Proxy performance (#946)

* proxy: add benchmark

Signed-off-by: Tw <tw19881113@gmail.com>

* replacer: prepare lazily

update issue#939

benchmark            old ns/op     new ns/op     delta
BenchmarkProxy-4     83865         72544         -13.50%

Signed-off-by: Tw <tw19881113@gmail.com>

* proxy: use buffer pool to avoid temporary allocation

Signed-off-by: Tw <tw19881113@gmail.com>

caddyhttp/httpserver/replacer.go

@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ type Replacer interface {
 // they will be used to overwrite other replacements
 // if there is a name conflict.
 type replacer struct {
-	replacements       map[string]string
+	replacements       map[string]func() string
-	customReplacements map[string]string
+	customReplacements map[string]func() string
 	emptyValue         string
 	responseRecorder   *ResponseRecorder
 }
@@ -53,36 +53,36 @@ type replacer struct {
 func NewReplacer(r *http.Request, rr *ResponseRecorder, emptyValue string) Replacer {
 	rep := &replacer{
 		responseRecorder:   rr,
-		customReplacements: make(map[string]string),
+		customReplacements: make(map[string]func() string),
-		replacements: map[string]string{
+		replacements: map[string]func() string{
-			"{method}": r.Method,
+			"{method}": func() string { return r.Method },
 			"{scheme}": func() string {
 				if r.TLS != nil {
 					return "https"
 				}
 				return "http"
-			}(),
+			},
 			"{hostname}": func() string {
 				name, err := os.Hostname()
 				if err != nil {
 					return ""
 				}
 				return name
-			}(),
+			},
-			"{host}": r.Host,
+			"{host}": func() string { return r.Host },
 			"{hostonly}": func() string {
 				host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(r.Host)
 				if err != nil {
 					return r.Host
 				}
 				return host
-			}(),
+			},
-			"{path}":          r.URL.Path,
+			"{path}":          func() string { return r.URL.Path },
-			"{path_escaped}":  url.QueryEscape(r.URL.Path),
+			"{path_escaped}":  func() string { return url.QueryEscape(r.URL.Path) },
-			"{query}":         r.URL.RawQuery,
+			"{query}":         func() string { return r.URL.RawQuery },
-			"{query_escaped}": url.QueryEscape(r.URL.RawQuery),
+			"{query_escaped}": func() string { return url.QueryEscape(r.URL.RawQuery) },
-			"{fragment}":      r.URL.Fragment,
+			"{fragment}":      func() string { return r.URL.Fragment },
-			"{proto}":         r.Proto,
+			"{proto}":         func() string { return r.Proto },
 			"{remote}": func() string {
 				if fwdFor := r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-For"); fwdFor != "" {
 					return fwdFor
@@ -92,25 +92,25 @@ func NewReplacer(r *http.Request, rr *ResponseRecorder, emptyValue string) Repla
 					return r.RemoteAddr
 				}
 				return host
-			}(),
+			},
 			"{port}": func() string {
 				_, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(r.RemoteAddr)
 				if err != nil {
 					return ""
 				}
 				return port
-			}(),
+			},
-			"{uri}":         r.URL.RequestURI(),
+			"{uri}":         func() string { return r.URL.RequestURI() },
-			"{uri_escaped}": url.QueryEscape(r.URL.RequestURI()),
+			"{uri_escaped}": func() string { return url.QueryEscape(r.URL.RequestURI()) },
-			"{when}":        time.Now().Format(timeFormat),
+			"{when}":        func() string { return time.Now().Format(timeFormat) },
 			"{file}": func() string {
 				_, file := path.Split(r.URL.Path)
 				return file
-			}(),
+			},
 			"{dir}": func() string {
 				dir, _ := path.Split(r.URL.Path)
 				return dir
-			}(),
+			},
 			"{request}": func() string {
 				dump, err := httputil.DumpRequest(r, false)
 				if err != nil {
@@ -118,14 +118,15 @@ func NewReplacer(r *http.Request, rr *ResponseRecorder, emptyValue string) Repla
 				}
 
 				return requestReplacer.Replace(string(dump))
-			}(),
+			},
 		},
 		emptyValue: emptyValue,
 	}
 
 	// Header placeholders (case-insensitive)
 	for header, values := range r.Header {
-		rep.replacements[headerReplacer+strings.ToLower(header)+"}"] = strings.Join(values, ",")
+		values := values
+		rep.replacements[headerReplacer+strings.ToLower(header)+"}"] = func() string { return strings.Join(values, ",") }
 	}
 
 	return rep
@@ -141,9 +142,9 @@ func (r *replacer) Replace(s string) string {
 
 	// Make response placeholders now
 	if r.responseRecorder != nil {
-		r.replacements["{status}"] = strconv.Itoa(r.responseRecorder.status)
+		r.replacements["{status}"] = func() string { return strconv.Itoa(r.responseRecorder.status) }
-		r.replacements["{size}"] = strconv.Itoa(r.responseRecorder.size)
+		r.replacements["{size}"] = func() string { return strconv.Itoa(r.responseRecorder.size) }
-		r.replacements["{latency}"] = time.Since(r.responseRecorder.start).String()
+		r.replacements["{latency}"] = func() string { return time.Since(r.responseRecorder.start).String() }
 	}
 
 	// Include custom placeholders, overwriting existing ones if necessary
@@ -158,7 +159,10 @@ func (r *replacer) Replace(s string) string {
 		idxEnd := strings.Index(s[endOffset:], "}")
 		if idxEnd > -1 {
 			placeholder := strings.ToLower(s[idxStart : endOffset+idxEnd+1])
-			replacement := r.replacements[placeholder]
+			replacement := ""
+			if getReplacement, ok := r.replacements[placeholder]; ok {
+				replacement = getReplacement()
+			}
 			if replacement == "" {
 				replacement = r.emptyValue
 			}
@@ -169,7 +173,11 @@ func (r *replacer) Replace(s string) string {
 	}
 
 	// Regular replacements - these are easier because they're case-sensitive
-	for placeholder, replacement := range r.replacements {
+	for placeholder, getReplacement := range r.replacements {
+		if !strings.Contains(s, placeholder) {
+			continue
+		}
+		replacement := getReplacement()
 		if replacement == "" {
 			replacement = r.emptyValue
 		}
@@ -181,7 +189,7 @@ func (r *replacer) Replace(s string) string {
 
 // Set sets key to value in the r.customReplacements map.
 func (r *replacer) Set(key, value string) {
-	r.customReplacements["{"+key+"}"] = value
+	r.customReplacements["{"+key+"}"] = func() string { return value }
 }
 
 const (

caddyhttp/httpserver/replacer_test.go

@@ -21,19 +21,26 @@ func TestNewReplacer(t *testing.T) {
 
 	switch v := rep.(type) {
 	case *replacer:
-		if v.replacements["{host}"] != "localhost" {
+		if v.replacements["{host}"]() != "localhost" {
 			t.Error("Expected host to be localhost")
 		}
-		if v.replacements["{method}"] != "POST" {
+		if v.replacements["{method}"]() != "POST" {
 			t.Error("Expected request method  to be POST")
 		}
 
 		// Response placeholders should only be set after call to Replace()
-		if got, want := v.replacements["{status}"], ""; got != want {
+		got, want := "", ""
+		if getReplacement, ok := v.replacements["{status}"]; ok {
+			got = getReplacement()
+		}
+		if want := ""; got != want {
 			t.Errorf("Expected status to NOT be set before Replace() is called; was: %s", got)
 		}
 		rep.Replace("{foobar}")
-		if got, want := v.replacements["{status}"], "200"; got != want {
+		if getReplacement, ok := v.replacements["{status}"]; ok {
+			got = getReplacement()
+		}
+		if want = "200"; got != want {
 			t.Errorf("Expected status to be %s, was: %s", want, got)
 		}
 	default:
@@ -84,10 +91,14 @@ func TestReplace(t *testing.T) {
 
 	complexCases := []struct {
 		template     string
-		replacements map[string]string
+		replacements map[string]func() string
 		expect       string
 	}{
-		{"/a{1}/{2}", map[string]string{"{1}": "12", "{2}": ""}, "/a12/"},
+		{"/a{1}/{2}",
+			map[string]func() string{
+				"{1}": func() string { return "12" },
+				"{2}": func() string { return "" }},
+			"/a12/"},
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range complexCases {

caddyhttp/proxy/proxy_test.go

@@ -761,3 +761,37 @@ func (c *fakeConn) SetWriteDeadline(t time.Time) error { return nil }
 func (c *fakeConn) Close() error                       { return nil }
 func (c *fakeConn) Read(b []byte) (int, error)         { return c.readBuf.Read(b) }
 func (c *fakeConn) Write(b []byte) (int, error)        { return c.writeBuf.Write(b) }
+
+func BenchmarkProxy(b *testing.B) {
+	backend := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Write([]byte("Hello, client"))
+	}))
+	defer backend.Close()
+
+	upstream := newFakeUpstream(backend.URL, false)
+	upstream.host.UpstreamHeaders = http.Header{
+		"Hostname":          {"{hostname}"},
+		"Host":              {"{host}"},
+		"X-Real-IP":         {"{remote}"},
+		"X-Forwarded-Proto": {"{scheme}"},
+	}
+	// set up proxy
+	p := &Proxy{
+		Next:      httpserver.EmptyNext, // prevents panic in some cases when test fails
+		Upstreams: []Upstream{upstream},
+	}
+
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		b.StopTimer()
+		// create request and response recorder
+		r, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatalf("Failed to create request: %v", err)
+		}
+		b.StartTimer()
+		p.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	}
+}

caddyhttp/proxy/reverseproxy.go

@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+var bufferPool = sync.Pool{New: createBuffer}
+
+func createBuffer() interface{} {
+	return make([]byte, 32*1024)
+}
+
 // onExitFlushLoop is a callback set by tests to detect the state of the
 // flushLoop() goroutine.
 var onExitFlushLoop func()
@@ -214,6 +220,9 @@ func (p *ReverseProxy) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, outreq *http.Request, r
 }
 
 func (p *ReverseProxy) copyResponse(dst io.Writer, src io.Reader) {
+	buf := bufferPool.Get()
+	defer bufferPool.Put(buf)
+
 	if p.FlushInterval != 0 {
 		if wf, ok := dst.(writeFlusher); ok {
 			mlw := &maxLatencyWriter{
@@ -226,7 +235,7 @@ func (p *ReverseProxy) copyResponse(dst io.Writer, src io.Reader) {
 			dst = mlw
 		}
 	}
-	io.Copy(dst, src)
+	io.CopyBuffer(dst, src, buf.([]byte))
 }
 
 type writeFlusher interface {