Not wakeup the EventLoop for writes as they will not cause a flush anyway

common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/concurrent/SingleThreadEventExecutor.java

@@ -694,11 +694,16 @@ public abstract class SingleThreadEventExecutor extends AbstractEventExecutor {
             }
         }
 
-        if (!addTaskWakesUp) {
+        if (!addTaskWakesUp && wakesUpForTask(task)) {
             wakeup(inEventLoop);
         }
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+    protected boolean wakesUpForTask(Runnable task) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     protected static void reject() {
         throw new RejectedExecutionException("event executor terminated");
     }

transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/DefaultChannelHandlerContext.java

@@ -709,7 +709,13 @@ final class DefaultChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap implements
                     buffer.incrementPendingOutboundBytes(size);
                 }
             }
-            safeExecute(executor, WriteTask.newInstance(next, msg, size, flush, promise), promise, msg);
+            Runnable task;
+            if (flush) {
+                task = WriteAndFlushTask.newInstance(next, msg, size, promise);
+            }  else {
+                task = WriteTask.newInstance(next, msg, size, promise);
+            }
+            safeExecute(executor, task, promise, msg);
         }
     }
 
@@ -862,12 +868,54 @@ final class DefaultChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap implements
         }
     }
 
-    static final class WriteTask implements Runnable {
+    abstract static class AbstractWriteTask implements Runnable {
+        private final Recycler.Handle handle;
+
         private DefaultChannelHandlerContext ctx;
         private Object msg;
         private ChannelPromise promise;
         private int size;
-        private boolean flush;
+
+        private AbstractWriteTask(Recycler.Handle handle) {
+            this.handle = handle;
+        }
+
+        protected static void init(AbstractWriteTask task, DefaultChannelHandlerContext ctx,
+                                   Object msg, int size, ChannelPromise promise) {
+            task.ctx = ctx;
+            task.msg = msg;
+            task.promise = promise;
+            task.size = size;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public final void run() {
+            try {
+                if (size > 0) {
+                    ChannelOutboundBuffer buffer = ctx.channel.unsafe().outboundBuffer();
+                    // Check for null as it may be set to null if the channel is closed already
+                    if (buffer != null) {
+                        buffer.decrementPendingOutboundBytes(size);
+                    }
+                }
+                write(ctx, msg, promise);
+            } finally {
+                // Set to null so the GC can collect them directly
+                ctx = null;
+                msg = null;
+                promise = null;
+                recycle(handle);
+            }
+        }
+
+        protected void write(DefaultChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg, ChannelPromise promise) {
+            ctx.invokeWrite(msg, promise);
+        }
+
+        protected abstract void recycle(Recycler.Handle handle);
+    }
+
+    static final class WriteTask extends AbstractWriteTask implements SingleThreadEventLoop.NonWakeupRunnable {
 
         private static final Recycler<WriteTask> RECYCLER = new Recycler<WriteTask>() {
             @Override
@@ -877,44 +925,51 @@ final class DefaultChannelHandlerContext extends DefaultAttributeMap implements
         };
 
         private static WriteTask newInstance(
-                DefaultChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg, int size, boolean flush, ChannelPromise promise) {
+                DefaultChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg, int size, ChannelPromise promise) {
             WriteTask task = RECYCLER.get();
-            task.ctx = ctx;
+            init(task, ctx, msg, size, promise);
-            task.msg = msg;
-            task.promise = promise;
-            task.size = size;
-            task.flush = flush;
             return task;
         }
 
-        private final Recycler.Handle handle;
-
         private WriteTask(Recycler.Handle handle) {
-            this.handle = handle;
+            super(handle);
         }
 
         @Override
-        public void run() {
+        protected void recycle(Recycler.Handle handle) {
-            try {
+            RECYCLER.recycle(this, handle);
-                if (size > 0) {
+        }
-                    ChannelOutboundBuffer buffer = ctx.channel.unsafe().outboundBuffer();
+    }
-                    // Check for null as it may be set to null if the channel is closed already
-                    if (buffer != null) {
-                        buffer.decrementPendingOutboundBytes(size);
-                    }
-                }
-                ctx.invokeWrite(msg, promise);
-                if (flush) {
-                    ctx.invokeFlush();
-                }
-            } finally {
-                // Set to null so the GC can collect them directly
-                ctx = null;
-                msg = null;
-                promise = null;
 
-                RECYCLER.recycle(this, handle);
+    static final class WriteAndFlushTask extends AbstractWriteTask {
+
+        private static final Recycler<WriteAndFlushTask> RECYCLER = new Recycler<WriteAndFlushTask>() {
+            @Override
+            protected WriteAndFlushTask newObject(Handle handle) {
+                return new WriteAndFlushTask(handle);
             }
+        };
+
+        private static WriteAndFlushTask newInstance(
+                DefaultChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg, int size, ChannelPromise promise) {
+            WriteAndFlushTask task = RECYCLER.get();
+            init(task, ctx, msg, size, promise);
+            return task;
+        }
+
+        private WriteAndFlushTask(Recycler.Handle handle) {
+            super(handle);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void write(DefaultChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg, ChannelPromise promise) {
+            super.write(ctx, msg, promise);
+            ctx.invokeFlush();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void recycle(Recycler.Handle handle) {
+            RECYCLER.recycle(this, handle);
         }
     }
 }

transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/SingleThreadEventLoop.java

@@ -60,4 +60,14 @@ public abstract class SingleThreadEventLoop extends SingleThreadEventExecutor im
         channel.unsafe().register(this, promise);
         return promise;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean wakesUpForTask(Runnable task) {
+        return !(task instanceof NonWakeupRunnable);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Marker interface for {@linkRunnable} that will not trigger an {@link #wakeup(boolean)} in all cases.
+     */
+    interface NonWakeupRunnable extends Runnable { }
 }