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Packets per second test tool in C language.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netinet/tcp.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <sched.h>
#include <errno.h>
#define DURATION 10
#define PACKET_SIZE 1
#define BUFFER_SIZE 8192
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
if (argc != 3) {
fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <TARGET_IP> <TARGET_PORT>\n", argv[0]);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
int sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
if (sock < 0) {
perror("Socket error");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
int yes = 1;
if (setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &yes, sizeof(yes)) < 0) {
perror("TCP_NODELAY error");
close(sock);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
struct sockaddr_in server_addr;
memset(&server_addr, 0, sizeof(server_addr));
server_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
server_addr.sin_port = htons(atoi(argv[2]));
if (inet_pton(AF_INET, argv[1], &server_addr.sin_addr) <= 0) {
perror("IP conversion error");
close(sock);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
if (connect(sock, (struct sockaddr*)&server_addr, sizeof(server_addr)) < 0) {
perror("Connection error");
close(sock);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
cpu_set_t cpuset;
CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
CPU_SET(0, &cpuset);
if (sched_setaffinity(0, sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset) == -1) {
perror("CPU affinity setting error");
close(sock);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
struct timeval start, end;
long total_packets = 0;
char buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
memset(buffer, 'x', sizeof(buffer));
gettimeofday(&start, NULL);
long elapsed_us = 0;
while (elapsed_us < DURATION * 1000000) {
ssize_t sent = send(sock, buffer, PACKET_SIZE, 0);
if (sent <= 0) {
perror("Send error");
break;
}
total_packets++;
if (total_packets % 10000 == 0) {
gettimeofday(&end, NULL);
elapsed_us = (end.tv_sec - start.tv_sec) * 1000000 +
(end.tv_usec - start.tv_usec);
}
}
gettimeofday(&end, NULL);
elapsed_us = (end.tv_sec - start.tv_sec) * 1000000 +
(end.tv_usec - start.tv_usec);
double elapsed_sec = elapsed_us / 1000000.0;
printf("Test completed!\n");
printf("Total packets sent: %ld\n", total_packets);
printf("Total time: %.2f seconds\n", elapsed_sec);
printf("Packets per second (PPS): %.2f\n", total_packets / elapsed_sec);
printf("Bandwidth: %.2f Mbps\n",
(total_packets * PACKET_SIZE * 8) / (elapsed_sec * 1000000));
close(sock);
return 0;
}
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