NAME
kttcp
- kernel support for testing network throughput
SYNOPSIS
pseudo-device kttcp
DESCRIPTION
This driver provides kernel support for testing network
throughput from the perspective of the kernel.
It is similar in spirit to the classic ttcp network benchmark
program, the main difference being that with kttcp, the kernel is
the source and sink of the data.
Testing like this is useful for a few reasons:
-
This allows us to know what kind of performance we can
expect from network applications that run in the kernel
space, such as the NFS server or the NFS client.
These applications don't have to move the data to/from userspace,
and so benchmark programs which run in userspace don't give us an
accurate model.
-
Since data received is just thrown away, the receiver is very fast.
This can provide better exercise for the sender at the other end.
-
Since the
NetBSD
kernel currently uses a run-to-completion
scheduling model, kttcp provides a benchmark model where
preemption of the benchmark program is not an issue.
SEE ALSO
pkgsrc/benchmarks/kttcp
,
pkgsrc/benchmarks/ttcp