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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Bench backup block-job
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2020 Virtuozzo International GmbH.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+import argparse
+import json
+
+import simplebench
+from results_to_text import results_to_text
+from bench_block_job import bench_block_copy, drv_file, drv_nbd
+
+
+def bench_func(env, case):
+    """ Handle one "cell" of benchmarking table. """
+    cmd_options = env['cmd-options'] if 'cmd-options' in env else {}
+    return bench_block_copy(env['qemu-binary'], env['cmd'],
+                            cmd_options,
+                            case['source'], case['target'])
+
+
+def bench(args):
+    test_cases = []
+
+    sources = {}
+    targets = {}
+    for d in args.dir:
+        label, path = d.split(':')  # paths with colon not supported
+        sources[label] = drv_file(path + '/test-source')
+        targets[label] = drv_file(path + '/test-target')
+
+    if args.nbd:
+        nbd = args.nbd.split(':')
+        host = nbd[0]
+        port = '10809' if len(nbd) == 1 else nbd[1]
+        drv = drv_nbd(host, port)
+        sources['nbd'] = drv
+        targets['nbd'] = drv
+
+    for t in args.test:
+        src, dst = t.split(':')
+
+        test_cases.append({
+            'id': t,
+            'source': sources[src],
+            'target': targets[dst]
+        })
+
+    binaries = []  # list of (<label>, <path>, [<options>])
+    for i, q in enumerate(args.env):
+        name_path = q.split(':')
+        if len(name_path) == 1:
+            label = f'q{i}'
+            path_opts = name_path[0].split(',')
+        else:
+            assert len(name_path) == 2  # paths with colon not supported
+            label = name_path[0]
+            path_opts = name_path[1].split(',')
+
+        binaries.append((label, path_opts[0], path_opts[1:]))
+
+    test_envs = []
+
+    bin_paths = {}
+    for i, q in enumerate(args.env):
+        opts = q.split(',')
+        label_path = opts[0]
+        opts = opts[1:]
+
+        if ':' in label_path:
+            # path with colon inside is not supported
+            label, path = label_path.split(':')
+            bin_paths[label] = path
+        elif label_path in bin_paths:
+            label = label_path
+            path = bin_paths[label]
+        else:
+            path = label_path
+            label = f'q{i}'
+            bin_paths[label] = path
+
+        x_perf = {}
+        is_mirror = False
+        for opt in opts:
+            if opt == 'mirror':
+                is_mirror = True
+            elif opt == 'copy-range=on':
+                x_perf['use-copy-range'] = True
+            elif opt == 'copy-range=off':
+                x_perf['use-copy-range'] = False
+            elif opt.startswith('max-workers='):
+                x_perf['max-workers'] = int(opt.split('=')[1])
+
+        if is_mirror:
+            assert not x_perf
+            test_envs.append({
+                    'id': f'mirror({label})',
+                    'cmd': 'blockdev-mirror',
+                    'qemu-binary': path
+                })
+        else:
+            test_envs.append({
+                'id': f'backup({label})\n' + '\n'.join(opts),
+                'cmd': 'blockdev-backup',
+                'cmd-options': {'x-perf': x_perf} if x_perf else {},
+                'qemu-binary': path
+            })
+
+    result = simplebench.bench(bench_func, test_envs, test_cases, count=3)
+    with open('results.json', 'w') as f:
+        json.dump(result, f, indent=4)
+    print(results_to_text(result))
+
+
+class ExtendAction(argparse.Action):
+    def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
+        items = getattr(namespace, self.dest) or []
+        items.extend(values)
+        setattr(namespace, self.dest, items)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    p = argparse.ArgumentParser('Backup benchmark', epilog='''
+ENV format
+
+    (LABEL:PATH|LABEL|PATH)[,max-workers=N][,use-copy-range=(on|off)][,mirror]
+
+    LABEL                short name for the binary
+    PATH                 path to the binary
+    max-workers          set x-perf.max-workers of backup job
+    use-copy-range       set x-perf.use-copy-range of backup job
+    mirror               use mirror job instead of backup''',
+                                formatter_class=argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter)
+    p.add_argument('--env', nargs='+', help='''\
+Qemu binaries with labels and options, see below
+"ENV format" section''',
+                   action=ExtendAction)
+    p.add_argument('--dir', nargs='+', help='''\
+Directories, each containing "test-source" and/or
+"test-target" files, raw images to used in
+benchmarking. File path with label, like
+label:/path/to/directory''',
+                   action=ExtendAction)
+    p.add_argument('--nbd', help='''\
+host:port for remote NBD image, (or just host, for
+default port 10809). Use it in tests, label is "nbd"
+(but you cannot create test nbd:nbd).''')
+    p.add_argument('--test', nargs='+', help='''\
+Tests, in form source-dir-label:target-dir-label''',
+                   action=ExtendAction)
+
+    bench(p.parse_args())