[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (WFCORE-249) Wrap the default logging handlers in an AsyncHandler

[Kyle Lape (JIRA)]

Kyle Lape created WFCORE-249:
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             Summary: Wrap the default logging handlers in an AsyncHandler
                 Key: WFCORE-249
                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFCORE-249
             Project: WildFly Core
          Issue Type: Enhancement
          Components: Logging
            Reporter: Kyle Lape
            Assignee: James Perkins


This change could potentially enhance performance under heavier logging loads, but the the disadvantages probably need to be considered first.

* Under light logging load, is performance improved much?
* How about under medium load?
* Under heavy load, the async queue may overflow, causing either one of two sceanrios:
** {{OverflowAction.DISCARD}}: The loss of messages.  Probably not the right choice for default.
** {{OverflowAction.BLOCK}}: Threads block until queue clears.  Could be argued that async is not much better than plain synchronous logging in this scenario.
* If the aync thread crashes, are messages lost?  If so, is this much worse than synchronous logging, and how often can an async thread crash?




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