[mod_cluster-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (MODCLUSTER-556) Consider protobuf-c to replace shm slotmem and allow multiple httpd instances state sharing

Consider protobuf-c to replace shm slotmem and allow multiple httpd instances state sharing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: MODCLUSTER-556 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/MODCLUSTER-556 Project: mod_cluster Issue Type: Feature Request Components: Native (httpd modules) Reporter: Michal Karm Assignee: Michal Karm Priority: Major Lemme leave it here for future coding spree: * shm is PITA, any update of data model is very scary * the only description of data is in code, our structures and additional meta data like timestamps * adding and removing records from shm causes leftover artifacts that are not cleaned up * meticulous locking on shm access is a bottleneck, it is making httpd slower than Java Undertow implementation when it comes to huge concurrency * storing and loading data structures as Google Protocol Buffers would allow for httpd processes to behave as actors, sending and receiving messages and thus achieve much higher level of concurrency than locking a single shared mem file * furthermore, it would actually allow multiple httpd instances to share mod_proxy_cluster state, blurring the difference between httpd child processes and separate httpd instances * Google Protocol Buffers https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/ * protobuf-c (plain C) https://github.com/protobuf-c/protobuf-c