Issue #7993: Add a test of IO packet processing bandwidth to ccbench.

It measures the number of UDP packets processed per second depending on
the number of background CPU-bound Python threads.
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Antoine Pitrou 2010-03-13 21:21:30 +00:00
parent a231e45fb1
commit 02b3f0ab0d
2 changed files with 156 additions and 3 deletions

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@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ Extension Modules
integer codes for which it was used differed between native packing
and standard packing.)
Tools/Demos
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- Issue #7993: Add a test of IO packet processing bandwidth to ccbench.
It measures the number of UDP packets processed per second depending on
the number of background CPU-bound Python threads.
What's New in Python 2.7 alpha 4?

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@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ THROUGHPUT_DURATION = 2.0
LATENCY_PING_INTERVAL = 0.1
LATENCY_DURATION = 2.0
BANDWIDTH_PACKET_SIZE = 1024
BANDWIDTH_DURATION = 2.0
def task_pidigits():
"""Pi calculation (Python)"""
@ -149,6 +152,7 @@ else:
throughput_tasks.append(task_compress_zlib)
latency_tasks = throughput_tasks
bandwidth_tasks = [task_pidigits]
class TimedLoop:
@ -394,6 +398,133 @@ def run_latency_tests(max_threads):
print()
BW_END = "END"
def bandwidth_client(addr, packet_size, duration):
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
sock.bind(("127.0.0.1", 0))
local_addr = sock.getsockname()
_time = time.time
_sleep = time.sleep
def _send_chunk(msg):
_sendto(sock, ("%r#%s\n" % (local_addr, msg)).rjust(packet_size), addr)
# We give the parent some time to be ready.
_sleep(1.0)
try:
start_time = _time()
end_time = start_time + duration * 2.0
i = 0
while _time() < end_time:
_send_chunk(str(i))
s = _recv(sock, packet_size)
assert len(s) == packet_size
i += 1
_send_chunk(BW_END)
finally:
sock.close()
def run_bandwidth_client(**kwargs):
cmd_line = [sys.executable, '-E', os.path.abspath(__file__)]
cmd_line.extend(['--bwclient', repr(kwargs)])
return subprocess.Popen(cmd_line) #, stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
#stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
def run_bandwidth_test(func, args, nthreads):
# Create a listening socket to receive the packets. We use UDP which should
# be painlessly cross-platform.
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
sock.bind(("127.0.0.1", 0))
addr = sock.getsockname()
duration = BANDWIDTH_DURATION
packet_size = BANDWIDTH_PACKET_SIZE
results = []
threads = []
end_event = []
start_cond = threading.Condition()
started = False
if nthreads > 0:
# Warm up
func(*args)
results = []
loop = TimedLoop(func, args)
ready = []
ready_cond = threading.Condition()
def run():
with ready_cond:
ready.append(None)
ready_cond.notify()
with start_cond:
while not started:
start_cond.wait()
loop(start_time, duration * 1.5, end_event, do_yield=False)
for i in range(nthreads):
threads.append(threading.Thread(target=run))
for t in threads:
t.setDaemon(True)
t.start()
# Wait for threads to be ready
with ready_cond:
while len(ready) < nthreads:
ready_cond.wait()
# Run the client and wait for the first packet to arrive before
# unblocking the background threads.
process = run_bandwidth_client(addr=addr,
packet_size=packet_size,
duration=duration)
_time = time.time
# This will also wait for the parent to be ready
s = _recv(sock, packet_size)
remote_addr = eval(s.partition('#')[0])
with start_cond:
start_time = _time()
started = True
start_cond.notify(nthreads)
n = 0
first_time = None
while not end_event and BW_END not in s:
_sendto(sock, s, remote_addr)
s = _recv(sock, packet_size)
if first_time is None:
first_time = _time()
n += 1
end_time = _time()
end_event.append(None)
for t in threads:
t.join()
process.kill()
return (n - 1) / (end_time - first_time)
def run_bandwidth_tests(max_threads):
for task in bandwidth_tasks:
print("Background CPU task:", task.__doc__)
print()
func, args = task()
nthreads = 0
baseline_speed = None
while nthreads <= max_threads:
results = run_bandwidth_test(func, args, nthreads)
speed = results
#speed = len(results) * 1.0 / results[-1][0]
print("CPU threads=%d: %.1f" % (nthreads, speed), end="")
if baseline_speed is None:
print(" packets/s.")
baseline_speed = speed
else:
print(" ( %d %%)" % (speed / baseline_speed * 100))
nthreads += 1
print()
def main():
usage = "usage: %prog [-h|--help] [options]"
parser = OptionParser(usage=usage)
@ -403,6 +534,9 @@ def main():
parser.add_option("-l", "--latency",
action="store_true", dest="latency", default=False,
help="run latency tests")
parser.add_option("-b", "--bandwidth",
action="store_true", dest="bandwidth", default=False,
help="run I/O bandwidth tests")
parser.add_option("-i", "--interval",
action="store", type="int", dest="check_interval", default=None,
help="sys.setcheckinterval() value")
@ -413,10 +547,13 @@ def main():
action="store", type="int", dest="nthreads", default=4,
help="max number of threads in tests")
# Hidden option to run the pinging client
# Hidden option to run the pinging and bandwidth clients
parser.add_option("", "--latclient",
action="store", dest="latclient", default=None,
help=SUPPRESS_HELP)
parser.add_option("", "--bwclient",
action="store", dest="bwclient", default=None,
help=SUPPRESS_HELP)
options, args = parser.parse_args()
if args:
@ -427,8 +564,13 @@ def main():
latency_client(**kwargs)
return
if not options.throughput and not options.latency:
options.throughput = options.latency = True
if options.bwclient:
kwargs = eval(options.bwclient)
bandwidth_client(**kwargs)
return
if not options.throughput and not options.latency and not options.bandwidth:
options.throughput = options.latency = options.bandwidth = True
if options.check_interval:
sys.setcheckinterval(options.check_interval)
if options.switch_interval:
@ -458,5 +600,10 @@ def main():
print()
run_latency_tests(options.nthreads)
if options.bandwidth:
print("--- I/O bandwidth ---")
print()
run_bandwidth_tests(options.nthreads)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()