perf(worker): event hot-path allocation + flush cuts (WRK-06/11/12, IPC-15)

WRK-06: MxStatusProxyConverter caches the four resolved FieldInfo per status
type in a static ConcurrentDictionary (the GetField metadata scan ran 4x per
status per event on the STA path). GetValue+Convert.ToInt32 still run per event
(late-bound RCW). Exceptions byte-identical: missing-field message unchanged
(ResolveField, not cached on throw via GetOrAdd); null-value message unchanged.

WRK-11: MxAccessEventQueue.Enqueue takes ownership of the passed MxEvent -
stamps WorkerSequence/WorkerTimestamp on it in place and enqueues it, no
Clone(). Audited all 3 callers (base/alarm event sinks, provider-mode handler):
each builds a fresh event per Enqueue, none reuse it. MxAccessValueCache.Set now
deep-copies its retained Value/SourceTimestamp/Statuses so the cache snapshot
never aliases the queue-owned (later serialized) event. Net: alarm/other events
clone nothing (was full clone); data-change clones payload-only.

WRK-12: WorkerFrameWriter coalesces the flush across a drained batch - each
frame is written but not flushed individually; one FlushAsync after the batch,
then all written frames complete. Preserves the written+flushed completion
contract; a burst of N events costs 1 flush, not N. On write failure the whole
in-flight batch + queue fail so no caller hangs.

IPC-15 (doc): the multi-event WorkerEnvelope body remains unimplemented (wire
still carries one event per worker_event frame); gateway.md Performance section
now distinguishes the shipped flush-coalescing from that deferred proto change.

net48-safe (no init/records; readonly struct cache entry). Worker builds x86
only - verification on windev. Tests added: converter cache-reuse, queue
ownership-transfer, value-cache snapshot independence, writer batch-flush-once.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01DMXXvNuPekkkrTEyPNxEkW
This commit is contained in:
Joseph Doherty
2026-07-09 15:52:49 -04:00
parent 73ce824f6c
commit f61c816acf
9 changed files with 303 additions and 28 deletions
@@ -112,36 +112,77 @@ public sealed class WorkerFrameWriter
// Runs only under _writeLock. Drains control frames before event frames, stamping and writing each.
// The stream write itself is not cancellable: a frame is written atomically or fails, never left
// half-written on the pipe because a caller gave up waiting.
//
// Flushes are coalesced across the whole drained batch (WRK-12 / IPC-15): each frame is written to
// the stream but not flushed individually; a single FlushAsync runs after the batch, then every
// successfully-written frame is completed. A caller's Completion therefore still signals only after
// its bytes have been written AND flushed, so the "written and flushed" contract is unchanged — but
// a burst of N events now costs one flush syscall instead of N.
private async Task DrainQueuedFramesAsync()
{
List<PendingFrame> written = new List<PendingFrame>();
while (true)
{
PendingFrame? frame = DequeueNext();
if (frame is null)
{
return;
break;
}
try
{
await WriteFrameAsync(frame.Envelope).ConfigureAwait(false);
frame.Completion.TrySetResult(true);
written.Add(frame);
}
catch (WorkerFrameProtocolException exception) when (IsPerFrameRejection(exception))
{
// Validation, empty-payload, and oversized-frame errors are specific to this frame and
// do not damage the stream; fail only this frame and keep draining the rest.
// do not damage the stream; fail only this frame and keep draining the rest. Nothing was
// written for it, so it needs no flush.
frame.Completion.TrySetException(exception);
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
// A stream write/flush failure means the pipe is broken; fail this frame and every frame
// still queued so no caller awaits forever, then stop draining.
// A stream write failure means the pipe is broken; fail this frame, every frame already
// written this batch but not yet flushed, and every frame still queued so no caller
// awaits forever, then stop draining.
frame.Completion.TrySetException(exception);
FailFrames(written, exception);
FailAllQueued(exception);
return;
}
}
if (written.Count == 0)
{
return;
}
try
{
await _stream.FlushAsync(CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
// The batch reached the stream but the flush that guarantees delivery failed: the pipe is
// broken. Fail every frame in the batch (the queue was already drained) so no caller treats
// an unflushed write as delivered.
FailFrames(written, exception);
return;
}
foreach (PendingFrame frame in written)
{
frame.Completion.TrySetResult(true);
}
}
private static void FailFrames(List<PendingFrame> frames, Exception exception)
{
foreach (PendingFrame frame in frames)
{
frame.Completion.TrySetException(exception);
}
}
private static bool IsPerFrameRejection(WorkerFrameProtocolException exception)
@@ -211,14 +252,14 @@ public sealed class WorkerFrameWriter
// Serialize once into a single buffer that carries the 4-byte length prefix followed by the
// payload, then issue one stream write. This avoids a second serialization pass, a separate
// prefix array, and a separate prefix write.
// prefix array, and a separate prefix write. The flush is deferred to the end of the drained
// batch (see DrainQueuedFramesAsync) so a burst of frames shares one flush.
int frameLength = sizeof(uint) + payloadLength;
byte[] frame = new byte[frameLength];
WriteUInt32LittleEndian(frame, (uint)payloadLength);
envelope.WriteTo(new Span<byte>(frame, sizeof(uint), payloadLength));
await _stream.WriteAsync(frame, 0, frameLength, CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
await _stream.FlushAsync(CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
}
private static void WriteUInt32LittleEndian(