From: "Lin Jen-Shin (godfat)" <godfat-hOE/xeEBYYIdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> To: "Rainbows! list" <rainbows-talk-GrnCvJ7WPxnNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org> Subject: Re: Timeout on Rainbows! Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 04:02:01 +0800 [thread overview] Message-ID: <CAA2_N1s0-amGpfybNSYmW=2GLZ5VBNsbCVYDA3CCeknENUb2Og@mail.gmail.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <20130823193519.GA30201-yBiyF41qdooeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org> On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 3:35 AM, Eric Wong <normalperson-rMlxZR9MS24@public.gmane.org> wrote: > "Lin Jen-Shin (godfat)" <godfat-hOE/xeEBYYIdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> I am reworking on thread pool for EventMachine, and just realized that >> Rainbows doesn't try to put a timeout for each request. Previously, >> I thought the timeout setup in Unicorn would be used for each request. > > The normal timeout is only a last resort (it works when the VM is hosed > on a worker). ThreadTimeout isn't nearly as reliable because it works > on the same VM/process, and it's still always preferable to rely on > "local" timeouts exposed by every library. (see > http://unicorn.bogomips.org/Application_Timeouts) [...] >> and I think in most cases we would want this timeout for each >> request. The down side might be that then the users cannot >> use their own Rainbows::ThreadTimeout (maybe?) or setup a custom >> threshold. > > Right. And some users (e.g. myself) don't ever use either timeout > feature. We audit every single line of code and make sure all > potentially long-running method calls have timeouts set appropriately. > (IMNSHO, this is the _only_ way to write applications for a > multi-threaded/evented platform) > >> Probably then we could introduce another timeout/threshold config >> in Configurator? I feel it would be common enough. > > Not worth it. It's not reliable enough nor generally useful enough > compared to the regular timeout (which again, is a last resort). I see, thank you very much. I'll take out ThreadTimeout in EventMachineThreadPool and add it into our application stack as a temporary workaround for now. _______________________________________________ Rainbows! mailing list - rainbows-talk-GrnCvJ7WPxnNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rainbows-talk Do not quote signatures (like this one) or top post when replying
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-23 20:12 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2013-08-23 19:13 Lin Jen-Shin (godfat) [not found] ` <CAA2_N1t7+9iGSGo-fzOuKFzxrtQkp==G0+8xOun3MfZ=rWq25A-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> 2013-08-23 19:35 ` Eric Wong [not found] ` <20130823193519.GA30201-yBiyF41qdooeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org> 2013-08-23 20:02 ` Lin Jen-Shin (godfat) [this message]
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