haskell-distributed / haskell-distributed/distributed-process
[DP-72] use a per-vnode shared buffer to serialize small messages
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- Haskell
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Description
[Imported from JIRA. Reported by Tim Watson [Administrator] @hyperthunk) as DP-72 on 2013-03-28 16:59:56]
As (another) optimisation, we could take advantage of recent improvements to the binary package that allow us to pre-allocate a buffer and re-use it for serializing small messages.
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Research direction
The issue provides no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating vnode message serialization and the binary package usage, then determine how a per-vnode buffer could be reused safely for small messages. Done should include the optimization and evidence that serialization remains correct.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- haskell
- Domain
- distributed-systems, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100