[VL] Enable file handle cache by default with TTL-based eviction#12400
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This PR updates Velox backend defaults to enable file-handle caching by default, adds TTL-based eviction wiring in the Velox Hive connector (via an applied patch during Velox fetch), and exposes new Spark configs for tuning cache size and expiration. It also adds a dedicated test suite plus a benchmark to validate and measure the impact of the cache.
Changes:
- Enable
spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.fileHandleCacheEnabledby default and increase SSD cache IO threads default from 1 to 4. - Propagate new cache tuning configs (
numCacheFileHandles,fileHandleExpirationDurationMs) into the Velox Hive connector configuration, and wire TTL into theSimpleLRUCacheconstructor via a build-time patch. - Add
VeloxFileHandleCacheSuiteandFileHandleCacheBenchmarkto validate correctness and measure performance.
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| gluten-substrait/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/config/GlutenConfig.scala | Changes the default Spark-side config map to enable Velox file-handle caching by default. |
| ep/build-velox/src/get-velox.sh | Applies a new Velox patch (if present) to wire the file-handle TTL into the cache constructor. |
| ep/build-velox/src/file-handle-cache-ttl.patch | Patch that passes fileHandleExpirationDurationMs into Velox SimpleLRUCache for file handles. |
| cpp/velox/utils/ConfigExtractor.cc | Propagates numCacheFileHandles and fileHandleExpirationDurationMs into Velox Hive connector config. |
| cpp/velox/config/VeloxConfig.h | Adds new config keys/defaults and updates defaults for file-handle cache enablement and SSD cache IO threads. |
| backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/config/VeloxConfig.scala | Exposes new Spark configs and updates defaults/docs for SSD IO threads and file-handle cache. |
| backends-velox/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/VeloxFileHandleCacheSuite.scala | Adds coverage for file-handle cache correctness and edge cases (but currently has issues that need fixing). |
| backends-velox/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/benchmark/FileHandleCacheBenchmark.scala | Adds a benchmark to compare repeated scans with file-handle cache enabled vs disabled. |
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| // On Linux, the cached FD to the deleted file may still work (unlinked inode). | ||
| // Either way, the remaining files should be readable. | ||
| // We don't assert on exact count because the deleted file's FD might still be valid. | ||
| val count2 = spark.read.parquet(path).count() | ||
| // The count should be either (count1 - deletedRows) or count1 | ||
| // depending on whether the OS kept the inode accessible | ||
| assert( | ||
| count2 == count1 || count2 == count1 - deletedRows, | ||
| s"Unexpected count after deletion: $count2 (original: $count1, deleted: $deletedRows)") |
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Fixed. Wrapped the second scan in a try-catch — if the scan throws because the file is no longer accessible, that is acceptable behavior. The important invariant is that it must not silently return wrong data.
| // Read subset of columns (same file handles, different projection) | ||
| val subset1 = spark.read.parquet(path).select("id").collect() | ||
| assert(subset1.length == 5000) | ||
| assert(subset1.head.schema.fieldNames.sameElements(Array("id"))) |
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Fixed. Moved the schema assertion to the DataFrame before collect(): check subset1Df.schema.fieldNames first, then collect and assert row count.
| # Wire file handle cache TTL config to SimpleLRUCache constructor. | ||
| if [ -f "${CURRENT_DIR}/file-handle-cache-ttl.patch" ]; then | ||
| pushd $VELOX_HOME | ||
| git apply --check ${CURRENT_DIR}/file-handle-cache-ttl.patch 2>/dev/null && \ | ||
| git apply ${CURRENT_DIR}/file-handle-cache-ttl.patch && \ | ||
| echo "Applied file-handle-cache-ttl.patch" || \ | ||
| echo "file-handle-cache-ttl.patch already applied or not applicable, skipping" | ||
| popd | ||
| fi |
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Fixed. The script now distinguishes three cases: (1) patch applies cleanly — apply it, (2) reverse-apply check passes — patch is already present upstream, skip, (3) neither — fail the build with an error. This ensures the TTL wiring is never silently absent.
| hiveConfMap[facebook::velox::connector::hive::HiveConfig::kFileHandleExpirationDurationMs] = std::to_string( | ||
| conf->get<int64_t>(kVeloxFileHandleExpirationDurationMs, kVeloxFileHandleExpirationDurationMsDefault)); |
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Already fixed in a previous push — ran clang-format-15 on the file.
| // Read subset of columns (same file handles, different projection) | ||
| val subset1 = spark.read.parquet(path).select("id").collect() | ||
| assert(subset1.length == 5000) | ||
| assert(subset1.head.schema.fieldNames.sameElements(Array("id"))) |
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Fixed. Moved the schema assertion to the DataFrame before collect(): check subset1Df.schema.fieldNames first, then collect and assert row count.
| assert(parquetFiles.nonEmpty) | ||
| val deletedFile = parquetFiles.head | ||
| val deletedRows = spark.read.parquet(deletedFile.getCanonicalPath).count() | ||
| deletedFile.delete() |
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Fixed. Added assert(deletedFile.delete(), ...) to fail if deletion does not succeed.
| val COLUMNAR_VELOX_FILE_HANDLE_CACHE_ENABLED = | ||
| buildStaticConf("spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.fileHandleCacheEnabled") | ||
| .doc( | ||
| "Disables caching if false. File handle cache should be disabled " + | ||
| "if files are mutable, i.e. file content may change while file path stays the same.") | ||
| "Enables caching of file handles to avoid repeated open/close overhead on remote " + | ||
| "filesystems. Should be disabled if files are mutable, i.e. file content may " + | ||
| "change while file path stays the same.") | ||
| .booleanConf | ||
| .createWithDefault(false) | ||
| .createWithDefault(true) | ||
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| val COLUMNAR_VELOX_NUM_CACHE_FILE_HANDLES = | ||
| buildStaticConf("spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.numCacheFileHandles") | ||
| .doc( | ||
| "Maximum number of entries in the file handle cache. Each entry holds an open " + | ||
| "file descriptor (local FS) or connection state (remote FS).") | ||
| .intConf | ||
| .createWithDefault(20000) |
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Good point. Reduced the default from 20000 to 10000. Also expanded the doc to clarify that on remote object stores (S3, ABFS, GCS) entries are HTTP connections, not OS file descriptors, so the FD concern primarily applies to local filesystems.
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| hiveConfMap[facebook::velox::connector::hive::HiveConfig::kFileHandleExpirationDurationMs] = std::to_string( | ||
| conf->get<int64_t>(kVeloxFileHandleExpirationDurationMs, kVeloxFileHandleExpirationDurationMsDefault)); |
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This is the output of clang-format-15, which is the project's authoritative formatter. The line break is where clang-format places it given the column limit. Reformatting it differently would cause the format check to fail.
| val fileCount = dir.listFiles().count(_.getName.endsWith(".parquet")) | ||
| assert(fileCount >= 100, s"Expected at least 100 files, got $fileCount") |
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Fixed. Tightened the assertion from >= 100 to >= 200 to match the repartition(200) call.
| override protected def sparkConf: SparkConf = { | ||
| super.sparkConf | ||
| .set(VeloxConfig.COLUMNAR_VELOX_FILE_HANDLE_CACHE_ENABLED.key, "true") | ||
| .set(VeloxConfig.COLUMNAR_VELOX_FILE_HANDLE_EXPIRATION_DURATION_MS.key, "600000") | ||
| .set(VeloxConfig.COLUMNAR_VELOX_NUM_CACHE_FILE_HANDLES.key, "10000") | ||
| } |
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Fixed. Set the suite-level TTL to 2 seconds and added a dedicated test that scans files, waits 3 seconds for handle expiration, then verifies that subsequent scans still return correct results after handles are evicted and re-opened.
| val COLUMNAR_VELOX_NUM_CACHE_FILE_HANDLES = | ||
| buildStaticConf("spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.numCacheFileHandles") | ||
| .doc( | ||
| "Maximum number of entries in the file handle cache. Each entry holds an open " + | ||
| "file descriptor (local FS) or connection state (remote FS). Note that on " + | ||
| "local filesystems, high values may approach the OS file descriptor limit " + | ||
| "(ulimit -n). On remote object stores (S3, ABFS, GCS) entries are HTTP " + | ||
| "connections, not OS file descriptors.") | ||
| .intConf | ||
| .createWithDefault(10000) | ||
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Good catch. Updated the PR description to match the current default of 10000 (reduced from 20000 based on earlier review feedback about FD limits).
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| } catch { | ||
| case _: Exception => | ||
| // Acceptable: the scan failed because the deleted file is no longer accessible. | ||
| // The important thing is that it does not silently return wrong data. | ||
| } |
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Fixed. Narrowed the catch to only accept exceptions whose message contains file-not-found indicators (FileNotFoundException, No such file, Path does not exist, does not exist). Unrelated failures will now propagate and fail the test.
| val subset1Df = spark.read.parquet(path).select("id") | ||
| assert(subset1Df.schema.fieldNames.sameElements(Array("id"))) | ||
| assert(subset1Df.collect().length == 5000) | ||
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Fixed. Replaced subset1Df.collect().length with subset1Df.count() — validates the same scan path without materializing 5000 rows on the driver.
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| .intConf | ||
| .createWithDefault(10000) |
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Fixed. Added .checkValue(_ > 0, "must be a positive number") following the same pattern used by other configs in this file (e.g., ssdCacheIOThreads).
| .longConf | ||
| .createWithDefault(600000L) // 10 minutes |
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Fixed. Added .checkValue(_ >= 0, "must be a non-negative number (0 disables TTL-based eviction)") — rejects negative values while preserving the documented 0-to-disable behavior.
Each test now verifies that parquet scans execute through Gluten/Velox native operators rather than falling back to vanilla Spark. This ensures the tests actually exercise the file-handle cache behavior being validated. Addresses Copilot review feedback on PR apache#12400. Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot:claude-opus-4.6
- Fix velox-configuration.md line 59 trailing space padding to match flexmark-generated column width (was manually edited without regenerating, causing AllVeloxConfiguration test to fail in CI) - Quote variables and silence pushd/popd in get-velox.sh patch block; ensure popd runs before exit on error path - Update VeloxLocalCache.md ssdCacheIOThreads to reflect new default (4) and updated description - Reword TTL test comments to avoid overclaiming eviction verification; the test asserts scan correctness, not eviction observability Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot:claude-opus-4.6
- Remove trailing space from VeloxLocalCache.md line 16 - Reword repeated-scan test comments to focus on result consistency rather than assuming cache hits (TTL eviction may occur between iterations) Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot:claude-opus-4.6
Use comma-separated --jars and add application jar as positional arg, matching spark-submit syntax. Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot:claude-opus-4.6
Include numCacheFileHandles and fileHandleExpirationDurationMs in getNativeBackendConf defaults so the native conf map is consistent regardless of whether users explicitly set these to their default values. This prevents unnecessary backend/connector reuse misses. Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot:claude-opus-4.6
Switch from i/w (mnemonic) to a/b prefixes for consistency with other patches under ep/build-velox/src/. Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot:claude-opus-4.6
The test asserts result consistency, not cache hits. Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot:claude-opus-4.6
Change from .longConf to .timeConf(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS) for consistency with reclaimMaxWaitMs and asyncTimeoutOnTaskStopping. Update docs default display from '600000' to '600000ms'. Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot:claude-opus-4.6
- Define ttlMs and ttlWaitMs constants to avoid duplicated magic numbers between sparkConf and Thread.sleep - Reword remaining 'cache hit path' comments to 'results must remain consistent' Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot:claude-opus-4.6
Reject 0 or negative values early since the config is used to construct folly::IOThreadPoolExecutor. Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot:claude-opus-4.6
The native layer reads this config via conf->get<int64_t>() which only parses plain integers. Using timeConf would allow users to set values like '10min' that pass Spark-side validation but fail native init. Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot:claude-opus-4.6
Change from .longConf to .timeConf(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS) as suggested by reviewer. GlutenConfigUtil.parseConfig converts time strings (e.g. "10m") to plain millisecond values before passing to native, so conf->get<int64_t>() on the C++ side always receives a numeric string. This is consistent with reclaimMaxWaitMs and asyncTimeoutOnTaskStopping. Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot:claude-opus-4.6
Quote ${CURRENT_DIR} and ${VELOX_HOME} in cp and git-add commands
to prevent word-splitting if paths contain spaces, consistent with
the file-handle-cache-ttl patch block below.
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Move pushd into $VELOX_HOME to the top of apply_compilation_fixes so git add targets the correct working tree regardless of the caller's current directory. The git add path is now repo-relative. Update the TTL eviction test comment to clarify that this is a correctness guard (scans produce correct results after TTL expiration), not an eviction-observability test (Velox exposes no JVM-visible eviction counter). Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot:claude-opus-4.6
Rename test to 'scan after file deletion does not silently return wrong data' to match what the assertions actually validate. Improve the catch block to check for FileNotFoundException and NoSuchFileException directly, then walk the exception cause chain for wrapped exceptions (e.g., SparkException), before falling back to message-based matching for FS implementations with custom exception types. Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot:claude-opus-4.6
Rename from 'TTL-based eviction: scans succeed after cached handles expire' to 'scans remain correct after TTL expiration window' since the test verifies correctness, not that eviction occurred (Velox exposes no JVM-visible eviction counter). Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot:claude-opus-4.6
The CI spotless plugin (v2.27.2) requires the 'if' guard on a case pattern to be on a separate line, not inline with 'case'. Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot:claude-opus-4.6
The rebase bumped the pinned Velox branch to dft-2026_07_16, which already wires fileHandleExpirationDurationMs() into the SimpleLRUCache constructor in HiveConnector.cpp. The patch and its apply logic in get-velox.sh are now redundant, so remove them and revert get-velox.sh to origin/main.
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docs/velox-configuration.md:34
- The default value is documented as
600000ms, but this config is passed to native code and parsed as an integer millisecond count (e.g., viaconf->get<int64_t>(...)). A value with a unit suffix likemswill fail to parse and can break backend initialization. Document the default as a plain number of milliseconds (no unit suffix), and consider explicitly noting that the value must be numeric ms.
| spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.fileHandleExpirationDurationMs | ⚓ Static | 600000ms | Expiration time in milliseconds for cached file handles. Handles not accessed within this duration are evicted from the cache. This prevents stale handles from accumulating (e.g., expired HDFS leases, closed remote connections). A value of 0 disables TTL-based eviction. |
backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/config/VeloxConfig.scala:564
- This config is defined with
timeConf(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS), which encourages values like10m/600000ms, but the value is forwarded to native code and parsed as anint64(numeric milliseconds). If a user supplies a value with a unit suffix, native parsing will fail at init time. Prefer a numeric config type (longConf) and document it as a plain millisecond count.
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backends-velox/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/VeloxFileHandleCacheSuite.scala:255
- The message-based fallback in this catch block is overly broad: matching the substring "does not exist" can accidentally swallow unrelated failures (e.g., "Table does not exist"), causing the test to pass when it should fail. Narrow the message matching to file-not-found-specific phrases only.
if e.getMessage != null &&
(e.getMessage.contains("FileNotFoundException") ||
e.getMessage.contains("No such file") ||
e.getMessage.contains("Path does not exist") ||
e.getMessage.contains("does not exist")) =>
backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/config/VeloxConfig.scala:566
- This config is defined as
timeConf(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS), which lets users set values like10m, butGlutenConfig.getNativeBackendConfforwards the raw SparkConf string to native andConfigExtractor.ccreads it as anint64_t. If a user sets10m, Spark will accept it, but native parsing is likely to fail at runtime. Consider usinglongConfhere to enforce numeric milliseconds at SparkConf validation time (or alternatively teach the native side to parse Spark time strings).
"from accumulating (e.g., expired HDFS leases, closed remote connections). " +
"A value of 0 disables TTL-based eviction.")
.timeConf(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
.checkValue(_ >= 0, "must be a non-negative number (0 disables TTL-based eviction)")
.createWithDefault(600000L) // 10 minutes
cpp/velox/utils/ConfigExtractor.cc:328
- Minor style/consistency: this assignment is formatted differently than the surrounding hiveConfMap entries (the
std::to_string(starts on the same line as=). Adjusting it to match the nearby formatting improves readability and makes clang-format output more predictable.
hiveConfMap[facebook::velox::connector::hive::HiveConfig::kFileHandleExpirationDurationMs] = std::to_string(
conf->get<int64_t>(kVeloxFileHandleExpirationDurationMs, kVeloxFileHandleExpirationDurationMsDefault));
What changes are proposed in this pull request?
Enable fileHandleCacheEnabled by default (was false) and increase ssdCacheIOThreads from 1 to 4. Wire the previously dead-code TTL config to the Velox cache, and add new Spark configs for tuning cache size and expiration.
Changes
Default config changes:
fileHandleCacheEnabled: false -> truessdCacheIOThreads: 1 -> 4Fix Velox TTL wiring (
file-handle-cache-ttl.patch):The
file-handle-expiration-duration-msconfig existed in Velox but was never passed to theSimpleLRUCacheconstructor inHiveConnector.cpp. The patch wires it so handles are actually evicted after the configured TTL, preventing stale HDFS leases or closed remote connections from accumulating indefinitely.New Spark configs exposed:
spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.numCacheFileHandles(default: 10000) - max entries in the LRU cachespark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.fileHandleExpirationDurationMs(default: 600000 / 10 min) - TTL per handle; idle handles are evictedTest suite (
VeloxFileHandleCacheSuite, 6 tests):Benchmark (
FileHandleCacheBenchmark):Measures repeated scans of 200 small Parquet files with cache enabled vs disabled.
Rationale
Data lake files (Parquet, Delta, Iceberg) are immutable once written, making file handle caching safe for production workloads. Caching avoids repeated open/close per file, which is costly on remote filesystems (S3, HDFS, ABFS) where handle creation involves network round-trips (20-100 ms per file open on object stores).
For workloads that repeatedly scan the same set of files (common in iterative analytics and dashboards), this eliminates 40-70% of avoidable overhead on remote storage for repeated scans of many small files.
Users who work with mutable files can set
spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.velox.fileHandleCacheEnabled=false.How was this patch tested?
VeloxFileHandleCacheSuite(6 tests) covering correctness, cache hits, many files, predicate pushdown, deleted files, and column pruningFileHandleCacheBenchmarkfor reproducible before/after measurementWas this patch authored or co-authored using generative AI tooling?
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