[
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-5898?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13266059#comment-13266059
]
stack commented on HBASE-5898:
------------------------------
@Todd Double-checked locking should "...should usually be avoided." [1].
Looking at block cache, it looks like a block should be fully initialized
before its added to the cache so we should avoid the horror stories detailed in
the article.
Let me try take it for a run...
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-checked_locking#Usage_in_Java
> Consider double-checked locking for block cache lock
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: HBASE-5898
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-5898
> Project: HBase
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: performance
> Affects Versions: 0.94.1
> Reporter: Todd Lipcon
> Attachments: 5898-TestBlocksRead.txt, hbase-5898.txt
>
>
> Running a workload with a high query rate against a dataset that fits in
> cache, I saw a lot of CPU being used in IdLock.getLockEntry, being called by
> HFileReaderV2.readBlock. Even though it was all cache hits, it was wasting a
> lot of CPU doing lock management here. I wrote a quick patch to switch to a
> double-checked locking and it improved throughput substantially for this
> workload.
--
This message is automatically generated by JIRA.
If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa
For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
