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  1. Commons Configuration
  2. CONFIGURATION-496

Excessive Synchronization AbstractFileConfiguration

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 1.6, 1.7, 1.8
    • 2.0
    • File reloading
    • None

    Description

      We are having a problem with commons configuration 1.6 AbstractFileConfiguration

      During a stress test we are seeing that we have wait locks against this method causing this method not to complete for up to one second.

      We are using the FileReloadStrategy delegate which makes a check on the file system when now + interval is greater than the compare time.

      Why can't we make this check before the synchronized block thus increasing throughput. I have noticed in 1.8 that the caller to this method is synchronized. This seems like excessive synchronization. Any ideas how to solve this.

      public void reload()
          {
              synchronized (reloadLock)
              {
                  if (noReload == 0)
                  {
                      try
                      {
                          enterNoReload(); // avoid reentrant calls
      
                          if (strategy.reloadingRequired())
                          {
                              if (getLogger().isInfoEnabled())
                              {
                                  getLogger().info("Reloading configuration. URL is " + getURL());
                              }
                              fireEvent(EVENT_RELOAD, null, getURL(), true);
                              setDetailEvents(false);
                              boolean autoSaveBak = this.isAutoSave(); // save the current state
                              this.setAutoSave(false); // deactivate autoSave to prevent information loss
                              try
                              {
                                  clear();
                                  load();
                              }
                              finally
                              {
                                  this.setAutoSave(autoSaveBak); // set autoSave to previous value
                                  setDetailEvents(true);
                              }
                              fireEvent(EVENT_RELOAD, null, getURL(), false);
      
                              // notify the strategy
                              strategy.reloadingPerformed();
                          }
                      }
                      catch (Exception e)
                      {
                          fireError(EVENT_RELOAD, null, null, e);
                          // todo rollback the changes if the file can't be reloaded
                      }
                      finally
                      {
                          exitNoReload();
                      }
                  }
              }
          }
      
      

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              indianbishop Tim Canavan
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