Fix performance regression in v1.57

[Ricardo]

[Impact]
Performance under Python 2 with this package since 1.54 is poor due to the lack of use of the native C implementation of pickle.

[Test Case]
run attached memcache-test.py under python 2.
with proposed fixes, should be approximately 2/3 of the execution time of the unpatched version.

[Regression Potential]
The picked fix is relatively minor and simply adjusts the import under Py2 to use the native C implementation so regression potential will be low.

[Original Bug Report]
Just migrated a python 2 application from 14.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS and got a serious performance degradation. Like 1000 times slower. After some profiling it was concluded that the problem was the transition from cPickle back to pickle for data serialization.

This is a problem fixed in version 1.58.
https://github.com/linsomniac/python-memcached/releases/tag/1.58

Please upgrade python-memcache to a more recent version or patch the current version.

Versions affected: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

[James Page (james-page)]

disco has 1.59; so marking dev task as Fix Released; however we can't just rev the version in Bionic and Cosmic, we'll need to pick a specific fix to minimise the regression risk.

[James Page (james-page)]

Commit 781021ea5a5676662cfd1e7832b80372d93736df contains the fix for the py2 performance issue.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Ricardo, or anyone else affected,

Accepted python-memcache into cosmic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-memcache/1.57-2ubuntu0.18.10.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-cosmic to verification-done-cosmic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-cosmic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Ricardo, or anyone else affected,

Accepted python-memcache into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-memcache/1.57-2ubuntu0.18.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

[James Page (james-page)]

bionic:

release pocket version

# time python memcache-test.py

real 0m21.069s
user 0m14.304s
sys 0m3.174s

-proposed version:

# time python memcache-test.py

real 0m13.247s
user 0m8.359s
sys 0m2.727s

cosmic:

release pocket:

# time python memcache-test.py

real 0m19.094s
user 0m13.056s
sys 0m3.161s

-proposed version

# time python memcache-test.py

real 0m13.996s
user 0m8.968s
sys 0m2.760s

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for python-memcache has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package python-memcache - 1.57-2ubuntu0.18.10.1

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python-memcache (1.57-2ubuntu0.18.10.1) cosmic; urgency=medium

  * d/p/py2-perf.patch: Cherry pick fix to use native C implementation
    for pickle under Python 2, resolving issues with performance
    degradation (LP: #1802487).

 -- James Page <email address hidden> Thu, 22 Nov 2018 11:50:53 +0000

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package python-memcache - 1.57-2ubuntu0.18.04.1

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python-memcache (1.57-2ubuntu0.18.04.1) bionic; urgency=medium

  * d/p/py2-perf.patch: Cherry pick fix to use native C implementation
    for pickle under Python 2, resolving issues with performance
    degradation (LP: #1802487).

 -- James Page <email address hidden> Thu, 22 Nov 2018 11:50:53 +0000