On Fri, 30 Sep 2022 09:10:05 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <[email protected]> wrote:

> Can I please get a review for this test-only change which proposes to improve 
> the test run duration of `java/net/vthread/HttpALot.java` test, on Linux? 
> This relates to https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8294610
> 
> Experiments have shown that on Linux, due to delayed TCP ACKs from the client 
> (for some previous sent data/packet), the server sent response waits for the 
> ACKs before sending the response data (in a TCP packet). Each delayed ACK is 
> 40 milli seconds and given the number of requests this test (intentionally) 
> issues, the delay accumulates causing the test to take longer duration.
> 
> With the change in this PR, the test completes in around 6 to 8 seconds on a 
> Linux system as compared to 60 odd seconds previously on the same setup. This 
> change hasn't shown any negative impact on macos (which continues to run this 
> test in around 5 to 6 seconds like previously). I will trigger some runs in 
> our CI setup to make sure this works as expected in all other OS too.
> 
> As noted in the linked JBS issue, additional experiments to see if anything 
> can be improved in the JDK network layer will be carried out separately, 
> outside  the context of this test.

Good sleuthing Jaikiran! LGTM.
TIL; jtreg has an `@comment` tag!

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Marked as reviewed by dfuchs (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10504

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