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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Bench backup block-job
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2020 Virtuozzo International GmbH.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+import argparse
+import simplebench
+from bench_block_job import bench_block_copy, drv_file, drv_nbd
+
+
+def bench_func(env, case):
+    """ Handle one "cell" of benchmarking table. """
+    cmd_options = env['cmd-options'] if 'cmd-options' in env else {}
+    return bench_block_copy(env['qemu-binary'], env['cmd'],
+                            cmd_options,
+                            case['source'], case['target'])
+
+
+def bench(args):
+    test_cases = []
+
+    sources = {}
+    targets = {}
+    for d in args.dir:
+        label, path = d.split(':')
+        sources[label] = drv_file(path + '/test-source')
+        targets[label] = drv_file(path + '/test-target')
+
+    if args.nbd:
+        nbd = args.nbd.split(':')
+        host = nbd[0]
+        port = '10809' if len(nbd) == 1 else nbd[1]
+        drv = drv_nbd(host, port)
+        sources['nbd'] = drv
+        targets['nbd'] = drv
+
+    for t in args.test:
+        src, dst = t.split(':')
+
+        test_cases.append({
+            'id': t,
+            'source': sources[src],
+            'target': targets[dst]
+        })
+
+    binaries = []
+    upstream = None
+    for i, q in enumerate(args.qemu):
+        name_path = q.split(':')
+        if len(name_path) == 1:
+            binaries.append((f'q{i}', name_path[0]))
+        else:
+            binaries.append((name_path[0], name_path[1]))
+            if name_path[0] == 'upstream' or name_path[0] == 'master':
+                upstream = binaries[-1]
+
+    test_envs = []
+    if upstream:
+        label, path = upstream
+        test_envs.append({
+                'id': f'mirror({label})',
+                'cmd': 'blockdev-mirror',
+                'qemu-binary': path
+            })
+
+    for label, path in binaries:
+        test_envs.append({
+            'id': f'backup({label})',
+            'cmd': 'blockdev-backup',
+            'qemu-binary': path
+        })
+        test_envs.append({
+            'id': f'backup({label}, no-copy-range)',
+            'cmd': 'blockdev-backup',
+            'cmd-options': {'x-use-copy-range': False},
+            'qemu-binary': path
+        })
+        if label == 'new':
+            test_envs.append({
+                'id': f'backup({label}, copy-range-1w)',
+                'cmd': 'blockdev-backup',
+                'cmd-options': {'x-use-copy-range': True,
+                                'x-max-workers': 1},
+                'qemu-binary': path
+            })
+
+    result = simplebench.bench(bench_func, test_envs, test_cases, count=3)
+    print(simplebench.ascii(result))
+
+
+class ExtendAction(argparse.Action):
+    def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
+        items = getattr(namespace, self.dest) or []
+        items.extend(values)
+        setattr(namespace, self.dest, items)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    p = argparse.ArgumentParser('Backup benchmark')
+    p.add_argument('--qemu', nargs='+', help='Qemu binaries to compare, just '
+                   'file path with label, like label:/path/to/qemu. Qemu '
+                   'labeled "new" should support x-max-workers argument for '
+                   'backup job, labeled "upstream" will be used also to run '
+                   'mirror benchmark for comparison.',
+                   action=ExtendAction)
+    p.add_argument('--dir', nargs='+', help='Directories, each containing '
+                   '"test-source" and/or "test-target" files, raw images to '
+                   'used in benchmarking. File path with label, like '
+                   'label:/path/to/directory', action=ExtendAction)
+    p.add_argument('--nbd', help='host:port for remote NBD '
+                   'image, (or just host, for default port 10809). Use it in '
+                   'tests, label is "nbd" (but you cannot create test '
+                   'nbd:nbd).')
+    p.add_argument('--test', nargs='+', help='Tests, in form '
+                   'source-dir-label:target-dir-label', action=ExtendAction)
+
+    bench(p.parse_args())
