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+/*
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+
+package org.apache.cassandra.test.microbench;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.BenchmarkMode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Fork;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Measurement;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.OutputTimeUnit;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Param;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Setup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Threads;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Warmup;
+
+import org.apache.cassandra.UpdateBuilder;
+import org.apache.cassandra.cql3.CQLTester;
+import org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor;
+import org.apache.cassandra.cql3.statements.schema.CreateTableStatement;
+import org.apache.cassandra.db.Mutation;
+import org.apache.cassandra.dht.Murmur3Partitioner;
+import org.apache.cassandra.io.util.DataOutputBufferFixed;
+import org.apache.cassandra.net.MessagingService;
+import org.apache.cassandra.schema.KeyspaceMetadata;
+import org.apache.cassandra.schema.KeyspaceParams;
+import org.apache.cassandra.schema.Schema;
+import org.apache.cassandra.schema.SchemaTestUtil;
+import org.apache.cassandra.schema.TableMetadata;
+
+/** Measures creation of a cached Mutation serialization, including its backing array allocation. */
+@BenchmarkMode(Mode.Throughput)
+@OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+@Warmup(iterations = 5, time = 1, timeUnit = TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+@Measurement(iterations = 5, time = 2, timeUnit = TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+@Fork(value = 1, jvmArgsAppend = { "-Djmh.executor=CUSTOM", "-Djmh.executor.class=org.apache.cassandra.test.microbench.FastThreadExecutor" })
+@Threads(1)
+@State(Scope.Benchmark)
+public class MutationSerializationCachingBench
+{
+    static
+    {
+        CQLTester.setUpClass();
+        if (DatabaseDescriptor.getPartitioner() == null)
+            DatabaseDescriptor.setPartitionerUnsafe(Murmur3Partitioner.instance);
+    }
+
+    @Param({ "128", "16384", "262144", "786432" })
+    public int valueSize;
+
+    private Mutation mutation;
+    private DataOutputBufferFixed output;
+
+    @Setup
+    public void setup()
+    {
+        String keyspace = "mutation_cache_bench";
+        SchemaTestUtil.addOrUpdateKeyspace(KeyspaceMetadata.create(keyspace, KeyspaceParams.simple(1)), false);
+        KeyspaceMetadata keyspaceMetadata = Schema.instance.getKeyspaceMetadata(keyspace);
+        TableMetadata metadata = CreateTableStatement.parse("CREATE TABLE mutation_cache (pk bigint PRIMARY KEY, value blob)", keyspace)
+                                                     .build();
+        SchemaTestUtil.addOrUpdateKeyspace(keyspaceMetadata.withSwapped(keyspaceMetadata.tables.with(metadata)), false);
+
+        mutation = (Mutation) UpdateBuilder.create(metadata, 1L)
+                                            .newRow()
+                                            .add("value", ByteBuffer.wrap(new byte[valueSize]))
+                                            .makeMutation();
+        output = new DataOutputBufferFixed(Math.toIntExact(mutation.serializedSize(MessagingService.current_version)));
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public void cacheSerialization() throws IOException
+    {
+        mutation.clearCachedSerializationsForRetry();
+        output.clear();
+        Mutation.serializer.serialize(mutation, output, MessagingService.current_version);
+    }
+}