Clear sockets perform worse than TLS socket in some cases
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Description
- Version: v13.0.0-pre
- Platform: Linux tufopad 4.15.0-48-generic #51-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 3 08:28:49 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
- Subsystem: net
While writing and performing tests for this issue opened by @alexfernandez and fixed by @jmendeth, I noticed that in some cases, clear connections seem to perform worse than TLS connections, specially after the fix that enhances significantly the performance of the TLS connections. I will patch the existing secure-pair benchmark test to expose the issue.
The performance of clear connections seems to be the same across node versions (I've tested it in node 8, 10 and 13-pre). This means that this issue is not a regression, but an enhancement, and the fix needed is probably very similar to the one that solved the secure-pair performance issue.
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the existing secure-pair benchmark test mentioned in the issue and compare its clear and TLS cases; review issue #20263 and PR #27861 for the related performance change. Done means the benchmark exposes the clear-socket slowdown and the net implementation is improved so clear connections no longer underperform in the reported cases.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, node.js
- Domain
- networking, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100