> AS1: Why --message-key-range instead of just --key-range? We've not used > --message previously in this tool, and actually prefer --record.
If the goal is to align the naming, I prefer "--record-key-range" as many existing arguments already have prefix "--record" On 2026/05/27 15:47:29 Andrew Schofield wrote: > Hi Jiunn-Yang, > Thanks for the KIP. One small comment. > > AS1: Why --message-key-range instead of just --key-range? We've not used > --message previously in this tool, and actually prefer --record. > > Thanks, > Andrew > > On 2026/05/26 15:49:42 黃竣陽 wrote: > > Hello chia, > > > > Thanks for the feedback. I have updated the KIP. > > > > Best Regards, > > Jiunn-Yang > > > > > Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]> 於 2026年5月26日 晚上11:42 寫道： > > > > > > hi Jiunn-Yang > > > > > > Thanks for the KIP. It looks like this proposal enables testing on > > > compacted topics. If so, would you mind updating the Motivation section > > > to include this? > > > > > > Best, > > > Chia-Ping > > > > > > On 2026/05/26 11:46:16 黃竣陽 wrote: > > >> Hello PoAn, > > >> > > >> Thanks for the feedback > > >> > > >> poan_00: In range mode, keys are generated by `recordIndex % keyRange`, > > >> which is fully deterministic and not affected by `--random-seed`. The > > >> seed only controls > > >> the PRNG used for random payload generation in that case. The example is > > >> misleading, > > >> I will remove it. > > >> > > >> poan_01: According to the JDK documentation, `SplittableRandom` > > >> generates uniformly > > >> distributed pseudorandom values. With a sufficiently large number of > > >> records, each key > > >> in random mode appears roughly the same number of times, so the > > >> partition distribution s > > >> tatistically converges toward behavior similar to range mode. > > >> > > >> The main difference is that random mode introduces short-term > > >> burstiness, where the same > > >> key may appear consecutively for a period of time, while range mode > > >> produces a perfectly > > >> even round-robin pattern. However, neither mode inherently creates a > > >> truly skewed (hot-partition) > > >> distribution. > > >> > > >> I’ll update the motivation section to remove the hot-partition claim for > > >> random mode. > > >> > > >> Best Regards, > > >> Jiunn-Yang > > >> > > >>> PoAn Yang <[email protected]> 於 2026年5月26日 晚上7:18 寫道： > > >>> > > >>> Hi Jiunn, > > >>> > > >>> Thanks for the KIP. > > >>> > > >>> poan_00: In example usage, there is a case use --key-distribution range > > >>> with --random-seed. > > >>> In this case, does the --random-seed parameter take effect? If not, can > > >>> we remove it? > > >>> > > >>> poan_01: In motivation, one use case of random distribution is > > >>> hot-partition scenario. > > >>> However, in JDK document, the SplittableRandom is a generator of > > >>> uniform pseudorandom values [0]. > > >>> If hot-partition scenario is just because small key range, can we do it > > >>> with range key distribution directly? > > >>> > > >>> https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/api/java.base/java/util/SplittableRandom.html > > >>> > > >>> Best, > > >>> PoAn > > >>> > > >>>> On May 20, 2026, at 8:56 PM, 黃竣陽 <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> Hi chia, > > >>>> > > >>>> Thanks for the feedback, > > >>>> > > >>>> chia_00: I have added a new optional argument --random-seed <SEED> > > >>>> (default: 0) > > >>>> to let users set the seed manually. The default value of 0 ensures > > >>>> deterministic, reproducible > > >>>> benchmark runs by default. > > >>>> > > >>>> chia_01: I have updated the Motivation section in the KIP to elaborate > > >>>> on the practical > > >>>> use cases for each key distribution mode. > > >>>> > > >>>> Best Regards, > > >>>> Jiunn-Yang > > >>>> > > >>>>> Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]> 於 2026年5月20日 上午11:48 寫道： > > >>>>> > > >>>>> hi Jiunn > > >>>>> > > >>>>> thanks for this KIP! > > >>>>> > > >>>>> chia_00: Regarding the random seed, what are your thoughts on its > > >>>>> initialization? > > >>>>> > > >>>>> chia_01: Could you elaborate on the practical use cases for each key > > >>>>> distribution mode in the Motivation section? > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Best,Chia-Ping > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On 2026/03/30 13:06:05 黃竣陽 wrote: > > >>>>>> Hello everyone, > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> I would like to start a discussion on KIP-1299 Use key range in > > >>>>>> ProducerPerformance > > >>>>>> <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/x/XpQ8G> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> This proposal aims to add configurable key distribution support to > > >>>>>> kafka-producer-perf-test. > > >>>>>> Currently, the tool always produces records with null keys, which > > >>>>>> does not reflect real-world > > >>>>>> keyed workloads. This KIP introduces two new arguments — > > >>>>>> --key-distribution and --message-key-range > > >>>>>> — enabling engineers to benchmark with round-robin or random key > > >>>>>> strategies over a bounded > > >>>>>> key space, providing more realistic performance measurements. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Best regards, > > >>>>>> Jiunn-Yang > > >>>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > > > >
