epoll: edge triggered and multi-threaded epoll

- edge triggered (oneshot) polling with epoll
- pick one event to avoid multiple events getting picked up by same
  thread
  and so get better distribution of events against multiple threads
- wire support for multiple poll threads to epoll_wait in parallel
- evdata to store absolute index and not hint for epoll
- store index and gen of slot instead of fd and index hint
- perform fd close asynchronously inside event.c for multithread safety
- poll is still single threaded

Change-Id: I536851dda0ab224c5d5a1b130a571397c9cace8f
BUG: 1104462
Signed-off-by: Anand Avati <avati@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Vijaikumar M <vmallika@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Darcy <jdarcy@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Shyam <srangana@redhat.com>
Reviewed-on: http://review.gluster.org/3842
Tested-by: Gluster Build System <jenkins@build.gluster.com>
Reviewed-by: Raghavendra G <rgowdapp@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Vijay Bellur <vbellur@redhat.com>

5 files changed, 529 insertions, 300 deletions

diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/event-epoll.c b/libglusterfs/src/event-epoll.c
index 06b3236246a..9082954e4e4 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/event-epoll.c
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/event-epoll.c
@@ -31,28 +31,203 @@
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
 
 
+struct event_slot_epoll {
+	int fd;
+	int events;
+	int gen;
+	int ref;
+	int do_close;
+	int in_handler;
+	void *data;
+	event_handler_t handler;
+	gf_lock_t lock;
+};
+
+
+static struct event_slot_epoll *
+__event_newtable (struct event_pool *event_pool, int table_idx)
+{
+	struct event_slot_epoll *table = NULL;
+	int                      i = -1;
+
+	table = GF_CALLOC (sizeof (*table), EVENT_EPOLL_SLOTS,
+			   gf_common_mt_ereg);
+	if (!table)
+		return NULL;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < EVENT_EPOLL_SLOTS; i++) {
+		table[i].fd = -1;
+		LOCK_INIT (&table[i].lock);
+	}
+
+	event_pool->ereg[table_idx] = table;
+	event_pool->slots_used[table_idx] = 0;
+
+	return table;
+}
+
+
 static int
-__event_getindex (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd, int idx)
+__event_slot_alloc (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd)
 {
-        int  ret = -1;
         int  i = 0;
+	int  table_idx = -1;
+	int  gen = -1;
+	struct event_slot_epoll *table = NULL;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < EVENT_EPOLL_TABLES; i++) {
+		switch (event_pool->slots_used[i]) {
+		case EVENT_EPOLL_SLOTS:
+			continue;
+		case 0:
+			if (!event_pool->ereg[i]) {
+				table = __event_newtable (event_pool, i);
+				if (!table)
+					return -1;
+			}
+			break;
+		default:
+			table = event_pool->ereg[i];
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (table)
+			/* break out of the loop */
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (!table)
+		return -1;
+
+	table_idx = i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < EVENT_EPOLL_SLOTS; i++) {
+		if (table[i].fd == -1) {
+			/* wipe everything except bump the generation */
+			gen = table[i].gen;
+			memset (&table[i], 0, sizeof (table[i]));
+			table[i].gen = gen + 1;
+
+			LOCK_INIT (&table[i].lock);
+
+			table[i].fd = fd;
+			event_pool->slots_used[table_idx]++;
+
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return table_idx * EVENT_EPOLL_SLOTS + i;
+}
 
-        GF_VALIDATE_OR_GOTO ("event", event_pool, out);
 
-        if (idx > -1 && idx < event_pool->used) {
-                if (event_pool->reg[idx].fd == fd)
-                        ret = idx;
-        }
+static int
+event_slot_alloc (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd)
+{
+	int  idx = -1;
 
-        for (i=0; ret == -1 && i<event_pool->used; i++) {
-                if (event_pool->reg[i].fd == fd) {
-                        ret = i;
-                        break;
-                }
-        }
+	pthread_mutex_lock (&event_pool->mutex);
+	{
+		idx = __event_slot_alloc (event_pool, fd);
+	}
+	pthread_mutex_unlock (&event_pool->mutex);
 
-out:
-        return ret;
+	return idx;
+}
+
+
+
+static void
+__event_slot_dealloc (struct event_pool *event_pool, int idx)
+{
+	int                      table_idx = 0;
+	int                      offset = 0;
+	struct event_slot_epoll *table = NULL;
+	struct event_slot_epoll *slot = NULL;
+
+	table_idx = idx / EVENT_EPOLL_SLOTS;
+	offset = idx % EVENT_EPOLL_SLOTS;
+
+	table = event_pool->ereg[table_idx];
+	if (!table)
+		return;
+
+	slot = &table[offset];
+	slot->gen++;
+
+	slot->fd = -1;
+	event_pool->slots_used[table_idx]--;
+
+	return;
+}
+
+
+static void
+event_slot_dealloc (struct event_pool *event_pool, int idx)
+{
+	pthread_mutex_lock (&event_pool->mutex);
+	{
+		__event_slot_dealloc (event_pool, idx);
+	}
+	pthread_mutex_unlock (&event_pool->mutex);
+
+	return;
+}
+
+
+static struct event_slot_epoll *
+event_slot_get (struct event_pool *event_pool, int idx)
+{
+	struct event_slot_epoll *slot = NULL;
+	struct event_slot_epoll *table = NULL;
+	int                      table_idx = 0;
+	int                      offset = 0;
+
+	table_idx = idx / EVENT_EPOLL_SLOTS;
+	offset = idx % EVENT_EPOLL_SLOTS;
+
+	table = event_pool->ereg[table_idx];
+	if (!table)
+		return NULL;
+
+	slot = &table[offset];
+
+	LOCK (&slot->lock);
+	{
+		slot->ref++;
+	}
+	UNLOCK (&slot->lock);
+
+	return slot;
+}
+
+
+static void
+event_slot_unref (struct event_pool *event_pool, struct event_slot_epoll *slot,
+		  int idx)
+{
+	int ref = -1;
+	int fd = -1;
+	int do_close = 0;
+
+	LOCK (&slot->lock);
+	{
+		ref = --slot->ref;
+		fd = slot->fd;
+		do_close = slot->do_close;
+	}
+	UNLOCK (&slot->lock);
+
+	if (ref)
+		/* slot still alive */
+		goto done;
+
+	event_slot_dealloc (event_pool, idx);
+
+	if (do_close)
+		close (fd);
+done:
+	return;
 }
 
 
@@ -68,17 +243,6 @@ event_pool_new_epoll (int count)
         if (!event_pool)
                 goto out;
 
-        event_pool->count = count;
-        event_pool->reg = GF_CALLOC (event_pool->count,
-                                     sizeof (*event_pool->reg),
-                                     gf_common_mt_reg);
-
-        if (!event_pool->reg) {
-                GF_FREE (event_pool);
-                event_pool = NULL;
-                goto out;
-        }
-
         epfd = epoll_create (count);
 
         if (epfd == -1) {
@@ -95,13 +259,49 @@ event_pool_new_epoll (int count)
         event_pool->count = count;
 
         pthread_mutex_init (&event_pool->mutex, NULL);
-        pthread_cond_init (&event_pool->cond, NULL);
 
 out:
         return event_pool;
 }
 
 
+static void
+__slot_update_events (struct event_slot_epoll *slot, int poll_in, int poll_out)
+{
+	switch (poll_in) {
+	case 1:
+		slot->events |= EPOLLIN;
+		break;
+	case 0:
+		slot->events &= ~EPOLLIN;
+		break;
+	case -1:
+		/* do nothing */
+		break;
+	default:
+		gf_log ("epoll", GF_LOG_ERROR,
+			"invalid poll_in value %d", poll_in);
+		break;
+	}
+
+	switch (poll_out) {
+	case 1:
+		slot->events |= EPOLLOUT;
+		break;
+	case 0:
+		slot->events &= ~EPOLLOUT;
+		break;
+	case -1:
+		/* do nothing */
+		break;
+	default:
+		gf_log ("epoll", GF_LOG_ERROR,
+			"invalid poll_out value %d", poll_out);
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
+
 int
 event_register_epoll (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd,
                       event_handler_t handler,
@@ -111,87 +311,98 @@ event_register_epoll (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd,
         int                 ret = -1;
         struct epoll_event  epoll_event = {0, };
         struct event_data  *ev_data = (void *)&epoll_event.data;
+	struct event_slot_epoll *slot = NULL;
 
 
         GF_VALIDATE_OR_GOTO ("event", event_pool, out);
 
-        pthread_mutex_lock (&event_pool->mutex);
-        {
-                if (event_pool->count == event_pool->used) {
-                        event_pool->count *= 2;
+	idx = event_slot_alloc (event_pool, fd);
+	if (idx == -1) {
+		gf_log ("epoll", GF_LOG_ERROR,
+			"could not find slot for fd=%d", fd);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	slot = event_slot_get (event_pool, idx);
+
+	assert (slot->fd == fd);
+
+	LOCK (&slot->lock);
+	{
+		/* make epoll edge triggered and 'singleshot', which
+		   means we need to re-add the fd with
+		   epoll_ctl(EPOLL_CTL_MOD) after delivery of every
+		   single event. This assures us that while a poller
+		   thread has picked up and is processing an event,
+		   another poller will not try to pick this at the same
+		   time as well.
+		*/
+
+		slot->events = EPOLLPRI | EPOLLET | EPOLLONESHOT;
+		slot->handler = handler;
+		slot->data = data;
+
+		__slot_update_events (slot, poll_in, poll_out);
+
+		epoll_event.events = slot->events;
+		ev_data->idx = idx;
+		ev_data->gen = slot->gen;
+
+		ret = epoll_ctl (event_pool->fd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, fd,
+				 &epoll_event);
+		/* check ret after UNLOCK() to avoid deadlock in
+		   event_slot_unref()
+		*/
+	}
+	UNLOCK (&slot->lock);
+
+	if (ret == -1) {
+		gf_log ("epoll", GF_LOG_ERROR,
+			"failed to add fd(=%d) to epoll fd(=%d) (%s)",
+			fd, event_pool->fd, strerror (errno));
+
+		event_slot_unref (event_pool, slot, idx);
+		idx = -1;
+	}
+
+	/* keep slot->ref (do not event_slot_unref) if successful */
+out:
+        return idx;
+}
 
-                        event_pool->reg = GF_REALLOC (event_pool->reg,
-                                                      event_pool->count *
-                                                      sizeof (*event_pool->reg));
 
-                        if (!event_pool->reg) {
-                                gf_log ("epoll", GF_LOG_ERROR,
-                                        "event registry re-allocation failed");
-                                goto unlock;
-                        }
-                }
-
-                idx = event_pool->used;
-                event_pool->used++;
-
-                event_pool->reg[idx].fd = fd;
-                event_pool->reg[idx].events = EPOLLPRI;
-                event_pool->reg[idx].handler = handler;
-                event_pool->reg[idx].data = data;
-
-                switch (poll_in) {
-                case 1:
-                        event_pool->reg[idx].events |= EPOLLIN;
-                        break;
-                case 0:
-                        event_pool->reg[idx].events &= ~EPOLLIN;
-                        break;
-                case -1:
-                        /* do nothing */
-                        break;
-                default:
-                        gf_log ("epoll", GF_LOG_ERROR,
-                                "invalid poll_in value %d", poll_in);
-                        break;
-                }
+static int
+event_unregister_epoll_common (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd,
+			       int idx, int do_close)
+{
+        int  ret = -1;
+	struct event_slot_epoll *slot = NULL;
 
-                switch (poll_out) {
-                case 1:
-                        event_pool->reg[idx].events |= EPOLLOUT;
-                        break;
-                case 0:
-                        event_pool->reg[idx].events &= ~EPOLLOUT;
-                        break;
-                case -1:
-                        /* do nothing */
-                        break;
-                default:
-                        gf_log ("epoll", GF_LOG_ERROR,
-                                "invalid poll_out value %d", poll_out);
-                        break;
-                }
+        GF_VALIDATE_OR_GOTO ("event", event_pool, out);
 
-                event_pool->changed = 1;
+	slot = event_slot_get (event_pool, idx);
 
-                epoll_event.events = event_pool->reg[idx].events;
-                ev_data->fd = fd;
-                ev_data->idx = idx;
+	assert (slot->fd == fd);
 
-                ret = epoll_ctl (event_pool->fd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, fd,
-                                 &epoll_event);
+	LOCK (&slot->lock);
+	{
+                ret = epoll_ctl (event_pool->fd, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, fd, NULL);
 
                 if (ret == -1) {
                         gf_log ("epoll", GF_LOG_ERROR,
-                                "failed to add fd(=%d) to epoll fd(=%d) (%s)",
+                                "fail to del fd(=%d) from epoll fd(=%d) (%s)",
                                 fd, event_pool->fd, strerror (errno));
                         goto unlock;
                 }
 
-                pthread_cond_broadcast (&event_pool->cond);
+		slot->do_close = do_close;
+		slot->gen++; /* detect unregister in dispatch_handler() */
         }
 unlock:
-        pthread_mutex_unlock (&event_pool->mutex);
+	UNLOCK (&slot->lock);
 
+	event_slot_unref (event_pool, slot, idx); /* one for event_register() */
+	event_slot_unref (event_pool, slot, idx); /* one for event_slot_get() */
 out:
         return ret;
 }
@@ -200,233 +411,186 @@ out:
 static int
 event_unregister_epoll (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd, int idx_hint)
 {
-        int  idx = -1;
-        int  ret = -1;
-
-        struct epoll_event epoll_event = {0, };
-        struct event_data *ev_data = (void *)&epoll_event.data;
-        int                lastidx = -1;
-
-        GF_VALIDATE_OR_GOTO ("event", event_pool, out);
+	int ret = -1;
 
-        pthread_mutex_lock (&event_pool->mutex);
-        {
-                idx = __event_getindex (event_pool, fd, idx_hint);
+	ret = event_unregister_epoll_common (event_pool, fd, idx_hint, 0);
 
-                if (idx == -1) {
-                        gf_log ("epoll", GF_LOG_ERROR,
-                                "index not found for fd=%d (idx_hint=%d)",
-                                fd, idx_hint);
-                        errno = ENOENT;
-                        goto unlock;
-                }
-
-                ret = epoll_ctl (event_pool->fd, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, fd, NULL);
-
-                /* if ret is -1, this array member should never be accessed */
-                /* if it is 0, the array member might be used by idx_cache
-                 * in which case the member should not be accessed till
-                 * it is reallocated
-                 */
-
-                event_pool->reg[idx].fd = -1;
-
-                if (ret == -1) {
-                        gf_log ("epoll", GF_LOG_ERROR,
-                                "fail to del fd(=%d) from epoll fd(=%d) (%s)",
-                                fd, event_pool->fd, strerror (errno));
-                        goto unlock;
-                }
-
-                lastidx = event_pool->used - 1;
-                if (lastidx == idx) {
-                        event_pool->used--;
-                        goto unlock;
-                }
+	return ret;
+}
 
-                epoll_event.events = event_pool->reg[lastidx].events;
-                ev_data->fd = event_pool->reg[lastidx].fd;
-                ev_data->idx = idx;
 
-                ret = epoll_ctl (event_pool->fd, EPOLL_CTL_MOD, ev_data->fd,
-                                 &epoll_event);
-                if (ret == -1) {
-                        gf_log ("epoll", GF_LOG_ERROR,
-                                "fail to modify fd(=%d) index %d to %d (%s)",
-                                ev_data->fd, event_pool->used, idx,
-                                strerror (errno));
-                        goto unlock;
-                }
+static int
+event_unregister_close_epoll (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd,
+			      int idx_hint)
+{
+	int ret = -1;
 
-                /* just replace the unregistered idx by last one */
-                event_pool->reg[idx] = event_pool->reg[lastidx];
-                event_pool->used--;
-        }
-unlock:
-        pthread_mutex_unlock (&event_pool->mutex);
+	ret = event_unregister_epoll_common (event_pool, fd, idx_hint, 1);
 
-out:
-        return ret;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 
 static int
-event_select_on_epoll (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd, int idx_hint,
+event_select_on_epoll (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd, int idx,
                        int poll_in, int poll_out)
 {
-        int idx = -1;
         int ret = -1;
-
+	struct event_slot_epoll *slot = NULL;
         struct epoll_event epoll_event = {0, };
         struct event_data *ev_data = (void *)&epoll_event.data;
 
 
         GF_VALIDATE_OR_GOTO ("event", event_pool, out);
 
-        pthread_mutex_lock (&event_pool->mutex);
-        {
-                idx = __event_getindex (event_pool, fd, idx_hint);
-
-                if (idx == -1) {
-                        gf_log ("epoll", GF_LOG_ERROR,
-                                "index not found for fd=%d (idx_hint=%d)",
-                                fd, idx_hint);
-                        errno = ENOENT;
-                        goto unlock;
-                }
-
-                switch (poll_in) {
-                case 1:
-                        event_pool->reg[idx].events |= EPOLLIN;
-                        break;
-                case 0:
-                        event_pool->reg[idx].events &= ~EPOLLIN;
-                        break;
-                case -1:
-                        /* do nothing */
-                        break;
-                default:
-                        gf_log ("epoll", GF_LOG_ERROR,
-                                "invalid poll_in value %d", poll_in);
-                        break;
-                }
-
-                switch (poll_out) {
-                case 1:
-                        event_pool->reg[idx].events |= EPOLLOUT;
-                        break;
-                case 0:
-                        event_pool->reg[idx].events &= ~EPOLLOUT;
-                        break;
-                case -1:
-                        /* do nothing */
-                        break;
-                default:
-                        gf_log ("epoll", GF_LOG_ERROR,
-                                "invalid poll_out value %d", poll_out);
-                        break;
-                }
-
-                epoll_event.events = event_pool->reg[idx].events;
-                ev_data->fd = fd;
-                ev_data->idx = idx;
-
-                ret = epoll_ctl (event_pool->fd, EPOLL_CTL_MOD, fd,
-                                 &epoll_event);
-                if (ret == -1) {
-                        gf_log ("epoll", GF_LOG_ERROR,
-                                "failed to modify fd(=%d) events to %d",
-                                fd, epoll_event.events);
-                }
-        }
+	slot = event_slot_get (event_pool, idx);
+
+	assert (slot->fd == fd);
+
+	LOCK (&slot->lock);
+	{
+		__slot_update_events (slot, poll_in, poll_out);
+
+		epoll_event.events = slot->events;
+		ev_data->idx = idx;
+		ev_data->gen = slot->gen;
+
+		if (slot->in_handler)
+			/* in_handler indicates at least one thread
+			   executing event_dispatch_epoll_handler()
+			   which will perform epoll_ctl(EPOLL_CTL_MOD)
+			   anyways (because of EPOLLET)
+
+			   This not only saves a system call, but also
+			   avoids possibility of another epoll thread
+			   parallely picking up the next event while the
+			   ongoing handler is still in progress (and
+			   resulting in unnecessary contention on
+			   rpc_transport_t->mutex).
+			*/
+			goto unlock;
+
+		ret = epoll_ctl (event_pool->fd, EPOLL_CTL_MOD, fd,
+				 &epoll_event);
+		if (ret == -1) {
+			gf_log ("epoll", GF_LOG_ERROR,
+				"failed to modify fd(=%d) events to %d",
+				fd, epoll_event.events);
+		}
+	}
 unlock:
-        pthread_mutex_unlock (&event_pool->mutex);
+	UNLOCK (&slot->lock);
+
+	event_slot_unref (event_pool, slot, idx);
 
 out:
-        return ret;
+        return idx;
 }
 
 
 static int
 event_dispatch_epoll_handler (struct event_pool *event_pool,
-                              struct epoll_event *events, int i)
+                              struct epoll_event *event)
 {
-        struct event_data  *event_data = NULL;
+        struct event_data  *ev_data = NULL;
+	struct event_slot_epoll *slot = NULL;
         event_handler_t     handler = NULL;
         void               *data = NULL;
         int                 idx = -1;
+	int                 gen = -1;
         int                 ret = -1;
+	int                 fd = -1;
 
-
-        event_data = (void *)&events[i].data;
+	ev_data = (void *)&event->data;
         handler = NULL;
         data = NULL;
 
-        pthread_mutex_lock (&event_pool->mutex);
-        {
-                idx = __event_getindex (event_pool, event_data->fd,
-                                        event_data->idx);
-
-                if (idx == -1) {
-                        gf_log ("epoll", GF_LOG_ERROR,
-                                "index not found for fd(=%d) (idx_hint=%d)",
-                                event_data->fd, event_data->idx);
-                        goto unlock;
-                }
-
-                handler = event_pool->reg[idx].handler;
-                data = event_pool->reg[idx].data;
-        }
-unlock:
-        pthread_mutex_unlock (&event_pool->mutex);
+	idx = ev_data->idx;
+	gen = ev_data->gen;
+
+	slot = event_slot_get (event_pool, idx);
+
+	LOCK (&slot->lock);
+	{
+		fd = slot->fd;
+		if (fd == -1) {
+			gf_log ("epoll", GF_LOG_ERROR,
+				"stale fd found on idx=%d, gen=%d, events=%d, "
+				"slot->gen=%d",
+				idx, gen, event->events, slot->gen);
+			/* fd got unregistered in another thread */
+			goto pre_unlock;
+		}
+
+		if (gen != slot->gen) {
+			gf_log ("epoll", GF_LOG_ERROR,
+				"generation mismatch on idx=%d, gen=%d, "
+				"slot->gen=%d, slot->fd=%d",
+				idx, gen, slot->gen, slot->fd);
+			/* slot was re-used and therefore is another fd! */
+			goto pre_unlock;
+		}
+
+		handler = slot->handler;
+		data = slot->data;
+
+		slot->in_handler++;
+	}
+pre_unlock:
+	UNLOCK (&slot->lock);
+
+        if (!handler)
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = handler (fd, idx, data,
+		       (event->events & (EPOLLIN|EPOLLPRI)),
+		       (event->events & (EPOLLOUT)),
+		       (event->events & (EPOLLERR|EPOLLHUP)));
+
+	LOCK (&slot->lock);
+	{
+		slot->in_handler--;
+
+		if (gen != slot->gen) {
+			/* event_unregister() happened while we were
+			   in handler()
+			*/
+			gf_log ("epoll", GF_LOG_DEBUG,
+				"generation bumped on idx=%d from "
+				"gen=%d to slot->gen=%d, fd=%d, "
+				"slot->fd=%d",
+				idx, gen, slot->gen, fd, slot->fd);
+			goto post_unlock;
+		}
+
+		/* This call also picks up the changes made by another
+		   thread calling event_select_on_epoll() while this
+		   thread was busy in handler()
+		*/
+		event->events = slot->events;
+		ret = epoll_ctl (event_pool->fd, EPOLL_CTL_MOD,
+				 fd, event);
+	}
+post_unlock:
+	UNLOCK (&slot->lock);
+out:
+	event_slot_unref (event_pool, slot, idx);
 
-        if (handler)
-                ret = handler (event_data->fd, event_data->idx, data,
-                               (events[i].events & (EPOLLIN|EPOLLPRI)),
-                               (events[i].events & (EPOLLOUT)),
-                               (events[i].events & (EPOLLERR|EPOLLHUP)));
         return ret;
 }
 
 
-static int
-event_dispatch_epoll (struct event_pool *event_pool)
+static void *
+event_dispatch_epoll_worker (void *data)
 {
-        struct epoll_event *events = NULL;
-        int                 size = 0;
-        int                 i = 0;
+        struct epoll_event  event;
         int                 ret = -1;
+	struct event_pool  *event_pool = data;
 
         GF_VALIDATE_OR_GOTO ("event", event_pool, out);
 
-        while (1) {
-                pthread_mutex_lock (&event_pool->mutex);
-                {
-                        while (event_pool->used == 0)
-                                pthread_cond_wait (&event_pool->cond,
-                                                   &event_pool->mutex);
-
-                        if (event_pool->used > event_pool->evcache_size) {
-                                GF_FREE (event_pool->evcache);
-
-                                event_pool->evcache = events = NULL;
-
-                                event_pool->evcache_size =
-                                        event_pool->used + 256;
-
-                                events = GF_CALLOC (event_pool->evcache_size,
-                                                    sizeof (struct epoll_event),
-                                                    gf_common_mt_epoll_event);
-                                if (!events)
-                                        break;
-
-                                event_pool->evcache = events;
-                        }
-                }
-                pthread_mutex_unlock (&event_pool->mutex);
-
-                ret = epoll_wait (event_pool->fd, event_pool->evcache,
-                                  event_pool->evcache_size, -1);
+	for (;;) {
+                ret = epoll_wait (event_pool->fd, &event, 1, -1);
 
                 if (ret == 0)
                         /* timeout */
@@ -436,28 +600,43 @@ event_dispatch_epoll (struct event_pool *event_pool)
                         /* sys call */
                         continue;
 
-                size = ret;
+		ret = event_dispatch_epoll_handler (event_pool, &event);
+        }
+out:
+        return NULL;
+}
 
-                for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-                        if (!events || !events[i].events)
-                                continue;
 
-                        ret = event_dispatch_epoll_handler (event_pool,
-                                                            events, i);
-                }
-        }
+#define GLUSTERFS_EPOLL_MAXTHREADS 2
 
-out:
-        return ret;
+
+static int
+event_dispatch_epoll (struct event_pool *event_pool)
+{
+	int               i = 0;
+	pthread_t         pollers[GLUSTERFS_EPOLL_MAXTHREADS];
+	int               ret = -1;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < GLUSTERFS_EPOLL_MAXTHREADS; i++) {
+		ret = pthread_create (&pollers[i], NULL,
+				      event_dispatch_epoll_worker,
+				      event_pool);
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < GLUSTERFS_EPOLL_MAXTHREADS; i++)
+		pthread_join (pollers[i], NULL);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 
 struct event_ops event_ops_epoll = {
-        .new              = event_pool_new_epoll,
-        .event_register   = event_register_epoll,
-        .event_select_on  = event_select_on_epoll,
-        .event_unregister = event_unregister_epoll,
-        .event_dispatch   = event_dispatch_epoll
+        .new                    = event_pool_new_epoll,
+        .event_register         = event_register_epoll,
+        .event_select_on        = event_select_on_epoll,
+        .event_unregister       = event_unregister_epoll,
+        .event_unregister_close = event_unregister_close_epoll,
+        .event_dispatch         = event_dispatch_epoll
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/event-poll.c b/libglusterfs/src/event-poll.c
index 7f7f560d086..a7e2e663103 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/event-poll.c
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/event-poll.c
@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
+
+
+struct event_slot_poll {
+	int fd;
+	int events;
+	void *data;
+	event_handler_t handler;
+};
+
+
 static int
 event_register_poll (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd,
                      event_handler_t handler,
@@ -63,12 +73,16 @@ __event_getindex (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd, int idx)
 
         GF_VALIDATE_OR_GOTO ("event", event_pool, out);
 
+        /* lookup in used space based on index provided */
         if (idx > -1 && idx < event_pool->used) {
-                if (event_pool->reg[idx].fd == fd)
+                if (event_pool->reg[idx].fd == fd) {
                         ret = idx;
+                        goto out;
+                }
         }
 
-        for (i=0; ret == -1 && i<event_pool->used; i++) {
+        /* search in used space, if lookup fails */
+        for (i = 0; i < event_pool->used; i++) {
                 if (event_pool->reg[i].fd == fd) {
                         ret = i;
                         break;
@@ -264,6 +278,20 @@ out:
 
 
 static int
+event_unregister_close_poll (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd,
+			     int idx_hint)
+{
+	int ret = -1;
+
+	ret = event_unregister_poll (event_pool, fd, idx_hint);
+
+	close (fd);
+
+        return ret;
+}
+
+
+static int
 event_select_on_poll (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd, int idx_hint,
                       int poll_in, int poll_out)
 {
@@ -443,9 +471,10 @@ out:
 
 
 struct event_ops event_ops_poll = {
-        .new              = event_pool_new_poll,
-        .event_register   = event_register_poll,
-        .event_select_on  = event_select_on_poll,
-        .event_unregister = event_unregister_poll,
-        .event_dispatch   = event_dispatch_poll
+        .new                    = event_pool_new_poll,
+        .event_register         = event_register_poll,
+        .event_select_on        = event_select_on_poll,
+        .event_unregister       = event_unregister_poll,
+        .event_unregister_close = event_unregister_close_poll,
+        .event_dispatch         = event_dispatch_poll
 };
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/event.c b/libglusterfs/src/event.c
index 0197e7948b5..6c253df3c1a 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/event.c
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/event.c
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ struct event_pool *
 event_pool_new (int count)
 {
         struct event_pool *event_pool = NULL;
-        extern struct event_ops event_ops_poll;
+	extern struct event_ops event_ops_poll;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_EPOLL_H
-        extern struct event_ops event_ops_epoll;
+	extern struct event_ops event_ops_epoll;
 
         event_pool = event_ops_epoll.new (count);
 
@@ -89,6 +89,20 @@ out:
 
 
 int
+event_unregister_close (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd, int idx)
+{
+        int ret = -1;
+
+        GF_VALIDATE_OR_GOTO ("event", event_pool, out);
+
+        ret = event_pool->ops->event_unregister_close (event_pool, fd, idx);
+
+out:
+        return ret;
+}
+
+
+int
 event_select_on (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd, int idx_hint,
                  int poll_in, int poll_out)
 {
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/event.h b/libglusterfs/src/event.h
index 7ed182492e2..3b3ab0e4b2f 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/event.h
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/event.h
@@ -20,15 +20,20 @@
 
 struct event_pool;
 struct event_ops;
+struct event_slot_poll;
+struct event_slot_epoll;
 struct event_data {
-	int fd;
 	int idx;
+	int gen;
 } __attribute__ ((__packed__, __may_alias__));
 
 
 typedef int (*event_handler_t) (int fd, int idx, void *data,
 				int poll_in, int poll_out, int poll_err);
 
+#define EVENT_EPOLL_TABLES 1024
+#define EVENT_EPOLL_SLOTS 1024
+
 struct event_pool {
 	struct event_ops *ops;
 
@@ -36,12 +41,9 @@ struct event_pool {
 	int breaker[2];
 
 	int count;
-	struct {
-		int fd;
-		int events;
-		void *data;
-		event_handler_t handler;
-	} *reg;
+	struct event_slot_poll  *reg;
+	struct event_slot_epoll *ereg[EVENT_EPOLL_TABLES];
+	int slots_used[EVENT_EPOLL_TABLES];
 
 	int used;
 	int changed;
@@ -65,6 +67,9 @@ struct event_ops {
 
         int (*event_unregister) (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd, int idx);
 
+        int (*event_unregister_close) (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd,
+				       int idx);
+
         int (*event_dispatch) (struct event_pool *event_pool);
 };
 
@@ -75,6 +80,7 @@ int event_register (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd,
 		    event_handler_t handler,
 		    void *data, int poll_in, int poll_out);
 int event_unregister (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd, int idx);
+int event_unregister_close (struct event_pool *event_pool, int fd, int idx);
 int event_dispatch (struct event_pool *event_pool);
 
 #endif /* _EVENT_H_ */
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/mem-types.h b/libglusterfs/src/mem-types.h
index 1cce6db7501..388b8dedfd9 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/mem-types.h
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/mem-types.h
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ enum gf_common_mem_types_ {
 	gf_common_mt_strfd_t              = 109,
 	gf_common_mt_strfd_data_t         = 110,
         gf_common_mt_regex_t              = 111,
+        gf_common_mt_ereg                 = 112,
         gf_common_mt_end
 };
 #endif