cvs commit: src/tools/tools/netrate/httpd httpd.c

[Mike Silbersack]

On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, Robert Watson wrote:

>> You can't use this to compare to 4.x then, FWIW.  4.x's sendfile always 
>> puts the headers in a separate packet, so in a large percentage of cases 
>> it's noticeably less efficient, network-traffic wise.
>
> It depends what you're trying to benchmark.  If the goal is to illustrate the 
> performance changes as a result of on-going development, it's legitimate to 
> say that the changes in sendfile() are simply part of that process.  I.e., 
> it's not cheating to have sendfile() improvements count towards overall 
> performance when evaluating overall performance.
>
> Robert N M Watson

True, just don't start thinking that locking improvements are why you're 
seeing differences here. :)

Mike "Silby" Silbersack