Finally make the indexer happy wrt SQL::Translator::Parser::DBIx::Class

[dbsrgits/DBIx-Class.git] / t / 99rh_perl_perf_bug.t

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Test::More;
use lib qw(t/lib);

# This is a rather unusual test.
# It does not test any aspect of DBIx::Class, but instead tests the
# perl installation this is being run under to see if it is:-
#  1. Potentially affected by a RH perl build bug
#  2. If so we do a performance test for the effect of
#     that bug.
#
# You can skip these tests by setting the DBIC_NO_WARN_BAD_PERL env
# variable
#
# If these tests fail then please read the section titled
# Perl Performance Issues on Red Hat Systems in
# L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Troubleshooting>

plan skip_all =>
  'Skipping RH perl performance bug tests as DBIC_NO_WARN_BAD_PERL set'
  if ( $ENV{DBIC_NO_WARN_BAD_PERL} );

plan skip_all => 'Skipping as AUTOMATED_TESTING is set'
  if ( $ENV{AUTOMATED_TESTING} );

eval "use Benchmark ':all'";
plan skip_all => 'needs Benchmark for testing' if $@;

plan tests => 3;

ok( 1, 'Dummy - prevents next test timing out' );

# we do a benchmark test filling an array with blessed/overloaded references,
# against an array filled with array refs.
# On a sane system the ratio between these operation sets is 1 - 1.5,
# whereas a bugged system gives a ratio of around 8
# we therefore consider there to be a problem if the ratio is >= 2

my $results = timethese(
    -1,    # run for 1 CPU second each
    {
        no_bless => sub {
            my %h;
            for ( my $i = 0 ; $i < 10000 ; $i++ ) {
                $h{$i} = [];
            }
        },
        bless_overload => sub {
            use overload q(<) => sub { };
            my %h;
            for ( my $i = 0 ; $i < 10000 ; $i++ ) {
                $h{$i} = bless [] => 'main';
            }
        },
    },
);

my $ratio = $results->{no_bless}->iters / $results->{bless_overload}->iters;

ok( ( $ratio < 2 ), 'Overload/bless performance acceptable' )
  || diag(
    "This perl has a substantial slow down when handling large numbers\n",
    "of blessed/overloaded objects.  This can severely adversely affect\n",
    "the performance of DBIx::Class programs.  Please read the section\n",
    "in the Troubleshooting POD documentation entitled\n",
    "'Perl Performance Issues on Red Hat Systems'\n",
  );

# We will only check for the difference in bless handling (whether the
# bless applies to the reference or the referent) if we have seen a
# performance issue...

SKIP: {
    skip "Not checking for bless handling as performance is OK", 1
      if ( $ratio < 2 );

    {
        package    # don't want this in PAUSE
          TestRHBug;
        use overload bool => sub { 0 }
    }

    sub _has_bug_34925 {
        my %thing;
        my $r1 = \%thing;
        my $r2 = \%thing;
        bless $r1 => 'TestRHBug';
        return !!$r2;
    }

    sub _possibly_has_bad_overload_performance {
        return $] < 5.008009 && !_has_bug_34925();
    }

    # If this next one fails then you almost certainly have a RH derived
    # perl with the performance bug
    # if this test fails, look at the section titled
    # "Perl Performance Issues on Red Hat Systems" in
    # L<DBIx::Class::Manual::Troubleshooting>
    # Basically you may suffer severe performance issues when running
    # DBIx::Class (and many other) modules.  Look at getting a fixed
    # version of the perl interpreter for your system.
    #
    ok( !_possibly_has_bad_overload_performance(),
        'Checking whether bless applies to reference not object' )
      || diag(
        "This perl is probably derived from a buggy Red Hat perl build\n",
        "Please read the section in the Troubleshooting POD documentation\n",
        "entitled 'Perl Performance Issues on Red Hat Systems'\n",
      );
}