Added parallel.py module and ability to use multiprocessing when generating keys

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/create_timing_table.py b/create_timing_table.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import time
+import rsa
+
+poolsize = 8
+accurate = True
+
+def run_speed_test(bitsize):
+
+    iterations = 0
+    start = end = time.time()
+
+    # At least a number of iterations, and at least 2 seconds
+    while iterations < 10 or end - start < 2:
+        iterations += 1
+        rsa.newkeys(bitsize, accurate=accurate, poolsize=poolsize)
+        end = time.time()
+
+    duration = end - start
+    dur_per_call = duration / iterations
+
+    print '%5i bit: %9.3f sec. (%i iterations over %.1f seconds)' % (bitsize,
+            dur_per_call, iterations, duration)
+
+for bitsize in (128, 256, 384, 512, 1024, 2048, 3072, 4096):
+    run_speed_test(bitsize)
+
+