perf: add a performance benchmark tests

bench/benchmark.go

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ func (p *Benchmarker) Receive(ctx actors.ReceiveContext) {
 	case *benchmarkpb.BenchTell:
 		totalRecv.Add(1)
 	case *benchmarkpb.BenchRequest:
+		totalRecv.Add(1)
 		ctx.Response(&benchmarkpb.BenchResponse{})
 	default:
 		ctx.Unhandled()
@@ -129,8 +130,8 @@ func (b *Benchmark) Stop(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return b.system.Stop(ctx)
 }
 
-// Bench sends messages to a random actor
-func (b *Benchmark) Bench(ctx context.Context) error {
+// BenchTell sends messages to a random actor
+func (b *Benchmark) BenchTell(ctx context.Context) error {
 	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
 	wg.Add(b.workersCount)
 	deadline := time.Now().Add(b.duration)
@@ -156,3 +157,31 @@ func (b *Benchmark) Bench(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// BenchAsk sends messages to a random actor
+func (b *Benchmark) BenchAsk(ctx context.Context) error {
+	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	wg.Add(b.workersCount)
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(b.duration)
+	for i := 0; i < b.workersCount; i++ {
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
+				// randomly pick and actor
+				pid := b.pids[rand.IntN(len(b.pids))] //nolint:gosec
+				// send a message
+				_, _ = actors.Ask(ctx, pid, new(benchmarkpb.BenchRequest), receivingTimeout)
+				// increase sent counter
+				totalSent.Add(1)
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+
+	// wait for the messages to be delivered
+	wg.Wait()
+	time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
+	if totalSent.Load() != totalRecv.Load() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("send count and receive count does not match: %d != %d", totalSent.Load(), totalRecv.Load())
+	}
+	return nil
+}

bench/benchmark_test.go

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func runParallel(b *testing.B, benchFn func(pb *testing.PB)) {
 	b.ReportMetric(opsPerSec, "ops/s")
 }
 
-func TestBenchmark_Bench(t *testing.T) {
+func TestBenchmark_BenchTell(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.TODO()
 
 	actorsCount := 2000
@@ -173,7 +173,30 @@ func TestBenchmark_Bench(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, benchmark.Start(ctx))
 
 	fmt.Printf("starting benchmark for (%v): num workers:(%d)\n", duration, workersCount)
-	if err := benchmark.Bench(ctx); err != nil {
+	if err := benchmark.BenchTell(ctx); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("total actors spawned: (%d)\n", actorsCount)
+	fmt.Printf("total workers: (%d), total messages sent: (%d), total messages received: (%d) - duration: (%v)\n", workersCount, totalSent.Load(), totalRecv.Load(), duration)
+	fmt.Printf("messages per second: (%d)\n", totalRecv.Load()/int64(duration.Seconds()))
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		require.NoError(t, benchmark.Stop(ctx))
+	})
+}
+
+func TestBenchmark_BenchAsk(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.TODO()
+
+	actorsCount := 2000
+	workersCount := 50
+	duration := 30 * time.Second
+
+	benchmark := NewBenchmark(actorsCount, workersCount, duration)
+	require.NoError(t, benchmark.Start(ctx))
+
+	fmt.Printf("starting benchmark for (%v): num workers:(%d)\n", duration, workersCount)
+	if err := benchmark.BenchAsk(ctx); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}