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lib: reduce process.binding() calls #1367

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This commit reduces the amount of times process.binding() is called by
better lazy loading the values and always using a variable to hold the
value instead of loading it each time.

This is important because, in my benchmarks, running process.binding()
is about 172 times slower as referencing a variable with the same
value.

This commit reduces the amount of times process.binding() is called by
better lazy loading the values and always using a variable to hold the
value instead of loading it each time.

This is important because, in my benchmarks, running process.binding()
is about 172 times slower as referencing a variable with the same
value.
@@ -417,12 +417,12 @@ function setupChannel(target, channel) {
message.type = 'net.Socket';
} else if (handle instanceof net.Server) {
message.type = 'net.Server';
} else if (handle instanceof process.binding('tcp_wrap').TCP ||
handle instanceof process.binding('pipe_wrap').Pipe) {
} else if (handle instanceof handleWraps.TCP ||
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Where are handleWraps properties being set?

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here and the function below, it's a Getter

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mscdex commented Apr 8, 2015

Can't we just do all of these process.binding() calls on startup, assigning them to a const variable, instead of having an if (xxx === undefined) .... everywhere?

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Yeah, I think it would probably be better to just do them at startup.

Generally better. Hoists all the process.binding calls and removes some
of the now-pointless wrapper functions
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Good call, updated to hoist all the things. PTAL @mscdex @Fishrock123

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mscdex commented Apr 8, 2015

LGTM if it passes all tests.

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Passes tests on my mac, is it worth it to run a CI? (I don't have access)

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mscdex commented Apr 8, 2015

It might be worth it, in case loading a binding (e.g. tty) has some side effects that I'm not aware of. I don't have access to CI either, so I can't help there :-)

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It doesn't seem to have anything better to do; build here: https://jenkins-iojs.nodesource.com/job/iojs+any-pr+multi/460/

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
const net = require('net');
const url = require('url');
const util = require('util');
const binding = process.binding('crypto');
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crypto?

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I think the different naming is possibly to differentiate it from the result of require('crypto'). Plus it's the only binding being loaded in the file.

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I stole it from the other modules - I originally had it as cryptoBinding.

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Was there a reason these were lazy loaded before? How is the startup time affected?

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@petkaantonov most probably because of speed, but the process.binding() call speed alone is dwarfed by v8 module load time anyways so it probably isn't worth optimizing for.

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rvagg commented Apr 8, 2015

dwafed

by what sort of factor? it's important to optimise for quick startup, we shouldn't lose sight of that as an important metric of speed

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@rvagg from this quick benchmark I wrote, require('child_process'); vs all the process.bindings inside child_process speed is about* a factor of 1000/1.

*was too lazy to figure out how to clear the module cache

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On 466, the windows 2008 failures seem to be timeouts unrelated to this PR, otherwise it looks happy.

I'm thinking I'll merge this in tomorrow (w/o objections) unless someone wants to throw in another sign-off.

} else if (handle instanceof process.binding('tcp_wrap').TCP ||
handle instanceof process.binding('pipe_wrap').Pipe) {
} else if (handle instanceof TCP ||
handle instanceof Pipe) {
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Fits on a single line now.

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LGTM with nits.

@brendanashworth brendanashworth self-assigned this Apr 9, 2015
brendanashworth added a commit that referenced this pull request Apr 9, 2015
This commit better handles calls to process.binding() in lib/ by
no longer lazy loading the bindings (the load times themselves are
rather miniscule compared to the load time of V8) and never reloading
the bindings (which is 172 times slower than referencing a variable with
the same value).

PR-URL: #1367
Reviewed-By: Brian White <mscdex@mscdex.net>
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
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Thanks, this has been merged in 1219e74.

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@brendanashworth brendanashworth deleted the reduce-process-binding branch April 18, 2015 18:38
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