本文所引用的源码全部来自redis2.8.2版本。
redis的配置文件为redis.conf, 对配置文件的解析代码见config.c
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aof实现机制简介aof 即append only file,实现机制：redis将数据库做个快照，遍历所有数据库，将数据库中的数据还原为跟客户端发送来的指令的协议格式的字符串，然后redis新建一个临时文件将这些快照数据保存，待快照程序结束后将临时文件名修改为正常的aof文件名，原有的文件则自动丢弃，由于在快照进行的过程中可能存在新增的命令修改了数据库中的数据，则在快照程序结束后需要将新修改的数据追加到aof文件中，后续的从客户端过来的命令都会不断根据不同的安全级别写到磁盘里面去。这样就支持了实时的持久化，只是可能会有短时间内的数据丢失，对一般系统还是可以容忍的。
配置文件redis.conf中有关aof参数配置解释appendonly含义：redis server是否开启aof持久化机制
在config.c函数loadserverconfigfromstring解析代码为
if (!strcasecmp(argv[0],appendonly) && argc == 2) { int yes; if ((yes = yesnotoi(argv[1])) == -1) { err = argument must be 'yes' or 'no'; goto loaderr; } server.aof_state = yes ? redis_aof_on : redis_aof_off;}
appendfsync含义：redis将os数据缓冲区中数据刷新到磁盘的策略
# appendfsync always 只要有新添加的数据就fsync
appendfsync everysec 支持延迟fsync
# appendfsync no 不需要fsync
config.c中解析代码
if (!strcasecmp(argv[0],appendfsync) && argc == 2) {//aof fsync策略 if (!strcasecmp(argv[1],no)) { server.aof_fsync = aof_fsync_no; } else if (!strcasecmp(argv[1],always)) { server.aof_fsync = aof_fsync_always; } else if (!strcasecmp(argv[1],everysec)) { server.aof_fsync = aof_fsync_everysec; } else { err = argument must be 'no', 'always' or 'everysec'; goto loaderr; }}
no-appendfsync-on-rewrite含义:当rewrite aof子进程或rdb子进程正在执行时，server是否支持fsync，即当新修改的数据写入aof文件后，是否将数据刷新到硬盘
config.c中解析代码
if (!strcasecmp(argv[0],no-appendfsync-on-rewrite) && argc == 2) { if ((server.aof_no_fsync_on_rewrite= yesnotoi(argv[1])) == -1) { err = argument must be 'yes' or 'no'; goto loaderr; }}
server.aof_no_fsync_on_rewrite控制该机制的实现代码在aof.c的flushappendonlyfile函数中，具体代码为
//如果不支持fsync，或者aof rdb子进程正在运行，那么直接返回，//但是数据已经写到aof文件中，只是没有刷新到硬盘if (server.aof_no_fsync_on_rewrite && (server.aof_child_pid != -1 || server.rdb_child_pid != -1)) return;
appendfilename含义:aof的文件名
auto-aof-rewrite-percentage 100
auto-aof-rewrite-min-size 64mb这两个配置就暂不解释，见下面redisserver结构体中中有关aof参数的注释
redisserver数据结构中有关aof的参数
struct redisserver { ………… /* aof persistence */ int aof_state; /* redis_aof_(on|off|wait_rewrite) */ int aof_fsync; /* kind of fsync() policy */ char *aof_filename; /* name of the aof file */ int aof_no_fsync_on_rewrite; /* don't fsync if a rewrite is in prog. */ int aof_rewrite_perc; /* rewrite aof if % growth is > m and... */ off_t aof_rewrite_min_size; /* the aof file is at least n bytes. */ aof文件最小字节数 off_t aof_rewrite_base_size; /* aof size on latest startup or rewrite. */ 上一次aof文件的大小 off_t aof_current_size; /* aof current size. */ 当前aof文件的大小 int aof_rewrite_scheduled; /* rewrite once bgsave terminates. */ pid_t aof_child_pid; /* pid if rewriting process */ 子进程的pid list *aof_rewrite_buf_blocks; /* hold changes during an aof rewrite. */ sds aof_buf; /* aof buffer, written before entering the event loop */ int aof_fd; /* file descriptor of currently selected aof file */ aof文件描述符 int aof_selected_db; /* currently selected db in aof */ time_t aof_flush_postponed_start; /* unix time of postponed aof flush */ time_t aof_last_fsync; /* unix time of last fsync() */ time_t aof_rewrite_time_last; /* time used by last aof rewrite run. */ time_t aof_rewrite_time_start; /* current aof rewrite start time. */ int aof_lastbgrewrite_status; /* redis_ok or redis_err */ unsigned long aof_delayed_fsync; /* delayed aof fsync() counter */ int aof_rewrite_incremental_fsync;/* fsync incrementally while rewriting? */ …………}
字符串aof_buf与链表aof_rewrite_buf_blocks分别是追加aof文件与rewrite aof文件后处理差异数据的重要参数
initserverconfig函数对aof参数的初始化及注释
server.aof_state = redis_aof_off; //aof文件是否开启server.aof_fsync = redis_default_aof_fsync; //fsync策略，默认为每秒fsyncserver.aof_no_fsync_on_rewrite = redis_default_aof_no_fsync_on_rewrite;//aof rdb子进程运行中是否支持fsync，即写入aof文件后，将数据刷新到硬盘server.aof_rewrite_perc = redis_aof_rewrite_perc; //自动rewrite增量值server.aof_rewrite_min_size = redis_aof_rewrite_min_size; //aof文件最小字节数server.aof_rewrite_base_size = 0; //自动rewrite计算aof文件增量的基数，等于上一次aof文件的字节数server.aof_rewrite_scheduled = 0; //rewrite任务计划，当客户端发送bgrewriteaof指令，如果当前rewrite子进程正在执行，那么将客户端请求的bgrewriteaof变为计划任务，待aof子进程结束后执行rewriteserver.aof_last_fsync = time(null); //最近fsync数据到硬盘时间server.aof_rewrite_time_last = -1; //rewrite持续的时间server.aof_rewrite_time_start = -1; //rewrite开始的时间server.aof_lastbgrewrite_status = redis_ok; //rewrite后的状态server.aof_delayed_fsync = 0; //延迟fsync到硬盘的次数server.aof_fd = -1; //aof文件描述符server.aof_selected_db = -1; /* make sure the first time will not match */server.aof_flush_postponed_start = 0; //上次推迟fsync到硬盘的时间server.aof_rewrite_incremental_fsync = redis_default_aof_rewrite_incremental_fsync;//rewrite aof文件时是否采用增量式fsync
其中aof_current_size参数未初始化，该值的初始化在server启动加载aof文件数据时初始化。
小结本文就是简单介绍redis中有关aof机制实现的相关参数的意义，方便对接下来aof数据持久化机制的理解，aof机制的实现比较复杂，大致分为server启动加载aof文件数据、将新的数据追加到aof文件中、自动rewrite aof文件、客户端请求bgrewriteaof指令四个部分，下面的博客将介绍这三个部分的实现。