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Re: svn commit: r982355 - /subversion/branches/performance/subversion/svnserve/main.c

From: Blair Zajac <blair_at_orcaware.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 20:02:58 -0800

On Aug 4, 2010, at 11:43 AM, stefan2_at_apache.org wrote:

> Author: stefan2
> Date: Wed Aug 4 18:43:29 2010
> New Revision: 982355
>
> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=982355&view=rev
> Log:
> Fix an issue with fulltext caching already present in production SVN:
> APR pools often won't reuse memory fragments if they are larger
> than 80kB. Using string buffers while reconstructing fulltexts does
> exactly The Bad Thing: request large buffers of various sizes that
> APR pools will often not reuse due to their differing and often just
> a tad bit too small size.
>
> Use an allocator to limit the amount of unused memory fragments
> held by the root pools.
>
> * subversion/svnserve/main.c
> (main): limit the idle memory allocated per request root pool to 4 MB.
>
> Modified:
> subversion/branches/performance/subversion/svnserve/main.c
>
> Modified: subversion/branches/performance/subversion/svnserve/main.c
> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/branches/performance/subversion/svnserve/main.c?rev=982355&r1=982354&r2=982355&view=diff
> ==============================================================================
> --- subversion/branches/performance/subversion/svnserve/main.c (original)
> +++ subversion/branches/performance/subversion/svnserve/main.c Wed Aug 4 18:43:29 2010
> @@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
> apr_sockaddr_t *sa;
> apr_pool_t *pool;
> apr_pool_t *connection_pool;
> + apr_allocator_t *allocator;
> svn_error_t *err;
> apr_getopt_t *os;
> int opt;
> @@ -859,10 +860,22 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
> return ERROR_SUCCESS;
> #endif
>
> + /* If we are using fulltext caches etc., we will allocate many large
> + chunks of memory of various sizes outside the cachde for those
> + fulltexts. Make sure, we use the memory wisely: use an allocator
> + that causes memory fragments to be given back to the OS early. */
> +
> + if (apr_allocator_create(&allocator))
> + return EXIT_FAILURE;
> +
> + apr_allocator_max_free_set(allocator, SVN_ALLOCATOR_RECOMMENDED_MAX_FREE);

I'm just spamming this commit, but given svnserve is multithreaded, don't you need to register a mutex with the allocator?

Blair
Received on 2010-11-10 05:03:39 CET

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