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authorPatrick Steuer <patrick.steuer@de.ibm.com>2017-12-02 10:05:35 +0100
committerAndy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org>2017-12-04 14:54:40 +0100
commit64daf14d9cc54a61f0392fdd6e1b71e475fb7a96 (patch)
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apps/speed.c: add -seconds and -bytes options
Add speed tool options to run cipher, digest and rand benchmarks for a single buffer size specified by -bytes over a time interval specified by -seconds. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steuer <patrick.steuer@de.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/4834)
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@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ This can be used with a subsequent B<-rand> flag.
Generate a B<num>-prime RSA key and use it to run the benchmarks. This option
is only effective if RSA algorithm is specified to test.
+=item B<-seconds num>
+
+Run bechmarks for B<num> seconds.
+
+=item B<-bytes num>
+
+Run bechmarks on B<num>-byte buffers. Affects ciphers, digests and the CSPRNG.
+
=item B<[zero or more test algorithms]>
If any options are given, B<speed> tests those algorithms, otherwise all of