Merge pull request #3679 from ethereum-optimism/10-09-proxyd_Custom_rate_limiter_implementation

proxyd: Custom rate limiter implementation

proxyd/config.go

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type MetricsConfig struct {
 }
 
 type RateLimitConfig struct {
+	UseRedis         bool                                `toml:"use_redis"`
 	RatePerSecond    int                                 `toml:"rate_per_second"`
 	ExemptOrigins    []string                            `toml:"exempt_origins"`
 	ExemptUserAgents []string                            `toml:"exempt_user_agents"`

proxyd/frontend_rate_limiter.go

+package proxyd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/go-redis/redis/v8"
+)
+
+type FrontendRateLimiter interface {
+	// Take consumes a key, and a maximum number of requests
+	// per time interval. It returns a boolean denoting if
+	// the limit could be taken, or an error if a failure
+	// occurred in the backing rate limit implementation.
+	//
+	// No error will be returned if the limit could not be taken
+	// as a result of the requestor being over the limit.
+	Take(ctx context.Context, key string, max int) (bool, error)
+}
+
+// limitedKeys is a wrapper around a map that stores a truncated
+// timestamp and a mutex. The map is used to keep track of rate
+// limit keys, and their used limits.
+type limitedKeys struct {
+	truncTS int64
+	keys    map[string]int
+	mtx     sync.Mutex
+}
+
+func newLimitedKeys(t int64) *limitedKeys {
+	return &limitedKeys{
+		truncTS: t,
+		keys:    make(map[string]int),
+	}
+}
+
+func (l *limitedKeys) Take(key string, max int) bool {
+	l.mtx.Lock()
+	defer l.mtx.Unlock()
+	val, ok := l.keys[key]
+	if !ok {
+		l.keys[key] = 0
+		val = 0
+	}
+	l.keys[key] = val + 1
+	return val < max
+}
+
+// MemoryFrontendRateLimiter is a rate limiter that stores
+// all rate limiting information in local memory. It works
+// by storing a limitedKeys struct that references the
+// truncated timestamp at which the struct was created. If
+// the current truncated timestamp doesn't match what's
+// referenced, the limit is reset. Otherwise, values in
+// a map are incremented to represent the limit.
+type MemoryFrontendRateLimiter struct {
+	currGeneration *limitedKeys
+	dur            time.Duration
+	mtx            sync.Mutex
+}
+
+func NewMemoryFrontendRateLimit(dur time.Duration) FrontendRateLimiter {
+	return &MemoryFrontendRateLimiter{
+		dur: dur,
+	}
+}
+
+func (m *MemoryFrontendRateLimiter) Take(ctx context.Context, key string, max int) (bool, error) {
+	m.mtx.Lock()
+	// Create truncated timestamp
+	truncTS := truncateNow(m.dur)
+
+	// If there is no current rate limit map or the rate limit map reference
+	// a different timestamp, reset limits.
+	if m.currGeneration == nil || m.currGeneration.truncTS != truncTS {
+		m.currGeneration = newLimitedKeys(truncTS)
+	}
+
+	// Pull out the limiter so we can unlock before incrementing the limit.
+	limiter := m.currGeneration
+
+	m.mtx.Unlock()
+
+	return limiter.Take(key, max), nil
+}
+
+// RedisFrontendRateLimiter is a rate limiter that stores data in Redis.
+// It uses the basic rate limiter pattern described on the Redis best
+// practices website: https://redis.com/redis-best-practices/basic-rate-limiting/.
+type RedisFrontendRateLimiter struct {
+	r   *redis.Client
+	dur time.Duration
+}
+
+func NewRedisFrontendRateLimiter(r *redis.Client, dur time.Duration) FrontendRateLimiter {
+	return &RedisFrontendRateLimiter{r: r, dur: dur}
+}
+
+func (r *RedisFrontendRateLimiter) Take(ctx context.Context, key string, max int) (bool, error) {
+	var incr *redis.IntCmd
+	truncTS := truncateNow(r.dur)
+	fullKey := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", key, truncTS)
+	_, err := r.r.Pipelined(ctx, func(pipe redis.Pipeliner) error {
+		incr = pipe.Incr(ctx, fullKey)
+		pipe.Expire(ctx, fullKey, r.dur-time.Second)
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	return incr.Val()-1 < int64(max), nil
+}
+
+// truncateNow truncates the current timestamp
+// to the specified duration.
+func truncateNow(dur time.Duration) int64 {
+	return time.Now().Truncate(dur).Unix()
+}

proxyd/frontend_rate_limiter_test.go

+package proxyd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/alicebob/miniredis"
+	"github.com/go-redis/redis/v8"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestFrontendRateLimiter(t *testing.T) {
+	redisServer, err := miniredis.Run()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer redisServer.Close()
+
+	redisClient := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
+		Addr: fmt.Sprintf("127.0.0.1:%s", redisServer.Port()),
+	})
+
+	lims := []struct {
+		name string
+		frl  FrontendRateLimiter
+	}{
+		{"memory", NewMemoryFrontendRateLimit(2 * time.Second)},
+		{"redis", NewRedisFrontendRateLimiter(redisClient, 2*time.Second)},
+	}
+
+	max := 2
+	for _, cfg := range lims {
+		frl := cfg.frl
+		ctx := context.Background()
+		t.Run(cfg.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
+				ok, err := frl.Take(ctx, "foo", max)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				require.Equal(t, i < max, ok)
+				ok, err = frl.Take(ctx, "bar", max)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				require.Equal(t, i < max, ok)
+			}
+			time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+			for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
+				ok, _ := frl.Take(ctx, "foo", max)
+				require.Equal(t, i < max, ok)
+				ok, _ = frl.Take(ctx, "bar", max)
+				require.Equal(t, i < max, ok)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}