KAFKA-9700: Fix negative estimatedCompressionRatio (#8285)

There are cases where `currentEstimation` is less than
`COMPRESSION_RATIO_IMPROVING_STEP` causing
`estimatedCompressionRatio` to be negative. This, in turn,
may result in `MESSAGE_TOO_LARGE`.

Reviewers: Ismael Juma <ismael@juma.me.uk>

clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/CompressionRatioEstimator.java

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class CompressionRatioEstimator {
             if (observedRatio > currentEstimation)
                 compressionRatioForTopic[type.id] = Math.max(currentEstimation + COMPRESSION_RATIO_DETERIORATE_STEP, observedRatio);
             else if (observedRatio < currentEstimation) {
-                compressionRatioForTopic[type.id] = currentEstimation - COMPRESSION_RATIO_IMPROVING_STEP;
+                compressionRatioForTopic[type.id] = Math.max(currentEstimation - COMPRESSION_RATIO_IMPROVING_STEP, observedRatio);
             }
         }
         return compressionRatioForTopic[type.id];
@@ -108,4 +108,4 @@ public class CompressionRatioEstimator {
         }
         return compressionRatio;
     }
-}
+}

clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/CompressionRatioEstimatorTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
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+package org.apache.kafka.common.record;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class CompressionRatioEstimatorTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUpdateEstimation() {
+        class EstimationsObservedRatios {
+            float currentEstimation;
+            float observedRatio;
+            EstimationsObservedRatios(float currentEstimation, float observedRatio) {
+                this.currentEstimation = currentEstimation;
+                this.observedRatio = observedRatio;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // If currentEstimation is smaller than observedRatio, the updatedCompressionRatio is currentEstimation plus
+        // COMPRESSION_RATIO_DETERIORATE_STEP 0.05, otherwise currentEstimation minus COMPRESSION_RATIO_IMPROVING_STEP
+        // 0.005. There are four cases,and updatedCompressionRatio shouldn't smaller than observedRatio in all of cases.
+        // Refer to non test code for more details.
+        List<EstimationsObservedRatios> estimationsObservedRatios = Arrays.asList(
+            new EstimationsObservedRatios(0.8f, 0.84f),
+            new EstimationsObservedRatios(0.6f, 0.7f),
+            new EstimationsObservedRatios(0.6f, 0.4f),
+            new EstimationsObservedRatios(0.004f, 0.001f));
+        for (EstimationsObservedRatios estimationsObservedRatio : estimationsObservedRatios) {
+            String topic = "tp";
+            CompressionRatioEstimator.setEstimation(topic, CompressionType.ZSTD, estimationsObservedRatio.currentEstimation);
+            float updatedCompressionRatio = CompressionRatioEstimator.updateEstimation(topic, CompressionType.ZSTD, estimationsObservedRatio.observedRatio);
+            assertTrue(updatedCompressionRatio >= estimationsObservedRatio.observedRatio);
+        }
+    }
+}