[netperf-talk] TCP_RR not returning results

Rick Jones rick.jones2 at hp.com
Wed Aug 13 11:00:30 PDT 2008


markedone wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Sometimes it has been seen that on running TCP_RR for a long time, say 
> 12 hours, it does not return the results.
> I did the following:
> 
> -----On Server-----------
> netserver -L 192.168.201.40
> 
> ------On Client-------------
> netperf -H 192.168.201.40 -L 192.168.201.10 -t TCP_RR -l 43200
> 
> Even after running over 12 hours, the test does not end and does not 
> return the output.

I'm not sure I've ever tried to run netperf for six hours before.  Any 
particular reason why you want a run that long?

> Is this a bug of netperf?

Hard to say with just what has been provided.  Did netserver produce any 
output?  Did netperf produce _any_ output?  Does a system call trace of 
either netperf or the forked netserver show either making system calls 
like send and recv?

rick jones


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