[Bug debuginfod/27701] New: use long lived debuginfod-client objects & curl handles

[Bug debuginfod/27701] New: use long lived debuginfod-client objects & curl handles

[fche at redhat dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27701

            Bug ID: 27701
           Summary: use long lived debuginfod-client objects & curl
                    handles
           Product: elfutils
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: debuginfod
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: fche at redhat dot com
                CC: elfutils-devel at sourceware dot org
  Target Milestone: ---

Discussion of bug #27673 brought light to an important source of inefficiency
in the debuginfod protocol for applications that make repeated queries.  The
basic problem is that each time we nuke and recreate a curl handle, any cached
information such as an active keep-alive http connection, or crypto session
keys, are thrown away.  Each new connection can take time & CPU, bleeding
latency.

If we retain the curl-easy handles across debuginfod-client calls, rather than
creating/destroying them during Every Call, then much of that setup work is
eliminated, and anti-DoS web firewall concerns also eased.  Some estimates here
indicate savings of hundreds of milliseconds per call are available, and even
more if DoS penalties are applied.

debuginfod would itself be a good client to use this tactic to maintain
persistent connections to its federation partners.

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[Bug debuginfod/27701] use long lived debuginfod-client objects & curl handles

[fche at redhat dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27701

Frank Ch. Eigler <fche at redhat dot com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |FIXED

--- Comment #1 from Frank Ch. Eigler <fche at redhat dot com> ---
commit 6c8b68b0245c8754997b4c4b0ff4ba24974e3fdd
Author: Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri Apr 23 13:04:26 2021 -0400

    PR27701: debuginfod client: encourage reused debuginfod_client objects

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[Bug debuginfod/27701] use long lived debuginfod-client objects & curl handles

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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27701

Frank Ch. Eigler <fche at redhat dot com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           See Also|                            |https://sourceware.org/bugz
                   |                            |illa/show_bug.cgi?id=27859

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