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.
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2013-08-23 19:35 ` Eric Wong
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