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From: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
To: 'Kuan-Wei Chiu' <visitorckw@gmail.com>,
	"akpm@linux-foundation.org" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	"yury.norov@gmail.com" <yury.norov@gmail.com>
Cc: "linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk" <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>,
	"n26122115@gs.ncku.edu.tw" <n26122115@gs.ncku.edu.tw>,
	"jserv@ccns.ncku.edu.tw" <jserv@ccns.ncku.edu.tw>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 1/2] lib/test_bitops: Add benchmark test for fns()
Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 13:03:23 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <44e9ab62e0f543439eb7566a9f134af6@AcuMS.aculab.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240501071647.10228-2-visitorckw@gmail.com>

From: Kuan-Wei Chiu
> Sent: 01 May 2024 08:17
> 
> Introduce a benchmark test for the fns(). It measures the total time
> taken by fns() to process 1,000,000 test data generated using
> get_random_long() for each n in the range [0, BITS_PER_LONG).
> 
> example:
> test_bitops: fns:          5876762553 ns, 64000000 iterations

Great benchmark....

The compiler almost certainly optimises it all away.

Assigning the result of fns() to a file scope (global) volatile int
should stop that happening.

And a real test would actually check the result - just in case
someone does something silly.

	David

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  reply	other threads:[~2024-05-05 13:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-01  7:16 [PATCH v3 0/2] bitops: Optimize fns() for improved performance Kuan-Wei Chiu
2024-05-01  7:16 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] lib/test_bitops: Add benchmark test for fns() Kuan-Wei Chiu
2024-05-05 13:03   ` David Laight [this message]
2024-05-05 17:27     ` Kuan-Wei Chiu
2024-05-05 17:29       ` Kuan-Wei Chiu
2024-05-01  7:16 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] bitops: Optimize fns() for improved performance Kuan-Wei Chiu

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