tcp_lat.c

/*
    Measure latency of IPC using tcp sockets


    Copyright (c) 2016 Erik Rigtorp <erik@rigtorp.se>

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*/

#define __STDC_FORMAT_MACROS
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#if defined(_POSIX_TIMERS) && (_POSIX_TIMERS > 0) &&                           \
    defined(_POSIX_MONOTONIC_CLOCK)
#define HAS_CLOCK_GETTIME_MONOTONIC
#endif

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
  int size;
  char *buf;
  int64_t count, i, delta;
#ifdef HAS_CLOCK_GETTIME_MONOTONIC
  struct timespec start, stop;
#else
  struct timeval start, stop;
#endif

  ssize_t len;
  size_t sofar;

  int yes = 1;
  int ret;
  struct sockaddr_storage their_addr;
  socklen_t addr_size;
  struct addrinfo hints;
  struct addrinfo *res;
  int sockfd, new_fd;

  if (argc != 3) {
    printf("usage: tcp_lat <message-size> <roundtrip-count>\n");
    return 1;
  }

  size = atoi(argv[1]);
  count = atol(argv[2]);

  buf = malloc(size);
  if (buf == NULL) {
    perror("malloc");
    return 1;
  }

  memset(&hints, 0, sizeof hints);
  hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC; // use IPv4 or IPv6, whichever
  hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
  hints.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE; // fill in my IP for me
  if ((ret = getaddrinfo("127.0.0.1", "3491", &hints, &res)) != 0) {
    fprintf(stderr, "getaddrinfo: %s\n", gai_strerror(ret));
    return 1;
  }

  printf("message size: %i octets\n", size);
  printf("roundtrip count: %" PRId64 "\n", count);

  if (!fork()) { /* child */

    if ((sockfd = socket(res->ai_family, res->ai_socktype, res->ai_protocol)) ==
        -1) {
      perror("socket");
      return 1;
    }

    if (setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &yes, sizeof(int)) == -1) {
      perror("setsockopt");
      return 1;
    }

    if (bind(sockfd, res->ai_addr, res->ai_addrlen) == -1) {
      perror("bind");
      return 1;
    }

    if (listen(sockfd, 1) == -1) {
      perror("listen");
      return 1;
    }

    addr_size = sizeof their_addr;

    if ((new_fd = accept(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&their_addr, &addr_size)) ==
        -1) {
      perror("accept");
      return 1;
    }

    for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {

      for (sofar = 0; sofar < size;) {
        len = read(new_fd, buf, size - sofar);
        if (len == -1) {
          perror("read");
          return 1;
        }
        sofar += len;
      }

      if (write(new_fd, buf, size) != size) {
        perror("write");
        return 1;
      }
    }
  } else { /* parent */

    sleep(1);

    if ((sockfd = socket(res->ai_family, res->ai_socktype, res->ai_protocol)) ==
        -1) {
      perror("socket");
      return 1;
    }

    if (connect(sockfd, res->ai_addr, res->ai_addrlen) == -1) {
      perror("connect");
      return 1;
    }

#ifdef HAS_CLOCK_GETTIME_MONOTONIC
    if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &start) == -1) {
      perror("clock_gettime");
      return 1;
    }
#else
    if (gettimeofday(&start, NULL) == -1) {
      perror("gettimeofday");
      return 1;
    }
#endif

    for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {

      if (write(sockfd, buf, size) != size) {
        perror("write");
        return 1;
      }

      for (sofar = 0; sofar < size;) {
        len = read(sockfd, buf, size - sofar);
        if (len == -1) {
          perror("read");
          return 1;
        }
        sofar += len;
      }
    }

#ifdef HAS_CLOCK_GETTIME_MONOTONIC
    if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &stop) == -1) {
      perror("clock_gettime");
      return 1;
    }

    delta = ((stop.tv_sec - start.tv_sec) * 1000000000LL +
             (stop.tv_nsec - start.tv_nsec));

#else
    if (gettimeofday(&stop, NULL) == -1) {
      perror("gettimeofday");
      return 1;
    }

    delta = (stop.tv_sec - start.tv_sec) * 1000000000LL +
            (stop.tv_usec - start.tv_usec) * 1000LL;

#endif

    printf("average latency: %" PRId64 " ns\n", delta / (count * 2));
  }

  return 0;
}