[PATCH v3] Add math-inline benchmark

[Wilco Dijkstra]

Ping (correct version of patch attached)

> Wilco Dijkstra wrote:
> Add a benchmark for isinf/isnan/isnormal/isfinite/fpclassify. The test uses 2 arrays with 1024
> doubles, one with 99% finite FP numbers (10% zeroes, 10% negative) and 1% inf/NaN, the other
> with 50% inf, and 50% Nan.
> 
> This version removes various tests that caused confusion and only leaves the existing GLIBC
> definitions and inlines for comparison with the GCC builtins. I changed the tests to not
> inline inside the loop and use a branch on the boolean result. The 64-bit immediates used by
> the GLIBC inlines seem very expensive on some microarchitectures, so this shows even more
> clearly that using the built-ins results in a significant performance gain (see x64 results
> below).
> 
> 
> ChangeLog:
> 2015-07-23  Wilco Dijkstra  <wdijkstr@arm.com>
> 
> 	* benchtests/Makefile: Add bench-math-inlines, link with libm.
> 	* benchtests/bench-math-inlines.c: New benchmark.
> 	* benchtests/bench-util.h: New file.
> 	* benchtests/bench-util.c: New file.
> 	* benchtests/bench-skeleton.c: Add include of bench-util.c/h.
> 
> 
>   "__isnan_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 5.32475e+06,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 10649
>     }
>    },
>    "__isnan_inl_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 2.74296e+06,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 5485
>     }
>    },
>    "__isnan_builtin_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 2.35589e+06,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 4711
>     }
>    },
>    "isnan_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 2.25889e+06,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 4517
>     }
>    },
>    "__isinf_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 5.7671e+06,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 11534
>     }
>    },
>    "__isinf_ns_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 2.70963e+06,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 5419
>     }
>    },
>    "__isinf_ns_builtin_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 2.70841e+06,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 5416
>     }
>    },
>    "__isinf_builtin_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 2.26255e+06,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 4525
>     }
>    },
>    "isinf_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 2.26428e+06,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 4528
>     }
>    },
>    "__finite_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 5.82567e+06,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 11651
>     }
>    },
>    "__finite_inl_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 3.2019e+06,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 6403
>     }
>    },
>    "__isfinite_builtin_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 3.17892e+06,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 6357
>     }
>    },
>    "isfinite_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 2.75324e+06,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 5506
>     }
>    },
>    "__isnormal_inl_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 8.65908e+06,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 17318
>    }
>    },
>    "__isnormal_builtin_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 3.68589e+06,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 7371
>     }
>    },
>    "isnormal_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 3.76085e+06,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 7521
>     }
>    },
>    "__fpclassify_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 6.63574e+06,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 13271
>     }
>    },
>    "__fpclassify_builtin_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 4.48757e+06,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 8975
>     }
>    },
>    "fpclassify_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 4.48033e+06,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 8960
>     }
>    },
>    "remainder_test1_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 2.10051e+07,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 42010
>     }
>    },
>    "remainder_test2_t": {
>     "normal": {
>      "duration": 1.9933e+07,
>      "iterations": 500,
>      "mean": 39865
>     }
>    }
>   }
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