Skip to content
New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

HPCC-31160 Fix slow CSV read of super with HEADINGs. #18300

Conversation

jakesmith
Copy link
Member

@jakesmith jakesmith commented Feb 15, 2024

A CSV read of a superfile with HEADING() was causing a massive slowdown. Each worker was waiting for the previous to have processed all header lines from all subfiles before moving forward. The net effect was for Thor to process the file sequentially on each worker instead of in parallel.

NB: kept old code that pended on previous worker to have processed all subfile header lines as a failsave expert option.

Type of change:

  • This change is a bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue).
  • This change is a new feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality).
  • This change improves the code (refactor or other change that does not change the functionality)
  • This change fixes warnings (the fix does not alter the functionality or the generated code)
  • This change is a breaking change (fix or feature that will cause existing behavior to change).
  • This change alters the query API (existing queries will have to be recompiled)

Checklist:

  • My code follows the code style of this project.
    • My code does not create any new warnings from compiler, build system, or lint.
  • The commit message is properly formatted and free of typos.
    • The commit message title makes sense in a changelog, by itself.
    • The commit is signed.
  • My change requires a change to the documentation.
    • I have updated the documentation accordingly, or...
    • I have created a JIRA ticket to update the documentation.
    • Any new interfaces or exported functions are appropriately commented.
  • I have read the CONTRIBUTORS document.
  • The change has been fully tested:
    • I have added tests to cover my changes.
    • All new and existing tests passed.
    • I have checked that this change does not introduce memory leaks.
    • I have used Valgrind or similar tools to check for potential issues.
  • I have given due consideration to all of the following potential concerns:
    • Scalability
    • Performance
    • Security
    • Thread-safety
    • Cloud-compatibility
    • Premature optimization
    • Existing deployed queries will not be broken
    • This change fixes the problem, not just the symptom
    • The target branch of this pull request is appropriate for such a change.
  • There are no similar instances of the same problem that should be addressed
    • I have addressed them here
    • I have raised JIRA issues to address them separately
  • This is a user interface / front-end modification
    • I have tested my changes in multiple modern browsers
    • The component(s) render as expected

Smoketest:

  • Send notifications about my Pull Request position in Smoketest queue.
  • Test my draft Pull Request.

Testing:

A CSV read of a superfile with HEADING(<n>) was causing a massive
slowdown. Each worker was waiting for the previous to have
processed all header lines from all subfiles before moving
forward. The net effect was for Thor to process the file
sequentially on each worker instead of in parallel.

NB: kept old code that pended on previous worker to have
processed all subfile header lines as a failsave expert option.

Signed-off-by: Jake Smith <[email protected]>
Copy link

@jakesmith jakesmith requested a review from ghalliday February 15, 2024 16:50
Copy link
Member

@ghalliday ghalliday left a comment

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

Looks sensible.

@ghalliday ghalliday merged commit 3476687 into hpcc-systems:candidate-9.4.x Feb 16, 2024
51 checks passed
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment
Labels
None yet
Projects
None yet
Development

Successfully merging this pull request may close these issues.

2 participants