phet commented on code in PR #4089: URL: https://github.com/apache/gobblin/pull/4089#discussion_r1900552161
########## gobblin-temporal/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/temporal/ddm/activity/impl/GenerateWorkUnitsImpl.java: ########## @@ -127,6 +130,9 @@ public GenerateWorkUnitsResult generateWorkUnits(Properties jobProps, EventSubmi int numSizeSummaryQuantiles = getConfiguredNumSizeSummaryQuantiles(jobState); WorkUnitsSizeSummary wuSizeSummary = digestWorkUnitsSize(workUnits).asSizeSummary(numSizeSummaryQuantiles); log.info("Discovered WorkUnits: {}", wuSizeSummary); + // IMPORTANT: send prior to `writeWorkUnits`, so the volume of work discovered (and bin packed) gets durably measured. even if serialization were to + // exceed available memory and this activity execution were to fail, a subsequent re-attempt would know the amount of work, to guide re-config/attempt + createWorkPreparedSizeDistillationTimer(wuSizeSummary, eventSubmitterContext).stop(); Review Comment: having WU planning separate from WU serialization is worth considering. that would allow for a re-attempt of only serialization w/o needing to rerun the planning. there's no concern in sending the GTE again on the re-attempt - that's not the motivation. instead the benefit would be to expedite the re-attempt by subsequently skipping a repeat of successful WU planning. to separate into two activities we'd need to succeed in persisting some intermediate form of WU planning, so the WU planning activity could "pass input" to the WU serialization activity, as the two won't execute together - or possibly even on the same host. that intermediate form clearly ought to be more likely to succeed than serializing all the WUs themselves - the failure we're trying to address. this major design choice awaits if we decide to pursue such larger rework. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@gobblin.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org