net/http: improve speed of default mux

The DefaultServeMux included in net/http uses a map to store routes,
but iterates all keys for every request to allow longer paths.

This change checks the map for an exact match first.

To check performance was better, BenchmarkServeMux has been added -
this adds >100 routes and checks the matches.

Exact matches are faster and more predictable on this benchmark
and on most existing package benchmarks.

https://perf.golang.org/search?q=upload:20170312.1

ServeMux-4  2.02ms ± 2%	0.04ms ± 2%  −98.08%  (p=0.004 n=5+6)

https://perf.golang.org/search?q=upload:20170312.2

ReadRequestChrome-4	184MB/s  ± 8%	186MB/s  ± 1%	~
ReadRequestCurl-4	45.0MB/s ± 1%	46.2MB/s ± 1%	+2.71%
Read...Apachebench-4	45.8MB/s ±13%	48.7MB/s ± 1%	~
ReadRequestSiege-4	63.6MB/s ± 5%	69.2MB/s ± 1%	+8.75%
ReadRequestWrk-4	30.9MB/s ± 9%	34.4MB/s ± 2%	+11.25%

Change-Id: I8afafcb956f07197419d545a9f1c03ecaa307384
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/38057
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
Run-TryBot: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>

src/net/http/serve_test.go

@@ -460,6 +460,47 @@ func TestMuxRedirectLeadingSlashes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func BenchmarkServeMux(b *testing.B) {
+
+	type test struct {
+		path string
+		code int
+		req  *Request
+	}
+
+	// Build example handlers and requests
+	var tests []test
+	endpoints := []string{"search", "dir", "file", "change", "count", "s"}
+	for _, e := range endpoints {
+		for i := 200; i < 230; i++ {
+			p := fmt.Sprintf("/%s/%d/", e, i)
+			tests = append(tests, test{
+				path: p,
+				code: i,
+				req:  &Request{Method: "GET", Host: "localhost", URL: &url.URL{Path: p}},
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	mux := NewServeMux()
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		mux.Handle(tt.path, serve(tt.code))
+	}
+
+	rw := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		for _, tt := range tests {
+			*rw = httptest.ResponseRecorder{}
+			h, pattern := mux.Handler(tt.req)
+			h.ServeHTTP(rw, tt.req)
+			if pattern != tt.path || rw.Code != tt.code {
+				b.Fatalf("got %d, %q, want %d, %q", rw.Code, pattern, tt.code, tt.path)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestServerTimeouts(t *testing.T) {
 	setParallel(t)
 	defer afterTest(t)

src/net/http/server.go

@@ -2167,9 +2167,16 @@ func cleanPath(p string) string {
 	return np
 }
 
-// Find a handler on a handler map given a path string
-// Most-specific (longest) pattern wins
+// Find a handler on a handler map given a path string.
+// Most-specific (longest) pattern wins.
 func (mux *ServeMux) match(path string) (h Handler, pattern string) {
+	// Check for exact match first.
+	v, ok := mux.m[path]
+	if ok {
+		return v.h, v.pattern
+	}
+
+	// Check for longest valid match.
 	var n = 0
 	for k, v := range mux.m {
 		if !pathMatch(k, path) {