Is OpenBSD 10x faster than Linux?

9 days ago

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Benchmark shows OpenBSD performing significantly faster than Linux in socket creation.
The test involves creating 256 sockets across two threads.
Linux results show elapsed times around 0.017-0.026 seconds.
OpenBSD results show much faster elapsed times around 0.002-0.006 seconds after adjusting file descriptor limits.
The difference in performance is notable despite non-identical test machines.
The benchmark is unusual as OpenBSD is often slower in such tests.

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