From: sam.saffron@... Date: 2018-02-08T00:25:41+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:85472] [Ruby trunk Feature#13618] [PATCH] auto fiber schedule for rb_wait_for_single_fd and rb_waitpid Issue #13618 has been updated by sam.saffron (Sam Saffron). > How long does it release the GVL for? I would see it heavily depends on workload, but usually for our loads it is milliseconds for v8 work, in PGs case shortest duration is probably 0.5ms with a median more around 4-5ms I would like to expand on the auto scheduler question here with a code example: ``` t1 = Thread::Green.new do while true end end t2 = Thread::Green.new do puts "hi" end t1.stop ``` I think the general expectation here is for this to output "hi" just like standard threads do. I think we should probably support a ninja mode `Thread::Green.automatic_scheduling = false` Or something like that if we just want the fiber auto yield and nothing else, but the default should be safe. Clearly safety is going to have to be somewhat limited until Fibers can move between threads cause you can be lost in C land. Wondering what Matz and Koichi are thinking here? Totally support mutex, cv and queue being green thread aware. Also would like to see that native timer which is green thread aware. ---------------------------------------- Feature #13618: [PATCH] auto fiber schedule for rb_wait_for_single_fd and rb_waitpid https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/13618#change-70264 * Author: normalperson (Eric Wong) * Status: Assigned * Priority: Normal * Assignee: normalperson (Eric Wong) * Target version: ---------------------------------------- ``` auto fiber schedule for rb_wait_for_single_fd and rb_waitpid Implement automatic Fiber yield and resume when running rb_wait_for_single_fd and rb_waitpid. The Ruby API changes for Fiber are named after existing Thread methods. main Ruby API: Fiber#start -> enable auto-scheduling and run Fiber until it automatically yields (due to EAGAIN/EWOULDBLOCK) The following behave like their Thread counterparts: Fiber.start - Fiber.new + Fiber#start (prelude.rb) Fiber#join - run internal scheduler until Fiber is terminated Fiber#value - ditto Fiber#run - like Fiber#start (prelude.rb) Right now, it takes over rb_wait_for_single_fd() and rb_waitpid() function if the running Fiber is auto-enabled (cont.c::rb_fiber_auto_sched_p) Changes to existing functions are minimal. New files (all new structs and relations should be documented): iom.h - internal API for the rest of RubyVM (incomplete?) iom_internal.h - internal header for iom_(select|epoll|kqueue).h iom_epoll.h - epoll-specific pieces iom_kqueue.h - kqueue-specific pieces iom_select.h - select-specific pieces iom_pingable_common.h - common code for iom_(epoll|kqueue).h iom_common.h - common footer for iom_(select|epoll|kqueue).h Changes to existing data structures: rb_thread_t.afrunq - list of fibers to auto-resume rb_vm_t.iom - Ruby I/O Manager (rb_iom_t) :) Besides rb_iom_t, all the new structs are stack-only and relies extensively on ccan/list for branch-less, O(1) insert/delete. As usual, understanding the data structures first should help you understand the code. Right now, I reuse some static functions in thread.c, so thread.c includes iom_(select|epoll|kqueue).h TODO: Hijack other blocking functions (IO.select, ...) I am using "double" for timeout since it is more convenient for arithmetic like parts of thread.c. Most platforms have good FP, I think. Also, all "blocking" functions (rb_iom_wait*) will have timeout support. ./configure gains a new --with-iom=(select|epoll|kqueue) switch libkqueue: libkqueue support is incomplete; corner cases are not handled well: 1) multiple fibers waiting on the same FD 2) waiting for both read and write events on the same FD Bugfixes to libkqueue may be necessary to support all corner cases. Supporting these corner cases for native kqueue was challenging, even. See comments on iom_kqueue.h and iom_epoll.h for nuances. Limitations Test script I used to download a file from my server: ----8<--- require 'net/http' require 'uri' require 'digest/sha1' require 'fiber' url = 'http://80x24.org/git-i-forgot-to-pack/objects/pack/pack-97b25a76c03b489d4cbbd85b12d0e1ad28717e55.idx' uri = URI(url) use_ssl = "https" == uri.scheme fibs = 10.times.map do Fiber.start do cur = Fiber.current.object_id # XXX getaddrinfo() and connect() are blocking # XXX resolv/replace + connect_nonblock Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: use_ssl) do |http| req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri) http.request(req) do |res| dig = Digest::SHA1.new res.read_body do |buf| dig.update(buf) #warn "#{cur} #{buf.bytesize}\n" end warn "#{cur} #{dig.hexdigest}\n" end end warn "done\n" :done end end warn "joining #{Time.now}\n" fibs[-1].join(4) warn "joined #{Time.now}\n" all = fibs.dup warn "1 joined, wait for the rest\n" until fibs.empty? fibs.each(&:join) fibs.keep_if(&:alive?) warn fibs.inspect end p all.map(&:value) Fiber.new do puts 'HI' end.run.join ``` ---Files-------------------------------- 0001-auto-fiber-schedule-for-rb_wait_for_single_fd-and-rb.patch (82.8 KB) -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: <mailto:ruby-core-request@ruby-lang.org?subject=unsubscribe> <http://lists.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/ruby-core>