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bug#30290: guix-daemon slows to a crawl when a substitute server is offl
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zimoun |
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bug#30290: guix-daemon slows to a crawl when a substitute server is offline |
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Thu, 03 Dec 2020 01:20:07 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) |
Hi Maxim,
On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 at 22:07, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> wrote:
> When a substitute server used by guix-daemon is offline, the daemon will
> keep attempting to connect to it, even when it shouldn't need any data
> (ran 'sudo guix system reconfigure my-config.scm' multiple times in a
> row.
>
> With the disconnected server (bayfront in my case), that command would
> take close to 8 minutes, with many system calls like:
>
> connect(14, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(443),
> sin_addr=inet_addr("141.255.128.56")}, 16) = -1 EINPROGRESS
>
> which wasted 5 seconds each time.
>
> After removing this server from my substitute servers list, the same
> operation (system reconfigure) is 8 times faster (1 minute).
>
> Suggestion: the daemon should stop trying to use the offline substitute
> server after trying for X times, and print a warning about it.
This looks like as a wishlist, right? Do it make sense to include such
feature to the recent discussions about the revamp of offloading,
Cuirass, publish, etc.
All the best,
simon
- bug#30290: guix-daemon slows to a crawl when a substitute server is offline,
zimoun <=