few notes:

- this is for Windows only. Right?
- are you sure SysV IPC API is available everywhere? I mean shmget()
in file_cache_fallback_init().
(I didn't know about Windows).
- I think all the changes should be wrapped by "#ifdef ...FALLBACK_SUPPORT"
(at least we will able to easily remove this)
- it's better to add ini directive to enable/disable this callback
triggering to minimize risks for users.

I would try to implement this in a simpler way.
I'll try to find time

Thanks. Dmitry.

On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Anatol Belski <anatol....@belski.net> wrote:

> Hi Dmitry,
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dmitry Stogov [mailto:dmi...@zend.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 10:01 AM
> > To: Anatol Belski <anatol....@belski.net>
> > Cc: Matt Ficken <themattfic...@gmail.com>; Pierre Joye
> > <pierre....@gmail.com>; Laruence <larue...@php.net>; PHP Internals
> > <internals@lists.php.net>; dmi...@php.net
> > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Windows OpCache bug fix
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 6:38 PM, Anatol Belski <anatol....@belski.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Dmitry Stogov [mailto:dmi...@zend.com]
> > > > Sent: Monday, October 5, 2015 3:31 PM
> > > > To: Anatol Belski <anatol....@belski.net>
> > > > Cc: Matt Ficken <themattfic...@gmail.com>; Pierre Joye
> > > > <pierre....@gmail.com>; Laruence <larue...@php.net>; PHP Internals
> > > > <internals@lists.php.net>; dmi...@php.net
> > > > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Windows OpCache bug fix
> > > >
> > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Windows OpCache bug fix
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Dmitry, I'd have a question to this
> > > > > > > > > > Also. if we can't map SHM into desired address space, we
> > > > > > > > > > may map it in
> > > > > > > > > any
> > > > > > > > > > other address and copy data into the process memory
> > > > > > > > > > similar to
> > > > > > > > > file-cache.
> > > > > > > > > In randomized memory layout, even the base were available
> > > > > > > > > and OpenFileMapping were worky, some parts of that memory
> > > > > > > > > were already
> > > > > > > > taken.
> > > > > > > > > How exactly it could be done, could you please give a
> > > > > > > > > couple of pointers to this?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > If MapViewOfFileEx(..., wanted_mapping_base) fails, we do
> > > > > > > > MapViewOfFileEx(..., NULL).
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Would the file cache be always required then?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > This is not necessary, but depends on implementation of
> course.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks for the advice. I was playing with this over these days.
> > > > > > > There are two usual cases where it possibly fails when
> > > > > > > reattaching ATM
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -
> > > > > > > https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/PHP-7.0/ext/opcache/shared
> > > > > > > _all
> > > > > > > oc_w
> > > > > > > in32.c#L151
> > > > > > > - the saved address is available but is not suitable
> > > > > > > -
> > > > > > > https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/PHP-7.0/ext/opcache/shared
> > > > > > > _all
> > > > > > > oc_w
> > > > > > > in32.c#L159
> > > > > > > - the actual MapViewOfFileEx case
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > An unrelated plain C test shows, that MapViewOfFileEx can
> > > > > > > possibly fail when called second time, too. Even with NULL or
> > > > > > > with another address as base. But even if it could map at a
> > > > > > > different base - the internal structures will probably have
> invalid
> > addresses.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > right. we might need different code for zend_accle_hash access
> > > > > > or convert corresponding structures to PIC.
> > > > > > For opcdeos "invalid address" don't matter because we will copy
> > > > > > them into process memory and fix (like in file-cache).
> > > > > >
> > > > > Ah, I have to study the file cache code then. But generally it
> > > > > sounds not like something that can be done offhand. I've also
> > > > > thought about other things like interned strings (maybe something
> > > > > else), not sure they're stored with the cache.
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > So it looks like there's indeed no profit to do any retry once
> > > > > > > the actualy base address needed was failed to reattach to.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > IMHO the scenario that were usable - in case it fails to
> > > > > > > reattach to the exact address, it has to switch to heap. Just
> > > > > > > for one request, it should get a heap allocated segment and
> > > > > > > then
> > > invalidate all the
> > > > cache.
> > > > > > > That way we fulfill the following
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > - the request is served for sure
> > > > > > > - the scripts are not cached indeed, so no divergence with the
> > > > > > > actual real cache
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > A heap fallback memory handler would be probably quite easy to
> > > > > implement.
> > > > > > > What do you think?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Apropos with the heap - it also looks like when PHP is used as
> > > > > > > module under mpm_winnt, all the cache could use heap instead
> > > > > > > of SHM. In that case, there is only one Apache process serving
> > > > > > > with
> > > many
> > > > threads.
> > > > > > > Except one would want to share that cache outside Apache,
> > > > > > > using heap there could be a much simpler solution.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Heap based cache makes the same problems. It increase the memory
> > > > > > usage
> > > > > and
> > > > > > doesn't provide cache consistency.
> > > > > > Just fall-back to file-cache may be better.
> > > > > Do you think something like this would suffice as file cache
> > > > > fallback
> > > > > https://gist.github.com/weltling/224001a468f04de13693  ? Though
> > > > > it'd still diverge from the "main" cache.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I think we should enable file-cache automatically, but we can set
> > > > ZCG(accel_directives).file_cache_only
> > > > if the file_cache already enabled.
> > > >
> > > I've revoked the approach
> > > https://gist.github.com/weltling/69bd1e47dc15273edde5 , also added
> > > enforcement per request (was missing in the previous version). Or did
> > > you mean "we should NOT enable file cache automatically"? Can be easy
> > > changed ofc. IMHO one can enforce automatically, careful programmers
> > > do check error logs :)
> > >
> >
> >
> > I wouldn't enable file cache automatically, but this really not an
> implementation
> > problem.
> >
> > +     if (NULL != ZCG(accel_directives).file_cache) {
> > +             ZCG(accel_directives).file_cache_only = 1;
> > +     }
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Actually in such case all the processes should switch to file
> cache?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > No. Only the processes that weren't be able to attach to SHM.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Just not sure how they all would negotiate that when no SHM is
> > > > > available (probably through files, or a separate shared chunk).
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > yeah. Processes that use file-cache-only won't be able to negotiate
> > > > SHM
> > > cache.
> > > > :(
> > > >
> > > ACK, so basically it is the same principle Matt suggested with
> > > sidestep cache. I could imagine synchronizing all the processes
> > > through another shared segment. Not the big one where all the cache is
> > > handled, but just a couple of bytes that wouldn't require to be
> attached to the
> > same address.
> > > That would allow to signal other file-cache-only processes for cache
> > > reset, etc.
> > >
> >
> > This idea should work. Mapping of small portion into the same address
> space
> > shouldn't be required.
> >
> > Thanks. Dmitry.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Actually, when I implemented file-cache I had a though about
> > > > > > different
> > > > > storage
> > > > > > back-ends (e.g. sqlite or memcache).
> > > > > > This abstraction might make support for "improperly mapped SHM"
> > > > > > quite
> > > > > easy.
> > > > > >
> > > > > Yeah, that could be useful. Maybe also module based so one could
> > > > > even supply them separately, then an arbitrary storage mechanism
> > > > > could be provided. Fe like I've mentioned for mpm_winnt -if
> > > > > there's no intention to share the cache outside Apache, just one
> > > > > heap for all could be much simpler to avoid all that reattach
> mechanics.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Does mpm_winnt use pure ZTS without processes?
> > > >
> > > The master process starts only one child (also documented here
> > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mpm_winnt.html). IMHO even If one
> > > would decide supporting virtual hosts (not supported by the current
> > > solution anyway), that were done relatively simple creating private
> > > heaps inside the same child process.
> > >
> Updated the patch with one small fix
> https://gist.github.com/weltling/925c0a774fa1261ede58 . I think it's
> ready to be applied, could you please check? One could shrink it to Windows
> yet, or leave as is so the fallback is worky crossplatform.
>
> Thanks
>
> anatol
>
>

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