receive: remove sort on label hashing #5224
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Changes
I removed the sort on labels before hashinf them when using an hashring. The Prometheus remote write specification stand that:
So I'm wondering if it's necessary to keep the sort on the receive side tor Thanos infrastructure with two "router only" receivers. I've done a pprof and I see that the sort code is using around 8% of CPU time, so it could be a significant optimization if we can skip it:
Verification
We are using the patched version for some time on our receivers and confirmed a reduction in resource consumption. We didn't see any side-effect.