sessionctx/binloginfo: add a timeout for writing binlog (#6588)

config/config.go

@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ type TiKVClient struct {
 // Binlog is the config for binlog.
 type Binlog struct {
 	BinlogSocket string `toml:"binlog-socket" json:"binlog-socket"`
+	WriteTimeout string `toml:"write-timeout" json:"write-timeout"`
 	// If IgnoreError is true, when writting binlog meets error, TiDB would
 	// ignore the error.
 	IgnoreError bool `toml:"ignore-error" json:"ignore-error"`
@@ -296,6 +297,9 @@ var defaultConf = Config{
 		GrpcConnectionCount: 16,
 		CommitTimeout:       "41s",
 	},
+	Binlog: Binlog{
+		WriteTimeout: "15s",
+	},
 }
 
 var globalConf = defaultConf

config/config.toml.example

@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ commit-timeout = "41s"
 # Socket file to write binlog.
 binlog-socket = ""
 
+# WriteTimeout specifies how long it will wait for writing binlog to pump.
+write-timeout = "15s"
+
 # If IgnoreError is true, when writting binlog meets error, TiDB would stop writting binlog,
 # but still provide service.
 ignore-error = false

sessionctx/binloginfo/binloginfo.go

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ func init() {
 	grpc.EnableTracing = false
 }
 
+var binlogWriteTimeout = 15 * time.Second
+
 // pumpClient is the gRPC client to write binlog, it is opened on server start and never close,
 // shared by all sessions.
 var pumpClient binlog.PumpClient
@@ -54,6 +56,15 @@ func GetPumpClient() binlog.PumpClient {
 	return client
 }
 
+// SetGRPCTimeout sets grpc timeout for writing binlog.
+func SetGRPCTimeout(timeout time.Duration) {
+	if timeout < 300*time.Millisecond {
+		log.Warnf("set binlog grpc timeout %s ignored, use default value %s", timeout, binlogWriteTimeout)
+		return // Avoid invalid value
+	}
+	binlogWriteTimeout = timeout
+}
+
 // SetPumpClient sets the pump client instance.
 func SetPumpClient(client binlog.PumpClient) {
 	pumpClientLock.Lock()
@@ -109,7 +120,9 @@ func (info *BinlogInfo) WriteBinlog(clusterID uint64) error {
 	// Retry many times because we may raise CRITICAL error here.
 	for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
 		var resp *binlog.WriteBinlogResp
-		resp, err = info.Client.WriteBinlog(context.Background(), req)
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), binlogWriteTimeout)
+		resp, err = info.Client.WriteBinlog(ctx, req)
+		cancel()
 		if err == nil && resp.Errmsg != "" {
 			err = errors.New(resp.Errmsg)
 		}

tidb-server/main.go

@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ func setupBinlogClient() {
 	if cfg.Binlog.IgnoreError {
 		binloginfo.SetIgnoreError(true)
 	}
+	binloginfo.SetGRPCTimeout(parseDuration(cfg.Binlog.WriteTimeout))
 	binloginfo.SetPumpClient(binlog.NewPumpClient(clientConn))
 	log.Infof("created binlog client at %s, ignore error %v", cfg.Binlog.BinlogSocket, cfg.Binlog.IgnoreError)
 }