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#!/bin/bash
set -ue
PATH="/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
export PATH
unset CHROOT NETNS
cleanup() {
if [ "${CHROOT+x}" ]; then
schroot --end-session --chroot="$CHROOT"
fi
if [ "${NETNS+x}" ]; then
ip netns del "$NETNS"
fi
}
trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM
# create new CHROOT
DEB_BUILD_ARCH="$(dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_ARCH)"
CHROOT="$(schroot -c "unstable-$DEB_BUILD_ARCH-sbuild" -b)"
ROOTDIR="/run/schroot/mount/$CHROOT"
# create new network namespace and place counters to measure network usage
ip netns add "${NETNS:="interimap-benchmark"}"
ip netns exec "$NETNS" nft -f- <<- EOF
flush ruleset
table inet filter {
counter interimap-in { }
counter interimap-out { }
counter offlineimap-in { }
counter offlineimap-out { }
chain input {
type filter hook input priority 0
iif "lo" ip daddr 127.0.0.1 tcp dport 10143 counter name interimap-in
iif "lo" ip daddr 127.0.0.1 tcp dport 10144 counter name offlineimap-in
}
chain output {
type filter hook output priority 0
oif "lo" ip saddr 127.0.0.1 tcp sport 10143 counter name interimap-out
oif "lo" ip saddr 127.0.0.1 tcp sport 10144 counter name offlineimap-out
}
}
EOF
ip netns exec "$NETNS" ip addr add "127.0.0.1" dev "lo"
ip netns exec "$NETNS" ip link set "lo" up
# resize the partition so it can hold the mail stores (you may want to
# turn swap off too)
mount -o"remount,size=15G" "/run/schroot/mount/$CHROOT/dev/shm"
# install dependencies
schroot --directory="/" --chroot="$CHROOT" -r -- \
env DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get install \
--no-install-recommends --assume-yes \
time dovecot-imapd offlineimap \
libconfig-tiny-perl libdbd-sqlite3-perl libnet-ssleay-perl \
libcrypt-urandom-perl procps
# run a command in the chroot
jail() {
local user="" home=""
case "${u:-local}" in
local) user="nobody"; home="/dev/shm/nobody";;
remote) user="user"; home="/dev/shm/vmail/user";;
esac
ip netns exec "$NETNS" \
schroot --directory="/dev/shm/nobody" --user="nobody" --chroot="$CHROOT" -r \
-- env -i PATH="/usr/bin:/bin" USER="$user" HOME="$home" "$@"
}
# run a command in the chroot in a monitored fashion
jail_stat() {
local e U S M P u="local"
local counters="$ROOTDIR/tmp/counters.$1.json"
ip netns exec "$NETNS" nft reset counter inet filter "$1-in" >/dev/null
ip netns exec "$NETNS" nft reset counter inet filter "$1-out" >/dev/null
jail time --format="%e\\t%U\\t%S\\t%M\\t%P" --output="/tmp/time.$1" \
-- "$@" >/dev/null || true
IFS=$'\t' read e U S M P <"$ROOTDIR/tmp/time.$1"
local i="${NAME:-$1}"
local a="${i#* }"
[ "$a" = "$i" ] && a=" " || a=" $a"
printf "%11s%s" "${i%% *}" "$a"
printf " %5.2fs %6.2fs" "$U" "$S"
if [ "${IDLE:-n}" = "n" ]; then
printf " %5.2fs %4s" "$e" "$P"
fi
printf " %8s" "${M}k"
ip netns exec "$NETNS" nft -j list counters | jq ".nftables
| map(select(.counter) | .counter | { key: .name, value: {packets, bytes} })
| from_entries" >"$counters"
local ib ip ob op
ib="$(bytes "$(jq ".\"$1-in\".bytes" <"$counters")")"
ob="$(bytes "$(jq ".\"$1-out\".bytes" <"$counters")")"
ip="$(_units "$(jq ".\"$1-in\".packets" <"$counters")" 1000)"
op="$(_units "$(jq ".\"$1-out\".packets" <"$counters")" 1000)"
printf " %8s / %-7s" "$ob" "$ib" # inverse for the client's perspective
printf " %8s / %-7s" "$op" "$ip"
printf "\\n"
}
# display metrics headers
headers() {
declare -a h=(" user" " system")
if [ "${IDLE:-n}" = "n" ]; then
h+=( " real" " CPU" )
fi
h+=( " max RSS" " traffic (in/out) " " packets (in/out) " )
local x="offlineimap -q" i
printf "%s" "${x//?/ }"
for i in "${h[@]}"; do
printf " %s" "$i"
done
printf "\\n"
printf "%s" "${x//?/-}"
for i in "${h[@]}"; do
printf " %s" "${i//?/-}"
done
printf "\\n"
}
# install Dovecot's "system" configuration and start the server
install -onobody -gnogroup -m0700 --directory \
"$ROOTDIR/dev/shm/dovecot" \
"$ROOTDIR/dev/shm/vmail" \
"$ROOTDIR/dev/shm/nobody"
install -onobody -gnogroup -m0644 \
"./benchmark/dovecot.conf" \
"$ROOTDIR/dev/shm/dovecot/config"
jail /usr/sbin/dovecot -c"/dev/shm/dovecot/config"
install -onobody -gnogroup -m0600 /dev/null \
"$ROOTDIR/dev/shm/dovecot/users"
PASSWORD="$(xxd -l16 -p </dev/urandom)"
printf "%s:%s:::::\\n" "user" "$PASSWORD" \
>"$ROOTDIR/dev/shm/dovecot/users"
# install user configuration for Dovecot, interimap, and offlineimap
cat >"$ROOTDIR/dev/shm/nobody/.dovecot.conf" <<-EOF
log_path = /dev/null
mail_home = /dev/shm/nobody
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
ssl = no
EOF
install -onobody -gnogroup -Dm0700 --directory \
"$ROOTDIR/dev/shm/nobody/.config/interimap" \
"$ROOTDIR/dev/shm/nobody/.local/share"
cat >"$ROOTDIR/dev/shm/nobody/.config/interimap/config" <<-EOF
database = bench.db
[local]
type = tunnel
command = doveadm -c/dev/shm/nobody/.dovecot.conf exec imap
null-stderr = YES
[remote]
type = imap
host = 127.0.0.1
port = 10143
STARTTLS = no
username = user
password = $PASSWORD
EOF
cat >"$ROOTDIR/dev/shm/nobody/.offlineimaprc" <<-EOF
[general]
accounts = bench
[Account bench]
localrepository = local
remoterepository = remote
[Repository local]
type = Maildir
localfolders = ~/Maildir2
[Repository remote]
type = IMAP
remotehost = 127.0.0.1
remotepass = $PASSWORD
remoteport = 10144
remoteuser = user
ssl = no
starttls = no
# keep the default (no) as it doesn't seem to work with large mailboxes, perhaps
# due to https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2019-November/117522.html
#usecompression = yes
EOF
# install interimap's development version
install -oroot -groot -m0755 -Dt "$ROOTDIR/usr/bin" \
./interimap ./benchmark/random_maildir.pl
sed -ri "0,/^(use\\s+\lib\\s+)([\"'])[^\"']*\\2\\s*;/ s||#&|" -- "$ROOTDIR/usr/bin/interimap"
install -oroot -groot -m0644 -DT \
./lib/Net/IMAP/InterIMAP.pm "$ROOTDIR/usr/share/perl5/Net/IMAP/InterIMAP.pm"
# create a random mail store at mdbox:~/mail.back
prepare() {
local u="remote" d m n seqs
local maildir="/dev/shm/vmail/user/maildir"
clear
jail rm -rf -- "$maildir" "/dev/shm/vmail/user/mail.back"
for m in "${!MAILBOXES[@]}"; do
[ "${m^^[a-z]}" = "INBOX" ] && d="$maildir" || d="$maildir/.$m"
jail mkdir -p -- "$d"
# create 20% more; will be deleted afterwards (having only
# contiguous UIDs might bias the metrics)
n="${MAILBOXES["$m"]}"
jail random_maildir.pl "$d" $((n+n/5))
done
# convert to mdbox
jail doveadm -c"/dev/shm/dovecot/config" -omail_location="maildir:~/maildir" \
sync "mdbox:~/mail.back"
jail rm -rf -- "$maildir"
# expunge 20% and purge
for m in "${!MAILBOXES[@]}"; do
n="${MAILBOXES["$m"]}"
seqs="$(shuf -n $((n/5)) -i"1-$n")"
jail doveadm -c"/dev/shm/dovecot/config" -omail_location="mdbox:~/mail.back" \
expunge mailbox "$m" "${seqs//$'\n'/,}"
done
jail doveadm -c"/dev/shm/dovecot/config" -omail_location="mdbox:~/mail.back" purge
}
# populate a clientn from backup mailstore mdbox:~/mail.back (copied to
# avoid recreating / conversion)
populate() {
local m u="remote" cmd
clear
if [ "${KEEP_BACKUP:-y}" = "n" ]; then
jail mv -T "/dev/shm/vmail/user/mail.back" "/dev/shm/vmail/user/mail"
else
jail cp -aT "/dev/shm/vmail/user/mail.back" "/dev/shm/vmail/user/mail"
fi
# force dovecot to index and compute the state, otherwise the first
# thing to query might be disadvantaged
jail doveadm -c"/dev/shm/dovecot/config" index "INBOX"
jail doveadm -c"/dev/shm/dovecot/config" mailbox status "all" "*" >/dev/null
u="local"
# initial configuration
for cmd in "$@"; do
case "$cmd" in
interimap) jail interimap --quiet 2>/dev/null;;
offlineimap) jail offlineimap -u quiet 2>/dev/null;;
*) exit 1;;
esac
done
}
# remove interimap / offlineimap database and mail store (but keep
# mdbox:~/mail.back)
clear() {
jail rm -rf -- \
"/dev/shm/vmail/user/mail" \
"/dev/shm/nobody/.local/share/interimap/bench.db" \
"/dev/shm/nobody/.offlineimap" \
"/dev/shm/nobody/Maildir" \
"/dev/shm/nobody/Maildir2"
}
# pretty print a number in k/M/G/T etc
_units() {
local n=$(( $1 )) b="$2" s u=""
[ $b -eq 1024 ] && s="i" || s=""
while [ ${#n} -gt 4 ]; do
case "$u" in
"") u="k";;
k) u="M";;
M) u="G";;
G) u="T";;
*) break;;
esac
n=$((n/b))
done
printf "%d%s" "$n" "${u:+$u$s}"
}
bytes() { printf "%sB" "$(_units "$1" 1024)"; }
# generate and deliver a random message
sample_message() {
local date="$(date +"%s.%N")"
cat <<-EOF
From: <sender@example.net>
To: <recipient@example.net>
Date: $(date -R -d@"$date")
Message-ID: <$date@example.net>
EOF
xxd -ps -c30 -l2048 /dev/urandom # 4165 bytes
}
deliver() {
local m="$1" u="remote"
jail doveadm -c"/dev/shm/dovecot/config" exec dovecot-lda -e -m "$m"
}
# write down markdown title
title() {
local x="$1" h="$2"
printf "\\n%s\\n%s\\n" "$h" "${h//?/$x}"
}
# run benchmark for `interimap` / `offlineimap -q` / `offlineimap`:
# populate, run optional actions (such as delivery), then sync again in
# a monitored fashion
run-all() {
local a cmd u q="" NAME=""
for cmd in "interimap" "offlineimap -q" "offlineimap"; do
populate "${cmd%% *}"
case "${cmd%% *}" in
interimap) q="--quiet";;
offlineimap) q="-u quiet";;
*) exit 1;
esac
for a in "$@"; do "$a"; done
NAME="$cmd" jail_stat $cmd $q 2>/dev/null
done
}
echo; echo
title "=" "Single mailbox"
cat <<-EOF
We create a mailbox on the remote server, populate it with a number of
messages, and synchronize it locally. We then collect metrics for no-op
synchronization (i.e., of mailboxes that are already in sync), and
reconciliation after receiving a *single* message on the remote server.
EOF
# generate a message to be used in *all* "Single mailbox" tests
sample_message >"$ROOTDIR/tmp/msg1"
activity1() {
deliver "inbox" <"$ROOTDIR/tmp/msg1"
}
declare -A MAILBOXES
for n in 100 1000 10000 100000; do
title "-" "$n messages"
MAILBOXES=( ["inbox"]="$n" )
prepare
printf "\\n### %s ###\\n\\n" "No-op (in sync)"
headers
run-all
printf "\\n### %s ###\\n\\n" "Reconciliation"
headers
run-all activity1
done
m=75
echo; echo
title "=" "$m mailboxes"
cat <<-EOF
We create $m mailboxes on the remote server, populate them with an equal
number of messages, and synchronize them locally. We then collect
metrics for no-op synchronization (i.e., of mailboxes that are already
in sync), and reconciliation after the following changes are being
applied to the remote server:
- 3 *new* messages (two on mailbox #2, one on mailbox #3); and
- 5 existing messages *EXPUNGEd* (two on mailboxes #3 and #4, one on
mailbox #5).
EOF
# generate more messages to be used in *all* "$m mailboxes" tests
sample_message >"$ROOTDIR/tmp/msg2"
sample_message >"$ROOTDIR/tmp/msg3"
activity2() {
local u="remote"
deliver "mailbox2" <"$ROOTDIR/tmp/msg1"
deliver "mailbox2" <"$ROOTDIR/tmp/msg2"
deliver "mailbox3" <"$ROOTDIR/tmp/msg3"
# intentionally modify the remote only because not all local backend speak IMAP
jail doveadm -c"/dev/shm/dovecot/config" expunge mailbox "mailbox3" "1:2"
jail doveadm -c"/dev/shm/dovecot/config" expunge mailbox "mailbox4" "1,3"
jail doveadm -c"/dev/shm/dovecot/config" expunge mailbox "mailbox5" "*"
}
for n in 100 1000 10000; do
title "-" "$n messages per mailbox"
MAILBOXES=( ["inbox"]="$n" )
for ((i=2; i<=$m; i++)); do
MAILBOXES["mailbox$i"]="$n"
done
prepare
printf "\\n### %s ###\\n\\n" "No-op (in sync)"
headers
run-all
printf "\\n### %s ###\\n\\n" "Reconciliation"
headers
run-all activity2
done
title "=" "Live synchronization"
timeout=$((6 * 3600))
step=5
MAILBOXES=( ["inbox"]=100000 ["xlarge"]=100000 )
for ((i=0; i<10; i++)); do
MAILBOXES["large$i"]=10000
done
for ((i=0; i<20; i++)); do
MAILBOXES["medium$i"]=5000
done
for ((i=0; i<45; i++)); do
MAILBOXES["small$i"]=2000
done
for ((i=0; i<20; i++)); do
MAILBOXES["xsmall$i"]=500
done
n=0
for i in "${MAILBOXES[@]}"; do
n=$(( n + i ))
done
cat <<-EOF
${#MAILBOXES[@]} mailboxes, $n messages in total:
- 2 with 100000 messages;
- 10 with 10000 messages;
- 20 with 5000 messages;
- 45 with 2000 messages; and
- 20 with 500 messages.
The two local mail stores (respectively for [InterIMAP] and
[OfflineIMAP]) are initially in sync with the remote server, and we keep
long-running “autorefresh” synchronization processes alive for 6h, with
updates being regularly applied to the remote server: every $step seconds,
- a new message is delivered to a random mailbox with 5% probability
(once every $((20*step))s on average);
- a random message is EXPUNGEd with 5% probability (once every $((20*step))s on
average); and
- a random message is marked as seen with 10% probability (once every
$((10*step))s on average).
\`interimap\` is configured to sync every *30s*. \`offlineimap\` is
configured to quick sync very *30s*, with a regular sync every *1h*.
EOF
IDLE="y" headers
prepare
KEEP_BACKUP="n" populate "interimap" "offlineimap"
IDLE="y" jail_stat interimap --quiet --watch=30 2>/dev/null &
IDLE="y" jail_stat offlineimap -u quiet -k "Account_bench:autorefresh=0.5" \
-k "Account_bench:quick=120" 2>/dev/null &
u="remote"
timeout=$(( $(date +%s) + timeout ))
while [ $(date +%s) -lt $timeout ]; do
n="$(shuf -n1 -i1-100)"
if [ $n -le 5 ]; then
# deliver to a random mailbox on the remote
m="$(shuf -n1 -e -- "${!MAILBOXES[@]}")"
sample_message | deliver "$m"
fi
n="$(shuf -n1 -i1-100)"
if [ $n -le 5 ]; then
# expunge a random message on the remote
read guid uid < <(jail doveadm -c"/dev/shm/dovecot/config" search all | shuf -n1)
jail doveadm -c"/dev/shm/dovecot/config" expunge mailbox-guid "$guid" uid "$uid"
fi
n="$(shuf -n1 -i1-100)"
if [ $n -le 10 ]; then
# mark a random message as seen
read guid uid < <(jail doveadm -c"/dev/shm/dovecot/config" search all | shuf -n1)
jail doveadm -c"/dev/shm/dovecot/config" flags add "\\Seen" mailbox-guid "$guid" uid "$uid"
fi
sleep $step
done
jail pkill -TERM -u"nobody" -s0 interimap
sleep 0.2 # give a chance to print the stats
jail pkill -SIGABRT -u"nobody" -s0 offlineimap
wait
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