Re: mod_http2 progress

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Le 30.09.2021 à 15:18, stefan@eissing.org a écrit :
> Just a FYI: I announced that I had a rewrite of the connection/stream
> handling in the works and would bring that into trunk soon. An update
> on how that is going:
>
> v2.0.0-rc4 is on github now and solves the problem with pipes on our
> beloved Window platform, thanks to user @nono303 for the testing.
>
> I have asked on twitter for some more volunteers on testing that, so
> maybe next week, when nothing more negative comes up, I will bring
> that into trunk.
>
> On a "real" OS, there will then be a apr_pollset for monitoring main
> connections and streams (secondary connections). And those will then
> have a file handle for input polling. This gives opportunities for
> certain proxy modules to use pollsets also, if we want to.
>
> Overall, this allowed the implementation to reduce complexity. The
> naming should now make an easier read. Where applicable "conn_rec *c"
> has been renamed to "c1" for a main connection and "c2" for a
> secondary one and filters/functions have been renamed to show
> which connection type they are intended for.
>
> Beams have been simplified and no longer use "proxy" buckets. MMAP
> buckets are transferred more efficiently.
>
> Rüdiger's "H2StreamTimeout" has been added and test cases gave some
> surprises. Turns out ap_die() behaves different depending on the
> presence of the H1 header filter in the out filter chain. Who knew?
>
> Performance is improved under load. I think its basically less CPU
> usage that raises the request/s ceiling by 5-10% on my macOS machine
> when serving static files.
>
> Cheers,
> Stefan
>