[Tiered Caching] Expose a dynamic setting to disable/enable disk cache

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Add an individual setting of rate limiter for segment replication ([#12959](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/12959))
 - [Streaming Indexing] Ensure support of the new transport by security plugin ([#13174](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/13174))
 - Add cluster setting to dynamically configure the buckets for filter rewrite optimization. ([#13179](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/13179))
+- [Tiered Caching] Add a dynamic setting to disable/enable disk cache. ([#13373](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/13373))
 - [Remote Store] Add capability of doing refresh as determined by the translog ([#12992](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/12992))
 - Batch mode for async fetching shard information in GatewayAllocator for unassigned shards ([#8746](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/8746))
 

modules/cache-common/src/internalClusterTest/java/org.opensearch.cache.common.tier/TieredSpilloverCacheIT.java

@@ -425,6 +425,121 @@ public void testWithExplicitCacheClear() throws Exception {
         }, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
     }
 
+    public void testWithDynamicDiskCacheSetting() throws Exception {
+        int onHeapCacheSizeInBytes = 10; // Keep it low so that all items are cached onto disk.
+        internalCluster().startNode(
+            Settings.builder()
+                .put(defaultSettings(onHeapCacheSizeInBytes + "b"))
+                .put(INDICES_CACHE_CLEAN_INTERVAL_SETTING.getKey(), new TimeValue(1))
+                .build()
+        );
+        Client client = client();
+        assertAcked(
+            client.admin()
+                .indices()
+                .prepareCreate("index")
+                .setMapping("k", "type=keyword")
+                .setSettings(
+                    Settings.builder()
+                        .put(IndicesRequestCache.INDEX_CACHE_REQUEST_ENABLED_SETTING.getKey(), true)
+                        .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, 1)
+                        .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, 0)
+                        .put("index.refresh_interval", -1)
+                )
+                .get()
+        );
+        // Update took time policy to zero so that all entries are eligible to be cached on disk.
+        ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest updateSettingsRequest = new ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest().transientSettings(
+            Settings.builder()
+                .put(
+                    TieredSpilloverCacheSettings.TOOK_TIME_POLICY_CONCRETE_SETTINGS_MAP.get(CacheType.INDICES_REQUEST_CACHE).getKey(),
+                    new TimeValue(0, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+                )
+                .build()
+        );
+        assertAcked(internalCluster().client().admin().cluster().updateSettings(updateSettingsRequest).get());
+        int numberOfIndexedItems = randomIntBetween(5, 10);
+        for (int iterator = 0; iterator < numberOfIndexedItems; iterator++) {
+            indexRandom(true, client.prepareIndex("index").setSource("k" + iterator, "hello" + iterator));
+        }
+        ensureSearchable("index");
+        refreshAndWaitForReplication();
+        // Force merge the index to ensure there can be no background merges during the subsequent searches that would invalidate the cache
+        ForceMergeResponse forceMergeResponse = client.admin().indices().prepareForceMerge("index").setFlush(true).get();
+        OpenSearchAssertions.assertAllSuccessful(forceMergeResponse);
+        long perQuerySizeInCacheInBytes = -1;
+        // Step 1: Hit some queries. We will see misses and queries will be cached(onto disk cache) for subsequent
+        // requests.
+        for (int iterator = 0; iterator < numberOfIndexedItems; iterator++) {
+            SearchResponse resp = client.prepareSearch("index")
+                .setRequestCache(true)
+                .setQuery(QueryBuilders.termQuery("k" + iterator, "hello" + iterator))
+                .get();
+            if (perQuerySizeInCacheInBytes == -1) {
+                RequestCacheStats requestCacheStats = getRequestCacheStats(client, "index");
+                perQuerySizeInCacheInBytes = requestCacheStats.getMemorySizeInBytes();
+            }
+            assertSearchResponse(resp);
+        }
+
+        RequestCacheStats requestCacheStats = getRequestCacheStats(client, "index");
+        assertEquals(numberOfIndexedItems * perQuerySizeInCacheInBytes, requestCacheStats.getMemorySizeInBytes());
+        assertEquals(numberOfIndexedItems, requestCacheStats.getMissCount());
+        assertEquals(0, requestCacheStats.getHitCount());
+        assertEquals(0, requestCacheStats.getEvictions());
+
+        // Step 2: Hit same queries again. We will see hits now.
+        for (int iterator = 0; iterator < numberOfIndexedItems; iterator++) {
+            SearchResponse resp = client.prepareSearch("index")
+                .setRequestCache(true)
+                .setQuery(QueryBuilders.termQuery("k" + iterator, "hello" + iterator))
+                .get();
+            assertSearchResponse(resp);
+        }
+        requestCacheStats = getRequestCacheStats(client, "index");
+        assertEquals(numberOfIndexedItems * perQuerySizeInCacheInBytes, requestCacheStats.getMemorySizeInBytes());
+        assertEquals(numberOfIndexedItems, requestCacheStats.getMissCount());
+        assertEquals(numberOfIndexedItems, requestCacheStats.getHitCount());
+        assertEquals(0, requestCacheStats.getEvictions());
+        long lastKnownHitCount = requestCacheStats.getHitCount();
+        long lastKnownMissCount = requestCacheStats.getMissCount();
+
+        // Step 3: Turn off disk cache now. And hit same queries again. We should not see hits now as all queries
+        // were cached onto disk cache.
+        updateSettingsRequest = new ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest().transientSettings(
+            Settings.builder()
+                .put(TieredSpilloverCacheSettings.DISK_CACHE_ENABLED_SETTING_MAP.get(CacheType.INDICES_REQUEST_CACHE).getKey(), false)
+                .build()
+        );
+        assertAcked(internalCluster().client().admin().cluster().updateSettings(updateSettingsRequest).get());
+
+        for (int iterator = 0; iterator < numberOfIndexedItems; iterator++) {
+            SearchResponse resp = client.prepareSearch("index")
+                .setRequestCache(true)
+                .setQuery(QueryBuilders.termQuery("k" + iterator, "hello" + iterator))
+                .get();
+            assertSearchResponse(resp);
+        }
+        requestCacheStats = getRequestCacheStats(client, "index");
+        assertEquals(numberOfIndexedItems * perQuerySizeInCacheInBytes, requestCacheStats.getMemorySizeInBytes()); //
+        // Still shows disk cache entries as explicit clear or invalidation is required to clean up disk cache.
+        assertEquals(lastKnownMissCount + numberOfIndexedItems, requestCacheStats.getMissCount());
+        assertEquals(0, lastKnownHitCount - requestCacheStats.getHitCount()); // No new hits being seen.
+        lastKnownMissCount = requestCacheStats.getMissCount();
+        lastKnownHitCount = requestCacheStats.getHitCount();
+
+        // Step 4: Invalidate entries via refresh.
+        // Explicit refresh would invalidate cache entries.
+        refreshAndWaitForReplication();
+        assertBusy(() -> {
+            // Explicit refresh should clear up cache entries
+            assertTrue(getRequestCacheStats(client, "index").getMemorySizeInBytes() == 0);
+        }, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        requestCacheStats = getRequestCacheStats(client, "index");
+        assertEquals(0, lastKnownMissCount - requestCacheStats.getMissCount());
+        assertEquals(0, lastKnownHitCount - requestCacheStats.getHitCount());
+    }
+
     private RequestCacheStats getRequestCacheStats(Client client, String indexName) {
         return client.admin().indices().prepareStats(indexName).setRequestCache(true).get().getTotal().getRequestCache();
     }

modules/cache-common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cache/common/tier/TieredSpilloverCache.java

@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
+import static org.opensearch.cache.common.tier.TieredSpilloverCacheSettings.DISK_CACHE_ENABLED_SETTING_MAP;
+
 /**
  * This cache spillover the evicted items from heap tier to disk tier. All the new items are first cached on heap
  * and the items evicted from on heap cache are moved to disk based cache. If disk based cache also gets full,
@@ -67,20 +70,23 @@
     /**
      * Maintains caching tiers in ascending order of cache latency.
      */
-    private final List<ICache<K, V>> cacheList;
+    private final Map<ICache<K, V>, Boolean> caches;
     private final List<Predicate<V>> policies;
 
     TieredSpilloverCache(Builder<K, V> builder) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(builder.onHeapCacheFactory, "onHeap cache builder can't be null");
         Objects.requireNonNull(builder.diskCacheFactory, "disk cache builder can't be null");
+        Objects.requireNonNull(builder.cacheConfig, "cache config can't be null");
+        Objects.requireNonNull(builder.cacheConfig.getClusterSettings(), "cluster settings can't be null");
         this.removalListener = Objects.requireNonNull(builder.removalListener, "Removal listener can't be null");
 
         this.onHeapCache = builder.onHeapCacheFactory.create(
             new CacheConfig.Builder<K, V>().setRemovalListener(new RemovalListener<ICacheKey<K>, V>() {
                 @Override
                 public void onRemoval(RemovalNotification<ICacheKey<K>, V> notification) {
                     try (ReleasableLock ignore = writeLock.acquire()) {
-                        if (SPILLOVER_REMOVAL_REASONS.contains(notification.getRemovalReason())
+                        if (caches.get(diskCache)
+                            && SPILLOVER_REMOVAL_REASONS.contains(notification.getRemovalReason())
                             && evaluatePolicies(notification.getValue())) {
                             diskCache.put(notification.getKey(), notification.getValue());
                         } else {
@@ -103,9 +109,15 @@
 
         );
         this.diskCache = builder.diskCacheFactory.create(builder.cacheConfig, builder.cacheType, builder.cacheFactories);
-        this.cacheList = Arrays.asList(onHeapCache, diskCache);
+        Boolean isDiskCacheEnabled = DISK_CACHE_ENABLED_SETTING_MAP.get(builder.cacheType).get(builder.cacheConfig.getSettings());
+        LinkedHashMap<ICache<K, V>, Boolean> cacheListMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        cacheListMap.put(onHeapCache, true);
+        cacheListMap.put(diskCache, isDiskCacheEnabled);
+        this.caches = Collections.synchronizedMap(cacheListMap);
         this.dimensionNames = builder.cacheConfig.getDimensionNames();
         this.policies = builder.policies; // Will never be null; builder initializes it to an empty list
+        builder.cacheConfig.getClusterSettings()
+            .addSettingsUpdateConsumer(DISK_CACHE_ENABLED_SETTING_MAP.get(builder.cacheType), this::enableDisableDiskCache);
     }
 
     // Package private for testing
@@ -118,6 +130,13 @@
         return diskCache;
     }
 
+    // Package private for testing.
+    void enableDisableDiskCache(Boolean isDiskCacheEnabled) {
+        // When disk cache is disabled, we are not clearing up the disk cache entries yet as that should be part of
+        // separate cache/clear API.
+        this.caches.put(diskCache, isDiskCacheEnabled);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public V get(ICacheKey<K> key) {
         return getValueFromTieredCache().apply(key);
@@ -132,7 +151,6 @@
 
     @Override
     public V computeIfAbsent(ICacheKey<K> key, LoadAwareCacheLoader<ICacheKey<K>, V> loader) throws Exception {
-
         V cacheValue = getValueFromTieredCache().apply(key);
         if (cacheValue == null) {
             // Add the value to the onHeap cache. We are calling computeIfAbsent which does another get inside.
@@ -151,19 +169,19 @@
     public void invalidate(ICacheKey<K> key) {
         // We are trying to invalidate the key from all caches though it would be present in only of them.
         // Doing this as we don't know where it is located. We could do a get from both and check that, but what will
-        // also trigger a hit/miss listener event, so ignoring it for now.
+        // also count hits/misses stats, so ignoring it for now.
         try (ReleasableLock ignore = writeLock.acquire()) {
-            for (ICache<K, V> cache : cacheList) {
-                cache.invalidate(key);
+            for (Map.Entry<ICache<K, V>, Boolean> cacheEntry : caches.entrySet()) {
+                cacheEntry.getKey().invalidate(key);
             }
         }
     }
 
     @Override
     public void invalidateAll() {
         try (ReleasableLock ignore = writeLock.acquire()) {
-            for (ICache<K, V> cache : cacheList) {
-                cache.invalidateAll();
+            for (Map.Entry<ICache<K, V>, Boolean> cacheEntry : caches.entrySet()) {
+                cacheEntry.getKey().invalidateAll();
             }
         }
     }
@@ -175,32 +193,39 @@
     @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked" })
     @Override
     public Iterable<ICacheKey<K>> keys() {
-        Iterable<ICacheKey<K>>[] iterables = (Iterable<ICacheKey<K>>[]) new Iterable<?>[] { onHeapCache.keys(), diskCache.keys() };
-        return new ConcatenatedIterables<ICacheKey<K>>(iterables);
+        List<Iterable<ICacheKey<K>>> iterableList = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Map.Entry<ICache<K, V>, Boolean> cacheEntry : caches.entrySet()) {
+            iterableList.add(cacheEntry.getKey().keys());
+        }
+        Iterable<ICacheKey<K>>[] iterables = (Iterable<ICacheKey<K>>[]) iterableList.toArray(new Iterable<?>[0]);
+        return new ConcatenatedIterables<>(iterables);
     }
 
     @Override
     public long count() {
         long count = 0;
-        for (ICache<K, V> cache : cacheList) {
-            count += cache.count();
+        for (Map.Entry<ICache<K, V>, Boolean> cacheEntry : caches.entrySet()) {
+            // Count for all the tiers irrespective of whether they are enabled or not. As eventually
+            // this will turn to zero once cache is cleared up either via invalidation or manually.
+            count += cacheEntry.getKey().count();
         }
         return count;
     }
 
     @Override
     public void refresh() {
         try (ReleasableLock ignore = writeLock.acquire()) {
-            for (ICache<K, V> cache : cacheList) {
-                cache.refresh();
+            for (Map.Entry<ICache<K, V>, Boolean> cacheEntry : caches.entrySet()) {
+                cacheEntry.getKey().refresh();
             }
         }
     }
 
     @Override
     public void close() throws IOException {
-        for (ICache<K, V> cache : cacheList) {
-            cache.close();
+        for (Map.Entry<ICache<K, V>, Boolean> cacheEntry : caches.entrySet()) {
+            // Close all the caches here irrespective of whether they are enabled or not.
+            cacheEntry.getKey().close();
         }
     }
 
@@ -212,13 +237,12 @@
     private Function<ICacheKey<K>, V> getValueFromTieredCache() {
         return key -> {
             try (ReleasableLock ignore = readLock.acquire()) {
-                for (ICache<K, V> cache : cacheList) {
-                    V value = cache.get(key);
-                    if (value != null) {
-                        // update hit stats
-                        return value;
-                    } else {
-                        // update miss stats
+                for (Map.Entry<ICache<K, V>, Boolean> cacheEntry : caches.entrySet()) {
+                    if (cacheEntry.getValue()) {
+                        V value = cacheEntry.getKey().get(key);
+                        if (value != null) {
+                            return value;
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }

modules/cache-common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cache/common/tier/TieredSpilloverCachePlugin.java

@@ -11,13 +11,16 @@
 import org.opensearch.common.cache.CacheType;
 import org.opensearch.common.cache.ICache;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Setting;
+import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.opensearch.common.util.FeatureFlags;
 import org.opensearch.plugins.CachePlugin;
 import org.opensearch.plugins.Plugin;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import static org.opensearch.cache.common.tier.TieredSpilloverCacheSettings.DISK_CACHE_ENABLED_SETTING_MAP;
 import static org.opensearch.cache.common.tier.TieredSpilloverCacheSettings.TOOK_TIME_POLICY_CONCRETE_SETTINGS_MAP;
 
 /**
@@ -30,10 +33,15 @@ public class TieredSpilloverCachePlugin extends Plugin implements CachePlugin {
      */
     public static final String TIERED_CACHE_SPILLOVER_PLUGIN_NAME = "tieredSpilloverCachePlugin";
 
+    private final Settings settings;
+
     /**
      * Default constructor
+     * @param settings settings
      */
-    public TieredSpilloverCachePlugin() {}
+    public TieredSpilloverCachePlugin(Settings settings) {
+        this.settings = settings;
+    }
 
     @Override
     public Map<String, ICache.Factory> getCacheFactoryMap() {
@@ -54,6 +62,9 @@ public List<Setting<?>> getSettings() {
                 TieredSpilloverCacheSettings.TIERED_SPILLOVER_DISK_STORE_NAME.getConcreteSettingForNamespace(cacheType.getSettingPrefix())
             );
             settingList.add(TOOK_TIME_POLICY_CONCRETE_SETTINGS_MAP.get(cacheType));
+            if (FeatureFlags.PLUGGABLE_CACHE_SETTING.get(settings)) {
+                settingList.add(DISK_CACHE_ENABLED_SETTING_MAP.get(cacheType));
+            }
         }
         return settingList;
     }

modules/cache-common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cache/common/tier/TieredSpilloverCacheSettings.java

@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ public class TieredSpilloverCacheSettings {
         (key) -> Setting.simpleString(key, "", NodeScope)
     );
 
+    /**
+     * Setting to disable/enable disk cache dynamically.
+     */
+    public static final Setting.AffixSetting<Boolean> TIERED_SPILLOVER_DISK_CACHE_SETTING = Setting.suffixKeySetting(
+        TieredSpilloverCache.TieredSpilloverCacheFactory.TIERED_SPILLOVER_CACHE_NAME + ".disk.store.enabled",
+        (key) -> Setting.boolSetting(key, true, NodeScope, Setting.Property.Dynamic)
+    );
+
     /**
      * Setting defining the minimum took time for a query to be allowed into the disk cache.
      */
@@ -63,17 +71,29 @@ public class TieredSpilloverCacheSettings {
     public static final Map<CacheType, Setting<TimeValue>> TOOK_TIME_POLICY_CONCRETE_SETTINGS_MAP;
 
     /**
-     * Fetches concrete took time policy settings.
+     * Stores disk cache enabled settings for various cache types as these are dynamic so that can be registered and
+     * retrieved accordingly.
+     */
+    public static final Map<CacheType, Setting<Boolean>> DISK_CACHE_ENABLED_SETTING_MAP;
+
+    /**
+     * Fetches concrete took time policy and disk cache settings.
      */
     static {
         Map<CacheType, Setting<TimeValue>> concreteTookTimePolicySettingMap = new HashMap<>();
+        Map<CacheType, Setting<Boolean>> diskCacheSettingMap = new HashMap<>();
         for (CacheType cacheType : CacheType.values()) {
             concreteTookTimePolicySettingMap.put(
                 cacheType,
                 TIERED_SPILLOVER_DISK_TOOK_TIME_THRESHOLD.getConcreteSettingForNamespace(cacheType.getSettingPrefix())
             );
+            diskCacheSettingMap.put(
+                cacheType,
+                TIERED_SPILLOVER_DISK_CACHE_SETTING.getConcreteSettingForNamespace(cacheType.getSettingPrefix())
+            );
         }
         TOOK_TIME_POLICY_CONCRETE_SETTINGS_MAP = concreteTookTimePolicySettingMap;
+        DISK_CACHE_ENABLED_SETTING_MAP = diskCacheSettingMap;
     }
 
     /**