2.2.2. Modern C++ API

The following tests have been performed by executing an RTI Perftest C++11 Publisher and Subscriber between two nodes, connected to a switch via Ethernet. The communication has been restricted to a single interface and the transport has been set to UDPv4.

Find information about the hardware, network, and command-line parameters after each of the tests.

2.2.2.1. Unkeyed, UDPv4 10Gbps Network, C++11

The graph below shows the one-way latency without load between a Publisher and a Subscriber running in two Linux nodes in a 10Gbps network. The numbers are for best-effort as well as strict reliable reliability scenarios.

Note

We use the median (50th percentile) instead of the average in order to get a more stable measurement that does not account for spurious outliers. We also calculate the average value and other percentile values, which can be seen in the Detailed Statistics section below.

Detailed Statistics

The following tables contain the raw numbers presented by RTI Perftest. These numbers are the exact output with no further processing.

  • Best Effort

Sample Size (Bytes)

Avg (μs)

Std (μs)

Min (μs)

Max (μs)

50% (μs)

90% (μs)

99% (μs)

99.99% (μs)

99.9999% (μs)

32

15

0.9

14

63

15

16

17

44

63

64

15

0.9

14

75

15

16

17

45

75

128

16

1.0

15

67

15

16

17

45

67

256

16

0.9

15

68

16

16

17

45

68

512

19

1.8

16

69

19

21

22

47

69

1024

25

4.7

17

93

26

29

33

55

93

2048

46

312.2

19

100083

46

55

64

82

100083

4096

44

154.0

23

100087

40

59

73

85

100087

8192

42

204.3

33

100096

35

57

64

81

100096

16384

85

25.1

46

247

84

123

135

151

247

32768

173

2.5

67

226

173

174

176

203

226

63000

185

2.7

102

215

185

187

189

214

215

  • Reliable

Sample Size (Bytes)

Avg (μs)

Std (μs)

Min (μs)

Max (μs)

50% (μs)

90% (μs)

99% (μs)

99.99% (μs)

99.9999% (μs)

32

17

1.1

16

69

16

17

21

46

69

64

17

1.1

16

66

17

17

21

46

66

128

17

6.3

16

4535

17

17

21

46

4535

256

18

1.8

16

97

17

19

29

47

97

512

20

2.7

17

83

19

21

29

49

83

1024

25

5.0

18

77

26

28

43

57

77

2048

29

33.5

20

5004

30

33

44

71

5004

4096

31

15.5

25

4722

30

35

47

67

4722

8192

42

48.3

35

5034

37

57

66

3203

5034

16384

88

25.5

47

177

87

126

140

158

177

32768

174

6.8

75

224

175

176

179

204

224

63000

170

15.3

107

225

168

188

190

216

225

100000

198

12.4

159

273

204

211

215

242

273

500000

655

24.5

569

929

670

673

692

778

929

1048576

1143

49.6

1051

1768

1176

1186

1195

1768

1768

1548576

1689

27.4

1520

2556

1683

1749

1758

2556

2556

4194304

4142

58.9

4088

6786

4141

4161

4181

6786

6786

10485760

10526

225.6

10484

17166

10513

10543

10565

17166

17166

Perftest Scripts

To produce these tests, we executed RTI Perftest for C++11. The exact script used can be found here:

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#!/bin/bash
filename=$0
script_location=$(cd "$(dirname "$filename")" || exit 255; pwd)

export datasizes="32 64 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096 8192 16384 32768 63000"
export datasizes_extended="${datasizes} 100000 500000 1048576 1548576 4194304 10485760"

export domain="2"
export exec_time=20
export num_reps=1
export instance_number=100000
export core=0

# We will use some colors to improve visibility of errors and info messages.
RED='\033[0;31m'
GREEN='\033[0;32m'
YELLOW='\033[0;33m'
BLUE='\033[0;34m'
LIGHTBLUE='\033[0;36m'
NC='\033[0m'
INFO_TAG="${GREEN}[INFO]:${NC}"
WARNING_TAG="${YELLOW}[WARNING]:${NC}"
ERROR_TAG="${RED}[ERROR]:${NC}"

export ip_machine_1="10.2.78.20"
export ip_machine_2="10.2.78.21"
export if10Gbps="enp1s0f0"
export if1Gbps="eno1"

################################################################################

function disable_colors() {
    export RED=""
    export GREEN=""
    export YELLOW=""
    export NC=""
    export BLUE=""
    export LIGHTBLUE=""
    export INFO_TAG="${GREEN}[INFO]:${NC}"
    export WARNING_TAG="${YELLOW}[WARNING]:${NC}"
    export ERROR_TAG="${RED}[ERROR]:${NC}"
}

function change_domain() {
    if [[ "$domain" == "1" ]]; then
        export domain="2"
    else
        export domain="1"
    fi
}

# Usage: execute_test <keyed/unkeyed> <rel/be> <datasizes> <batchSize>
function execute_test() {

    local keyed_unkeyed=$1
    local rel_be=$2
    local datasizes_test=$3
    local other_args=$4
    local name_suffix=$5

    local commands_string_test=$commands_string
    local tag=""

    if [[ "${keyed_unkeyed}" == "keyed" ]]; then
        commands_string_test="${commands_string_test} -keyed -instances $instance_number"
        tag="[${YELLOW}${transport}${NC}|${BLUE}K${NC}|"
    else
        tag="[${YELLOW}${transport}${NC}|${LIGHTBLUE}UK${NC}|"
    fi

    if [[ "${rel_be}" == "be" ]]; then
        commands_string_test="${commands_string_test} -bestEffort"
        tag="${tag}${YELLOW}BE${NC}]"
    else
        tag="${tag}${RED}REL${NC}]"
    fi

    tag="${tag}[${LIGHTBLUE}${lat_thr}${NC}]"

    local output_file=$output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}.csv

    if [[ "$role" == "pub" ]]; then
        echo -e "${YELLOW}[TEST]: $keyed_unkeyed, $rel_be. ${NC}"
    fi

    if [[ "$NO_TASKSET" == "" ]]; then
        if [[ "$LANGUAGE" != "java" && "$LANGUAGE" != "cs" ]]; then
            export pre_command_string="taskset -c $core"
        fi
    fi

    if [[ "$LANGUAGE" == "python" ]]; then
        export pre_command_string="python3 "
    fi

    if [[ "$DOCKER" == "1" ]]; then
        export pre_command_string="taskset -c $core docker run --net=host -v /home/perfuser/rti_license_connextpro.dat:/opt/rti.com/rti_connext_dds-7.3.0/rti_license.dat rticom/perftest:7.3.0-EAR "
        executable=""
    fi

    # Get the aprox time this will take:
    total_tests=$((`wc -w <<< "$datasizes_test"` * num_reps))
    total_time=$((total_tests * exec_time))

    touch $output_file
    local no_headers=""
    local current_test=0
    for index in $(seq 1 ${num_reps}); do
        for DATALEN in ${datasizes_test}; do
            current_test=$((current_test + 1))
            export command="$pre_command_string $executable -domain $domain -dataLen $DATALEN $commands_string_test $other_args $no_headers"
            if [[ "$role" == "pub" ]]; then
                echo -e "Test ${tag} (${current_test}/${total_tests}) -- Total time = ${total_time}s"
                echo -e ${BLUE}$command${NC}
            else
                echo -e ${LIGHTBLUE}$command${NC}
            fi
            if [[ "$LANGUAGE" == "cs" && "$role" == "pub" ]]; then
                sleep 3
            fi
            if [[ "$raw" == "1" && "$role" == "sub" ]]; then
                sleep 5
            fi
            if [[ "${get_netstat_info}" == "1" ]]; then
                echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Getting netstat info before"
                netstat -s -u | grep -e "error" -e "packet" > $output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat_before.txt
            fi
            eval $command >> $output_file;
            if [[ "${get_netstat_info}" == "1" ]]; then
                echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Getting netstat info after"
                netstat -s -u | grep -e "error" -e "packet" > $output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat_after.txt
                touch "$output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat.csv"
                python3 $script_location/../../../tools/diff_netstat_output.py \
                    -n $output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat_after.txt \
                    -o $output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat_before.txt \
                    -d $DATALEN $no_header_netstat \
                    -csv >> "$output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat.csv"
                rm -rf $output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat_*.txt
                no_header_netstat=" -nh"
            fi
            no_headers=" -noOutputHeaders"

            change_domain
        done
    done
}

################################################################################
# PARSE COMMAND LINE OPTIONS:

while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
    case $1 in
        --executable)
            executable=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --docker)
            DOCKER="1"
            ;;
        --output-folder)
            output_folder=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --sub-folder)
            sub_folder=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --role)
            export role=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --core)
            export core=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --test-kind)
            export lat_thr=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --interface1)
            export interface=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --interface2)
            export interface2=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --ip1)
            export ip1=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --ip2)
            export ip2=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --repetitions)
            export num_reps=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --domain)
            export domain=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --execution-time)
            export exec_time=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --transport)
            export transport=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --datalen)
            export datalen_input=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --file-suffix)
            export file_suffix=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --executable-suffix)
            export executable_suffix=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --extra-arguments)
            export extra_arguments=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --extra-arguments-pub)
            export extra_arguments_pub=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --extra-arguments-sub)
            export extra_arguments_sub=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --skip-no-batching)
            export skip_no_batching="1"
            ;;
        --skip-be)
            export skip_be_tests="1"
            ;;
        --skip-rel)
            export skip_rel_tests="1"
            ;;
        --skip-keyed)
            export skip_keyed_data="1"
            ;;
        --skip-large-data)
            export skip_large_data="1"
            ;;
        --large-data)
            export large_data="1"
            ;;
        --keyed)
            export skip_unkeyed="1"
            ;;
        --unkeyed)
            export skip_keyed_data="1"
            ;;
        --no-batching | --skip-batching)
            export no_batching_only="1"
            ;;
        --reliable)
            export skip_be_tests="1"
            ;;
        --best-effort)
            export skip_rel_tests="1"
            ;;
        --security)
            export security_only="$2"
            shift
            ;;
        --micro)
            export micro="1"
            ;;
        --cert)
            export cert="1"
            ;;
        --raw | --raw-transport)
            export raw="1"
            ;;
        --tss)
            export tss="1"
            ;;
        --no-colors)
            export NO_COLORS="1"
            ;;
        --language)
            export LANGUAGE=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --loss-rate)
            export loss_rate=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --get-netstat-info | --netstat)
            export get_netstat_info="1"
            ;;
        --no-taskset)
            export NO_TASKSET="1"
            ;;
        --ci)
            export CI="1"
            ;;
        *)
            echo -e "unknown parameter \"$1\""
            exit 255
            ;;
    esac
    shift
done

if [[ "$NO_COLORS" == "1" ]]; then
    disable_colors
fi

export folder_base="$(dirname "${executable}")"/../../..

if [[ $LANGUAGE == "java"  || "$LANGUAGE" == "cs" ]]; then
    export folder_base="$(dirname "${executable}")"/../..
fi
if [[ $tss == "1" ]]; then
    export folder_base="$(dirname "${executable}")"/../../../../..
fi

if [[ "${executable_suffix}" != "" ]]; then
    export executable="${executable}${executable_suffix}"
fi

if [[ "${sub_folder}" != "" ]]; then
    export output_folder="${output_folder}/${sub_folder}"
fi

echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Perftest executable is: $executable"
echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Output folder is: $output_folder"

################################################################################

if [[ "$LANGUAGE" == "python" ]]; then
    export skip_keyed_data="1"
    export skip_large_data="1"
    export skip_be_tests="1"
    export skip_no_batching="1"
fi

if [[ "${skip_large_data}" == "1" ]]; then
    export datasizes_extended=${datasizes}
elif [[ "${large_data}" == "1" ]]; then
    export datasizes=${datasizes_extended}
fi

if [[ "${datalen_input}" != "" ]]; then
    echo -e "${YELLOW}[TEST] Testing only for ${datalen_input}${NC}"
    export datasizes=${datalen_input}
    export datasizes_extended=${datalen_input}
    if [[ "${no_batching_only}" != "1" ]]; then
        export skip_large_data="1"
    fi
else 
    if [[ "${CI}" != "" ]]; then
        echo -e "${YELLOW}[TEST] Testing CI datasizes ${NC}"
        export datasizes="32 128 512 1024 8192 63000"
        export datasizes_extended="${datasizes} 100000 1048576 10485760"
    fi
fi

if [[ "$role" != "pub" && "$role" != "sub" ]]; then
    echo -e "${ERROR_TAG} It must be either publisher or subscriber"
    exit 255
fi

if [[ "$lat_thr" != "thr" && "$lat_thr" != "lat" ]]; then
    echo -e "${ERROR_TAG} It must be either lat or thr"
    exit 255
fi

if [[ "${interface}" == "" ]]; then
    echo "Using default nics"
    export nic_publisher=${ip_machine_1}
    export nic_subscriber=${ip_machine_2}
elif [[ "${interface}" == "both" ]]; then
    export nic_publisher="enp1s0f0,eno1"
    export nic_subscriber="enp1s0f0,eno1"
    echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Using nic_publisher: ${nic_publisher}"
    echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Using nic_subscriber: ${nic_subscriber}"
else
    export nic_publisher=$interface
    echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Using nic_publisher: ${nic_publisher}"

    if [[ "${interface2}" == "" ]]; then
        export nic_subscriber=$interface
    else
        export nic_subscriber=$interface2
    fi
    echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Using nic_subscriber: ${nic_subscriber}"

    if [[ "${ip1}" != "" ]]; then
        export ip_publisher=$ip1
        echo "Using ip_publisher: ${ip_publisher}"
    fi

    if [[ "${ip2}" != "" ]]; then
        export ip_subscriber=$ip2
        echo "Using ip_subscriber: ${ip_subscriber}"
    fi

fi

export transport_string="-transport $transport"

if [[ "$transport" == "UDPv4" ]]; then

    export transport_string_pub="$transport_string -nic $nic_publisher"
    export transport_string_sub="$transport_string -nic $nic_subscriber"

    if [[ "$micro" == "1" || "$raw" == "1" || "$cert" == "1" ]]; then
        export transport_string_pub="$transport_string_pub -peer ${ip_subscriber}"
        export transport_string_sub="$transport_string_sub -peer ${ip_publisher}"
    fi

elif [[ "$transport" == "TCP" ]]; then
    export transport_string_pub="$transport_string \
        -nic $nic_publisher \
        -peer 0@tcpv4_lan://${ip_subscriber}:7400"
    export transport_string_sub="$transport_string \
        -nic $nic_subscriber \
        -peer 0@tcpv4_lan://${ip_publisher}:7400"
elif [[ "$transport" == "TLS" ]]; then
    export transport_string_pub="$transport_string \
        -nic $nic_publisher \
        -peer tlsv4_lan://${ip_subscriber}:7400"
    export transport_string_sub="$transport_string \
        -nic $nic_subscriber \
        -peer tlsv4_lan://${ip_publisher}:7400"
elif [[ "$transport" == "UDPv4_WAN" ]]; then
    export transport_string_pub="$transport_string \
        -nic $nic_publisher \
        -transportPublicAddress $ip_publisher:7400"
    export transport_string_sub="$transport_string \
        -nic $nic_subscriber \
        -peer 0@udpv4_wan://${ip_publisher}:7400"
else
    export transport_string_pub="$transport_string"
    export transport_string_sub="$transport_string"
fi

################################################################################

export pub_string="-pub \
        ${transport_string_pub} \
        -noPrintIntervals \
        -executionTime $exec_time"

if [[ ${lat_thr} == "lat" ]]; then
    export pub_string="$pub_string \
        -latencyTest"
fi

export sub_string="-sub \
        ${transport_string_sub} \
        -noPrintIntervals"

if [[ "$role" == "pub" ]]; then
    echo -e "$INFO_TAG Publisher side running"
    export commands_string=${pub_string}
    export extra_arguments="${extra_arguments} ${extra_arguments_pub}"
else
    echo -e "$INFO_TAG Subscriber side running"
    export commands_string=${sub_string}
    export extra_arguments="${extra_arguments} ${extra_arguments_sub}"
fi

###############################################################################

echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Executing: /set_${lat_thr}_mode.sh"
sudo /set_${lat_thr}_mode.sh
sleep 5

echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Disabling any loss rate"
sudo tc qdisc add dev $nic_publisher root netem loss 0%
sudo tc qdisc del dev $nic_publisher root netem loss 0%

if [[ "$role" == "pub" && "${loss_rate}" != "" ]]; then
    echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Setting loss rate to ${loss_rate}%"
    sudo tc qdisc add dev $nic_publisher root netem loss $loss_rate%
fi

cd $folder_base
echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Folder Base is: $PWD"
mkdir -p $output_folder

# Tests that may use batching (when doing throughput tests)
if [[ ${no_batching_only} != "1" ]]; then

    # UNKEYED
    if [[ "${skip_unkeyed}" == "" ]]; then

        # RELIABLE
        if [[ "${skip_rel_tests}" == "" ]]; then
            execute_test "unkeyed" "rel" "${datasizes_extended}" "${extra_arguments}" "$file_suffix"
        fi

        # BEST EFFORT
        if [[ "${skip_be_tests}" == "" ]]; then
            execute_test "unkeyed" "be" "${datasizes}" "${extra_arguments}" "$file_suffix"
        fi
    fi

    # KEYED
    if [[ "${skip_keyed_data}" == "" ]]; then

        # RELIABLE
        if [[ "${skip_rel_tests}" == "" ]]; then
            execute_test "keyed" "rel" "${datasizes}" "${extra_arguments}" "$file_suffix"
        fi

        # BEST EFFORT
        if [[ "${skip_be_tests}" == "" ]]; then
            execute_test "keyed" "be" "${datasizes}" "${extra_arguments}" "$file_suffix"
        fi
    fi

fi

if [[ "${skip_no_batching}" == "" || "${no_batching_only}" == "1" ]]; then
    no_batching_tests="1"
fi

# Tests that will not use batching
if [[ "${lat_thr}" == "thr" && "${no_batching_tests}" == "1" ]]; then

    if [[ "$role" == "pub" ]]; then
        export commands_string="${commands_string} -batchSize 0"
    fi

    # UNKEYED
    if [[ "${skip_unkeyed}" == "" ]]; then

        # RELIABLE
        if [[ "${skip_rel_tests}" == "" ]]; then
            execute_test "unkeyed" "rel" "${datasizes}" "${extra_arguments}" "_noBatch${file_suffix}"
        fi

        # BEST EFFORT
        if [[ "${skip_be_tests}" == "" ]]; then
            execute_test "unkeyed" "be" "${datasizes}" "${extra_arguments}" "_noBatch${file_suffix}"
        fi
    fi
fi

if [[ "$role" == "pub" && "${loss_rate}" != "" ]]; then
    echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Disabling loss rate"
    sudo tc qdisc del dev $nic_publisher root netem loss $loss_rate%
fi

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#!/bin/bash
filename=$0
script_location=$(cd "$(dirname "$filename")" || exit 255; pwd)

echo -e "[Calling base_script/script.sh]"
"${script_location}/../base_script/script.sh" $@ --transport UDPv4

Test Hardware

The following hardware was used to perform these tests:

Linux Nodes

Dell R340 Servers (13 Units)
Processor: Intel Xeon E-2278G (3.4-5GHz, 8c/16t, 16MB cache, 2 memory channels @2666MHz)
RAM: 4x 16GB 2666MHz DIMM (64GB RAM)
HD: 480GB SATA SSD
NIC 1: Intel 710 dual port 10Gbps SFP
OS: Ubuntu 20.04 -- gcc 9.3.0

Switch

Dell 2048 -- 10Gbps switch (10Gbps and 1Gbps interfaces)

2.2.2.2. Keyed, UDPv4 10Gbps Network, C++11

The graph below shows the one-way latency without load between a Publisher and a Subscriber running in two Linux nodes in a 10Gbps network. The numbers are for best-effort as well as strict reliable reliability scenarios.

Note

We use the median (50th percentile) instead of the average in order to get a more stable measurement that does not account for spurious outliers. We also calculate the average value and other percentile values, which can be seen in the Detailed Statistics section below.

Detailed Statistics

The following tables contain the raw numbers presented by RTI Perftest. These numbers are the exact output with no further processing.

  • Best Effort

Sample Size (Bytes)

Avg (μs)

Std (μs)

Min (μs)

Max (μs)

50% (μs)

90% (μs)

99% (μs)

99.99% (μs)

99.9999% (μs)

32

18

1.1

17

166

18

19

21

48

166

64

18

1.1

17

163

18

19

21

48

163

128

18

1.1

17

162

18

19

21

48

162

256

19

1.1

18

162

19

20

22

49

162

512

20

1.2

18

166

19

20

22

49

166

1024

25

2.8

19

172

26

28

29

56

172

2048

46

243.8

21

100096

49

61

63

80

100096

4096

30

1.2

26

175

30

31

32

58

175

8192

54

170.1

36

100104

53

64

71

91

100104

16384

94

24.2

48

220

83

126

132

155

220

32768

177

2.2

71

319

177

179

180

208

319

63000

189

3.2

106

333

189

191

193

220

333

  • Reliable

Sample Size (Bytes)

Avg (μs)

Std (μs)

Min (μs)

Max (μs)

50% (μs)

90% (μs)

99% (μs)

99.99% (μs)

99.9999% (μs)

32

20

1.2

18

161

19

20

24

49

161

64

20

1.3

18

161

20

21

24

50

161

128

20

1.3

19

164

20

21

26

50

164

256

20

1.9

19

162

20

21

31

50

162

512

21

8.0

19

5057

21

23

29

50

5057

1024

26

9.4

20

4987

26

28

48

58

4987

2048

29

16.4

23

5028

30

32

47

67

5028

4096

31

10.1

27

4618

30

33

53

66

4618

8192

44

12.7

38

4477

40

56

76

101

4477

16384

93

26.7

50

272

92

132

149

167

272

32768

164

16.8

79

218

170

179

182

208

218

63000

190

2.8

112

346

190

192

196

221

346

Perftest Scripts

To produce these tests, we executed RTI Perftest for C++11. The exact script used can be found here:

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#!/bin/bash
filename=$0
script_location=$(cd "$(dirname "$filename")" || exit 255; pwd)

export datasizes="32 64 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096 8192 16384 32768 63000"
export datasizes_extended="${datasizes} 100000 500000 1048576 1548576 4194304 10485760"

export domain="2"
export exec_time=20
export num_reps=1
export instance_number=100000
export core=0

# We will use some colors to improve visibility of errors and info messages.
RED='\033[0;31m'
GREEN='\033[0;32m'
YELLOW='\033[0;33m'
BLUE='\033[0;34m'
LIGHTBLUE='\033[0;36m'
NC='\033[0m'
INFO_TAG="${GREEN}[INFO]:${NC}"
WARNING_TAG="${YELLOW}[WARNING]:${NC}"
ERROR_TAG="${RED}[ERROR]:${NC}"

export ip_machine_1="10.2.78.20"
export ip_machine_2="10.2.78.21"
export if10Gbps="enp1s0f0"
export if1Gbps="eno1"

################################################################################

function disable_colors() {
    export RED=""
    export GREEN=""
    export YELLOW=""
    export NC=""
    export BLUE=""
    export LIGHTBLUE=""
    export INFO_TAG="${GREEN}[INFO]:${NC}"
    export WARNING_TAG="${YELLOW}[WARNING]:${NC}"
    export ERROR_TAG="${RED}[ERROR]:${NC}"
}

function change_domain() {
    if [[ "$domain" == "1" ]]; then
        export domain="2"
    else
        export domain="1"
    fi
}

# Usage: execute_test <keyed/unkeyed> <rel/be> <datasizes> <batchSize>
function execute_test() {

    local keyed_unkeyed=$1
    local rel_be=$2
    local datasizes_test=$3
    local other_args=$4
    local name_suffix=$5

    local commands_string_test=$commands_string
    local tag=""

    if [[ "${keyed_unkeyed}" == "keyed" ]]; then
        commands_string_test="${commands_string_test} -keyed -instances $instance_number"
        tag="[${YELLOW}${transport}${NC}|${BLUE}K${NC}|"
    else
        tag="[${YELLOW}${transport}${NC}|${LIGHTBLUE}UK${NC}|"
    fi

    if [[ "${rel_be}" == "be" ]]; then
        commands_string_test="${commands_string_test} -bestEffort"
        tag="${tag}${YELLOW}BE${NC}]"
    else
        tag="${tag}${RED}REL${NC}]"
    fi

    tag="${tag}[${LIGHTBLUE}${lat_thr}${NC}]"

    local output_file=$output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}.csv

    if [[ "$role" == "pub" ]]; then
        echo -e "${YELLOW}[TEST]: $keyed_unkeyed, $rel_be. ${NC}"
    fi

    if [[ "$NO_TASKSET" == "" ]]; then
        if [[ "$LANGUAGE" != "java" && "$LANGUAGE" != "cs" ]]; then
            export pre_command_string="taskset -c $core"
        fi
    fi

    if [[ "$LANGUAGE" == "python" ]]; then
        export pre_command_string="python3 "
    fi

    if [[ "$DOCKER" == "1" ]]; then
        export pre_command_string="taskset -c $core docker run --net=host -v /home/perfuser/rti_license_connextpro.dat:/opt/rti.com/rti_connext_dds-7.3.0/rti_license.dat rticom/perftest:7.3.0-EAR "
        executable=""
    fi

    # Get the aprox time this will take:
    total_tests=$((`wc -w <<< "$datasizes_test"` * num_reps))
    total_time=$((total_tests * exec_time))

    touch $output_file
    local no_headers=""
    local current_test=0
    for index in $(seq 1 ${num_reps}); do
        for DATALEN in ${datasizes_test}; do
            current_test=$((current_test + 1))
            export command="$pre_command_string $executable -domain $domain -dataLen $DATALEN $commands_string_test $other_args $no_headers"
            if [[ "$role" == "pub" ]]; then
                echo -e "Test ${tag} (${current_test}/${total_tests}) -- Total time = ${total_time}s"
                echo -e ${BLUE}$command${NC}
            else
                echo -e ${LIGHTBLUE}$command${NC}
            fi
            if [[ "$LANGUAGE" == "cs" && "$role" == "pub" ]]; then
                sleep 3
            fi
            if [[ "$raw" == "1" && "$role" == "sub" ]]; then
                sleep 5
            fi
            if [[ "${get_netstat_info}" == "1" ]]; then
                echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Getting netstat info before"
                netstat -s -u | grep -e "error" -e "packet" > $output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat_before.txt
            fi
            eval $command >> $output_file;
            if [[ "${get_netstat_info}" == "1" ]]; then
                echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Getting netstat info after"
                netstat -s -u | grep -e "error" -e "packet" > $output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat_after.txt
                touch "$output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat.csv"
                python3 $script_location/../../../tools/diff_netstat_output.py \
                    -n $output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat_after.txt \
                    -o $output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat_before.txt \
                    -d $DATALEN $no_header_netstat \
                    -csv >> "$output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat.csv"
                rm -rf $output_folder/${lat_thr}_${role}_${keyed_unkeyed}_${rel_be}${name_suffix}_netstat_*.txt
                no_header_netstat=" -nh"
            fi
            no_headers=" -noOutputHeaders"

            change_domain
        done
    done
}

################################################################################
# PARSE COMMAND LINE OPTIONS:

while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
    case $1 in
        --executable)
            executable=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --docker)
            DOCKER="1"
            ;;
        --output-folder)
            output_folder=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --sub-folder)
            sub_folder=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --role)
            export role=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --core)
            export core=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --test-kind)
            export lat_thr=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --interface1)
            export interface=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --interface2)
            export interface2=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --ip1)
            export ip1=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --ip2)
            export ip2=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --repetitions)
            export num_reps=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --domain)
            export domain=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --execution-time)
            export exec_time=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --transport)
            export transport=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --datalen)
            export datalen_input=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --file-suffix)
            export file_suffix=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --executable-suffix)
            export executable_suffix=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --extra-arguments)
            export extra_arguments=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --extra-arguments-pub)
            export extra_arguments_pub=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --extra-arguments-sub)
            export extra_arguments_sub=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --skip-no-batching)
            export skip_no_batching="1"
            ;;
        --skip-be)
            export skip_be_tests="1"
            ;;
        --skip-rel)
            export skip_rel_tests="1"
            ;;
        --skip-keyed)
            export skip_keyed_data="1"
            ;;
        --skip-large-data)
            export skip_large_data="1"
            ;;
        --large-data)
            export large_data="1"
            ;;
        --keyed)
            export skip_unkeyed="1"
            ;;
        --unkeyed)
            export skip_keyed_data="1"
            ;;
        --no-batching | --skip-batching)
            export no_batching_only="1"
            ;;
        --reliable)
            export skip_be_tests="1"
            ;;
        --best-effort)
            export skip_rel_tests="1"
            ;;
        --security)
            export security_only="$2"
            shift
            ;;
        --micro)
            export micro="1"
            ;;
        --cert)
            export cert="1"
            ;;
        --raw | --raw-transport)
            export raw="1"
            ;;
        --tss)
            export tss="1"
            ;;
        --no-colors)
            export NO_COLORS="1"
            ;;
        --language)
            export LANGUAGE=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --loss-rate)
            export loss_rate=$2
            shift
            ;;
        --get-netstat-info | --netstat)
            export get_netstat_info="1"
            ;;
        --no-taskset)
            export NO_TASKSET="1"
            ;;
        --ci)
            export CI="1"
            ;;
        *)
            echo -e "unknown parameter \"$1\""
            exit 255
            ;;
    esac
    shift
done

if [[ "$NO_COLORS" == "1" ]]; then
    disable_colors
fi

export folder_base="$(dirname "${executable}")"/../../..

if [[ $LANGUAGE == "java"  || "$LANGUAGE" == "cs" ]]; then
    export folder_base="$(dirname "${executable}")"/../..
fi
if [[ $tss == "1" ]]; then
    export folder_base="$(dirname "${executable}")"/../../../../..
fi

if [[ "${executable_suffix}" != "" ]]; then
    export executable="${executable}${executable_suffix}"
fi

if [[ "${sub_folder}" != "" ]]; then
    export output_folder="${output_folder}/${sub_folder}"
fi

echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Perftest executable is: $executable"
echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Output folder is: $output_folder"

################################################################################

if [[ "$LANGUAGE" == "python" ]]; then
    export skip_keyed_data="1"
    export skip_large_data="1"
    export skip_be_tests="1"
    export skip_no_batching="1"
fi

if [[ "${skip_large_data}" == "1" ]]; then
    export datasizes_extended=${datasizes}
elif [[ "${large_data}" == "1" ]]; then
    export datasizes=${datasizes_extended}
fi

if [[ "${datalen_input}" != "" ]]; then
    echo -e "${YELLOW}[TEST] Testing only for ${datalen_input}${NC}"
    export datasizes=${datalen_input}
    export datasizes_extended=${datalen_input}
    if [[ "${no_batching_only}" != "1" ]]; then
        export skip_large_data="1"
    fi
else 
    if [[ "${CI}" != "" ]]; then
        echo -e "${YELLOW}[TEST] Testing CI datasizes ${NC}"
        export datasizes="32 128 512 1024 8192 63000"
        export datasizes_extended="${datasizes} 100000 1048576 10485760"
    fi
fi

if [[ "$role" != "pub" && "$role" != "sub" ]]; then
    echo -e "${ERROR_TAG} It must be either publisher or subscriber"
    exit 255
fi

if [[ "$lat_thr" != "thr" && "$lat_thr" != "lat" ]]; then
    echo -e "${ERROR_TAG} It must be either lat or thr"
    exit 255
fi

if [[ "${interface}" == "" ]]; then
    echo "Using default nics"
    export nic_publisher=${ip_machine_1}
    export nic_subscriber=${ip_machine_2}
elif [[ "${interface}" == "both" ]]; then
    export nic_publisher="enp1s0f0,eno1"
    export nic_subscriber="enp1s0f0,eno1"
    echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Using nic_publisher: ${nic_publisher}"
    echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Using nic_subscriber: ${nic_subscriber}"
else
    export nic_publisher=$interface
    echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Using nic_publisher: ${nic_publisher}"

    if [[ "${interface2}" == "" ]]; then
        export nic_subscriber=$interface
    else
        export nic_subscriber=$interface2
    fi
    echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Using nic_subscriber: ${nic_subscriber}"

    if [[ "${ip1}" != "" ]]; then
        export ip_publisher=$ip1
        echo "Using ip_publisher: ${ip_publisher}"
    fi

    if [[ "${ip2}" != "" ]]; then
        export ip_subscriber=$ip2
        echo "Using ip_subscriber: ${ip_subscriber}"
    fi

fi

export transport_string="-transport $transport"

if [[ "$transport" == "UDPv4" ]]; then

    export transport_string_pub="$transport_string -nic $nic_publisher"
    export transport_string_sub="$transport_string -nic $nic_subscriber"

    if [[ "$micro" == "1" || "$raw" == "1" || "$cert" == "1" ]]; then
        export transport_string_pub="$transport_string_pub -peer ${ip_subscriber}"
        export transport_string_sub="$transport_string_sub -peer ${ip_publisher}"
    fi

elif [[ "$transport" == "TCP" ]]; then
    export transport_string_pub="$transport_string \
        -nic $nic_publisher \
        -peer 0@tcpv4_lan://${ip_subscriber}:7400"
    export transport_string_sub="$transport_string \
        -nic $nic_subscriber \
        -peer 0@tcpv4_lan://${ip_publisher}:7400"
elif [[ "$transport" == "TLS" ]]; then
    export transport_string_pub="$transport_string \
        -nic $nic_publisher \
        -peer tlsv4_lan://${ip_subscriber}:7400"
    export transport_string_sub="$transport_string \
        -nic $nic_subscriber \
        -peer tlsv4_lan://${ip_publisher}:7400"
elif [[ "$transport" == "UDPv4_WAN" ]]; then
    export transport_string_pub="$transport_string \
        -nic $nic_publisher \
        -transportPublicAddress $ip_publisher:7400"
    export transport_string_sub="$transport_string \
        -nic $nic_subscriber \
        -peer 0@udpv4_wan://${ip_publisher}:7400"
else
    export transport_string_pub="$transport_string"
    export transport_string_sub="$transport_string"
fi

################################################################################

export pub_string="-pub \
        ${transport_string_pub} \
        -noPrintIntervals \
        -executionTime $exec_time"

if [[ ${lat_thr} == "lat" ]]; then
    export pub_string="$pub_string \
        -latencyTest"
fi

export sub_string="-sub \
        ${transport_string_sub} \
        -noPrintIntervals"

if [[ "$role" == "pub" ]]; then
    echo -e "$INFO_TAG Publisher side running"
    export commands_string=${pub_string}
    export extra_arguments="${extra_arguments} ${extra_arguments_pub}"
else
    echo -e "$INFO_TAG Subscriber side running"
    export commands_string=${sub_string}
    export extra_arguments="${extra_arguments} ${extra_arguments_sub}"
fi

###############################################################################

echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Executing: /set_${lat_thr}_mode.sh"
sudo /set_${lat_thr}_mode.sh
sleep 5

echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Disabling any loss rate"
sudo tc qdisc add dev $nic_publisher root netem loss 0%
sudo tc qdisc del dev $nic_publisher root netem loss 0%

if [[ "$role" == "pub" && "${loss_rate}" != "" ]]; then
    echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Setting loss rate to ${loss_rate}%"
    sudo tc qdisc add dev $nic_publisher root netem loss $loss_rate%
fi

cd $folder_base
echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Folder Base is: $PWD"
mkdir -p $output_folder

# Tests that may use batching (when doing throughput tests)
if [[ ${no_batching_only} != "1" ]]; then

    # UNKEYED
    if [[ "${skip_unkeyed}" == "" ]]; then

        # RELIABLE
        if [[ "${skip_rel_tests}" == "" ]]; then
            execute_test "unkeyed" "rel" "${datasizes_extended}" "${extra_arguments}" "$file_suffix"
        fi

        # BEST EFFORT
        if [[ "${skip_be_tests}" == "" ]]; then
            execute_test "unkeyed" "be" "${datasizes}" "${extra_arguments}" "$file_suffix"
        fi
    fi

    # KEYED
    if [[ "${skip_keyed_data}" == "" ]]; then

        # RELIABLE
        if [[ "${skip_rel_tests}" == "" ]]; then
            execute_test "keyed" "rel" "${datasizes}" "${extra_arguments}" "$file_suffix"
        fi

        # BEST EFFORT
        if [[ "${skip_be_tests}" == "" ]]; then
            execute_test "keyed" "be" "${datasizes}" "${extra_arguments}" "$file_suffix"
        fi
    fi

fi

if [[ "${skip_no_batching}" == "" || "${no_batching_only}" == "1" ]]; then
    no_batching_tests="1"
fi

# Tests that will not use batching
if [[ "${lat_thr}" == "thr" && "${no_batching_tests}" == "1" ]]; then

    if [[ "$role" == "pub" ]]; then
        export commands_string="${commands_string} -batchSize 0"
    fi

    # UNKEYED
    if [[ "${skip_unkeyed}" == "" ]]; then

        # RELIABLE
        if [[ "${skip_rel_tests}" == "" ]]; then
            execute_test "unkeyed" "rel" "${datasizes}" "${extra_arguments}" "_noBatch${file_suffix}"
        fi

        # BEST EFFORT
        if [[ "${skip_be_tests}" == "" ]]; then
            execute_test "unkeyed" "be" "${datasizes}" "${extra_arguments}" "_noBatch${file_suffix}"
        fi
    fi
fi

if [[ "$role" == "pub" && "${loss_rate}" != "" ]]; then
    echo -e "${INFO_TAG} Disabling loss rate"
    sudo tc qdisc del dev $nic_publisher root netem loss $loss_rate%
fi

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#!/bin/bash
filename=$0
script_location=$(cd "$(dirname "$filename")" || exit 255; pwd)

echo -e "[Calling base_script/script.sh]"
"${script_location}/../base_script/script.sh" $@ --transport UDPv4

Test Hardware

The following hardware was used to perform these tests:

Linux Nodes

Dell R340 Servers (13 Units)
Processor: Intel Xeon E-2278G (3.4-5GHz, 8c/16t, 16MB cache, 2 memory channels @2666MHz)
RAM: 4x 16GB 2666MHz DIMM (64GB RAM)
HD: 480GB SATA SSD
NIC 1: Intel 710 dual port 10Gbps SFP
OS: Ubuntu 20.04 -- gcc 9.3.0

Switch

Dell 2048 -- 10Gbps switch (10Gbps and 1Gbps interfaces)