[httperf] Connection: close problem

[Elliot Temple]

How do I tell httperf not to expect to be able to send multiple  
requests per connection, when using --wsesslog?

I'm getting connreset errors with a server that doesn't support keep- 
alive (mongrel). I can get the same results with one that does  
(webrick) by adding a header:

httperf --hog --session-cookie --server=10.0.1.196 --port=3000 -- 
wsesslog=1,0,test/httperf/simple --add-header='Connection: close'

Total: connections 3 requests 5 replies 3 test-duration 90.036 s

Errors: total 2 client-timo 0 socket-timo 0 connrefused 0 connreset 2

Although this is actually much worse -- 90 seconds! In the other case  
at least it was fast. I know there is a --num-calls option, but it  
doesn't seem to work with --wsesslog, and I don't think it's supposed  
to. Instead --wsess documentation says (and i assume this applies to  
wsesslog too):

> Whether a persistent connection is used depends on whether the  
> server responds to the first call with a reply that includes a  
> ‘‘Connection: close’’ header line. If such a line is present,  
> separate connections are used.

I checked with curl, and both servers are returning Connection: close  
in the header (webrick only when you send connection: close). So  
either I am misunderstanding something, or it's not working. Please  
advise.



I'm running OS X 10.5.2 and my version is httperf-0.8 compiled Feb 18  
2008 without DEBUG without TIME_SYSCALLS. I realize .9 is out and I  
looked through the changelog and didn't see anything relevant, but I  
can upgrade if necessary.

Thanks,

-- Elliot Temple
http://curi.us/