More IO loop work.
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+package org.onlab.nio;
+
+import org.onlab.util.Counter;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.Socket;
+import java.net.SocketAddress;
+import java.nio.channels.ByteChannel;
+import java.nio.channels.ServerSocketChannel;
+import java.nio.channels.SocketChannel;
+import java.text.DecimalFormat;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+
+import static org.onlab.junit.TestTools.delay;
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.namedThreads;
+
+/**
+ * Auxiliary test fixture to measure speed of NIO-based channels.
+ */
+public class IOLoopServer {
+
+    private static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(IOLoopServer.class);
+
+    private static final int PRUNE_FREQUENCY = 1000;
+
+    static final int PORT = 9876;
+    static final long TIMEOUT = 1000;
+
+    static final boolean SO_NO_DELAY = false;
+    static final int SO_SEND_BUFFER_SIZE = 1024 * 1024;
+    static final int SO_RCV_BUFFER_SIZE = 1024 * 1024;
+
+    static final DecimalFormat FORMAT = new DecimalFormat("#,##0");
+
+    private final AcceptorLoop aloop;
+    private final ExecutorService apool = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor(namedThreads("accept"));
+
+    private final List<CustomIOLoop> iloops = new ArrayList<>();
+    private final ExecutorService ipool;
+
+    private final int workerCount;
+    private final int msgLength;
+    private int lastWorker = -1;
+
+    Counter messages;
+    Counter bytes;
+
+    /**
+     * Main entry point to launch the server.
+     *
+     * @param args command-line arguments
+     * @throws IOException if unable to crate IO loops
+     */
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+        InetAddress ip = InetAddress.getByName(args.length > 0 ? args[0] : "127.0.0.1");
+        int wc = args.length > 1 ? Integer.parseInt(args[1]) : 6;
+        int ml = args.length > 2 ? Integer.parseInt(args[2]) : 128;
+
+        log.info("Setting up the server with {} workers, {} byte messages on {}... ",
+                 wc, ml, ip);
+        IOLoopServer ss = new IOLoopServer(ip, wc, ml, PORT);
+        ss.start();
+
+        // Start pruning clients.
+        while (true) {
+            delay(PRUNE_FREQUENCY);
+            ss.prune();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a speed server.
+     *
+     * @param ip   optional ip of the adapter where to bind
+     * @param wc   worker count
+     * @param ml   message length in bytes
+     * @param port listen port
+     * @throws IOException if unable to create IO loops
+     */
+    public IOLoopServer(InetAddress ip, int wc, int ml, int port) throws IOException {
+        this.workerCount = wc;
+        this.msgLength = ml;
+        this.ipool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(workerCount, namedThreads("io-loop"));
+
+        this.aloop = new CustomAcceptLoop(new InetSocketAddress(ip, port));
+        for (int i = 0; i < workerCount; i++) {
+            iloops.add(new CustomIOLoop());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Start the server IO loops and kicks off throughput tracking.
+     */
+    public void start() {
+        messages = new Counter();
+        bytes = new Counter();
+
+        for (CustomIOLoop l : iloops) {
+            ipool.execute(l);
+        }
+        apool.execute(aloop);
+
+//        for (CustomIOLoop l : iloops)
+//            l.waitForStart(TIMEOUT);
+//        aloop.waitForStart(TIMEOUT);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Stop the server IO loops and freezes throughput tracking.
+     */
+    public void stop() {
+        aloop.shutdown();
+        for (CustomIOLoop l : iloops) {
+            l.shutdown();
+        }
+
+//        for (CustomIOLoop l : iloops)
+//            l.waitForFinish(TIMEOUT);
+//        aloop.waitForFinish(TIMEOUT);
+//
+        messages.freeze();
+        bytes.freeze();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reports on the accumulated throughput trackers.
+     */
+    public void report() {
+        DecimalFormat f = new DecimalFormat("#,##0");
+        log.info("{} messages; {} bytes; {} mps; {} Mbs",
+                 f.format(messages.total()),
+                 f.format(bytes.total()),
+                 f.format(messages.throughput()),
+                 f.format(bytes.throughput() / (1024 * 128)));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Prunes the IO loops of stale message buffers.
+     */
+    public void prune() {
+        for (CustomIOLoop l : iloops) {
+            l.pruneStaleStreams();
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Get the next worker to which a client should be assigned
+    private synchronized CustomIOLoop nextWorker() {
+        lastWorker = (lastWorker + 1) % workerCount;
+        return iloops.get(lastWorker);
+    }
+
+    // Loop for transfer of fixed-length messages
+    private class CustomIOLoop extends IOLoop<TestMessage, TestMessageStream> {
+
+        public CustomIOLoop() throws IOException {
+            super(500);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected TestMessageStream createStream(ByteChannel channel) {
+            return new TestMessageStream(msgLength, channel, this);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void removeStream(MessageStream<TestMessage> stream) {
+            super.removeStream(stream);
+
+            messages.add(stream.messagesIn().total());
+            bytes.add(stream.bytesIn().total());
+
+            log.info("Disconnected client; inbound {} mps, {} Mbps; outbound {} mps, {} Mbps",
+                     FORMAT.format(stream.messagesIn().throughput()),
+                     FORMAT.format(stream.bytesIn().throughput() / (1024 * 128)),
+                     FORMAT.format(stream.messagesOut().throughput()),
+                     FORMAT.format(stream.bytesOut().throughput() / (1024 * 128)));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void processMessages(List<TestMessage> messages,
+                                       MessageStream<TestMessage> stream) {
+            try {
+                stream.write(messages);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                log.error("Unable to echo messages", e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Loop for accepting client connections
+    private class CustomAcceptLoop extends AcceptorLoop {
+
+        public CustomAcceptLoop(SocketAddress address) throws IOException {
+            super(500, address);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void acceptConnection(ServerSocketChannel channel) throws IOException {
+            SocketChannel sc = channel.accept();
+            sc.configureBlocking(false);
+
+            Socket so = sc.socket();
+            so.setTcpNoDelay(SO_NO_DELAY);
+            so.setReceiveBufferSize(SO_RCV_BUFFER_SIZE);
+            so.setSendBufferSize(SO_SEND_BUFFER_SIZE);
+
+            nextWorker().acceptStream(sc);
+            log.info("Connected client");
+        }
+    }
+
+}