背压与负载调节模式
使用基于 OTP 原语构建的背压、速率限制和负载丢弃模式，让系统在过载时保持稳定。
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本课时的部分内容尚未翻译，以英文显示。
What Is Backpressure?
When work arrives faster than a system can process it, queues grow and latency explodes. Backpressure is the practice of signalling producers to slow down so the system stays stable instead of melting down.
The Unbounded Queue Problem
An async gen_server:cast never blocks the caller, so its mailbox can grow without limit under load — the system runs out of memory before it ever rejects work.
Synchronous Calls as Backpressure
Using gen_server:call instead of cast makes the caller wait until the server is ready, naturally throttling producers to the server speed.
Reply = gen_server:call(worker, {process, Job}, 5000).Bounded Queues
Maintain an explicit counter of in-flight work and reject or block new requests once a limit is reached, rather than letting the mailbox grow.
handle_call({job, J}, _From, #{n := N} = S) when N < 100 ->
{reply, ok, S#{n := N + 1}};
handle_call({job, _}, _From, S) ->
{reply, {error, overloaded}, S}.Load Shedding
Under extreme load, the best move can be to shed low-priority work fast — returning an error immediately — to protect the system for high-priority requests.
Rate Limiting with Tokens
A token-bucket limiter grants a fixed number of permits per interval; requests beyond that wait or fail. This caps throughput predictably.
case take_token(Bucket) of
ok -> do_work();
empty -> {error, rate_limited}
end.Measuring Pressure
The mailbox length of a bottleneck process is a live pressure gauge. Monitor it and trigger shedding before it grows dangerous.
process_info(Worker, message_queue_len).Pooling for Throughput
A pool of worker processes (e.g. via poolboy) bounds concurrency: requests queue for a free worker, giving natural backpressure with controlled parallelism.
Circuit Breakers
When a downstream dependency is failing, a circuit breaker opens to stop sending requests for a cooldown period, preventing pileups and giving the dependency time to recover.
Timeouts as Protection
Always give gen_server:call a finite timeout. An unbounded wait lets a stuck server block callers indefinitely; a timeout converts a hang into a fast, recoverable error.
case catch gen_server:call(srv, req, 2000) of
{ok, R} -> R;
_ -> {error, busy}
end.Choosing a Strategy
Combine patterns: synchronous calls for natural throttling, bounded queues to cap memory, rate limiting for fairness, and load shedding plus circuit breakers as last-resort protection.
Quick Check
Test your load regulation knowledge.
Recap
You learned to keep systems stable under overload:
- Backpressure signals producers to slow down
- Synchronous
callthrottles naturally; bounded queues cap memory - Rate limiting enforces fairness; load shedding protects priority work
- Worker pools bound concurrency; circuit breakers stop downstream pileups
- Monitor mailbox length as a live pressure gauge
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