perf(telemetry): remove call to importlib.metadata from get_module_distribution_versions (DataDog#13278)

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TelemetryWriter periodically reports imported dependencies via calling
`get_module_distribution_versions()` when new modules are imported.
Typically when application is loaded up for the first time, the
TelemetryWriter would notice new imports and then it calls with new
module names. The function unnecessarily invoked `importlib.metadata`
and replaced the usage with cached distribution name to version mapping.

See below for benchmark results. 


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Author: taegyunkim

ddtrace/internal/debug.py

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def collect(tracer):
 
     is_venv = in_venv()
 
-    packages_available = {p.name: p.version for p in get_distributions()}
+    packages_available = {name: version for (name, version) in get_distributions().items()}
     integration_configs = {}  # type: Dict[str, Union[Dict[str, Any], str]]
     for module, enabled in ddtrace._monkey.PATCH_MODULES.items():
         # TODO: this check doesn't work in all cases... we need a mapping

ddtrace/internal/packages.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from functools import singledispatch
 import inspect
 import logging
-from os import fspath  # noqa:F401
 import sys
 import sysconfig
 from types import ModuleType
@@ -17,32 +16,29 @@
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+Distribution = t.NamedTuple("Distribution", [("name", str), ("version", str)])
 
-Distribution = t.NamedTuple("Distribution", [("name", str), ("version", str), ("path", t.Optional[str])])
 
 _PACKAGE_DISTRIBUTIONS: t.Optional[t.Mapping[str, t.List[str]]] = None
 
 
 @callonce
-def get_distributions():
-    # type: () -> t.Set[Distribution]
-    """returns the name and version of all distributions in a python path"""
+def get_distributions() -> t.Mapping[str, str]:
+    """returns the mapping from distribution name to version for all distributions in a python path"""
     try:
         import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
     except ImportError:
         import importlib_metadata  # type: ignore[no-redef]
 
-    pkgs = set()
+    pkgs = {}
     for dist in importlib_metadata.distributions():
-        # Get the root path of all files in a distribution
-        path = str(dist.locate_file(""))
         # PKG-INFO and/or METADATA files are parsed when dist.metadata is accessed
         # Optimization: we should avoid accessing dist.metadata more than once
         metadata = dist.metadata
-        name = metadata["name"]
+        name = metadata["name"].lower()
         version = metadata["version"]
         if name and version:
-            pkgs.add(Distribution(path=path, name=name.lower(), version=version))
+            pkgs[name] = version
 
     return pkgs
 
@@ -68,26 +64,18 @@ def get_package_distributions() -> t.Mapping[str, t.List[str]]:
 def get_module_distribution_versions(module_name: str) -> t.Optional[t.Tuple[str, str]]:
     if not module_name:
         return None
-    try:
-        import importlib.metadata as importlib_metadata
-    except ImportError:
-        import importlib_metadata  # type: ignore[no-redef]
 
     names: t.List[str] = []
     pkgs = get_package_distributions()
+    dist_map = get_distributions()
     while names == []:
-        try:
-            package = importlib_metadata.distribution(module_name)
-            metadata = package.metadata
-            name = metadata["name"]
-            version = metadata["version"]
-            if name and version:
-                return (name, version)
-        except Exception:  # nosec
-            pass
+        # First try to resolve the module name from package distributions
+        version = dist_map.get(module_name)
+        if version:
+            return (module_name, version)
+        # Since we've failed to resolve, try to resolve the parent package
         names = pkgs.get(module_name, [])
         if not names:
-            # try to resolve the parent package
             p = module_name.rfind(".")
             if p > 0:
                 module_name = module_name[:p]
@@ -100,7 +88,7 @@ def get_module_distribution_versions(module_name: str) -> t.Optional[t.Tuple[str
     return (names[0], get_version_for_package(names[0]))
 
 
-@cached(maxsize=256)
+@cached(maxsize=1024)
 def get_version_for_package(name):
     # type: (str) -> str
     """returns the version of a package"""
@@ -194,7 +182,7 @@ def is_namespace(f: importlib_metadata.PackagePath):
             if not (files := dist.files):
                 continue
             metadata = dist.metadata
-            d = Distribution(name=metadata["name"], version=metadata["version"], path=None)
+            d = Distribution(name=metadata["name"], version=metadata["version"])
             for f in files:
                 root = f.parts[0]
                 if root.endswith(".dist-info") or root.endswith(".egg-info") or root == "..":

releasenotes/notes/perf-telemetry-d9881d20f22013f7.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    telemetry: improves periodic telemetry writer performance by  removing
+    unnecessary calls to ``importlib.metadata`` for reporting imported dependencies.
+

tests/internal/test_packages.py

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import os
-
 import pytest
 
 from ddtrace.internal.packages import _third_party_packages
@@ -40,28 +38,26 @@ def test_get_distributions():
     pkg_resources_ws = {pkg.project_name.lower() for pkg in pkg_resources.working_set}
 
     importlib_pkgs = set()
-    for pkg in get_distributions():
-        assert pkg.name
-        assert pkg.version
-        assert os.path.exists(pkg.path)
+    for name, version in get_distributions().items():
+        assert version
         # The package name in typing_extensions-4.x.x.dist-info/METADATA is set to `typing_extensions`
         # this is inconsistent with the package name found in pkg_resources. The block below corrects this.
         # The correct package name is typing-extensions.
         # The issue exists in pkgutil-resolve-name package.
-        if pkg.name == "typing_extensions" and "typing-extensions" in pkg_resources_ws:
+        if name == "typing_extensions" and "typing-extensions" in pkg_resources_ws:
             importlib_pkgs.add("typing-extensions")
-        elif pkg.name == "pkgutil_resolve_name" and "pkgutil-resolve-name" in pkg_resources_ws:
+        elif name == "pkgutil_resolve_name" and "pkgutil-resolve-name" in pkg_resources_ws:
             importlib_pkgs.add("pkgutil-resolve-name")
-        elif pkg.name == "importlib_metadata" and "importlib-metadata" in pkg_resources_ws:
+        elif name == "importlib_metadata" and "importlib-metadata" in pkg_resources_ws:
             importlib_pkgs.add("importlib-metadata")
-        elif pkg.name == "importlib-metadata" and "importlib_metadata" in pkg_resources_ws:
+        elif name == "importlib-metadata" and "importlib_metadata" in pkg_resources_ws:
             importlib_pkgs.add("importlib_metadata")
-        elif pkg.name == "importlib-resources" and "importlib_resources" in pkg_resources_ws:
+        elif name == "importlib-resources" and "importlib_resources" in pkg_resources_ws:
             importlib_pkgs.add("importlib_resources")
-        elif pkg.name == "importlib_resources" and "importlib-resources" in pkg_resources_ws:
+        elif name == "importlib_resources" and "importlib-resources" in pkg_resources_ws:
             importlib_pkgs.add("importlib-resources")
         else:
-            importlib_pkgs.add(pkg.name)
+            importlib_pkgs.add(name)
 
     # assert that pkg_resources and importlib.metadata return the same packages
     assert pkg_resources_ws == importlib_pkgs