Send data using sendfile() instead of write(). Seems to be something like 30% lower...

[cubemap] / server.cpp

diff --git a/server.cpp b/server.cpp
index 88819129d45a4d1a85fdd86f156bc4617b61f716..c9b942f2c686e19a5d06682eb79075f7e59defad 100644 (file)
--- a/server.cpp
+++ b/server.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
+#include <sys/sendfile.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "server.h"
 #include "mutexlock.h"
 #include "parse.h"
+#include "util.h"
 #include "state.pb.h"
 
 using namespace std;
@@ -106,36 +108,50 @@ ClientStats Client::get_stats() const
 
 Stream::Stream(const string &stream_id)
        : stream_id(stream_id),
-         data(new char[BACKLOG_SIZE]),
+         data_fd(make_tempfile("")),
          data_size(0),
          mark_pool(NULL)
 {
-       memset(data, 0, BACKLOG_SIZE);
+       if (data_fd == -1) {
+               exit(1);
+       }
 }
 
 Stream::~Stream()
 {
-       delete[] data;
+       if (data_fd != -1) {
+               int ret;
+               do {
+                       ret = close(data_fd);
+               } while (ret == -1 && errno == EINTR);
+               if (ret == -1) {
+                       perror("close");
+               }
+       }
 }
 
 Stream::Stream(const StreamProto &serialized)
        : stream_id(serialized.stream_id()),
          header(serialized.header()),
-         data(new char[BACKLOG_SIZE]),
+         data_fd(make_tempfile(serialized.data())),
          data_size(serialized.data_size()),
          mark_pool(NULL)
 {
-       assert(serialized.data().size() == BACKLOG_SIZE);
-       memcpy(data, serialized.data().data(), BACKLOG_SIZE);
+       if (data_fd == -1) {
+               exit(1);
+       }
 }
 
-StreamProto Stream::serialize() const
+StreamProto Stream::serialize()
 {
        StreamProto serialized;
        serialized.set_header(header);
-       serialized.set_data(string(data, data + BACKLOG_SIZE));
+       if (!read_tempfile(data_fd, serialized.mutable_data())) {  // Closes data_fd.
+               exit(1);
+       }
        serialized.set_data_size(data_size);
        serialized.set_stream_id(stream_id);
+       data_fd = -1;
        return serialized;
 }
 
@@ -355,21 +371,47 @@ void Server::add_data_deferred(const string &stream_id, const char *data, size_t
        queued_data[stream_id].append(string(data, data + bytes));
 }
 
-void Server::add_data(const string &stream_id, const char *data, size_t bytes)
+void Server::add_data(const string &stream_id, const char *data, ssize_t bytes)
 {
        Stream *stream = find_stream(stream_id);
        size_t pos = stream->data_size % BACKLOG_SIZE;
        stream->data_size += bytes;
 
        if (pos + bytes > BACKLOG_SIZE) {
-               size_t to_copy = BACKLOG_SIZE - pos;
-               memcpy(stream->data + pos, data, to_copy);
-               data += to_copy;
-               bytes -= to_copy;
+               ssize_t to_copy = BACKLOG_SIZE - pos;
+               while (to_copy > 0) {
+                       int ret = pwrite(stream->data_fd, data, to_copy, pos);
+                       if (ret == -1 && errno == EINTR) {
+                               continue;
+                       }
+                       if (ret == -1) {
+                               perror("pwrite");
+                               // Dazed and confused, but trying to continue...
+                               break;
+                       }
+                       pos += ret;
+                       data += ret;
+                       to_copy -= ret;
+                       bytes -= ret;
+               }
                pos = 0;
        }
 
-       memcpy(stream->data + pos, data, bytes);
+       while (bytes > 0) {
+               int ret = pwrite(stream->data_fd, data, bytes, pos);
+               if (ret == -1 && errno == EINTR) {
+                       continue;
+               }
+               if (ret == -1) {
+                       perror("pwrite");
+                       // Dazed and confused, but trying to continue...
+                       break;
+               }
+               pos += ret;
+               data += ret;
+               bytes -= ret;
+       }
+
        stream->wake_up_all_clients();
 }
 
@@ -486,6 +528,7 @@ sending_header_or_error_again:
                return;
        }
        case Client::SENDING_DATA: {
+sending_data_again:
                // See if there's some data we've lost. Ideally, we should drop to a block boundary,
                // but resync will be the mux's problem.
                Stream *stream = client->stream;
@@ -502,27 +545,18 @@ sending_header_or_error_again:
                }
 
                // See if we need to split across the circular buffer.
-               ssize_t ret;
+               bool more_data = false;
                if ((client->bytes_sent % BACKLOG_SIZE) + bytes_to_send > BACKLOG_SIZE) {
-                       size_t bytes_first_part = BACKLOG_SIZE - (client->bytes_sent % BACKLOG_SIZE);
-
-                       iovec iov[2];
-                       iov[0].iov_base = const_cast<char *>(stream->data + (client->bytes_sent % BACKLOG_SIZE));
-                       iov[0].iov_len = bytes_first_part;
+                       bytes_to_send = BACKLOG_SIZE - (client->bytes_sent % BACKLOG_SIZE);
+                       more_data = true;
+               }
 
-                       iov[1].iov_base = const_cast<char *>(stream->data);
-                       iov[1].iov_len = bytes_to_send - bytes_first_part;
+               ssize_t ret;
+               do {
+                       loff_t offset = client->bytes_sent % BACKLOG_SIZE;
+                       ret = sendfile(client->sock, stream->data_fd, &offset, bytes_to_send);
+               } while (ret == -1 && errno == EINTR);
 
-                       do {
-                               ret = writev(client->sock, iov, 2);
-                       } while (ret == -1 && errno == EINTR);
-               } else {
-                       do {
-                               ret = write(client->sock,
-                                           stream->data + (client->bytes_sent % BACKLOG_SIZE),
-                                           bytes_to_send);
-                       } while (ret == -1 && errno == EINTR);
-               }
                if (ret == -1 && errno == EAGAIN) {
                        // We're out of socket space, so return; epoll will wake us up
                        // when there is more room.
@@ -531,7 +565,7 @@ sending_header_or_error_again:
                }
                if (ret == -1) {
                        // Error, close; postcondition #1.
-                       perror("write/writev");
+                       perror("sendfile");
                        close_client(client);
                        return;
                }
@@ -541,9 +575,8 @@ sending_header_or_error_again:
                        // We don't have any more data for this client, so put it to sleep.
                        // This is postcondition #3.
                        stream->put_client_to_sleep(client);
-               } else {
-                       // XXX: Do we need to go another round here to explicitly
-                       // get the EAGAIN?
+               } else if (more_data) {
+                       goto sending_data_again;
                }
                break;
        }