[httperf] httperf: connection failed with unexpected error 99

[Martin Arlitt]

if I understand the source code correctly,  --hog will use ports from
IPPORT_RESERVED to 65535;

(the following lines are from core.c)
#define MIN_IP_PORT     IPPORT_RESERVED
#define MAX_IP_PORT     65535
#define BITSPERLONG     (8*sizeof (u_long))
static u_long port_free_map[((MAX_IP_PORT - MIN_IP_PORT + BITSPERLONG)
                             / BITSPERLONG)];

I expect IPPORT_RESERVED should be standard across systems.

Martin

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Rick Jones wrote:

> Mark Nottingham wrote:
> > So, what exactly does --hog do, then? Is it system-dependent?
> >
> >>        --hog  This option requests to use up as many TCP ports as
> >>               necessary.   Without  this option, httperf is typi-
> >>               cally limited to  using  ephemeral  ports  (in  the
> >>               range  from 1024 to 5000).  This limited port range
> >>               can quickly become a bottleneck so it is  generally
> >>               a  good  idea  to  specify  this option for serious
> >>               testing.  Also, this option must be specified  when
> >>               measuring  NT  servers since it avoids a TCP incom-
> >>               patibility between NT and UNIX machines.
>
> Good question.  At the risk of putting words into Martin's mouth, and
> without actually looking at the source code (hint :) I would expect it
> would start to make explicit bind() calls attempting to bind (near to)
> the entire port range.  I'm guessing it would go from 1024 to 65535, but
> it might be a different range.  The source will tell all.
>
> FWIW the description is a bit dated.  It has been a long time since
> systems had their ephemeral (aka anonymous) port range going from 1024
> to 5000.  Typical today is 49152 to 65535.
>
> rick jones
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