Single round trip commit on BatchExecute

go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/tabletserver.go

@@ -1076,6 +1076,18 @@ func (tsv *TabletServer) ExecuteBatch(ctx context.Context, target *querypb.Targe
 	defer tsv.endRequest(false)
 	defer tsv.handlePanicAndSendLogStats("batch", nil, nil)
 
+	// When all these conditions are met, we send the queries directly
+	// to the MySQL without creating a transaction. This optimization
+	// yields better throughput.
+	// Setting ExecuteOptions_AUTOCOMMIT will get a connection out of the
+	// pool without actually begin/commit the transaction.
+	if (options == nil || options.TransactionIsolation == querypb.ExecuteOptions_DEFAULT) &&
+		tsv.qe.autoCommit.Get() &&
+		asTransaction &&
+		tsv.qe.passthroughDMLs.Get() {
+		options.TransactionIsolation = querypb.ExecuteOptions_AUTOCOMMIT
+	}
+
 	if asTransaction {
 		transactionID, err = tsv.Begin(ctx, target, options)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -1844,9 +1856,9 @@ func (tsv *TabletServer) BroadcastHealth(terTimestamp int64, stats *querypb.Real
 	target := tsv.target
 	tsv.mu.Unlock()
 	shr := &querypb.StreamHealthResponse{
-		Target:                              &target,
-		TabletAlias:                         &tsv.alias,
-		Serving:                             tsv.IsServing(),
+		Target:      &target,
+		TabletAlias: &tsv.alias,
+		Serving:     tsv.IsServing(),
 		TabletExternallyReparentedTimestamp: terTimestamp,
 		RealtimeStats:                       stats,
 	}

go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/tx_pool.go

@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ func (axp *TxPool) Begin(ctx context.Context, options *querypb.ExecuteOptions) (
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
+	autocommitTransaction := false
+
 	if queries, ok := txIsolations[options.GetTransactionIsolation()]; ok {
 		if queries.setIsolationLevel != "" {
 			if _, err := conn.Exec(ctx, "set transaction isolation level "+queries.setIsolationLevel, 1, false); err != nil {
@@ -249,6 +251,8 @@ func (axp *TxPool) Begin(ctx context.Context, options *querypb.ExecuteOptions) (
 		if _, err := conn.Exec(ctx, queries.openTransaction, 1, false); err != nil {
 			return 0, err
 		}
+	} else if options.GetTransactionIsolation() == querypb.ExecuteOptions_AUTOCOMMIT {
+		autocommitTransaction = true
 	} else {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("don't know how to open a transaction of this type: %v", options.GetTransactionIsolation())
 	}
@@ -263,6 +267,7 @@ func (axp *TxPool) Begin(ctx context.Context, options *querypb.ExecuteOptions) (
 			axp,
 			immediateCaller,
 			effectiveCaller,
+			autocommitTransaction,
 		),
 		options.GetWorkload() != querypb.ExecuteOptions_DBA,
 	)
@@ -312,6 +317,12 @@ func (axp *TxPool) LocalBegin(ctx context.Context, options *querypb.ExecuteOptio
 func (axp *TxPool) LocalCommit(ctx context.Context, conn *TxConnection, mc messageCommitter) error {
 	defer conn.conclude(TxCommit, "transaction committed")
 	defer mc.LockDB(conn.NewMessages, conn.ChangedMessages)()
+
+	if conn.Autocommit {
+		mc.UpdateCaches(conn.NewMessages, conn.ChangedMessages)
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	if _, err := conn.Exec(ctx, "commit", 1, false); err != nil {
 		conn.Close()
 		return err
@@ -379,9 +390,10 @@ type TxConnection struct {
 	LogToFile         sync2.AtomicInt32
 	ImmediateCallerID *querypb.VTGateCallerID
 	EffectiveCallerID *vtrpcpb.CallerID
+	Autocommit        bool
 }
 
-func newTxConnection(conn *connpool.DBConn, transactionID int64, pool *TxPool, immediate *querypb.VTGateCallerID, effective *vtrpcpb.CallerID) *TxConnection {
+func newTxConnection(conn *connpool.DBConn, transactionID int64, pool *TxPool, immediate *querypb.VTGateCallerID, effective *vtrpcpb.CallerID, autocommit bool) *TxConnection {
 	return &TxConnection{
 		DBConn:            conn,
 		TransactionID:     transactionID,
@@ -391,6 +403,7 @@ func newTxConnection(conn *connpool.DBConn, transactionID int64, pool *TxPool, i
 		ChangedMessages:   make(map[string][]string),
 		ImmediateCallerID: immediate,
 		EffectiveCallerID: effective,
+		Autocommit:        autocommit,
 	}
 }
 

go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/tx_pool_test.go

@@ -265,6 +265,27 @@ func TestTxPoolTransactionIsolation(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestTxPoolAutocommit(t *testing.T) {
+	db := fakesqldb.New(t)
+	defer db.Close()
+	txPool := newTxPool()
+	txPool.Open(db.ConnParams(), db.ConnParams(), db.ConnParams())
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Start a transaction with autocommit. This will ensure that the executor does not send begin/commit statements
+	// to mysql.
+	// This test is meaningful because if txPool.Begin were to send a BEGIN statement to the connection, it will fatal
+	// because is not in the list of expected queries (i.e db.AddQuery hasn't been called).
+	txid, err := txPool.Begin(ctx, &querypb.ExecuteOptions{TransactionIsolation: querypb.ExecuteOptions_AUTOCOMMIT})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	err = txPool.Commit(ctx, txid, &fakeMessageCommitter{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestTxPoolBeginWithPoolConnectionError_TransientErrno2006 tests the case
 // where we see a transient errno 2006 e.g. because MySQL killed the
 // db connection. DBConn.Exec() is going to reconnect and retry automatically

proto/query.proto

@@ -292,6 +292,10 @@ message ExecuteOptions {
     // This is not an "official" transaction level but it will do a
     // START TRANSACTION WITH CONSISTENT SNAPSHOT, READ ONLY
     CONSISTENT_SNAPSHOT_READ_ONLY = 5;
+
+    // This not an "official" transaction level, it will send queries to mysql
+    // without wrapping them in a transaction
+    AUTOCOMMIT = 6;
   }
 
   TransactionIsolation transaction_isolation = 9;