From 06e03193d59b9e8a4714e83902d1938c07192a34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Noordhuis Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 15:09:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] unix: fix loop starvation under high network load uv__read() and uv__udp_recvmsg() read incoming data in a loop. If data comes in at high speeds, the kernel receive buffer never drains and said functions never terminate, stalling the event loop indefinitely. Limit the number of consecutive reads to 32 to stop that from happening. The number 32 was chosen at random. Empirically, it seems to maintain a high throughput while still making the event loop move forward at a reasonable pace. This is a back-port of commit 738b31e from the master branch. Conflicts: src/unix/stream.c --- src/unix/stream.c | 11 +++++++++-- src/unix/udp.c | 8 +++++++- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/unix/stream.c b/src/unix/stream.c index 6f0d1378..bcfa1c93 100644 --- a/src/unix/stream.c +++ b/src/unix/stream.c @@ -523,12 +523,19 @@ static void uv__read(uv_stream_t* stream) { struct cmsghdr* cmsg; char cmsg_space[64]; struct ev_loop* ev = stream->loop->ev; + int count; + + /* Prevent loop starvation when the data comes in as fast as (or faster than) + * we can read it. XXX Need to rearm fd if we switch to edge-triggered I/O. + */ + count = 32; /* XXX: Maybe instead of having UV_READING we just test if * tcp->read_cb is NULL or not? */ - while ((stream->read_cb || stream->read2_cb) && - stream->flags & UV_READING) { + while ((stream->read_cb || stream->read2_cb) + && (stream->flags & UV_READING) + && (count-- > 0)) { assert(stream->alloc_cb); buf = stream->alloc_cb((uv_handle_t*)stream, 64 * 1024); diff --git a/src/unix/udp.c b/src/unix/udp.c index 349bfae3..7d58fd9f 100644 --- a/src/unix/udp.c +++ b/src/unix/udp.c @@ -208,12 +208,17 @@ static void uv__udp_recvmsg(uv_udp_t* handle) { ssize_t nread; uv_buf_t buf; int flags; + int count; assert(handle->recv_cb != NULL); assert(handle->alloc_cb != NULL); + /* Prevent loop starvation when the data comes in as fast as (or faster than) + * we can read it. XXX Need to rearm fd if we switch to edge-triggered I/O. + */ + count = 32; + do { - /* FIXME: hoist alloc_cb out the loop but for now follow uv__read() */ buf = handle->alloc_cb((uv_handle_t*)handle, 64 * 1024); assert(buf.len > 0); assert(buf.base != NULL); @@ -254,6 +259,7 @@ static void uv__udp_recvmsg(uv_udp_t* handle) { } /* recv_cb callback may decide to pause or close the handle */ while (nread != -1 + && count-- > 0 && handle->fd != -1 && handle->recv_cb != NULL); }