And after this patch set default evbuffer max read via bufferevent is
16K not 4K.
Here is some numbers for the single max read in evbuffer impact:
function client() { becat "$@" | pv > /dev/null; }
function server() { cat /dev/zero | becat -l "$@"; }
Plain bufferevent:
- 40K
$ server -R $((40<<10)) & client -R $((40<<10))
700MiB/s
- 16K *default now*
$ server & client
1.81GiB/s
- 4K
$ server -R $((4<<10)) & client -R $((4<<10))
1.05GiB/s
With OpenSSL (-S):
- 40K *default now*
$ server -S -R $((40<<10)) & client -S -R $((40<<10))
900MiB/s
- 16K *default now*
$ server -S & client -S
745MiB/s
- 4K
$ server -S -R $((4<<10)) & client -S -R $((4<<10))
593MiB/s
So as you can see without openssl 16K is faster then 40K/4K, while for
openssl 40K is still faster then 16K (I guess that this is due to with
openssl SSL_read() more at at time, while with plain we have some
allocations splits in evbuffer and maybe due to some buffer in openssl)
* buffer-read-size:
sample/becat: bufferevent cat, ncat/nc/telnet analog
Adjust evbuffer max read for bufferevents
Maximum evbuffer read configuration
Fix leaks in error path of the bufferevent_init_common_()