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Re: [PATCH] Run benchmarks for constant time instead of constant iterations
- From: OndÅej BÃlka <neleai at seznam dot cz>
- To: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh dot poyarekar at gmail dot com>
- Cc: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at redhat dot com>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:14:03 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Run benchmarks for constant time instead of constant iterations
- References: <20130424130839 dot GG14810 at spoyarek dot pnq dot redhat dot com> <20130424143241 dot GA5192 at domone dot kolej dot mff dot cuni dot cz> <20130424150027 dot GI14810 at spoyarek dot pnq dot redhat dot com> <20130424154426 dot GA5109 at domone dot kolej dot mff dot cuni dot cz> <CAAHN_R0ReGTg_c2p-jD00y5FCvNCnEWu97evqdRpfS9bx3mVCA at mail dot gmail dot com>
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 09:34:19PM +0530, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
> On 24 April 2013 21:14, OndÅej BÃlka <neleai@seznam.cz> wrote:
> > This does not happen in practice. Most of time variance is estimated
> > with sufficient precision within 100 trials. Then estimate to number of
> > iterations needed is pretty accurate.
>
> OK, I'm looking at three patches to merge in first - the two I posted
> today and the input randomizing patch you had posted earlier. Once
> they're in we could evaluate this as an enhancement on top of those
> changes. All of this obviously means that we need someone other than
> you and me to review these three patches. Does that sound OK?
>
OK for me.
Ondra