6 files changed, 54 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/images/benchmarks/nginx/Dockerfile b/images/benchmarks/nginx/Dockerfile
index 2444d04b1..c8e3330d0 100644
--- a/images/benchmarks/nginx/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/benchmarks/nginx/Dockerfile
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ RUN mkdir -p /local && \
 RUN touch /local/index.html
 
 COPY ./nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+COPY ./nginx_gofer.conf /etc/nginx/nginx_gofer.conf
diff --git a/images/benchmarks/nginx/nginx_gofer.conf b/images/benchmarks/nginx/nginx_gofer.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbba2a575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/benchmarks/nginx/nginx_gofer.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+user  nginx;
+worker_processes  1;
+daemon off;
+
+error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
+pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;
+
+events {
+    worker_connections  1024;
+}
+
+
+http {
+    server {
+      location / {
+        root /local;
+      }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/benchmarks/base/size_test.go b/test/benchmarks/base/size_test.go
index 3c1364faf..7d3877459 100644
--- a/test/benchmarks/base/size_test.go
+++ b/test/benchmarks/base/size_test.go
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ func BenchmarkSizeNginx(b *testing.B) {
 			machine: machine,
 			port:    port,
 			runOpts: runOpts,
+			cmd:     []string{"nginx", "-c", "/etc/nginx/nginx_gofer.conf"},
 		})
 	defer cleanUpContainers(ctx, servers)
 
diff --git a/test/benchmarks/base/startup_test.go b/test/benchmarks/base/startup_test.go
index 4628a0a41..c36a544db 100644
--- a/test/benchmarks/base/startup_test.go
+++ b/test/benchmarks/base/startup_test.go
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ func BenchmarkStartupNginx(b *testing.B) {
 			machine: machine,
 			runOpts: runOpts,
 			port:    80,
+			cmd:     []string{"nginx", "-c", "/etc/nginx/nginx_gofer.conf"},
 		})
 }
 
@@ -123,8 +124,6 @@ func redisInstance(ctx context.Context, b *testing.B, machine harness.Machine) (
 // runServerWorkload runs a server workload defined by 'runOpts' and 'cmd'.
 // 'clientMachine' is used to connect to the server on 'serverMachine'.
 func runServerWorkload(ctx context.Context, b *testing.B, args serverArgs) {
-	b.Helper()
-
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 		if err := func() error {
diff --git a/test/benchmarks/network/nginx_test.go b/test/benchmarks/network/nginx_test.go
index 036fd666f..9ec70369b 100644
--- a/test/benchmarks/network/nginx_test.go
+++ b/test/benchmarks/network/nginx_test.go
@@ -36,50 +36,63 @@ var nginxDocs = map[string]string{
 func BenchmarkNginxConcurrency(b *testing.B) {
 	concurrency := []int{1, 25, 100, 1000}
 	for _, c := range concurrency {
-		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", c), func(b *testing.B) {
-			hey := &tools.Hey{
-				Requests:    c * b.N,
-				Concurrency: c,
-				Doc:         nginxDocs["10kb"], // see Dockerfile '//images/benchmarks/nginx' and httpd_test.
+		for _, tmpfs := range []bool{true, false} {
+			fs := "Gofer"
+			if tmpfs {
+				fs = "Tmpfs"
 			}
-			runNginx(b, hey, false /* reverse */)
-		})
+			name := fmt.Sprintf("%d_%s", c, fs)
+			b.Run(name, func(b *testing.B) {
+				hey := &tools.Hey{
+					Requests:    c * b.N,
+					Concurrency: c,
+					Doc:         nginxDocs["10kb"], // see Dockerfile '//images/benchmarks/nginx' and httpd_test.
+				}
+				runNginx(b, hey, false /* reverse */, tmpfs /* tmpfs */)
+			})
+		}
+
 	}
 }
 
 // BenchmarkNginxDocSize iterates over different sized payloads, testing how
 // well the runtime handles sending different payload sizes.
 func BenchmarkNginxDocSize(b *testing.B) {
-	benchmarkHttpdDocSize(b, false /* reverse */)
+	benchmarkNginxDocSize(b, false /* reverse */, true /* tmpfs */)
+	benchmarkNginxDocSize(b, false /* reverse */, false /* tmpfs */)
 }
 
 // BenchmarkReverseNginxDocSize iterates over different sized payloads, testing
 // how well the runtime handles receiving different payload sizes.
 func BenchmarkReverseNginxDocSize(b *testing.B) {
-	benchmarkHttpdDocSize(b, true /* reverse */)
+	benchmarkNginxDocSize(b, true /* reverse */, true /* tmpfs */)
 }
 
 // benchmarkNginxDocSize iterates through all doc sizes, running subbenchmarks
 // for each size.
-func benchmarkNginxDocSize(b *testing.B, reverse bool) {
-	b.Helper()
+func benchmarkNginxDocSize(b *testing.B, reverse, tmpfs bool) {
 	for name, filename := range nginxDocs {
 		concurrency := []int{1, 25, 50, 100, 1000}
 		for _, c := range concurrency {
-			b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s_%d", name, c), func(b *testing.B) {
+			fs := "Gofer"
+			if tmpfs {
+				fs = "Tmpfs"
+			}
+			benchName := fmt.Sprintf("%s_%d_%s", name, c, fs)
+			b.Run(benchName, func(b *testing.B) {
 				hey := &tools.Hey{
 					Requests:    c * b.N,
 					Concurrency: c,
 					Doc:         filename,
 				}
-				runNginx(b, hey, reverse)
+				runNginx(b, hey, reverse, tmpfs)
 			})
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 // runNginx configures the static serving methods to run httpd.
-func runNginx(b *testing.B, hey *tools.Hey, reverse bool) {
+func runNginx(b *testing.B, hey *tools.Hey, reverse, tmpfs bool) {
 	// nginx runs on port 80.
 	port := 80
 	nginxRunOpts := dockerutil.RunOpts{
@@ -87,7 +100,11 @@ func runNginx(b *testing.B, hey *tools.Hey, reverse bool) {
 		Ports: []int{port},
 	}
 
+	nginxCmd := []string{"nginx", "-c", "/etc/nginx/nginx_gofer.conf"}
+	if tmpfs {
+		nginxCmd = []string{"sh", "-c", "mkdir -p /tmp/html && cp -a /local/* /tmp/html && nginx -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf"}
+	}
+
 	// Command copies nginxDocs to tmpfs serving directory and runs nginx.
-	nginxCmd := []string{"sh", "-c", "mkdir -p /tmp/html && cp -a /local/* /tmp/html && nginx"}
 	runStaticServer(b, nginxRunOpts, nginxCmd, port, hey, reverse)
 }
diff --git a/test/benchmarks/network/static_server.go b/test/benchmarks/network/static_server.go
index 3ef62a71f..e747a1395 100644
--- a/test/benchmarks/network/static_server.go
+++ b/test/benchmarks/network/static_server.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 
 // runStaticServer runs static serving workloads (httpd, nginx).
 func runStaticServer(b *testing.B, serverOpts dockerutil.RunOpts, serverCmd []string, port int, hey *tools.Hey, reverse bool) {
-	b.Helper()
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	// Get two machines: a client and server.