## Background
This PR introduces support for field-level expiration in Redis hashes. Previously, Redis supported expiration only at the key level, but this enhancement allows setting expiration times for individual fields within a hash.
## New commands
* HEXPIRE
* HEXPIREAT
* HEXPIRETIME
* HPERSIST
* HPEXPIRE
* HPEXPIREAT
* HPEXPIRETIME
* HPTTL
* HTTL
## Short example
from @moticless
```sh
127.0.0.1:6379> hset myhash f1 v1 f2 v2 f3 v3
(integer) 3
127.0.0.1:6379> hpexpire myhash 10000 NX fields 2 f2 f3
1) (integer) 1
2) (integer) 1
127.0.0.1:6379> hpttl myhash fields 3 f1 f2 f3
1) (integer) -1
2) (integer) 9997
3) (integer) 9997
127.0.0.1:6379> hgetall myhash
1) "f3"
2) "v3"
3) "f2"
4) "v2"
5) "f1"
6) "v1"
... after 10 seconds ...
127.0.0.1:6379> hgetall myhash
1) "f1"
2) "v1"
127.0.0.1:6379>
```
## Expiration strategy
1. Integrate active
Redis periodically performs active expiration and deletion of hash keys that contain expired fields, with a maximum attempt limit.
3. Lazy expiration
When a client touches fields within a hash, Redis checks if the fields are expired. If a field is expired, it will be deleted. However, we do not delete expired fields during a traversal, we implicitly skip over them.
## RDB changes
Add two new rdb type s`RDB_TYPE_HASH_METADATA` and `RDB_TYPE_HASH_LISTPACK_EX`.
## Notification
1. Add `hpersist` notification for `HPERSIST` command.
5. Add `hexpire` notification for `HEXPIRE`, `HEXPIREAT`, `HPEXPIRE` and `HPEXPIREAT` commands.
## Internal
1. Add new data structure `ebuckets`, which is used to store TTL and keys, enabling quick retrieval of keys based on TTL.
2. Add new data structure `mstr` like sds, which is used to store a string with TTL.
This work was done by @moticless, @tezc, @ronen-kalish, @sundb, I just release it.
Redis Test Suite
The normal execution mode of the test suite involves starting and manipulating
local redis-server instances, inspecting process state, log files, etc.
The test suite also supports execution against an external server, which is
enabled using the --host and --port parameters. When executing against an
external server, tests tagged external:skip are skipped.
There are additional runtime options that can further adjust the test suite to match different external server configurations:
| Option | Impact |
|---|---|
--singledb |
Only use database 0, don't assume others are supported. |
--ignore-encoding |
Skip all checks for specific encoding. |
--ignore-digest |
Skip key value digest validations. |
--cluster-mode |
Run in strict Redis Cluster compatibility mode. |
--large-memory |
Enables tests that consume more than 100mb |
Tags
Tags are applied to tests to classify them according to the subsystem they test, but also to indicate compatibility with different run modes and required capabilities.
Tags can be applied in different context levels:
start_servercontexttagscontext that bundles several tests together- A single test context.
The following compatibility and capability tags are currently used:
| Tag | Indicates |
|---|---|
external:skip |
Not compatible with external servers. |
cluster:skip |
Not compatible with --cluster-mode. |
large-memory |
Test that requires more than 100mb |
tls:skip |
Not compatible with --tls. |
needs:repl |
Uses replication and needs to be able to SYNC from server. |
needs:debug |
Uses the DEBUG command or other debugging focused commands (like OBJECT REFCOUNT). |
needs:pfdebug |
Uses the PFDEBUG command. |
needs:config-maxmemory |
Uses CONFIG SET to manipulate memory limit, eviction policies, etc. |
needs:config-resetstat |
Uses CONFIG RESETSTAT to reset statistics. |
needs:reset |
Uses RESET to reset client connections. |
needs:save |
Uses SAVE or BGSAVE to create an RDB file. |
When using an external server (--host and --port), filtering using the
external:skip tags is done automatically.
When using --cluster-mode, filtering using the cluster:skip tag is done
automatically.
When not using --large-memory, filtering using the largemem:skip tag is done
automatically.
In addition, it is possible to specify additional configuration. For example, to
run tests on a server that does not permit SYNC use:
./runtest --host <host> --port <port> --tags -needs:repl