Nginx 1.13.1 + HTTP/2 Full HPACK encoding patch verification?

[centminmod]

I patched my Nginx 1.13.1 server with your 1.13.1 version of HTTP/2 full HPACK encoding patch but using h2load tests outlined at https://blog.cloudflare.com/hpack-the-silent-killer-feature-of-http-2/, I am not seeing the header savings expected on subsequent h2load test runs ?

The test page is just a single index.html page so not sure if that matters ?

url=https://domain.com

the headers

curl -I $url  
HTTP/2 200 
date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:36:50 GMT
content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
content-length: 6090
last-modified: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:24:24 GMT
vary: Accept-Encoding
etag: "594cfa68-17ca"
server: nginx centminmod
x-powered-by: centminmod
expires: Sat, 24 Jun 2017 11:36:50 GMT
cache-control: max-age=86400
x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN
x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block
x-content-type-options: nosniff
accept-ranges: bytes

h2load test runs 1-4

h2load --version
h2load nghttp2/1.24.0-DEV

with cloudflare HTTP/2 HPACK Full encoding patch

for i in $(seq 1 4); do echo "h2load run $i"; h2load $url -n $i | tail -6 | head -1; done
h2load run 1
traffic: 6.33KB (6481) total, 324B (324) headers (space savings 15.62%), 5.95KB (6090) data
h2load run 2
traffic: 12.61KB (12913) total, 648B (648) headers (space savings 15.62%), 11.89KB (12180) data
h2load run 3
traffic: 18.89KB (19345) total, 972B (972) headers (space savings 15.62%), 17.84KB (18270) data
h2load run 4
traffic: 25.17KB (25777) total, 1.27KB (1296) headers (space savings 15.62%), 23.79KB (24360) dat

without cloudflare HTTP/2 HPACK Full encoding patch strange get higher compression levels/header space savings ?

for i in $(seq 1 4); do echo "h2load run $i"; h2load $url -n $i | tail -6 | head -1; done
h2load run 1
traffic: 6.29KB (6442) total, 285B (285) headers (space savings 25.78%), 5.95KB (6090) data
h2load run 2
traffic: 12.53KB (12835) total, 570B (570) headers (space savings 25.78%), 11.89KB (12180) data
h2load run 3
traffic: 18.78KB (19228) total, 855B (855) headers (space savings 25.78%), 17.84KB (18270) data
h2load run 4
traffic: 25.02KB (25621) total, 1.11KB (1140) headers (space savings 25.78%), 23.79KB (24360) data

4 run h2load full results with HPACK full encoding patch

h2load $url -n 4
starting benchmark...
spawning thread #0: 1 total client(s). 4 total requests
TLS Protocol: TLSv1.2
Cipher: ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
Server Temp Key: ECDH P-256 256 bits
Application protocol: h2
progress: 25% done
progress: 50% done
progress: 75% done
progress: 100% done

finished in 2.22ms, 1798.56 req/s, 11.05MB/s
requests: 4 total, 4 started, 4 done, 4 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 errored, 0 timeout
status codes: 4 2xx, 0 3xx, 0 4xx, 0 5xx
traffic: 25.17KB (25777) total, 1.27KB (1296) headers (space savings 15.62%), 23.79KB (24360) data
                     min         max         mean         sd        +/- sd
time for request:       59us       142us        88us        32us    75.00%
time for connect:     1.46ms      1.46ms      1.46ms         0us   100.00%
time to 1st byte:     1.61ms      1.61ms      1.61ms         0us   100.00%
req/s           :    2121.60     2121.60     2121.60        0.00   100.00%

4 run h2load full result without HPACK full encoding patch

h2load $url -n 4
starting benchmark...
spawning thread #0: 1 total client(s). 4 total requests
TLS Protocol: TLSv1.2
Cipher: ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
Server Temp Key: ECDH P-256 256 bits
Application protocol: h2
progress: 25% done
progress: 50% done
progress: 75% done
progress: 100% done

finished in 2.19ms, 1825.65 req/s, 11.15MB/s
requests: 4 total, 4 started, 4 done, 4 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 errored, 0 timeout
status codes: 4 2xx, 0 3xx, 0 4xx, 0 5xx
traffic: 25.02KB (25621) total, 1.11KB (1140) headers (space savings 25.78%), 23.79KB (24360) data
                     min         max         mean         sd        +/- sd
time for request:       70us       147us        99us        29us    75.00%
time for connect:     1.41ms      1.41ms      1.41ms         0us   100.00%
time to 1st byte:     1.55ms      1.55ms      1.55ms         0us   100.00%
req/s           :    2124.74     2124.74     2124.74        0.00   100.00%

nghttp2 -nv run with HTTP/2 HPACK full encoding patch

nghttp -nv $url 
[  0.053] Connected
The negotiated protocol: h2
[  0.055] recv SETTINGS frame <length=18, flags=0x00, stream_id=0>
          (niv=3)
          [SETTINGS_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS(0x03):128]
          [SETTINGS_INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE(0x04):65536]
          [SETTINGS_MAX_FRAME_SIZE(0x05):16777215]
[  0.055] recv WINDOW_UPDATE frame <length=4, flags=0x00, stream_id=0>
          (window_size_increment=2147418112)
[  0.055] send SETTINGS frame <length=12, flags=0x00, stream_id=0>
          (niv=2)
          [SETTINGS_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS(0x03):100]
          [SETTINGS_INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE(0x04):65535]
[  0.055] send SETTINGS frame <length=0, flags=0x01, stream_id=0>
          ; ACK
          (niv=0)
[  0.055] send PRIORITY frame <length=5, flags=0x00, stream_id=3>
          (dep_stream_id=0, weight=201, exclusive=0)
[  0.055] send PRIORITY frame <length=5, flags=0x00, stream_id=5>
          (dep_stream_id=0, weight=101, exclusive=0)
[  0.055] send PRIORITY frame <length=5, flags=0x00, stream_id=7>
          (dep_stream_id=0, weight=1, exclusive=0)
[  0.055] send PRIORITY frame <length=5, flags=0x00, stream_id=9>
          (dep_stream_id=7, weight=1, exclusive=0)
[  0.055] send PRIORITY frame <length=5, flags=0x00, stream_id=11>
          (dep_stream_id=3, weight=1, exclusive=0)
[  0.055] send HEADERS frame <length=48, flags=0x25, stream_id=13>
          ; END_STREAM | END_HEADERS | PRIORITY
          (padlen=0, dep_stream_id=11, weight=16, exclusive=0)
          ; Open new stream
          :method: GET
          :path: /
          :scheme: https
          :authority: domain.com
          accept: */*
          accept-encoding: gzip, deflate
          user-agent: nghttp2/1.24.0-DEV
[  0.055] recv SETTINGS frame <length=0, flags=0x01, stream_id=0>
          ; ACK
          (niv=0)
[  0.055] recv (stream_id=13) :status: 200
[  0.055] recv (stream_id=13) date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:47:37 GMT
[  0.055] recv (stream_id=13) content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
[  0.055] recv (stream_id=13) last-modified: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:24:24 GMT
[  0.055] recv (stream_id=13) vary: Accept-Encoding
[  0.055] recv (stream_id=13) etag: W/"594cfa68-17ca"
[  0.055] recv (stream_id=13) server: nginx centminmod
[  0.055] recv (stream_id=13) x-powered-by: centminmod
[  0.055] recv (stream_id=13) expires: Sat, 24 Jun 2017 11:47:37 GMT
[  0.055] recv (stream_id=13) cache-control: max-age=86400
[  0.055] recv (stream_id=13) x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN
[  0.055] recv (stream_id=13) x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block
[  0.055] recv (stream_id=13) x-content-type-options: nosniff
[  0.055] recv (stream_id=13) content-encoding: gzip
[  0.055] recv HEADERS frame <length=311, flags=0x04, stream_id=13>
          ; END_HEADERS
          (padlen=0)
          ; First response header
[  0.055] recv DATA frame <length=1951, flags=0x01, stream_id=13>
          ; END_STREAM
[  0.055] send GOAWAY frame <length=8, flags=0x00, stream_id=0>
          (last_stream_id=0, error_code=NO_ERROR(0x00), opaque_data(0)=[])

now without HTTP/2 HPACK full encoding patch

nghttp -nv $url 
[  0.043] Connected
The negotiated protocol: h2
[  0.044] recv SETTINGS frame <length=18, flags=0x00, stream_id=0>
          (niv=3)
          [SETTINGS_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS(0x03):128]
          [SETTINGS_INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE(0x04):65536]
          [SETTINGS_MAX_FRAME_SIZE(0x05):16777215]
[  0.044] recv WINDOW_UPDATE frame <length=4, flags=0x00, stream_id=0>
          (window_size_increment=2147418112)
[  0.044] send SETTINGS frame <length=12, flags=0x00, stream_id=0>
          (niv=2)
          [SETTINGS_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS(0x03):100]
          [SETTINGS_INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE(0x04):65535]
[  0.044] send SETTINGS frame <length=0, flags=0x01, stream_id=0>
          ; ACK
          (niv=0)
[  0.044] send PRIORITY frame <length=5, flags=0x00, stream_id=3>
          (dep_stream_id=0, weight=201, exclusive=0)
[  0.044] send PRIORITY frame <length=5, flags=0x00, stream_id=5>
          (dep_stream_id=0, weight=101, exclusive=0)
[  0.044] send PRIORITY frame <length=5, flags=0x00, stream_id=7>
          (dep_stream_id=0, weight=1, exclusive=0)
[  0.044] send PRIORITY frame <length=5, flags=0x00, stream_id=9>
          (dep_stream_id=7, weight=1, exclusive=0)
[  0.044] send PRIORITY frame <length=5, flags=0x00, stream_id=11>
          (dep_stream_id=3, weight=1, exclusive=0)
[  0.044] send HEADERS frame <length=48, flags=0x25, stream_id=13>
          ; END_STREAM | END_HEADERS | PRIORITY
          (padlen=0, dep_stream_id=11, weight=16, exclusive=0)
          ; Open new stream
          :method: GET
          :path: /
          :scheme: https
          :authority: domain.com
          accept: */*
          accept-encoding: gzip, deflate
          user-agent: nghttp2/1.24.0-DEV
[  0.045] recv SETTINGS frame <length=0, flags=0x01, stream_id=0>
          ; ACK
          (niv=0)
[  0.045] recv (stream_id=13) :status: 200
[  0.045] recv (stream_id=13) date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:58:49 GMT
[  0.045] recv (stream_id=13) content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
[  0.045] recv (stream_id=13) last-modified: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:24:24 GMT
[  0.045] recv (stream_id=13) vary: Accept-Encoding
[  0.045] recv (stream_id=13) etag: W/"594cfa68-17ca"
[  0.045] recv (stream_id=13) server: nginx centminmod
[  0.045] recv (stream_id=13) x-powered-by: centminmod
[  0.045] recv (stream_id=13) expires: Sat, 24 Jun 2017 11:58:49 GMT
[  0.045] recv (stream_id=13) cache-control: max-age=86400
[  0.045] recv (stream_id=13) x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN
[  0.045] recv (stream_id=13) x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block
[  0.045] recv (stream_id=13) x-content-type-options: nosniff
[  0.045] recv (stream_id=13) content-encoding: gzip
[  0.045] recv HEADERS frame <length=282, flags=0x04, stream_id=13>
          ; END_HEADERS
          (padlen=0)
          ; First response header
[  0.045] recv DATA frame <length=1951, flags=0x01, stream_id=13>
          ; END_STREAM
[  0.045] send GOAWAY frame <length=8, flags=0x00, stream_id=0>
          (last_stream_id=0, error_code=NO_ERROR(0x00), opaque_data(0)=[])

nginx -V
nginx version: nginx/1.13.1
built by gcc 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-11) (GCC)
built with OpenSSL 1.0.2l 25 May 2017
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: --with-ld-opt='-ljemalloc -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib' --with-cc-opt='-m64 -march=native -DTCP_FASTOPEN=23 -g -O3 -fstack-protector-strong -fuse-ld=gold --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -gsplit-dwarf' --sbin-path=/usr/local/sbin/nginx --conf-path=/usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf --with-compat --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_secure_link_module --with-libatomic --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_sub_module --with-http_addition_module --with-http_image_filter_module=dynamic --with-http_geoip_module --with-stream_geoip_module --with-stream_realip_module --with-stream_ssl_preread_module --with-threads --with-stream=dynamic --with-stream_ssl_module --with-http_realip_module --add-dynamic-module=../ngx-fancyindex-0.4.0 --add-module=../ngx_cache_purge-2.3 --add-module=../ngx_devel_kit-0.3.0 --add-module=../set-misc-nginx-module-0.31 --add-module=../echo-nginx-module-0.60 --add-module=../redis2-nginx-module-0.14 --add-module=../ngx_http_redis-0.3.7 --add-module=../memc-nginx-module-0.18 --add-module=../srcache-nginx-module-0.31 --add-module=../headers-more-nginx-module-0.32 --with-pcre=../pcre-8.40 --with-pcre-jit --with-zlib=../zlib-1.2.11 --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_v2_module --with-openssl=../openssl-1.0.2l

grep -C3 -rnw NGX_HTTP_V2_HPACK_ENC /svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1 | grep -v  '.patch'
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_filter_module.c-416-        pos = ngx_http_v2_write_int(pos, ngx_http_v2_prefix(5),
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_filter_module.c-417-                                    h2c->max_hpack_table_size);
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_filter_module.c-418-        h2c->indicate_resize = 0;
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_filter_module.c:419:#if (NGX_HTTP_V2_HPACK_ENC)
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_filter_module.c-420-        ngx_http_v2_table_resize(h2c);
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_filter_module.c-421-#endif
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_filter_module.c-422-    }
--
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_table.c-349-}
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_table.c-350-
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_table.c-351-
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_table.c:352:#if (NGX_HTTP_V2_HPACK_ENC)
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_table.c-353-
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_table.c-354-static ngx_int_t
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_table.c-355-hpack_get_static_index(ngx_http_v2_connection_t *h2c, u_char *val, size_t len);
--
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.h-117-} ngx_http_v2_hpack_t;
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.h-118-
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.h-119-
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.h:120:#if (NGX_HTTP_V2_HPACK_ENC)
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.h-121-typedef struct {
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.h-122-    uint64_t                         hash_val;
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.h-123-    uint32_t                         index;
--
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.h-197-    unsigned                         goaway:1;
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.h-198-    unsigned                         indicate_resize:1;
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.h-199-
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.h:200:#if (NGX_HTTP_V2_HPACK_ENC)
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.h-201-    ngx_http_v2_hpack_enc_t          hpack_enc;
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.h-202-#endif
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.h-203-};
--
--
--
--
--
--
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/auto/modules-437-    fi
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/auto/modules-438-
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/auto/modules-439-    if [ $HTTP_V2_HPACK_ENC = YES ]; then
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/auto/modules:440:        have=NGX_HTTP_V2_HPACK_ENC . auto/have
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/auto/modules-441-    fi
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/auto/modules-442-
/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1/auto/modules-443-    if :; then

[HansVanEijsden]

Did you specify --with-http_v2_hpack_enc in the configure line?

[centminmod]

ah that was missing but with --with-http_v2_hpack_enc i get the following error

ccache gcc -c -pipe  -O -W -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wno-unused-parameter -Werror -g -m64 -march=native -DTCP_FASTOPEN=23 -g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -fuse-ld=gold --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -gsplit-dwarf -DNDK_SET_VAR -DNDK_UPSTREAM_LIST -I src/core -I src/event -I src/event/modules -I src/os/unix -I ../ngx_devel_kit-0.3.0/objs -I objs/addon/ndk -I ../pcre-8.40 -I ../openssl-1.0.2l/.openssl/include -I ../zlib-1.2.11 -I objs -I src/http -I src/http/modules -I src/http/v2 -I ../ngx_devel_kit-0.3.0/src -I ../ngx_devel_kit-0.3.0/src -I ../ngx_devel_kit-0.3.0/objs -I objs/addon/ndk \
        -o objs/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_table.o \
        src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_table.c
src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_table.c: In function ‘hpack_get_static_index’:
src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_table.c:727:9: error: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules [-Werror=strict-aliasing]
         if (pref != *(uint64_t *) header->val) {
         ^
src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_table.c:741:18: error: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules [-Werror=strict-aliasing]
                  != (*(uint64_t *) &val[i]| 0x2020202020202020) )
                  ^
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make[1]: *** [objs/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2_table.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/svr-setup/nginx-1.13.1'
make: *** [build] Error 2

nginx configure options (alternate ordering):
./configure --with-ld-opt="-ljemalloc -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib" --with-cc-opt="-m64 -march=native -DTCP_FASTOPEN=23 -g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -fuse-ld=gold --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -gsplit-dwarf" --sbin-path=/usr/local/sbin/nginx --conf-path=/usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf --with-compat --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_secure_link_module --with-libatomic --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_sub_module --with-http_addition_module --with-http_image_filter_module=dynamic --with-http_geoip_module --with-stream_geoip_module --with-stream_realip_module --with-stream_ssl_preread_module --with-threads --with-stream=dynamic --with-stream_ssl_module --with-http_realip_module --add-dynamic-module=../ngx-fancyindex-0.4.0 --add-module=../ngx_cache_purge-2.3 --add-module=../ngx_devel_kit-0.3.0 --add-module=../set-misc-nginx-module-0.31 --add-module=../echo-nginx-module-0.60 --add-module=../redis2-nginx-module-0.14 --add-module=../ngx_http_redis-0.3.7 --add-module=../memc-nginx-module-0.18 --add-module=../srcache-nginx-module-0.31 --add-module=../headers-more-nginx-module-0.32 --with-pcre=../pcre-8.40 --with-pcre-jit --with-zlib=../zlib-1.2.11 --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_v2_module --with-http_v2_hpack_enc --with-openssl=../openssl-1.0.2l
checking for OS
 + Linux 3.10.0-514.21.2.el7.x86_64 x86_64
checking for C compiler ... found
 + using GNU C compiler
 + gcc version: 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-11) (GCC) 
checking for gcc -pipe switch ... found
checking for --with-ld-opt="-ljemalloc -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib" ... found
checking for -Wl,-E switch ... found
checking for gcc builtin atomic operations ... found
checking for C99 variadic macros ... found
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checking for gcc builtin 64 bit byteswap ... found
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checking for sys/filio.h ... not found
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checking for dlopen() ... not found
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checking for SO_SETFIB ... not found
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checking for SO_ACCEPTFILTER ... not found
checking for SO_BINDANY ... not found
checking for IP_BIND_ADDRESS_NO_PORT ... not found
checking for IP_TRANSPARENT ... found
checking for IP_BINDANY ... not found
checking for IP_RECVDSTADDR ... not found
checking for IP_SENDSRCADDR ... not found
checking for IP_PKTINFO ... found
checking for IPV6_RECVPKTINFO ... found
checking for TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT ... found
checking for TCP_KEEPIDLE ... found
checking for TCP_FASTOPEN ... found
checking for TCP_INFO ... found
checking for accept4() ... found
checking for eventfd() ... found
checking for int size ... 4 bytes
checking for long size ... 8 bytes
checking for long long size ... 8 bytes
checking for void * size ... 8 bytes
checking for uint32_t ... found
checking for uint64_t ... found
checking for sig_atomic_t ... found
checking for sig_atomic_t size ... 4 bytes
checking for socklen_t ... found
checking for in_addr_t ... found
checking for in_port_t ... found
checking for rlim_t ... found
checking for uintptr_t ... uintptr_t found
checking for system byte ordering ... little endian
checking for size_t size ... 8 bytes
checking for off_t size ... 8 bytes
checking for time_t size ... 8 bytes
checking for AF_INET6 ... found
checking for setproctitle() ... not found
checking for pread() ... found
checking for pwrite() ... found
checking for pwritev() ... found
checking for sys_nerr ... found
checking for localtime_r() ... found
checking for posix_memalign() ... found
checking for memalign() ... found
checking for mmap(MAP_ANON|MAP_SHARED) ... found
checking for mmap("/dev/zero", MAP_SHARED) ... found
checking for System V shared memory ... found
checking for POSIX semaphores ... not found
checking for POSIX semaphores in libpthread ... found
checking for struct msghdr.msg_control ... found
checking for ioctl(FIONBIO) ... found
checking for struct tm.tm_gmtoff ... found
checking for struct dirent.d_namlen ... not found
checking for struct dirent.d_type ... found
checking for sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN) ... found
checking for openat(), fstatat() ... found
checking for getaddrinfo() ... found
configuring additional modules
adding module in ../ngx_cache_purge-2.3
 + ngx_http_cache_purge_module was configured
adding module in ../ngx_devel_kit-0.3.0
 + ngx_devel_kit was configured
adding module in ../set-misc-nginx-module-0.31
found ngx_devel_kit for ngx_set_misc; looks good.
 + ngx_http_set_misc_module was configured
adding module in ../echo-nginx-module-0.60
 + ngx_http_echo_module was configured
adding module in ../redis2-nginx-module-0.14
 + ngx_http_redis2_module was configured
adding module in ../ngx_http_redis-0.3.7
 + ngx_http_redis_module was configured
adding module in ../memc-nginx-module-0.18
 + ngx_http_memc_module was configured
adding module in ../srcache-nginx-module-0.31
 + ngx_http_srcache_filter_module was configured
adding module in ../headers-more-nginx-module-0.32
 + ngx_http_headers_more_filter_module was configured
configuring additional dynamic modules
adding module in ../ngx-fancyindex-0.4.0
 + ngx_http_fancyindex_module was configured
checking for GD library ... found
checking for GD WebP support ... not found
checking for GeoIP library ... found
checking for GeoIP IPv6 support ... found
checking for atomic_ops library ... found
creating objs/Makefile

Configuration summary
  + using threads
  + using PCRE library: ../pcre-8.40
  + using OpenSSL library: ../openssl-1.0.2l
  + using zlib library: ../zlib-1.2.11
  + using system libatomic_ops library

  nginx path prefix: "/usr/local/nginx"
  nginx binary file: "/usr/local/sbin/nginx"
  nginx modules path: "/usr/local/nginx/modules"
  nginx configuration prefix: "/usr/local/nginx/conf"
  nginx configuration file: "/usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf"
  nginx pid file: "/usr/local/nginx/logs/nginx.pid"
  nginx error log file: "/usr/local/nginx/logs/error.log"
  nginx http access log file: "/usr/local/nginx/logs/access.log"
  nginx http client request body temporary files: "client_body_temp"
  nginx http proxy temporary files: "proxy_temp"
  nginx http fastcgi temporary files: "fastcgi_temp"
  nginx http uwsgi temporary files: "uwsgi_temp"
  nginx http scgi temporary files: "scgi_temp"


Fri Jun 23 12:36:40 UTC 2017
Success: Nginx configure ok

[HansVanEijsden]

I also get that error. Removing -O3 did the trick (unfortunately). See also #71 (comment).

[centminmod]

I setup my script to detect if hpack patch is used and if set -O2 instead of -O3 but do you mean totally remove -O2 or -O3 ?

[HansVanEijsden]

I totally removed -O3, just to be sure, I just finished my first successful build some minutes ago. Now I have this up & running I will experiment with -O2 and with adding back the great -flto step by step, to see if I can squeeze some more performance out of it again.

[centminmod]

Ok add missing --with-http_v2_hpack_enc configure option and confirmed if i remove -O2 or -O3 during Nginx compile when HPACK patch detected in my script, then yes Nginx 1.13.1 compiles with full HPACK encoding patch ! Thanks @HansVanEijsden

confirm the improved header savings in h2load tests :)

url=https://domain.com
for i in $(seq 1 4); do echo "h2load run $i"; h2load $url -n $i | tail -6 | head -1; done
h2load run 1
traffic: 6.29KB (6441) total, 284B (284) headers (space savings 26.04%), 5.95KB (6090) data
h2load run 2
traffic: 12.45KB (12752) total, 487B (487) headers (space savings 36.59%), 11.89KB (12180) data
h2load run 3
traffic: 18.62KB (19063) total, 690B (690) headers (space savings 40.10%), 17.84KB (18270) data
h2load run 4
traffic: 24.78KB (25374) total, 893B (893) headers (space savings 41.86%), 23.79KB (24360) data

nginx -V
nginx version: nginx/1.13.1
built by gcc 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-11) (GCC)
built with OpenSSL 1.0.2l 25 May 2017
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: --with-ld-opt='-ljemalloc -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib' --with-cc-opt='-m64 -march=native -DTCP_FASTOPEN=23 -g -fstack-protector-strong -fuse-ld=gold --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -gsplit-dwarf' --sbin-path=/usr/local/sbin/nginx --conf-path=/usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf --with-compat --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_secure_link_module --with-libatomic --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_sub_module --with-http_addition_module --with-http_image_filter_module=dynamic --with-http_geoip_module --with-stream_geoip_module --with-stream_realip_module --with-stream_ssl_preread_module --with-threads --with-stream=dynamic --with-stream_ssl_module --with-http_realip_module --add-dynamic-module=../ngx-fancyindex-0.4.0 --add-module=../ngx_cache_purge-2.3 --add-module=../ngx_devel_kit-0.3.0 --add-module=../set-misc-nginx-module-0.31 --add-module=../echo-nginx-module-0.60 --add-module=../redis2-nginx-module-0.14 --add-module=../ngx_http_redis-0.3.7 --add-module=../memc-nginx-module-0.18 --add-module=../srcache-nginx-module-0.31 --add-module=../headers-more-nginx-module-0.32 --with-pcre=../pcre-8.40 --with-pcre-jit --with-zlib=../zlib-1.2.11 --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_v2_module --with-http_v2_hpack_enc --with-openssl=../openssl-1.0.2l

[HansVanEijsden]

Glad you have it working @centminmod 😃
Adding -O2 gives the error too, so both -O3 and -O2 don't work. But adding back -flto makes a succesful build, fortunately!

nginx version: nginx/1.13.1
built by gcc 4.9.2 (Debian 4.9.2-10)
built with OpenSSL 1.0.2l 25 May 2017
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: --prefix=/opt/nginx --user=www-data --group=www-data --add-module=/usr/local/src/ngx_brotli_module --with-http_v2_module --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_v2_hpack_enc --with-openssl=/usr/local/src/openssl-1.0.2l --with-openssl-opt='enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128 -DCFLAGS='-march=native'' --with-pcre-jit --with-file-aio --with-http_flv_module --with-http_geoip_module --with-http_mp4_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-threads --add-module=/usr/local/src/headers-more-nginx-module --add-module=/usr/local/src/echo-nginx-module --add-module=/usr/local/src/ngx_http_substitutions_filter_module --add-module=/usr/local/src/srcache-nginx-module --add-module=/usr/local/src/redis2-nginx-module --add-module=/usr/local/src/ngx_http_redis-0.3.8 --add-module=/usr/local/src/ngx_devel_kit --add-module=/usr/local/src/set-misc-nginx-module --with-cc-opt='-DTCP_FASTOPEN=23 -march=native -flto -fstack-protector-strong -fuse-ld=gold --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -gsplit-dwarf' --with-ld-opt=-Wl,-z,relro

[centminmod]

nice to know, wasn't sure if -flto is of any benefit in nginx ? i saw regressions for performance but I only test with GCC 4.8.5, 5.3.1 and 6.2.1 on CentOS 7.

[HansVanEijsden]

To me, -flto saved 2% - 5% CPU time on controlled Wordpress testing. I have great results with it, especially when I also build openssl with it, by using --with-openssl-opt='enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128 -DCFLAGS='-march=native -O3 -flto'' (will be my next step).

$ uname -a
Linux vps 4.9.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.25-1~bpo8+1 (2017-05-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux

[centminmod]

sweet thanks @HansVanEijsden will retest and see :)

nginx -V
nginx version: nginx/1.13.1
built by gcc 6.2.1 20160916 (Red Hat 6.2.1-3) (GCC)
built with OpenSSL 1.0.2l 25 May 2017
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: --with-ld-opt='-ljemalloc -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib' --with-cc-opt='-m64 -march=native -DTCP_FASTOPEN=23 -g -fstack-protector-strong -flto -fuse-ld=gold --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -gsplit-dwarf' --sbin-path=/usr/local/sbin/nginx --conf-path=/usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf --with-compat --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_secure_link_module --with-libatomic --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_sub_module --with-http_addition_module --with-http_image_filter_module=dynamic --with-http_geoip_module --with-stream_geoip_module --with-stream_realip_module --with-stream_ssl_preread_module --with-threads --with-stream=dynamic --with-stream_ssl_module --with-http_realip_module --add-dynamic-module=../ngx-fancyindex-0.4.0 --add-module=../ngx_cache_purge-2.3 --add-module=../ngx_devel_kit-0.3.0 --add-module=../set-misc-nginx-module-0.31 --add-module=../echo-nginx-module-0.60 --add-module=../redis2-nginx-module-0.14 --add-module=../ngx_http_redis-0.3.7 --add-module=../memc-nginx-module-0.18 --add-module=../srcache-nginx-module-0.31 --add-module=../headers-more-nginx-module-0.32 --with-pcre=../pcre-8.40 --with-pcre-jit --with-zlib=../zlib-1.2.11 --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_v2_module --with-http_v2_hpack_enc --with-openssl=../openssl-1.0.2l

[vkrasnov]

BTW, you don't need to use "enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128" in openssl anymore.

[centminmod]

@vkrasnov thanks that applies to both openssl 1.0.2 and 1.1 branches or just openssl 1.1 ?

[vkrasnov]

@centminmod both. You can compile and then run : 'openssl speed ecdsap256' to check.

[HansVanEijsden]

@vkrasnov strange, but thanks - it's still in the OpenSSL install instructions: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/blob/master/INSTALL