• Contact: tech-userlevel
• Mentors: Kamil Rytarowski
• Duration estimate: 3 months

IMPORTANT: This project was completed by Apurva Nandan. You may still contact the people above for details, but please do not submit an application for this project.

Find and execute benchmarks of various kernel features and userland libraries on NetBSD (installed natively). Check the scaling issue over multiple CPUs.

Prepare new benchmarks for untested subsystems like tmpfs performance.

Compare the results with FreeBSD and Linux.

Milestones:

• Prepare the environment (native NetBSD installation) and install benchmarking tools.
• Collect the results of benchmarks (modes: 1-CPU, 2-CPU, etc).
• Compare with other OSes (candidates: Linux and FreeBSD).
• Write new tests to detect bottle-necks.
• Report performance and/or scaling issues to developers.

Extended goals: * Automate performance regression tests