JDK9 "SSL" enhancements backport to JDK8

[Ismael Juma]

Hi,

The delay of JDK 9 until 2017 seems to make this proposal even more
worthwhile.

Best,
Ismael

On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 5:52 PM, Alen Vrečko <alen.vrecko at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, Xuelei.
>
> To put things into perspective. I ran a simulation of https production
> load on the venerable E5620 machines. A simple server client set-up
> sending dummy data no other processing overhead. (took care of
> coordinated omission). On JDK8u65 the plain old SSLServerSocket code
> took literally 50% of all CPU resources. I see a consistent load
> factor of ~8 out of 16. Running the same exact bytecode (compiled with
> JDK8u65) on JDK9b92, I see a consistent load factor of ~1 out of 16.
> That is ~6% of all CPU availability.
>
> Profiling with YourKit revealed that massive amounts of time are spent
> in the crypto (~92%). The ghash#update in particulary screams out on
> JDK8. On JDK9 things are significantly better. ghash#update only takes
> ~2% CPU time while on JDK8 it takes ~45%. Just some rough ballparks.
>
> Fundamentally I'd like to see a future JDK8uN to give me a similar
> load factor as seen currently with JDK9b92. I am still pretty blown
> away with the difference.
>
> The related commits look pretty self-contained. I'd most probably
> botch the job if I backport myself. You're the experts here. ;)
>
> Thanks.
> Alen
>
> 2015-11-18 15:09 GMT+01:00 Xuelei Fan <Xuelei.Fan at oracle.com>:
> > Hi Alen,
> >
> > Except JDK-8046943, what else enhancements would you like to see in JDK
> 8u?
> > What's the requirement for each backport?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Xuelei
> >
> >
> > On 11/18/2015 1:02 AM, Alen Vrečko wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi.
> >>
> >> Any ideas if/when the enhancement to "SSL" in JDK9 will make it to JDK8?
> >> The improvements are quite substantial to say the least.
> >>
> >> I could not find any info regarding back-porting in
> >> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8046943
> >> and related issues.
> >>
> >> Best regards.
> >> Alen
> >>
> >
>