[openstack-dev] [Quantum] Lock wait of mysql blocks all eventlet thread

Nachi Ueno nachi at nttmcl.com
Mon Dec 3 22:03:36 UTC 2012


Hi Quantum folks

This bp for nova looks like solve the quantum one also.
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/non-blocking-db


2012/12/3 Nachi Ueno <nachi at nttmcl.com>

> Hi Quantum folks
>
> I faced the problem with mysql transaction and eventlet.
>
> Quantum using transaction support of sqlalchemy
> Quantum also using eventlet for RPC
>
> Let's say there are api request A and B.
> Sql request of A will lock B's sql request.
> so B's sql request will wait the A's transaction.
>
> On the other hand, we are using evenetlet.
> Since we are using mysql c client, the API request may block eventlet
> thread.
>
> so when B start wait sql lock, it blocks all eventlet thread including api
> request A until lock timeout.
>
> I asked Jay about the this problem, and he said Nova solve this problem by
> this way.
>
> https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/master/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py#L2610
>
> The strategy is to get lock just after the transaction started using. (
> I'm not sure we can use same strategy in the quantum. )
>
> Anyway,  It looks big change needed for me.
>
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