Benchmark Test Shows OpenBSD Outperforms Linux in Socket Creation
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Bogdanp
A good honest bake. Not flashy, but you'll finish the whole bagel.
Summary
The article discusses a benchmark test comparing the performance of OpenBSD and Linux in handling socket creation. The test, conducted by Jann Horn, reveals that OpenBSD significantly outperforms Linux in this specific task, with Linux being unexpectedly slow. The article includes a snippet of the code used for the benchmark.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledOpenBSD is so fast, I had to modify the program slightly to measure itself, as the time utility is missing sufficient precision to even record nonzero.
All it does is create one extra thread, then both existing threads create 256 sockets. What’s so hard about that?
Here’s a little benchmark complements of Jann Horn. It’s unexpectedly slow on Linux.
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