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ASF GitHub Bot commented on STORM-1650: --------------------------------------- Github user revans2 commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/1250#discussion_r57167003 --- Diff: storm-core/src/jvm/org/apache/storm/grouping/LoadAwareShuffleGrouping.java --- @@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ @Override public void prepare(WorkerTopologyContext context, GlobalStreamId stream, List<Integer> targetTasks) { - random = new Random(); + random = new XORShiftRandom(); --- End diff -- Thread safety here is nice, but not a requirement. If we double up on a few routs it is probably not that big of a deal. > improve performance by XORShiftRandom > ------------------------------------- > > Key: STORM-1650 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STORM-1650 > Project: Apache Storm > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: John Fang > Assignee: John Fang > > '''Implement a random number generator based on the XORShift algorithm > discovered by George Marsaglia. This RNG is observed 4.5 times faster than > {@link Random} in benchmark, with the cost that abandon thread-safety. So > it's recommended to create a new {@link XORShiftRandom} for each thread.''' -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)