Can we get a link to the Flink discussion?

On Mon, 11 Sept 2023 at 15:25, Matthew de Detrich
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Flink is using pekko now, and a hard reboot may not be ok in some cases,
> and because Pekko ships a Netty3 with many CVEs, they may decide to drop
> pekko and come out with a dedicated rpc implementation based on Netty4 too.
>
> Wasn't aware of this (I thought Flink used the new remoting protocol).
> I think this is a strong enough reason by itself to upgrade Netty4, but
> ofcourse
> deprecated classic remoting.
>
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 3:22 PM kerr <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Netty 4 is much better than Netty 3 and we can schedule tests to run for it
> > and make sure the tests all passed for servertimes.
> > Otherwise, we will have a CVEs old netty 3 in classpath.
> >
> > Flink is using pekko now, and a hard reboot may not be ok in some cases,
> > and because Pekko ships a Netty3 with many CVEs, they may decide to drop
> > pekko and come out with a dedicated rpc implementation based on Netty4 too.
> > But after we migrate to Netty 4, they can defer that, I will ask around the
> > PMC of Flink at here to let them taking a look.
> >
> > 何品
> >
> >
> > Matthew de Detrich <[email protected]> 于2023年9月11日周一
> > 19:35写道:
> >
> > > > that this is a bug, not a feature
> > >
> > > Also meant to say that this is a feature, not a bug
> > >
> > > On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 1:34 PM Matthew de Detrich <
> > > [email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > While I know that people have reservations for keeping the current
> > > > classical transport,
> > > > I just want to relay what I have written at
> > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-pekko/pull/643
> > > > i.e.
> > > >
> > > > - Upgrading the classical transport from Netty 3 to Netty 4 was in
> > > context
> > > > quite trivial
> > > > - Dropping classical transport means that we are technically breaking
> > > > semver (we can only do this in Pekko 2.0.x)
> > > > - Not upgrading to Netty3 means that we are shipping code with known
> > > CVE's
> > > >
> > > > For these reasons I personally would prefer to merge the PR and just
> > get
> > > > it done with. Even
> > > > with the PR merged, if we change our minds later nothing is stopping us
> > > > from dropping it
> > > > later (or even reverting the PR when testing is done but I doubt that
> > > will
> > > > occur).
> > > >
> > > > There is of course a risk in that updating to Netty 4 might create some
> > > > regressions
> > > > and hence pekko users would complain but I would then argue that this
> > is
> > > a
> > > > bug,
> > > > not a feature because we then get actual feedback as to how many people
> > > > are using
> > > > the classical transport which allows us to make more comprehensive
> > > > decisions in
> > > > the future.
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Sep 8, 2023 at 5:56 PM kerr <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> And I gathered this result on reddit
> > > >> [image: image.png]
> > > >> 何品
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> kerr <[email protected]> 于2023年9月8日周五 23:51写道:
> > > >>
> > > >>> I just read
> > > >>>
> > > >>> To switch a full cluster restart is required and any overrides for
> > > >>> classic remoting need to be ported to Artery configuration. Artery
> > has
> > > a
> > > >>> completely different protocol, which means that a rolling update is
> > not
> > > >>> supported.
> > > >>> So for Flink use case is that ok?
> > > >>> 何品
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> kerr <[email protected]> 于2023年9月8日周五 17:10写道:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> I did a poll on reddit and get the result of
> > > >>>> [image: image.png]
> > > >>>> 何品
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> kerr <[email protected]> 于2023年8月6日周日 00:33写道:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>> > Is it really worth spending any time to support classic remoting?
> > > >>>>> Users
> > > >>>>> would be better served to switch to Artery.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> I'm one of the user and the China Scala User group may not talk
> > much
> > > >>>>> on web but most of us is using the netty transport, even Lightbend
> > > say the
> > > >>>>> `Artery is the best`.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Another online product with large scale nodes(here) is running with
> > > >>>>> Akka 2.4.x with the classic transport, and Flink is using the
> > > netty.tpc
> > > >>>>> transport at least for now too.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> I think the community can choose when they migrate the nodes to
> > > artery
> > > >>>>> is essential, especially when otherwise your cluster need a hard
> > > reboot.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> AFAIK, the Artery transport is not wire compatible with the
> > > >>>>> classic one.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> I suggest:
> > > >>>>> 1. Start to send PRs to open sources projects like Flink with the
> > > help
> > > >>>>> for migrating to the artery transport.
> > > >>>>> 2. Upgrade to the new version of Netty for bugfix and
> > > >>>>> better  performance.
> > > >>>>> 3. Suggest all the new community move to the Artery transport.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Even Akka was removed it in Akka 2.8.x not Akka 2.7.x.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Anyway, different company has different requirements, that just my
> > 2
> > > >>>>> cents.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> 何品
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> PJ Fanning <[email protected]> 于2023年8月2日周三 17:29写道:
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>> This will end up in a vote.
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> For me, we shipped 1.0.x. Users who don't want big changes can use
> > > >>>>>> that version. We can agree to support 1.0.x with critical fixes.
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> We can now start improving the code for the improvement release
> > > >>>>>> (v1.1.x or v2.0.x). Improvements include getting rid of deprecated
> > > >>>>>> code and most of us appear to believe that classic remoting is
> > long
> > > >>>>>> deprecated.
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> On Wed, 2 Aug 2023 at 09:51, Matthew de Detrich
> > > >>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >>>>>> >
> > > >>>>>> > > Is it really worth spending any time to support classic
> > > remoting?
> > > >>>>>> Users
> > > >>>>>> > would be better served to switch to Artery.
> > > >>>>>> >
> > > >>>>>> > That depends on what you mean by "support". If agreed on, I
> > would
> > > >>>>>> > propose marking classic remoting as "to be removed" which would
> > > >>>>>> > also mean that the code wouldn't be touched (i.e. no feature
> > > >>>>>> > changes and no bug fixes unless extremely critical).
> > > >>>>>> >
> > > >>>>>> > I am in no way suggesting that we support remoting in a
> > > traditional
> > > >>>>>> sense
> > > >>>>>> > and again the only reason why I am even contemplating this is
> > > >>>>>> because
> > > >>>>>> > of the CVE's.
> > > >>>>>> >
> > > >>>>>> > > I don't think it is likely that a significant portion of Akka
> > > 2.4
> > > >>>>>> users
> > > >>>>>> > would update to Pekko any time soon if the couldn't update to
> > Akka
> > > >>>>>> 2.5/2.6.
> > > >>>>>> >
> > > >>>>>> > I also had this impression but it's already come up a few times
> > > that
> > > >>>>>> > people still use Akka 2.4.x. They likely haven't bothered
> > updating
> > > >>>>>> > because they didn't see a need to (quite famously Akka is quite
> > > >>>>>> stable
> > > >>>>>> > and there are cases of companies using it for years without
> > > needing
> > > >>>>>> to
> > > >>>>>> > update, as stated by Lightbend's CEO) but with the license
> > change
> > > >>>>>> > it created a catalyst/trigger for some users to consider moving
> > to
> > > >>>>>> Pekko.
> > > >>>>>> >
> > > >>>>>> > On this note I would also be wary in making assumptions on what
> > > >>>>>> versions
> > > >>>>>> > of Akka people happen to be using. As a corollary in the
> > > discussion
> > > >>>>>> on
> > > >>>>>> > dropping JDK 8, when we suggested that we quite quickly got
> > > >>>>>> feedback that
> > > >>>>>> > there are people still using JDK 8. And while I know all of the
> > > >>>>>> arguments
> > > >>>>>> > that you really should not be using JDK 8 can be carried over to
> > > >>>>>> Akka.
> > > >>>>>> >
> > > >>>>>> > Admittedly it's quite hard to get good feedback on what versions
> > > >>>>>> people are
> > > >>>>>> > using, just saying we should be a bit more careful in making
> > these
> > > >>>>>> > assumptions.
> > > >>>>>> > After all, people are still using JDK 8 ;)
> > > >>>>>> >
> > > >>>>>> >
> > > >>>>>> > On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 10:19 AM Nicolas Vollmar <
> > > [email protected]>
> > > >>>>>> wrote:
> > > >>>>>> >
> > > >>>>>> > > Akka 2.4 has been EoL since end of 2017.
> > > >>>>>> > > I don't think it is likely that a significant portion of Akka
> > > 2.4
> > > >>>>>> users
> > > >>>>>> > > would update to Pekko any time soon if the couldn't update to
> > > >>>>>> Akka 2.5/2.6.
> > > >>>>>> > >
> > > >>>>>> > > Is it really worth spending any time to support classic
> > > remoting?
> > > >>>>>> Users
> > > >>>>>> > > would be better served to switch to Artery.
> > > >>>>>> > >
> > > >>>>>> > > On Wed, 2 Aug 2023 at 10:04, Matthew de Detrich
> > > >>>>>> > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >>>>>> > >
> > > >>>>>> > > > > If you manage to move to Pekko and were still using
> > classic
> > > >>>>>> remoting,
> > > >>>>>> > > > it's likely you are still on Akka 2.4 or 2.5. If you manage
> > > the
> > > >>>>>> update
> > > >>>>>> > > > to Pekko, going to Artery TCP is a small step.
> > > >>>>>> > > >
> > > >>>>>> > > > One of the reasons why I was saying this is that I was under
> > > the
> > > >>>>>> > > impression
> > > >>>>>> > > > that there are a non-trivial amount of users still on Akka
> > 2.4
> > > >>>>>> (not sure
> > > >>>>>> > > > why
> > > >>>>>> > > > this is the case but kerr was telling me this).
> > > >>>>>> > > >
> > > >>>>>> > > > > If people are interested in keeping it around and also opt
> > > in
> > > >>>>>> to
> > > >>>>>> > > > maintaining it (which in the first place means, making the
> > > >>>>>> tests for
> > > >>>>>> > > > it work *now*), than fine, but otherwise, being able to use
> > it
> > > >>>>>> on
> > > >>>>>> > > > 1.0.x is already a big benefit.
> > > >>>>>> > > >
> > > >>>>>> > > > Since classic remoting is currently using Netty 3 which has
> > > >>>>>> CVE's
> > > >>>>>> > > > I don't think it's wise to encourage people that still
> > happen
> > > >>>>>> to be
> > > >>>>>> > > > using classic remoting to stay on 1.0.x. If it wasn't for
> > > final
> > > >>>>>> > > > version of netty 3 having CVE's then I would have no qualms
> > > >>>>>> > > > for dropping it in the 1.1.x series (in fact if there was a
> > > >>>>>> > > > hypothetical netty 3 without CVE's we would have already
> > > >>>>>> > > > updated to it in the 1.0.x series and dropped classic
> > remoting
> > > >>>>>> in
> > > >>>>>> > > > 1.1.x without a heartbeat).
> > > >>>>>> > > >
> > > >>>>>> > > > I would propose that if we do accept keeping classic
> > remoting
> > > >>>>>> > > > and updating to Netty 4, we would mark the feature to be
> > > >>>>>> > > > dropped in 1.2.x and aside from that Netty 4 upgrade that
> > > >>>>>> > > > part of code would be untouched unless there are critical
> > > >>>>>> > > > bugs/regressions.
> > > >>>>>> > > >
> > > >>>>>> > > > On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 1:38 PM Johannes Rudolph <
> > > >>>>>> > > > [email protected]>
> > > >>>>>> > > > wrote:
> > > >>>>>> > > >
> > > >>>>>> > > > > We definitely should remove it for 1.1.x. There's no
> > > >>>>>> technical reason
> > > >>>>>> > > > > to keep it because the newer artery TCP transport just
> > > >>>>>> supersedes it.
> > > >>>>>> > > > > As discussed before, the problem with keeping old features
> > > >>>>>> around is
> > > >>>>>> > > > > "death by a thousand cuts". The classic remoting backend
> > is
> > > >>>>>> the prime
> > > >>>>>> > > > > example of it because it is basically unmaintained for
> > years
> > > >>>>>> and
> > > >>>>>> > > > > there's basically no expert knowledge available about how
> > to
> > > >>>>>> maintain
> > > >>>>>> > > > > it or how to fix the existing bugs. Testing remoting
> > > backends
> > > >>>>>> has
> > > >>>>>> > > > > shown to be very complicated and often unreliable and
> > being
> > > >>>>>> able to
> > > >>>>>> > > > > remove this particular component from the test matrix will
> > > be
> > > >>>>>> a huge
> > > >>>>>> > > > > improvement.
> > > >>>>>> > > > >
> > > >>>>>> > > > > On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 11:28 PM Matthew de Detrich
> > > >>>>>> > > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >>>>>> > > > > > I would prefer adding in netty 4 support for the classic
> > > >>>>>> transport
> > > >>>>>> > > > > > mechanism because it gives
> > > >>>>>> > > > > > people an upgrade path while allowing them to resolve
> > the
> > > >>>>>> CVE issues.
> > > >>>>>> > > > If
> > > >>>>>> > > > > > Pekko 1.1.x didn't
> > > >>>>>> > > > > > support the classic transport mechanism then it forces
> > > >>>>>> Pekko users to
> > > >>>>>> > > > be
> > > >>>>>> > > > > > stuck on 1.0.x
> > > >>>>>> > > > > > with no easy upgrade path.
> > > >>>>>> > > > >
> > > >>>>>> > > > > We are not responsible for giving people an easy upgrade
> > > path
> > > >>>>>> when
> > > >>>>>> > > > > they were stuck on features like classic remoting which
> > has
> > > >>>>>> basically
> > > >>>>>> > > > > been outdated for years. It is very important that, going
> > > >>>>>> forward,
> > > >>>>>> > > > > that we focus our attention on the most important features
> > > >>>>>> and make
> > > >>>>>> > > > > sure to not get stuck in maintaining old parts that we
> > > cannot
> > > >>>>>> (or
> > > >>>>>> > > > > don't want to) care for.
> > > >>>>>> > > > >
> > > >>>>>> > > > > If people are interested in keeping it around and also opt
> > > in
> > > >>>>>> to
> > > >>>>>> > > > > maintaining it (which in the first place means, making the
> > > >>>>>> tests for
> > > >>>>>> > > > > it work *now*), than fine, but otherwise, being able to
> > use
> > > >>>>>> it on
> > > >>>>>> > > > > 1.0.x is already a big benefit.
> > > >>>>>> > > > >
> > > >>>>>> > > > > Apart from that the update path is pretty clear:
> > > >>>>>> > > > >  * move to Pekko 1.0.x
> > > >>>>>> > > > >  * move to Arterty TCP
> > > >>>>>> > > > >  * move to Pekko 1.1.x
> > > >>>>>> > > > >
> > > >>>>>> > > > > If you manage to move to Pekko and were still using
> > classic
> > > >>>>>> remoting,
> > > >>>>>> > > > > it's likely you are still on Akka 2.4 or 2.5. If you
> > manage
> > > >>>>>> the update
> > > >>>>>> > > > > to Pekko, going to Artery TCP is a small step.
> > > >>>>>> > > > >
> > > >>>>>> > > > > Johannes
> > > >>>>>> > > > >
> > > >>>>>> > > > >
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