl
 
         logger.debug("apply cluster state with version {}", newClusterState.version());
         callClusterStateAppliers(clusterChangedEvent, stopWatch);
+        logger.debug("completed calling appliers of cluster state for version {}", newClusterState.version());
 
         nodeConnectionsService.disconnectFromNodesExcept(newClusterState.nodes());
 
@@ -594,6 +597,7 @@ private void applyChanges(UpdateTask task, ClusterState previousClusterState, Cl
         state.set(newClusterState);
 
         callClusterStateListeners(clusterChangedEvent, stopWatch);
+        logger.debug("completed calling listeners of cluster state for version {}", newClusterState.version());
     }
 
     protected void connectToNodesAndWait(ClusterState newClusterState) {

server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/discovery/Discovery.java

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.discovery;
 
+import org.opensearch.cluster.NodeConnectionsService;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.coordination.ClusterStatePublisher;
 import org.opensearch.common.lifecycle.LifecycleComponent;
 
@@ -54,4 +55,8 @@ public interface Discovery extends LifecycleComponent, ClusterStatePublisher {
      */
     void startInitialJoin();
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the NodeConnectionsService which is an abstraction used for connection management
+     */
+    void setNodeConnectionsService(NodeConnectionsService nodeConnectionsService);
 }

server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/Node.java

@@ -1602,6 +1602,7 @@ public Node start() throws NodeValidationException {
 
         injector.getInstance(GatewayService.class).start();
         Discovery discovery = injector.getInstance(Discovery.class);
+        discovery.setNodeConnectionsService(nodeConnectionsService);
         clusterService.getClusterManagerService().setClusterStatePublisher(discovery::publish);
 
         // Start the transport service now so the publish address will be added to the local disco node in ClusterService

server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/transport/ClusterConnectionManager.java

@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ public class ClusterConnectionManager implements ConnectionManager {
 
     private final ConcurrentMap<DiscoveryNode, Transport.Connection> connectedNodes = ConcurrentCollections.newConcurrentMap();
     private final ConcurrentMap<DiscoveryNode, ListenableFuture<Void>> pendingConnections = ConcurrentCollections.newConcurrentMap();
+    /**
+     This set is used only by cluster-manager nodes.
+     Nodes are marked as pending disconnect right before cluster state publish phase.
+     They are cleared up as part of cluster state apply commit phase
+     This is to avoid connections from being made to nodes that are in the process of leaving the cluster
+     Note: If a disconnect is initiated while a connect is in progress, this Set will not handle this case.
+     Callers need to ensure that connects and disconnects are sequenced.
+     */
+    private final Set<DiscoveryNode> pendingDisconnections = ConcurrentCollections.newConcurrentSet();
     private final AbstractRefCounted connectingRefCounter = new AbstractRefCounted("connection manager") {
         @Override
         protected void closeInternal() {
@@ -122,12 +131,19 @@ public void connectToNode(
         ConnectionValidator connectionValidator,
         ActionListener<Void> listener
     ) throws ConnectTransportException {
+        logger.trace("connecting to node [{}]", node);
         ConnectionProfile resolvedProfile = ConnectionProfile.resolveConnectionProfile(connectionProfile, defaultProfile);
         if (node == null) {
             listener.onFailure(new ConnectTransportException(null, "can't connect to a null node"));
             return;
         }
 
+        // if node-left is still in progress, we fail the connect request early
+        if (pendingDisconnections.contains(node)) {
+            listener.onFailure(new IllegalStateException("cannot make a new connection as disconnect to node [" + node + "] is pending"));
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (connectingRefCounter.tryIncRef() == false) {
             listener.onFailure(new IllegalStateException("connection manager is closed"));
             return;
@@ -170,6 +186,7 @@ public void connectToNode(
                             conn.addCloseListener(ActionListener.wrap(() -> {
                                 logger.trace("unregistering {} after connection close and marking as disconnected", node);
                                 connectedNodes.remove(node, finalConnection);
+                                pendingDisconnections.remove(node);
                                 connectionListener.onNodeDisconnected(node, conn);
                             }));
                         }
@@ -226,6 +243,19 @@ public void disconnectFromNode(DiscoveryNode node) {
             // if we found it and removed it we close
             nodeChannels.close();
         }
+        pendingDisconnections.remove(node);
+        logger.trace("Removed node [{}] from pending disconnections list", node);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setPendingDisconnection(DiscoveryNode node) {
+        logger.trace("marking disconnection as pending for node: [{}]", node);
+        pendingDisconnections.add(node);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void clearPendingDisconnections() {
+        pendingDisconnections.clear();
     }
 
     /**

server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/transport/ConnectionManager.java

@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ void connectToNode(
 
     void disconnectFromNode(DiscoveryNode node);
 
+    void setPendingDisconnection(DiscoveryNode node);
+
+    void clearPendingDisconnections();
+
     Set<DiscoveryNode> getAllConnectedNodes();
 
     int size();

server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/transport/RemoteConnectionManager.java

@@ -114,6 +114,16 @@ public void disconnectFromNode(DiscoveryNode node) {
         delegate.disconnectFromNode(node);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void setPendingDisconnection(DiscoveryNode node) {
+        delegate.setPendingDisconnection(node);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void clearPendingDisconnections() {
+        delegate.clearPendingDisconnections();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public ConnectionProfile getConnectionProfile() {
         return delegate.getConnectionProfile();

server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/transport/TransportService.java

@@ -773,6 +773,18 @@ public void disconnectFromNode(DiscoveryNode node) {
         connectionManager.disconnectFromNode(node);
     }
 
+    public void setPendingDisconnection(DiscoveryNode node) {
+        connectionManager.setPendingDisconnection(node);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Wipes out all pending disconnections.
+     * This is called on cluster-manager failover to remove stale entries
+     */
+    public void clearPendingDisconnections() {
+        connectionManager.clearPendingDisconnections();
+    }
+
     public void addMessageListener(TransportMessageListener listener) {
         messageListener.listeners.add(listener);
     }