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(celeborn) branch main updated: [CELEBORN-2301] MessageEncoder enables zero-copy sendfile for FileRegion in Netty native transports
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new 95419e14a [CELEBORN-2301] MessageEncoder enables zero-copy sendfile for FileRegion in Netty native transports
95419e14a is described below
commit 95419e14a0d1986a4582a6364057193dce296992
Author: SteNicholas <pr...@163.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Apr 15 19:10:11 2026 +0800
[CELEBORN-2301] MessageEncoder enables zero-copy sendfile for FileRegion in Netty native transports
### What changes were proposed in this pull request?
`MessageEncoder` enables zero-copy sendfile for `FileRegion` in Netty native transports, which emits the header `ByteBuf` and `FileRegion` as **separate objects** in the outbound message list when the body is a `FileRegion` backed by `FileSegmentManagedBuffer`, instead of wrapping them together in a `MessageWithHeader`.
Previously, all messages with a body were unconditionally wrapped in `MessageWithHeader`. This caused native transports (EPOLL, KQUEUE) to fall into a generic `FileRegion.transferTo()` fallback path that copies data through user-space, bypassing the optimized `sendfile()` / `splice()` zero-copy path that Netty's native transports provide.
The split is only applied when the `ManagedBuffer` is a `FileSegmentManagedBuffer`, whose `release()` is a no-op, making it safe to emit the `FileRegion` independently of write lifecycle management. Other `ManagedBuffer` types (e.g., `BlockManagerManagedBuffer`) still use the `MessageWithHeader` wrapper because they perform resource cleanup in `release()` that must be tied to `MessageWithHeader.deallocate()`.
Backport: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/55087.
### Why are the changes needed?
When using native transports (AUTO/EPOLL on Linux), file-backed shuffle fetch performance was severely degraded compared to NIO mode. The root cause lies in how Netty's native transports dispatch `FileRegion` writes.
In `AbstractEpollStreamChannel.doWriteSingle()` (and the analogous KQueue path), Netty uses an `instanceof` check to choose between two write strategies:
https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/eeb5674526f0b49a142580686a5a9a7147ddadec/transport-classes-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/AbstractEpollStreamChannel.java#L474-L493
```java
} else if (msg instanceof DefaultFileRegion) {
return writeDefaultFileRegion(in, (DefaultFileRegion) msg); // → socket.sendFile() (zero-copy)
} else if (msg instanceof FileRegion) {
return writeFileRegion(in, (FileRegion) msg); // → region.transferTo() (user-space copy)
}
```
- **`writeDefaultFileRegion()`** calls `socket.sendFile()`, which maps directly to the Linux `sendfile()` syscall — a true zero-copy path where data is transferred from the file page cache to the socket buffer entirely within the kernel, with no user-space copy.
https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/eeb5674526f0b49a142580686a5a9a7147ddadec/transport-classes-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/AbstractEpollStreamChannel.java#L367-L386
```java
private int writeDefaultFileRegion(ChannelOutboundBuffer in, DefaultFileRegion region) throws Exception {
final long offset = region.transferred();
final long regionCount = region.count();
if (offset >= regionCount) {
in.remove();
return 0;
}
final long flushedAmount = socket.sendFile(region, region.position(), offset, regionCount - offset);
if (flushedAmount > 0) {
in.progress(flushedAmount);
if (region.transferred() >= regionCount) {
in.remove();
}
return 1;
} else if (flushedAmount == 0) {
validateFileRegion(region, offset);
}
return WRITE_STATUS_SNDBUF_FULL;
}
```
- **`writeFileRegion()`** falls back to `region.transferTo(WritableByteChannel)`, which writes data through a `SocketWritableByteChannel` wrapper — effectively a user-space copy path.
https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/eeb5674526f0b49a142580686a5a9a7147ddadec/transport-classes-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/AbstractEpollStreamChannel.java#L402-L420
```java
private int writeFileRegion(ChannelOutboundBuffer in, FileRegion region) throws Exception {
if (region.transferred() >= region.count()) {
in.remove();
return 0;
}
if (byteChannel == null) {
byteChannel = new EpollSocketWritableByteChannel();
}
final long flushedAmount = region.transferTo(byteChannel, region.transferred());
if (flushedAmount > 0) {
in.progress(flushedAmount);
if (region.transferred() >= region.count()) {
in.remove();
}
return 1;
}
return WRITE_STATUS_SNDBUF_FULL;
}
```
Spark's `MessageWithHeader extends AbstractFileRegion` (not `DefaultFileRegion`). When `MessageEncoder` wraps a `DefaultFileRegion` body inside `MessageWithHeader`, the resulting object is a generic `FileRegion` from Netty's perspective. This means Netty dispatches it to the `writeFileRegion()` fallback, which calls `MessageWithHeader.transferTo()`:
```java
// MessageWithHeader.java, line 121
if (body instanceof FileRegion fileRegion) {
writtenBody = fileRegion.transferTo(target, totalBytesTransferred - headerLength);
}
```
Here, even though the inner body is a `DefaultFileRegion`, its `transferTo()` is invoked with a `WritableByteChannel` (not a file descriptor), so the data is read from the file into a user-space buffer and then written to the socket — **the zero-copy opportunity is lost**.
By emitting the `DefaultFileRegion` directly into Netty's outbound buffer (instead of wrapping it in `MessageWithHeader`), Netty's native transport recognizes it via `instanceof DefaultFileRegion` and routes it to `socket.sendFile()`, restoring the zero-copy `sendfile()` path.
**Benchmark results (File-Backed Shuffle Fetch) show dramatic improvement:**
| Scenario | Before (ms) | After (ms) | Improvement |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPOLL, sequential fetch (JDK8) | 524 | 134 | **~3.9x faster** |
| EPOLL, parallel fetch (JDK8) | 191 | 55 | **~3.4x faster** |
### Does this PR resolve a correctness bug?
No.
### Does this PR introduce _any_ user-facing change?
No. This is an internal optimization to the Netty transport layer. Users benefit from improved shuffle fetch performance when using native transports (the default on Linux) without any configuration changes.
### How was this patch tested?
- Re-ran `NettyTransportBenchmark` with JDK8 to confirm the performance improvement. Updated benchmark result files accordingly.
Closes #3649 from SteNicholas/CELEBORN-2301.
Lead-authored-by: SteNicholas <pr...@163.com>
Co-authored-by: Cheng Pan <ch...@apache.org>
Signed-off-by: SteNicholas <pr...@163.com>
---
.../NettyTransportBenchmark-jdk17-results.txt | 46 +++++++++++-----------
.../benchmarks/NettyTransportBenchmark-results.txt | 46 +++++++++++-----------
.../common/network/protocol/MessageEncoder.java | 22 +++++++++--
.../NettyTransportBenchmark-jdk17-results.txt | 8 ++--
.../benchmarks/NettyTransportBenchmark-results.txt | 10 +++++
5 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
diff --git a/common/benchmarks/NettyTransportBenchmark-jdk17-results.txt b/common/benchmarks/NettyTransportBenchmark-jdk17-results.txt
index 01f862bab..4929f77f6 100644
--- a/common/benchmarks/NettyTransportBenchmark-jdk17-results.txt
+++ b/common/benchmarks/NettyTransportBenchmark-jdk17-results.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 17.0.15+6-LTS on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
RPC Latency (1 KB): Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-1 KB payload 524 533 16 0.0 104753.3 1.0X
+1 KB payload 542 543 2 0.0 108326.3 1.0X
================================================================================================
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 17.0.15+6-LTS on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
RPC Latency (64 KB): Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-64 KB payload 2521 2532 10 0.0 504112.3 1.0X
+64 KB payload 2523 2532 9 0.0 504581.0 1.0X
================================================================================================
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 17.0.15+6-LTS on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
RPC Latency (1 MB): Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-1 MB payload 6438 6451 13 0.0 6438320.7 1.0X
+1 MB payload 6319 6346 18 0.0 6319330.2 1.0X
================================================================================================
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 17.0.15+6-LTS on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
RPC Latency (16 MB): Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-16 MB payload 9923 10034 103 0.0 99231610.5 1.0X
+16 MB payload 9935 9955 17 0.0 99354584.9 1.0X
================================================================================================
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 17.0.15+6-LTS on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
Concurrent RPC Throughput: Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-1 client(s) 2049 2097 50 0.0 102469.1 1.0X
-4 client(s) 1325 1355 30 0.0 66251.5 1.5X
-8 client(s) 1121 1142 18 0.0 56046.7 1.8X
-16 client(s) 1095 1106 10 0.0 54742.0 1.9X
+1 client(s) 2107 2126 19 0.0 105337.8 1.0X
+4 client(s) 1298 1311 21 0.0 64893.4 1.6X
+8 client(s) 1089 1090 1 0.0 54449.8 1.9X
+16 client(s) 1062 1071 8 0.0 53109.7 2.0X
================================================================================================
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 17.0.15+6-LTS on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
IOMode Comparison: Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-NIO (8 clients) 5399 5459 83 0.0 269943.5 1.0X
-EPOLL (8 clients) 5288 5374 84 0.0 264393.7 1.0X
+NIO (8 clients) 5308 5350 37 0.0 265385.4 1.0X
+EPOLL (8 clients) 5274 5323 81 0.0 263709.2 1.0X
================================================================================================
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 17.0.15+6-LTS on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
Server Thread Scaling: Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-2 server threads 1034 1044 9 0.0 51713.7 1.0X
-4 server threads 1059 1062 4 0.0 52962.1 1.0X
-8 server threads 1074 1076 3 0.0 53712.2 1.0X
-16 server threads 1090 1101 16 0.0 54503.7 0.9X
-32 server threads 1069 1145 68 0.0 53447.3 1.0X
+2 server threads 1026 1038 18 0.0 51319.9 1.0X
+4 server threads 1036 1055 22 0.0 51798.3 1.0X
+8 server threads 1055 1070 21 0.0 52728.9 1.0X
+16 server threads 1074 1092 16 0.0 53722.5 1.0X
+32 server threads 1063 1085 24 0.0 53163.1 1.0X
================================================================================================
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 17.0.15+6-LTS on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
Multi-Connection Throughput: Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-1 conn(s), 4 threads 31793 32359 883 0.0 6358548.8 1.0X
-2 conn(s), 4 threads 20196 20265 63 0.0 4039234.4 1.6X
-4 conn(s), 4 threads 17268 17333 81 0.0 3453573.5 1.8X
+1 conn(s), 4 threads 31614 31678 97 0.0 6322732.4 1.0X
+2 conn(s), 4 threads 19714 19852 231 0.0 3942701.6 1.6X
+4 conn(s), 4 threads 17548 17570 37 0.0 3509596.0 1.8X
================================================================================================
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 17.0.15+6-LTS on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
Async Write Throughput: Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-1 KB async burst 73 74 1 0.1 14656.2 1.0X
-64 KB async burst 2247 2255 10 0.0 449355.7 0.0X
-1 MB async burst 31720 31831 98 0.0 6343939.2 0.0X
+1 KB async burst 73 73 0 0.1 14565.2 1.0X
+64 KB async burst 2236 2248 14 0.0 447104.2 0.0X
+1 MB async burst 31238 31611 328 0.0 6247618.2 0.0X
================================================================================================
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 17.0.15+6-LTS on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
16 MB Block Transfer: Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Sequential sends 10197 10222 29 0.0 101965659.2 1.0X
-4-thread parallel sends 5498 5508 16 0.0 54980188.1 1.9X
+Sequential sends 10005 10026 19 0.0 100045679.2 1.0X
+4-thread parallel sends 5561 5603 42 0.0 55611823.9 1.8X
diff --git a/common/benchmarks/NettyTransportBenchmark-results.txt b/common/benchmarks/NettyTransportBenchmark-results.txt
index 7fd5ed27b..41e32b0b4 100644
--- a/common/benchmarks/NettyTransportBenchmark-results.txt
+++ b/common/benchmarks/NettyTransportBenchmark-results.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 1.8.0_432-b06 on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
RPC Latency (1 KB): Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-1 KB payload 522 537 17 0.0 104306.4 1.0X
+1 KB payload 517 532 12 0.0 103490.9 1.0X
================================================================================================
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 1.8.0_432-b06 on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
RPC Latency (64 KB): Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-64 KB payload 2484 2516 47 0.0 496880.6 1.0X
+64 KB payload 2508 2517 6 0.0 501590.8 1.0X
================================================================================================
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 1.8.0_432-b06 on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
RPC Latency (1 MB): Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-1 MB payload 6370 6382 12 0.0 6370193.2 1.0X
+1 MB payload 6399 6413 14 0.0 6399139.2 1.0X
================================================================================================
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 1.8.0_432-b06 on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
RPC Latency (16 MB): Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-16 MB payload 9727 9768 31 0.0 97271624.0 1.0X
+16 MB payload 9819 9850 26 0.0 98189870.3 1.0X
================================================================================================
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 1.8.0_432-b06 on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
Concurrent RPC Throughput: Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-1 client(s) 2007 2082 70 0.0 100368.0 1.0X
-4 client(s) 1241 1257 21 0.0 62035.5 1.6X
-8 client(s) 1042 1051 12 0.0 52077.6 1.9X
-16 client(s) 1024 1027 4 0.0 51206.5 2.0X
+1 client(s) 2065 2125 54 0.0 103235.1 1.0X
+4 client(s) 1310 1323 21 0.0 65499.8 1.6X
+8 client(s) 1095 1109 18 0.0 54769.4 1.9X
+16 client(s) 1076 1091 26 0.0 53780.7 1.9X
================================================================================================
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 1.8.0_432-b06 on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
IOMode Comparison: Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-NIO (8 clients) 5146 5173 26 0.0 257286.2 1.0X
-EPOLL (8 clients) 5044 5071 26 0.0 252196.6 1.0X
+NIO (8 clients) 5318 5406 103 0.0 265893.9 1.0X
+EPOLL (8 clients) 5268 5276 9 0.0 263424.9 1.0X
================================================================================================
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 1.8.0_432-b06 on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
Server Thread Scaling: Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-2 server threads 983 995 14 0.0 49167.8 1.0X
-4 server threads 1001 1014 20 0.0 50042.0 1.0X
-8 server threads 1015 1026 19 0.0 50737.9 1.0X
-16 server threads 1027 1052 31 0.0 51332.2 1.0X
-32 server threads 1032 1035 3 0.0 51618.3 1.0X
+2 server threads 1029 1040 12 0.0 51447.7 1.0X
+4 server threads 1044 1056 15 0.0 52218.0 1.0X
+8 server threads 1069 1073 5 0.0 53426.7 1.0X
+16 server threads 1089 1094 8 0.0 54428.8 0.9X
+32 server threads 1074 1089 16 0.0 53677.8 1.0X
================================================================================================
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 1.8.0_432-b06 on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
Multi-Connection Throughput: Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-1 conn(s), 4 threads 31726 32399 1076 0.0 6345298.2 1.0X
-2 conn(s), 4 threads 20641 20946 386 0.0 4128100.8 1.5X
-4 conn(s), 4 threads 16958 17319 370 0.0 3391650.7 1.9X
+1 conn(s), 4 threads 31761 31870 150 0.0 6352209.9 1.0X
+2 conn(s), 4 threads 19727 19948 208 0.0 3945437.8 1.6X
+4 conn(s), 4 threads 17511 17600 109 0.0 3502141.6 1.8X
================================================================================================
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 1.8.0_432-b06 on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
Async Write Throughput: Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-1 KB async burst 70 72 2 0.1 14087.9 1.0X
-64 KB async burst 2240 2256 17 0.0 447946.2 0.0X
-1 MB async burst 32199 32584 341 0.0 6439790.4 0.0X
+1 KB async burst 71 72 1 0.1 14168.1 1.0X
+64 KB async burst 2248 2253 5 0.0 449555.6 0.0X
+1 MB async burst 31651 31739 148 0.0 6330120.0 0.0X
================================================================================================
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 1.8.0_432-b06 on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
16 MB Block Transfer: Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Sequential sends 10263 10475 187 0.0 102625029.7 1.0X
-4-thread parallel sends 5428 5509 71 0.0 54275773.9 1.9X
+Sequential sends 10199 10223 20 0.0 101991654.7 1.0X
+4-thread parallel sends 5584 5603 19 0.0 55840049.8 1.8X
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/apache/celeborn/common/network/protocol/MessageEncoder.java b/common/src/main/java/org/apache/celeborn/common/network/protocol/MessageEncoder.java
index 91c695c4f..6f124becc 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/apache/celeborn/common/network/protocol/MessageEncoder.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/apache/celeborn/common/network/protocol/MessageEncoder.java
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ import java.util.List;
import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler;
import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
+import io.netty.channel.FileRegion;
import io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToMessageEncoder;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.apache.celeborn.common.metrics.source.AbstractSource;
+import org.apache.celeborn.common.network.buffer.FileSegmentManagedBuffer;
/**
* Encoder used by the server side to encode server-to-client responses. This encoder is stateless
@@ -87,9 +89,23 @@ public final class MessageEncoder extends MessageToMessageEncoder<Message> {
assert header.writableBytes() == 0;
if (body != null) {
- // We transfer ownership of the reference on in.body() to MessageWithHeader.
- // This reference will be freed when MessageWithHeader.deallocate() is called.
- out.add(new MessageWithHeader(in.body(), header, body, bodyLength, source));
+ if (body instanceof FileRegion && in.body() instanceof FileSegmentManagedBuffer) {
+ // Emit header and FileRegion as separate objects so that native transports
+ // (EPOLL, KQUEUE) can apply zero-copy sendfile/splice on the FileRegion directly.
+ // When wrapped in MessageWithHeader, native transports fall into a generic
+ // FileRegion.transferTo() fallback that copies data through user-space, bypassing
+ // the optimized sendfile() path.
+ //
+ // This split is only safe when the ManagedBuffer is FileSegmentManagedBuffer,
+ // whose release() is a no-op. Other ManagedBuffer types perform resource cleanup in
+ // release() that must be tied to the write lifecycle via MessageWithHeader.deallocate().
+ out.add(header);
+ out.add(body);
+ } else {
+ // We transfer ownership of the reference on in.body() to MessageWithHeader.
+ // This reference will be freed when MessageWithHeader.deallocate() is called.
+ out.add(new MessageWithHeader(in.body(), header, body, bodyLength, source));
+ }
} else {
out.add(header);
}
diff --git a/worker/benchmarks/NettyTransportBenchmark-jdk17-results.txt b/worker/benchmarks/NettyTransportBenchmark-jdk17-results.txt
index 9f466d3ce..797fd518d 100644
--- a/worker/benchmarks/NettyTransportBenchmark-jdk17-results.txt
+++ b/worker/benchmarks/NettyTransportBenchmark-jdk17-results.txt
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 17.0.15+6-LTS on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
File-Backed Shuffle Fetch: Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-NIO, sequential fetch 10207 10316 131 0.0 102070276.3 1.0X
-NIO, parallel fetch (4 clients) 5310 5320 9 0.0 53099106.5 1.9X
-EPOLL, sequential fetch 10032 10061 32 0.0 100317608.1 1.0X
-EPOLL, parallel fetch (4 clients) 5515 5606 115 0.0 55150042.8 1.9X
+NIO, sequential fetch 10546 10568 25 0.0 105462185.1 1.0X
+NIO, parallel fetch (4 clients) 5333 5349 15 0.0 53330277.2 2.0X
+EPOLL, sequential fetch 10457 10526 65 0.0 104571647.3 1.0X
+EPOLL, parallel fetch (4 clients) 5245 5260 22 0.0 52452328.1 2.0X
diff --git a/worker/benchmarks/NettyTransportBenchmark-results.txt b/worker/benchmarks/NettyTransportBenchmark-results.txt
index 16488f3f3..485c45dd6 100644
--- a/worker/benchmarks/NettyTransportBenchmark-results.txt
+++ b/worker/benchmarks/NettyTransportBenchmark-results.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,13 @@
File-Backed Shuffle Block Fetch (NIO vs EPOLL/KQUEUE, 100x16MB)
================================================================================================
+OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 1.8.0_432-b06 on Linux 6.18.7-76061807-generic
+Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
+File-Backed Shuffle Fetch: Best Time(ms) Avg Time(ms) Stdev(ms) Rate(M/s) Per Row(ns) Relative
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+NIO, sequential fetch 10302 10317 22 0.0 103016261.6 1.0X
+NIO, parallel fetch (4 clients) 5564 5678 179 0.0 55636186.2 1.9X
+EPOLL, sequential fetch 10311 10322 10 0.0 103107776.4 1.0X
+EPOLL, parallel fetch (4 clients) 5550 5563 17 0.0 55499423.4 1.9X
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