[PATCH] benchtests/Makefile: Run the string benchmarks four times by default.

Will Newton will.newton@linaro.org
Wed Sep 4 16:20:00 GMT 2013


On 4 September 2013 17:17, Ondřej Bílka <neleai@seznam.cz> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 03:48:24PM +0100, Will Newton wrote:
>>
>> The string benchmarks can be affected by physical page placement, so
>> running them multiple times is required to account for this. Also
>> backup the results of the previous run like is done for the other
>> benchmarks.
>>
> You do not need to do this. We should instead randomize addresses used
> which handles this problem.

That seems like it would be considerably more complicated. Do you have
a reason why your approach is better?

-- 
Will Newton
Toolchain Working Group, Linaro



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