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std.Io.Threaded: tune requestCancel

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On a heavily loaded Linux 6.17.5, I observed a maximum of 20 attempts
not acknowledged before the timeout (including exponential backoff) was
sufficient, despite the heavy load.

The time wasted here sleeping is mitigated by the fact that, later on,
the system will likely wait for the canceled task, causing it to
indefinitely yield until the canceled task finishes, and the task must
acknowledge the cancel before it proceeds to that point.
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Andrew Kelley 2025-11-28 18:07:42 -08:00
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@ -201,8 +201,22 @@ const Closure = struct {
// We can send a signal to interrupt the syscall, but if it arrives before
// the syscall instruction, it will be missed. Therefore, this code tries
// again until the cancellation request is acknowledged.
const max_attempts = 3;
for (0..max_attempts) |_| {
// 1 << 10 ns is about 1 microsecond, approximately syscall overhead.
// 1 << 20 ns is about 1 millisecond.
// 1 << 30 ns is about 1 second.
//
// On a heavily loaded Linux 6.17.5, I observed a maximum of 20
// attempts not acknowledged before the timeout (including exponential
// backoff) was sufficient, despite the heavy load.
//
// The time wasted here sleeping is mitigated by the fact that, later
// on, the system will likely wait for the canceled task, causing it
// to indefinitely yield until the canceled task finishes, and the
// task must acknowledge the cancel before it proceeds to that point.
const max_attempts = 22;
for (0..max_attempts) |attempt_index| {
if (std.Thread.use_pthreads) {
const rc = std.c.pthread_kill(signal_id, .IO);
if (is_debug) assert(rc == 0);
@ -219,11 +233,14 @@ const Closure = struct {
return;
}
// TODO make this a nanosleep with 1 << attempt duration
std.Thread.yield() catch {};
var timespec: posix.timespec = .{
.sec = 0,
.nsec = @as(isize, 1) << @intCast(attempt_index),
};
_ = posix.system.nanosleep(&timespec, &timespec);
switch (@atomicRmw(CancelStatus, &closure.cancel_status, .Xchg, .requested, .monotonic).unpack()) {
.requested => continue,
.requested => continue, // Retry needed in case other thread hasn't yet entered the syscall.
.none, .acknowledged => return,
.signal_id => |new_signal_id| signal_id = new_signal_id,
}