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Willy Tarreau 2f3f4d3441 MEDIUM: server: add a new pool-low-conn server setting
The problem with the way idle connections currently work is that it's
easy for a thread to steal all of its siblings' connections, then release
them, then it's done by another one, etc. This happens even more easily
due to scheduling latencies, or merged events inside the same pool loop,
which, when dealing with a fast server responding in sub-millisecond
delays, can really result in one thread being fully at work at a time.

In such a case, we perform a huge amount of takeover() which consumes
CPU and requires quite some locking, sometimes resulting in lower
performance than expected.

In order to fight against this problem, this patch introduces a new server
setting "pool-low-conn", whose purpose is to dictate when it is allowed to
steal connections from a sibling. As long as the number of idle connections
remains at least as high as this value, it is permitted to take over another
connection. When the idle connection count becomes lower, a thread may only
use its own connections or create a new one. By proceeding like this even
with a low number (typically 2*nbthreads), we quickly end up in a situation
where all active threads have a few connections. It then becomes possible
to connect to a server without bothering other threads the vast majority
of the time, while still being able to use these connections when the
number of available FDs becomes low.

We also use this threshold instead of global.nbthread in the connection
release logic, allowing to keep more extra connections if needed.

A test performed with 10000 concurrent HTTP/1 connections, 16 threads
and 210 servers with 1 millisecond of server response time showed the
following numbers:

   haproxy 2.1.7:           185000 requests per second
   haproxy 2.2:             314000 requests per second
   haproxy 2.2 lowconn 32:  352000 requests per second

The takeover rate goes down from 300k/s to 13k/s. The difference is
further amplified as the response time shrinks.
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VERDATE [RELEASE] Released version 2.2-dev11 2020-06-26 22:01:04 +02:00
VERSION [RELEASE] Released version 2.2-dev11 2020-06-26 22:01:04 +02:00

The HAProxy documentation has been split into a number of different files for
ease of use.

Please refer to the following files depending on what you're looking for :

  - INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install HAProxy
  - BRANCHES to understand the project's life cycle and what version to use
  - LICENSE for the project's license
  - CONTRIBUTING for the process to follow to submit contributions

The more detailed documentation is located into the doc/ directory :

  - doc/intro.txt for a quick introduction on HAProxy
  - doc/configuration.txt for the configuration's reference manual
  - doc/lua.txt for the Lua's reference manual
  - doc/SPOE.txt for how to use the SPOE engine
  - doc/network-namespaces.txt for how to use network namespaces under Linux
  - doc/management.txt for the management guide
  - doc/regression-testing.txt for how to use the regression testing suite
  - doc/peers.txt for the peers protocol reference
  - doc/coding-style.txt for how to adopt HAProxy's coding style
  - doc/internals for developer-specific documentation (not all up to date)