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Bela Ban resolved JGRP-1999.
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Resolution: Done
TCP_NIO2: single selector slows down writes and reads
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Key: JGRP-1999
URL:
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JGRP-1999
Project: JGroups
Issue Type: Enhancement
Reporter: Bela Ban
Assignee: Bela Ban
Fix For: 3.6.7
TCP_NIO2 has a single selector which looks like this:
{noformat}
x=select()
if(read) -> read data from connection x, de-serialize data, pass to thread pool
if(write) -> write data pending on connection x
{noformat}
This means that any operation (read,write) delays other operations. It seems that
especially the de-serialization done in reads delays other reads and writes.
A quick test showed that having a reader thread per connection (so that reads don't
delay other reads or writes) improved perf from 15'000 reqs/sec to 22'000.
The idea is to have a reader thread in {{NioConnection}} which reads and de-serializes as
many messages as possible. When no more messages are ready to be read, it blocks for a max
wait time and then terminates unless more messages are ready. This means that idle
connections will have no threads allocated.
Investigate: we might possibly also null the pre-allocated buffer when a thread
terminates, reducing memory usage even more.