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-/**
- * Copyright 2010 The Apache Software Foundation
- *
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.wal;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Random;
-
-import org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4JLogger;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.*;
-import org.apache.log4j.Level;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-
-import org.apache.hadoop.util.Tool;
-import org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner;
-import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
-import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configured;
-import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
-import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseRPC;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
-
-@Category(MediumTests.class)
-public class TestHLogBench extends Configured implements Tool {
-
-  static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TestHLogBench.class);
-  private static final Random r = new Random();
-
-  private static final byte [] FAMILY = Bytes.toBytes("hlogbenchFamily");
-
-  // accumulate time here
-  private static int totalTime = 0;
-  private static Object lock = new Object();
-
-  // the file system where to create the Hlog file
-  protected FileSystem fs;
-
-  // the number of threads and the number of iterations per thread
-  private int numThreads = 300;
-  private int numIterationsPerThread = 10000;
-
-  private final HBaseTestingUtility TEST_UTIL = new HBaseTestingUtility();
-  private Path regionRootDir =TEST_UTIL.getDataTestDir("TestHLogBench") ;
-
-  private boolean appendNoSync = false;
-
-  public TestHLogBench() {
-    this(null);
-  }
-
-  private TestHLogBench(Configuration conf) {
-    super(conf);
-    fs = null;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Initialize file system object
-   */
-  public void init() throws IOException {
-    getConf().setQuietMode(true);
-    if (this.fs == null) {
-     this.fs = FileSystem.get(getConf());
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Close down file system
-   */
-  public void close() throws IOException {
-    if (fs != null) {
-      fs.close();
-      fs = null;
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * The main run method of TestHLogBench
-   */
-  public int run(String argv[]) throws Exception {
-
-    int exitCode = -1;
-    int i = 0;
-
-    // verify that we have enough command line parameters
-    if (argv.length < 4) {
-      printUsage("");
-      return exitCode;
-    }
-
-    // initialize LogBench
-    try {
-      init();
-    } catch (HBaseRPC.VersionMismatch v) {
-      LOG.warn("Version Mismatch between client and server" +
-               "... command aborted.");
-      return exitCode;
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      LOG.warn("Bad connection to FS. command aborted.");
-      return exitCode;
-    }
-
-    try {
-      for (; i < argv.length; i++) {
-        if ("-numThreads".equals(argv[i])) {
-          i++;
-          this.numThreads = Integer.parseInt(argv[i]);
-        } else if ("-numIterationsPerThread".equals(argv[i])) {
-          i++;
-          this.numIterationsPerThread = Integer.parseInt(argv[i]);
-        } else if ("-path".equals(argv[i])) {
-          // get an absolute path using the default file system
-          i++;
-          this.regionRootDir = new Path(argv[i]);
-          this.regionRootDir = regionRootDir.makeQualified(this.fs);
-        } else if ("-nosync".equals(argv[i])) {
-          this.appendNoSync = true;
-        } else {
-          printUsage(argv[i]);
-          return exitCode;
-        }
-      }
-    } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
-      LOG.warn("Illegal numThreads or numIterationsPerThread, " +
-               " a positive integer expected");
-      throw nfe;
-    }
-    go();
-    return 0;
-  }
-
-  private void go() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-
-    long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-    log("Running TestHLogBench with " + numThreads + " threads each doing " +
-        numIterationsPerThread + " HLog appends " +
-        (appendNoSync ? "nosync" : "sync") +
-        " at rootDir " + regionRootDir);
-
-    // Mock an HRegion
-    byte [] tableName = Bytes.toBytes("table");
-    byte [][] familyNames = new byte [][] { FAMILY };
-    HTableDescriptor htd = new HTableDescriptor();
-    htd.addFamily(new HColumnDescriptor(Bytes.toBytes("f1")));
-    HRegion region = mockRegion(tableName, familyNames, regionRootDir);
-    HLog hlog = region.getLog();
-
-    // Spin up N threads to each perform M log operations
-    LogWriter [] incrementors = new LogWriter[numThreads];
-    for (int i=0; i<numThreads; i++) {
-      incrementors[i] = new LogWriter(region, tableName, hlog, i, 
-                                      numIterationsPerThread, 
-                                      appendNoSync);
-      incrementors[i].start();
-    }
-
-    // Wait for threads to finish
-    for (int i=0; i<numThreads; i++) {
-      //log("Waiting for #" + i + " to finish");
-      incrementors[i].join();
-    }
-
-    // Output statistics
-    long totalOps = numThreads * numIterationsPerThread;
-    log("Operations per second " + ((totalOps * 1000L)/totalTime));
-    log("Average latency in ms " + ((totalTime * 1000L)/totalOps));
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Displays format of commands.
-   */
-  private static void printUsage(String cmd) {
-    String prefix = "Usage: java " + TestHLogBench.class.getSimpleName();
-    System.err.println(prefix + cmd + 
-                       " [-numThreads <number>] " +
-                       " [-numIterationsPerThread <number>] " +
-                       " [-path <path where region's root directory is created>]" +
-                       " [-nosync]");
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * A thread that writes data to an HLog
-   */
-  public static class LogWriter extends Thread {
-
-    private final HRegion region;
-    private final int threadNumber;
-    private final int numIncrements;
-    private final HLog hlog;
-    private boolean appendNoSync;
-    private byte[] tableName;
-
-    private int count;
-
-    public LogWriter(HRegion region, byte[] tableName,
-        HLog log, int threadNumber,
-        int numIncrements, boolean appendNoSync) {
-      this.region = region;
-      this.threadNumber = threadNumber;
-      this.numIncrements = numIncrements;
-      this.hlog = log;
-      this.count = 0;
-      this.appendNoSync = appendNoSync;
-      this.tableName = tableName;
-      setDaemon(true);
-      //log("LogWriter[" + threadNumber + "] instantiated");
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run() {
-      long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
-      byte [] key = Bytes.toBytes("thisisakey");
-      KeyValue kv = new KeyValue(key, now);
-      WALEdit walEdit = new WALEdit();
-      walEdit.add(kv);
-      HRegionInfo hri = region.getRegionInfo();
-      HTableDescriptor htd = new HTableDescriptor();
-      htd.addFamily(new HColumnDescriptor(Bytes.toBytes("f1")));
-      boolean isMetaRegion = false;
-      long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-      for (int i=0; i<numIncrements; i++) {
-        try {
-          if (appendNoSync) {
-            hlog.appendNoSync(hri, tableName, walEdit, 
-                              HConstants.DEFAULT_CLUSTER_ID, now, htd);
-          } else {
-            hlog.append(hri, tableName, walEdit, now, htd);
-          }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-          log("Fatal exception: " + e);
-          e.printStackTrace();
-        }
-        count++;
-      }
-      long tot = System.currentTimeMillis() - start;
-      synchronized (lock) {
-        totalTime += tot;   // update global statistics
-      }
-
-    }
-  }
-
-  private static void log(String string) {
-    LOG.info(string);
-  }
-
-  private byte[][] makeBytes(int numArrays, int arraySize) {
-    byte [][] bytes = new byte[numArrays][];
-    for (int i=0; i<numArrays; i++) {
-      bytes[i] = new byte[arraySize];
-      r.nextBytes(bytes[i]);
-    }
-    return bytes;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Create a dummy region
-   */
-  private HRegion mockRegion(byte[] tableName, byte[][] familyNames,
-                             Path rootDir) throws IOException {
-
-    HBaseTestingUtility htu = new HBaseTestingUtility();
-    Configuration conf = htu.getConfiguration();
-    conf.setBoolean("hbase.rs.cacheblocksonwrite", true);
-    conf.setBoolean("hbase.hregion.use.incrementnew", true);
-    conf.setBoolean("dfs.support.append", true);
-    FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(conf);
-    int numQualifiers = 10;
-    byte [][] qualifiers = new byte [numQualifiers][];
-    for (int i=0; i<numQualifiers; i++) qualifiers[i] = Bytes.toBytes("qf" + i);
-    int numRows = 10;
-    byte [][] rows = new byte [numRows][];
-    for (int i=0; i<numRows; i++) rows[i] = Bytes.toBytes("r" + i);
-
-    // switch off debug message from Region server
-    ((Log4JLogger)HRegion.LOG).getLogger().setLevel(Level.WARN);
-
-    HTableDescriptor htd = new HTableDescriptor(tableName);
-    for (byte [] family : familyNames)
-      htd.addFamily(new HColumnDescriptor(family));
-
-    HRegionInfo hri = new HRegionInfo(tableName, Bytes.toBytes(0L), 
-                                      Bytes.toBytes(0xffffffffL));
-    if (fs.exists(rootDir)) {
-      if (!fs.delete(rootDir, true)) {
-        throw new IOException("Failed delete of " + rootDir);
-      }
-    }
-    return HRegion.createHRegion(hri, rootDir, conf, htd);
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testLogPerformance() throws Exception {
-    TestHLogBench bench = new TestHLogBench();
-    int res;
-    String[] argv = new String[7];
-    argv[0] = "-numThreads";
-    argv[1] = Integer.toString(100);
-    argv[2] = "-numIterationsPerThread";
-    argv[3] = Integer.toString(1000);
-    argv[4] = "-path";
-    argv[5] = TEST_UTIL.getDataTestDir() + "/HlogPerformance";
-    argv[6] = "-nosync";
-    try {
-      res = ToolRunner.run(bench, argv);
-    } finally {
-      bench.close();
-    }
-  }
-
-  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
-    TestHLogBench bench = new TestHLogBench();
-    int res;
-    try {
-      res = ToolRunner.run(bench, argv);
-    } finally {
-      bench.close();
-    }
-    System.exit(res);
-  }
-
-  @org.junit.Rule
-  public org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ResourceCheckerJUnitRule cu =
-    new org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ResourceCheckerJUnitRule();
-}
-