I think we'd need to provide all LogEvent fields.

Gary

On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 9:13 AM, Remko Popma <[email protected]> wrote:

> That's what I meant, I didn't make myself clear. For example, we could
> offer a simple binary layout:
> time stamp (8 bytes)
> level int (4 bytes)
> thread ID (4 bytes) - Thread names in separate file
> Logger ID (4 bytes) - Logger names in separate file.
> message length (4 bytes)
> message type (2 bytes)
> message data (variable length)
> throwable length (4 bytes)
> throwable data (variable length)
>
> It's a very different approach to logging. On the plus side, this would be
> extremely compact and very fast to write.
>
> On the other hand it would require a separate tool to decode/display the
> data in human readable form. Such a tool should handle text messages out of
> the box, but for custom messages I image there could be some plugin
> mechanism for custom decoders.
>
> All very interesting...
> :-)
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 2016/03/03, at 0:01, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> That's what I thought at first, but he means non-human readable formats
> since we all use tools to parse logs as it is (Splunk and ELK are the big
> two I know of).
>
> On 2 March 2016 at 02:15, Remko Popma <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Re: binary logging, I think he's talking about providing an API to log
>> objects directly into byte buffers without turning them into Strings first.
>>
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1274 and
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-506
>>
>> were created with that in mind and should be a good step in that
>> direction.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 2016/03/02, at 15:11, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Well, I've often wondered about creating a binary format but it seems
>> that you could use JSON+ZIP or BSON and get most of the advantages.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 9:12 PM, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> One other interesting thing I learned is that improper use of logging is
>>> a huge source of performance problems. The GC-free parameterized message
>>> factory will help with one aspect of that (I suggested parameterized
>>> messages, but he countered with the Object[] that is created), and
>>> encouraging users to use a Supplier<String> instead of passing parameters
>>> should help as well (especially when those parameters have to be computed).
>>> He had some strong criticisms of logging APIs promoting bad practices which
>>> stems all the way back to log4j1 and affects pretty much every logging API
>>> in Java (some criticisms were actually outdated or didn't consider newer
>>> features of the API like markers and the huge amount of filters available).
>>>
>>> His other big idea was promoting the use of binary logging formats
>>> because humans rarely read the raw log files as it is, but it's not like
>>> there's a standard way to do that.
>>>
>>> Now I kinda wonder if he'll find this thread one day and tell me how I
>>> misinterpreted him or something. ;)
>>>
>>> On 1 March 2016 at 22:28, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Alright, I learned some interesting things. I'm going to get us some
>>>> tools we can use to try and profile this. Otherwise, he did suggest trying
>>>> out this project:
>>>> https://github.com/RichardWarburton/honest-profiler
>>>>
>>>> On 1 March 2016 at 19:31, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> So far he's said something about using lambdas for lazy evaluation
>>>>> (though I don't think that would actually help us at all). I'll try to 
>>>>> talk
>>>>> to him one-on-one afterward to delve more into this.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1 March 2016 at 18:13, Ralph Goers <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Actually, most of the tests have the commands in the comments right
>>>>>> in the class. Just cut and past.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ralph
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mar 1, 2016, at 1:43 PM, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can't even figure out how to execute the simple perf test class.
>>>>>> IntelliJ gives me some annotation processing error, and doing it from the
>>>>>> command line is turning into a classpath nightmare to figure out what 
>>>>>> jars
>>>>>> are needed to execute the test manually.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 1 March 2016 at 11:34, Gary Gregory <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Before the talk: Hi, I'm Remko, I help on Apache Log4j, are you
>>>>>>> available after the preso to talk about some issue we are seeing?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>> On Mar 1, 2016 8:29 AM, "Matt Sicker" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm attending a JUG meetup tonight with Kirk Pepperdine presenting.
>>>>>>>> It's supposed to be a Java performance workshop type of thing, so if 
>>>>>>>> you've
>>>>>>>> got a decent way to ask about it, I could see if he can help figure out
>>>>>>>> this regression. I can at least show off the SimplePerfTest and any
>>>>>>>> microbenchmarks we have.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 28 February 2016 at 11:54, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Take a look at the git bisect command. Might help you find which
>>>>>>>>> changes caused the problem.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sunday, 28 February 2016, Gary Gregory <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thank you for digging in Remko. This is will be a nice theme to
>>>>>>>>>> publicize when you get it figured out.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>>>>> On Feb 28, 2016 4:08 AM, "Remko Popma" <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> After removing the potential impact of appenders and layouts by
>>>>>>>>>>> testing with 
>>>>>>>>>>> log4j-core\src\test\resources\perf-CountingNoOpAppender.xml
>>>>>>>>>>> and org.apache.logging.log4j.core.async.perftest.SimplePerfTest, 
>>>>>>>>>>> I've
>>>>>>>>>>> confirmed my initial numbers:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 2.0: 7.5M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>> 2.1: 6M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>> 2.2: 6M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>> 2.3: 6M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>> 2.4: 4.5M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>> 2.5: 4M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>> 2.6: 2M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I tried reverting various changes made to AsyncLogger since 2.0,
>>>>>>>>>>> performance improves a little up to 4M ops/sec.
>>>>>>>>>>> However, when completely reverting AsyncLogger source to the 2.0
>>>>>>>>>>> version, performance is back to 7.5M ops/sec.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I'll try starting from the 2.0 source and getting back to 2.6
>>>>>>>>>>> functionality without losing performance...
>>>>>>>>>>> (Lengthy process...)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 12:18 PM, Remko Popma <
>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> This is the PerfTestDriver test class (in log4j-core/test,
>>>>>>>>>>>> package ...async.perf).
>>>>>>>>>>>> Mainly perf3PlainNoLocation.xml:
>>>>>>>>>>>> RollingRandomAccessFileAppender, PatternLayout, all loggers are
>>>>>>>>>>>> AsyncLoggers, logging a simple string without parameters.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Profiling with YourKit did not tell me anything useful.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm now eliminating the effect of Layouts/Appenders, using
>>>>>>>>>>>> CountingNoOpAppender, and seeing similar numbers. So this seems to 
>>>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>>>> mostly an issue in AsyncLogger.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll let you know when I find out more.
>>>>>>>>>>>> There's a lot of trial and error here, so this may take a
>>>>>>>>>>>> while...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Remko
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2016/02/26, at 21:02, Mikael Ståldal <
>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Which components (appenders, layouts) are involved in the
>>>>>>>>>>>> tests? Would it be possible to do some profiling to see if there 
>>>>>>>>>>>> is any
>>>>>>>>>>>> particular component which is to blame?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Remko Popma <
>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> To give you some rough impression on concrete numbers for this
>>>>>>>>>>>>> trend:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.0: ~6M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.1-2.2: ~5M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.3-2.4: ~3-4M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.5: ~3M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.6: ~2M ops/sec
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, 26 February 2016, Remko Popma <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You're absolutely right. I still have quite a few unit tests
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to add.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Initial perf testing shows a downward trend in Async Logger
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> performance with every release. (Logging simple string
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> messages without params.) This is worrisome and I'm focusing on 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> figuring
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that out first: this will likely involve additional code changes 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and I'll
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> add more tests after that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2016/02/26, at 10:38, Gary Gregory <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wow, I love the activity we are seeing toward 2.6! All the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> perf work on top of an existing sizable change set. Very 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> exciting indeed.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There sure are a lot of changes coming in. I hope that we all
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> can pitch in to make sure most if not all of these changes get 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> code
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> coverage from unit tests. I've not checked closely, but it seems 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> like we
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> may not have good coverage _yet_, or do I have the wrong 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> impression?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I want to make sure we keep our stability in tip top shape
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> :-) and that we have no regression from previous releases.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
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