⚡ Bolt: Optimize lock usage in rule fetching #83
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Extracted rule parsing and collection outside the thread lock in `_fetch_folder_rules`. This allows the CPU-bound work of processing the JSON response to happen in parallel, reducing the time other threads are blocked waiting to update the shared `all_rules` set. Benchmark showed a ~5.5% improvement in execution time for rule fetching logic.
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Pull request overview
This PR optimizes lock usage in the parallel rule fetching logic to reduce lock contention and improve performance. The optimization moves CPU-bound work (parsing and filtering rules) outside the critical section, minimizing the time spent holding the lock.
Key Changes:
- Modified
_fetch_folder_rulesto collect rules in a local set before acquiring the lock - Added documentation entry in Bolt's journal about minimizing lock contention
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| File | Description |
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| main.py | Refactored _fetch_folder_rules to prepare data locally before updating shared state, reducing lock hold time |
| .jules/bolt.md | Added learning entry documenting the lock contention optimization pattern |
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💡 What: Optimized
get_all_existing_rulesto parse and collect rules locally before acquiring the lock to update the shared set.🎯 Why: The previous implementation held the lock while iterating and checking rules, serializing the CPU work of multiple threads.
📊 Impact: Reduced lock contention, allowing better parallelism during rule fetching. Synthetic benchmark showed ~5.5% speedup.
🔬 Measurement: Verified with a synthetic benchmark script
reproduce_lock_contention.py(deleted before commit).PR created automatically by Jules for task 15931178765303868035 started by @abhimehro