Strange issue with Pthreads - Why is there a delay in each new Thread Submit when opcache.enable_cli is disabled?

Dan Wilt

1/13/23, 2:51 PM

So for context, I am running PHP-FPM 7.4 on Ubuntu and I compiled it with ZTS. Then added the extensions Pthreads and ZSTD .

I am running a few hundred tasks and I need them to spawn new php processes as fast as possible, but after multiple tests I realized although my script was running in 0.001 secs, each time I spawned a new PHP Thread with Pthreads it added 0.01sec to the equation, which makes the time of each loop iteration multiply by 10 .

I am trying to find possible explanations for this for a couple of weeks already, and so far after doing multiple tests and tweaking a lot of settings the only thing that made sense is that this is a Pthreads Limitation by design .

Next logical step would be to update the code to the newer Parallel project but in the meantime I found something curious , when I enable opcache.enable_cli in PHP FPM config the issue is almost gone and most of the threads do not get delayed !

Sadly, this causes constant zend_mm_heap corruption / segmentation fault errors which from what I have read can't really be fixed (its either a zend or pthreads core issue) , but it would seem like it's a good start to understanding the root of the problem.

Anyone ?

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Michael Hampton

1/13/23, 3:36 PM

Threaded PHP has been a minefield of bugs and other problems for about as long as it has existed. It sounds like little has changed. It's best avoided if possible.

Elon Musk

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EN: Strange issue with Pthreads - Why is there a delay in each new Thread Submit when opcache.enable_cli is disabled?

TH: ปัญหาแปลกๆ กับ Pthreads - เหตุใดจึงมีความล่าช้าในการส่งเธรดใหม่แต่ละรายการเมื่อปิดใช้งาน opcache.enable_cli

RO: Problemă ciudată cu Pthreads - De ce există o întârziere în fiecare nou Thread Submit când opcache.enable_cli este dezactivat?

RU: Странная проблема с Pthreads. Почему происходит задержка отправки каждой новой темы, когда opcache.enable_cli отключен?

VI: Sự cố lạ với Pthreads - Tại sao có sự chậm trễ trong mỗi lần gửi Chủ đề mới khi opcache.enable_cli bị tắt?

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