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src: drop homegrown thread pool, use libplatform #1329

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Drop the homegrown thread pool that was introduced in commit 50839a0
("v8_platform: provide default v8::Platform impl") and use one from
V8's libplatform library. Performance is comparable and it removes
a few hundred lines of code.

The calls to v8::platform::PumpMessageLoop() are currently no-ops
because V8 does not (yet?) use v8::Platform::CallOnForegroundThread().

Packagers that link against a shared libv8 now also need to make
libv8_platform available.

R=@indutny

more = uv_run(env->event_loop(), UV_RUN_ONCE);
v8::platform::PumpMessageLoop(default_platform, isolate);
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Note to self: this one can be moved into the if (more == false) { branch below.

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indutny commented Apr 2, 2015

LGTM, if it works.

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Packagers that link against a shared libv8 now also need to make
libv8_platform available.

Is this semver-minor or something then?

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Is this semver-minor or something then?

I don't think so. Packagers are a self-help group, we never made any promises what will and won't work between releases. Besides, I don't think any distros currently carry io.js, it's too new!

CI: https://jenkins-iojs.nodesource.com/view/iojs/job/iojs+any-pr+multi/431/

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FWIW, amongst the packages I've found - no one resorts to using a shared v8 any longer. It's too painful to manage.

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Good to know. In that case we should gut the shared library support from configure and node.gyp.

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mscdex commented Apr 2, 2015

For what tasks does io.js use its own thread pool versus the one from libuv?

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Only V8 tasks at the moment, i.e., background recompilation and concurrent sweeping. Longer term, I want to unify both thread pools (comment).

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@bnoordhuis I think removing shared support for v8 is the right way forward. I'll do a PR. Packagers that insist will find a way.

Drop the homegrown thread pool that was introduced in commit 50839a0
("v8_platform: provide default v8::Platform impl") and use one from
V8's libplatform library.  Performance is comparable and it removes
a few hundred lines of code.

The calls to v8::platform::PumpMessageLoop() are currently no-ops
because V8 does not (yet?) use v8::Platform::CallOnForegroundThread().

Packagers that link against a shared libv8 now also need to make
libv8_platform available.

PR-URL: nodejs#1329
Reviewed-By: Fedor Indutny <fedor@indutny.com>
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@bnoordhuis bnoordhuis deleted the use-libplatform branch April 3, 2015 22:23
@bnoordhuis bnoordhuis merged commit 4a801c2 into nodejs:v1.x Apr 3, 2015
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ def configure_v8(o):
if options.shared_v8_libname:
o['libraries'] += ['-l%s' % options.shared_v8_libname]
elif options.shared_v8:
o['libraries'] += ['-lv8']
o['libraries'] += ['-lv8', '-lv8_platform']
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@bnoordhuis won't this be an issue when providing your own shared libname (since you can only provide one)? I guess it's irrelevant when my shared v8 patch lands..

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Yes, it's an issue. And yes, it won't be an issue any more once shared library support is removed.

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