#!/usr/bin/env python # $Id$ """ A simle benchmark script which compares plain send() and sendfile() performances in terms of CPU time spent and bytes transmitted in one second. This is what I get on my Linux 2.6.38 box, AMD dual core 1.6 GHz: send() cpu: 28.41 usec/pass rate: 362.13 MB/sec sendfile() cpu: 11.25 usec/pass rate: 848.56 MB/sec Works with both python 2.X and 3.X. """ from __future__ import with_statement import socket import os import errno import timeit import time import atexit import sys import optparse import threading import itertools import signal import contextlib from multiprocessing import Process from sendfile import sendfile # overridable defaults HOST = "127.0.0.1" PORT = 8022 BIGFILE = "$testfile1" BIGFILE_SIZE = 1024 * 1024 * 1024 # 1 GB BUFFER_SIZE = 65536 def print_(s, hilite=False): if hilite: bold = '1' s = '\x1b[%sm%s\x1b[0m' % (';'.join([bold]), s) sys.stdout.write(s + "\n") sys.stdout.flush() # python 3 compatibility layer def b(s): return bytes(s, 'ascii') if sys.version_info >= (3,) else s def create_file(filename, size): with open(filename, 'wb') as f: bytes = 0 chunk = b("x") * BUFFER_SIZE while 1: f.write(chunk) bytes += len(chunk) if bytes >= size: break def safe_remove(file): try: os.remove(file) except OSError: pass class Spinner(threading.Thread): def run(self): self._exit = False self._spinner = itertools.cycle('-\|/') while not self._exit: sys.stdout.write(next(self._spinner) + "\b") sys.stdout.flush() time.sleep(.1) def stop(self): self._exit = True self.join() class Client: def __init__(self): self.sock = socket.socket() self.sock.connect((HOST, PORT)) self.sock.settimeout(1) def retr(self): with contextlib.closing(self.sock): while 1: data = self.sock.recv(BUFFER_SIZE) if not data: break def retr_for_1_sec(self): with contextlib.closing(self.sock): stop_at = time.time() + 1 bytes_recv = 0 while stop_at > time.time(): chunk = self.sock.recv(BUFFER_SIZE) if not chunk: assert 0 bytes_recv += len(chunk) return bytes_recv def start_server(use_sendfile, keep_sending=False): """A simple test server which sends a file once a client connects. use_sendfile decides whether using sendfile() or plain send(). If keep_sending is True restart sending file when EOF is reached. """ sock = socket.socket() sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1) sock.bind((HOST, PORT)) sock.listen(1) conn, addr = sock.accept() sock.close() file = open(BIGFILE, 'rb') def on_exit(signum, fram): file.close(); conn.close() sys.exit(0) signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, on_exit) signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, on_exit) if not use_sendfile: while 1: chunk = file.read(BUFFER_SIZE) if not chunk: # EOF if keep_sending: file.seek(0) continue else: break conn.sendall(chunk) else: offset = 0 sockno = conn.fileno() fileno = file.fileno() while 1: try: sent = sendfile(sockno, fileno, offset, BUFFER_SIZE) except OSError: err = sys.exc_info()[1] if err.errno in (errno.EAGAIN, errno.EBUSY): continue raise else: if not sent: # EOF if keep_sending: offset = 0 continue else: break else: offset += sent def main(): parser = optparse.OptionParser() parser.add_option('-k', '--keepfile', action="store_true", default=False, help="do not remove test file on exit") options, args = parser.parse_args() if not options.keepfile: atexit.register(lambda: safe_remove(BIGFILE)) if not os.path.exists(BIGFILE) or os.path.getsize(BIGFILE) < BIGFILE_SIZE: print_("creating big file...") create_file(BIGFILE, BIGFILE_SIZE) print_("starting benchmark...") # CPU time: use sendfile() server = Process(target=start_server, kwargs={"use_sendfile":True}) server.start() time.sleep(0.1) t1 = timeit.Timer(setup="from __main__ import Client; client = Client()", stmt="client.retr()").timeit(number=1) server.terminate() server.join() # CPU time: use send() server = Process(target=start_server, kwargs={"use_sendfile":False}) server.start() time.sleep(0.1) t2 = timeit.Timer(setup="from __main__ import Client; client = Client()", stmt="client.retr()").timeit(number=1) server.terminate() server.join() # MB/sec: use sendfile() server = Process(target=start_server, kwargs={"use_sendfile":True, "keep_sending":True}) server.start() time.sleep(0.1) client = Client() bytes1 = client.retr_for_1_sec() server.terminate() server.join() # MB/sec: use sendfile() server = Process(target=start_server, kwargs={"use_sendfile":False, "keep_sending":True}) server.start() time.sleep(0.1) client = Client() bytes2 = client.retr_for_1_sec() server.terminate() server.join() print_(" ") print_("send()", hilite=True) print_(" cpu: %7.2f usec/pass" % (1000000 * t2 / 100000)) print_(" rate: %7.2f MB/sec" % round(bytes2 / 1024.0 / 1024.0, 2)) print_("") print_("sendfile()", hilite=True) print_(" cpu: %7.2f usec/pass" % (1000000 * t1 / 100000)) print_(" rate: %7.2f MB/sec" % round(bytes1 / 1024.0 / 1024.0, 2)) if __name__ == '__main__': s = Spinner() s.start() try: main() finally: s.stop()