Notify waiting objects when mesh header retries are exhausted - #395
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LLMeshRepoThread::run()'s header-fetch loop silently dropped a request on final retry exhaustion (just a debug log), unlike the LOD and skin loops right next to it, which push into mUnavailableQ on the identical exhaustion condition so waiting objects get unstuck. Any LLVOVolume waiting on that mesh's header never received notifyMeshLoaded or a forced LOD fallback, leaving it at its placeholder shape permanently with no further retry. fetchMeshHeader() returns false when the local HTTP layer refuses to even enqueue the request (congestion), which is rare in ordinary play but close to guaranteed right after a teleport into a busy region, when a whole region's object list arrives at once and hits the fixed concurrent-request cap -- matching the reported symptom of mesh objects never rezzing after teleporting into crowded regions. Mirrors LLMeshHeaderHandler::processFailure(): push all LOD levels for the mesh onto mUnavailableQ so dependent objects fall back instead of waiting forever. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01J7R2Za4br1N947HEDgf8zr
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WalkthroughWhen a mesh header request exceeds its retry limit, ChangesMesh failure handling
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Mesh headers may be marked unavailable while failed submissions continue retrying with reset retry state, causing unnecessary repeated work and inconsistent mesh loading behavior under HTTP congestion. Resolve retry ownership before merge. Suggested reviewers: Poem
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In `@indra/newview/llmeshrepository.cpp`:
- Around line 1244-1247: The failed header-submission path in fetchMeshHeader
must exclusively own retry handling when requestGetByteRange returns
LLCORE_HTTP_HANDLE_INVALID. Prevent the request handler destructor from
requeueing a new HeaderRequest in this case, or otherwise transfer retry
ownership there, so RequestStats.mRetries is not reset and the exhausted branch
can mark all LODs unavailable without generating unbounded header work.
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| LLMutexLock lock(mLoadedMutex); | ||
| for (int i = 0; i < LLVolumeLODGroup::NUM_LODS; ++i) | ||
| { | ||
| mUnavailableQ.push_back(LODRequest(req.mMeshParams, i)); |
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In the Alchemy Viewer source code, the file indra/newview/llmeshrepository.cpp contains the implementation for managing mesh assets, including the LLMeshHeaderHandler class [1][2]. This class is responsible for handling mesh header data, which often involves making network requests to fetch specific parts of mesh files [3][4]. The method requestGetByteRange is an HTTP-related function, typically associated with the viewer's underlying networking layer (LLCore::HttpRequest or similar) [3][5]. It is used to perform a partial HTTP GET request (a byte-range request) to fetch a specific segment of a file [5]. Within LLMeshHeaderHandler, this functionality is utilized to retrieve only the header portion of a mesh asset rather than downloading the entire file at once [4]. This is an optimization that allows the viewer to parse mesh metadata—such as structure and parameters—before deciding whether to fetch the full mesh data [4]. Because Alchemy Viewer is a fork of the official Linden Lab Second Life viewer, this code structure is inherited from the upstream codebase [6][7]. Similar implementations of LLMeshHeaderHandler and its use of byte-range requests for asset fetching can be found in other viewer projects derived from the official source [3][4]. [6][1][2][5]
Citations:
- 1: secondlife/viewer@Second_Life_Release#44210c4e-2025.04.1...Second_Life_Release#f5d350fb-2025.05-gltf-mesh-import
- 2: https://megapahit.org/viewer.git/log/indra/newview/llmeshrepository.cpp?id=f8137f68a0f157c7dc7766a695a62d59b4198291
- 3: https://megapahit.org/viewer.git/diff/indra?id=2df0a2494691ebfdd305e6a5ee280dd758a1b337&id2=7911f065cde252d3f1eda4a1577e5d0b3eb94e19
- 4: https://megapahit.org/viewer.git/diff/?id=5dffe16aef7c6687a2ed47c5324f4365ff9d84df
- 5: http://doc.daleglass.net/llcurl_8h-source.html
- 6: https://github.com/AlchemyViewer/Alchemy
- 7: https://github.com/alchemyviewer/alchemy
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Make failed header submissions the sole owner of retry state.
When LLCore::HttpRequest::requestGetByteRange() returns LLCORE_HTTP_HANDLE_INVALID, fetchMeshHeader() leaves the handler out of mHttpRequestSet. Its destructor requeues a new HeaderRequest, whose RequestStats resets mRetries to zero. The caller simultaneously enters the exhausted branch and marks every LOD unavailable. Repeated submission failures can therefore bypass the retry limit and generate unbounded header work.
Suppress the destructor retry for invalid submissions, or move retry ownership into the submission-failure path.
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In `@indra/newview/llmeshrepository.cpp` around lines 1244 - 1247, The failed
header-submission path in fetchMeshHeader must exclusively own retry handling
when requestGetByteRange returns LLCORE_HTTP_HANDLE_INVALID. Prevent the request
handler destructor from requeueing a new HeaderRequest in this case, or
otherwise transfer retry ownership there, so RequestStats.mRetries is not reset
and the exhausted branch can mark all LODs unavailable without generating
unbounded header work.
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LLMeshRepoThread::run(), the header-fetch loop silently dropped requests on final retry exhaustion (LL_DEBUGS() << "mHeaderReqQ failed: " << req.mMeshParams;), unlike the LOD and skin loops right next to it which push intomUnavailableQon the identical exhaustion condition.Any
LLVOVolumewaiting on that mesh's header never receivednotifyMeshLoadedor a forced fallback to an alternative LOD, leaving it stuck at its placeholder shape permanently with no further retry.fetchMeshHeader()returnsfalsewhen the local HTTP layer refuses to enqueue the request due to congestion. While rare during quiet scenes, this is common immediately following a teleport into a crowded region when a large batch of objects arrives simultaneously and hits the concurrent request cap—causing mesh objects to remain unrezzed indefinitely.This patch mirrors
LLMeshHeaderHandler::processFailure(): when retries are exhausted, all LOD levels for the mesh are pushed ontomUnavailableQso dependent objects fall back instead of waiting forever.Related Issues
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