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asyncio debug mode is very slow #76151

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pitrou opened this issue Nov 7, 2017 · 13 comments
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asyncio debug mode is very slow #76151

pitrou opened this issue Nov 7, 2017 · 13 comments
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3.7 (EOL) end of life stdlib Python modules in the Lib dir topic-asyncio type-bug An unexpected behavior, bug, or error

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pitrou commented Nov 7, 2017

BPO 31970
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  • bpo-31970: Reduce performance overhead of asyncio debug mode. #4314
  • [3.6] bpo-31970: Reduce performance overhead of asyncio debug mode. (GH-4314) #4322
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    pitrou commented Nov 7, 2017

    Each time a new future, handle or task is created, asyncio with debug mode enabled will parse the whole call stack and create a StackSummary object for it. Imagine a recursive coroutine: with N nested calls, you get O(N**2) performance.

    Ideally debug mode wouldn't slow things too much, at least for development and testing setups.

    @pitrou pitrou added 3.7 (EOL) end of life stdlib Python modules in the Lib dir topic-asyncio type-bug An unexpected behavior, bug, or error labels Nov 7, 2017
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    pitrou commented Nov 7, 2017

    If this is accepted on the principle, it would be great to also patch 3.6.

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    pitrou commented Nov 7, 2017

    New changeset 921e943 by Antoine Pitrou in branch 'master':
    bpo-31970: Reduce performance overhead of asyncio debug mode. (bpo-4314)
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    pitrou commented Nov 7, 2017

    New changeset d8d218f by Antoine Pitrou in branch '3.6':
    [3.6] bpo-31970: Reduce performance overhead of asyncio debug mode. (GH-4314) (bpo-4322)
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    pitrou commented Nov 7, 2017

    Thank you for the quick reviews!

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    1st1 commented Nov 7, 2017

    Thank you for helping with asyncio! I'll try to get to that transport performance issues you found sometime this week. I've a few ideas how to add 0-copy support to protocols.

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    pitrou commented Nov 8, 2017

    I've a few ideas how to add 0-copy support to protocols.

    I'd be interesting to hear about them. The main challenge IMHO is to find a way to allow a readinto()-like functionality.

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    > I've a few ideas how to add 0-copy support to protocols.

    I'd be interesting to hear about them. The main challenge IMHO is to find a way to allow a readinto()-like functionality.

    Exposing sendfile() should be straightforward. I started implementing it years ago but I gave up pretty soon because asyncio had no solid test framework for testing an actual data transfer between two sockets and that basically represented a blocker. Basically back then all recv() / send() related tests were mocks. Not sure about the current situation but if that has changed I would be happy to contribute a PR (I was the one who contributed socket.sendfile()).

    As for a readinto()-like functionality: the only thing I'm aware of is splice() syscall but it's Linux only. It must be noted that also sendfile() is UNIX only. Windows achieve the same via TransmitFile.

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    pitrou commented Nov 8, 2017

    Le 08/11/2017 à 14:40, Giampaolo Rodola' a écrit :

    Exposing sendfile() should be straightforward.

    sendfile() is not useful for data that's read from (or written to) memory.

    As for a readinto()-like functionality: the only thing I'm aware of is splice() syscall but it's Linux only.

    This is not the abstraction level we are talking about. The problem is
    the Protocol API imposes copies by default (data_received() gives you an
    arbitrarily-sized bytes object that doesn't match how your protocol
    chunks data).

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    Sorry. It looks like I completely misunderstood. =)

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    vstinner commented Nov 8, 2017

    The problem is the Protocol API imposes copies by default (...)

    IMHO performance is a good motivation to enhance the asyncio API ;-) The tricky part is to keep the backward compatibility.

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    1st1 commented Nov 8, 2017

    IMHO performance is a good motivation to enhance the asyncio API ;-) The tricky part is to keep the backward compatibility.

    Let's stop the discussion in this ticket :)

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    pitrou commented Nov 8, 2017

    In any case, I think this is better discussed on async-sig (where I already started a discussion thread some weeks ago -- see """APIs for high-bandwidth large I/O?""").

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