MSP-11671
Pass `--defer-module-loads` to `msfconsole` to change average (n=10)
runtime for `/usr/bin/time rake CUCUMBER_OPTS="-r features"
FEATURE=features/msfconsole/database_yml.feature:88 cucumber:boot` from
51.79 seconds to 39.25 seconds (-24.40%). (-71.74% from
e9a69a844cd2f2f7ad24386dd3adf7ccbd18d2b3.) Raw data:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vCRi_38Go3Wfq670eDCXMTSSXL1blSbk6NQsgpOqfYw/edit?usp=sharing.
MSP-11671
Add `--defer-module-loads` when running `msfconsole`. Changes average
(n=10) runtime from 52.96 seconds to 38.98 seconds (-26.39%) (-71.92%
compared to 69b170a7df).
MSP-11671
Pass `--execute-command exit` to `msfconsole` instead of running it
interactively and typing `exit`. Average (n=10) runtime for `rake
CUCUMBER_OPTS="-r features"
FEATURE=features/msfconsole/database_yml.feature:54 cucumber:boot`
change from 138.84 seconds to 52.96 seconds (-61.85%).
MSP-11671
Use `--execute-command` instead of interactly running msfconsole and
typing `exit`. Changes the average runtime for `rake CUCUMBER_OPTS="-r
features" FEATURE=features/msfconsole/database_yml.feature:13
cucumber:boot` from 141.93 seconds (n=10) to 51.78 seconds (n=10) for a
-63.52% change. Raw data:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vCRi_38Go3Wfq670eDCXMTSSXL1blSbk6NQsgpOqfYw/edit?usp=sharing.
MSP-11671
Add command line option --defer-module-loads to msfconsole. It will
stop `Msf::Ui::Console::Driver` from calling
`framework.modules.init_module_paths` AND
`framework.modules.refresh_cache_from_database`. This flag is only
meant to speed up msfconsole boot when modules do not need to accessed,
such as during cucumber testing of command help or command line options.
MSP-11672
Pass `'DeferModuleLoads' => false` to `Msf::Simple::Framework.create` so
that `framework.modules.init_module_paths` is only called once (directly
in `Msf::Ui::Console::Driver#initialize`) instead of twice (in
`Msf::Simple::Framework.create` and `Msf::Ui::Console::Driver#initialize).
MSP-11672
Calling init_module_paths takes 6 seconds on my machine even when there are no
files to that are changed just because it takes that long to walk the
directories and gather the mtime for each file. Therefore, calling it
more than once should be avoided. Also, there is no reason to call it
twice as to add paths later, `modules.add_module_paths` should be used.
Luke Imhoff