[PATCH] benchtests: Add libc locking benchmark
Wilco Dijkstra
Wilco.Dijkstra@arm.com
Thu Aug 18 11:42:13 GMT 2022
Add a simple libc locking benchmark to measure overhead of locking in both
single- and multi-threaded cases.
---
diff --git a/benchtests/Makefile b/benchtests/Makefile
index d99771be74b40f8afa3953f61c0721b19658d4b7..1bef5bf9ef477a645c3cadc66b2c25774cefb5e5 100644
--- a/benchtests/Makefile
+++ b/benchtests/Makefile
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ hash-benchset := \
stdlib-benchset := \
arc4random \
strtod \
+ libc-lock \
# stdlib-benchset
stdio-common-benchset := sprintf
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-libc-lock.c b/benchtests/bench-libc-lock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0057c1397a3867df7515759a47ab93430f9ce466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchtests/bench-libc-lock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/* Benchmark internal libc locking functions.
+ Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#define TEST_MAIN
+#define TEST_NAME "libc-locks"
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "bench-timing.h"
+#include "json-lib.h"
+
+json_ctx_t json_ctx;
+
+
+/* Measure the overhead of __libc_lock_lock and __libc_lock_unlock by
+ calling rand(). */
+static void
+bench_rand_lock (size_t iters)
+{
+ timing_t start, stop, total;
+
+ srand (0);
+ for (int i = 0; i < iters / 4; i++)
+ (void) rand();
+
+ TIMING_NOW (start);
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < iters; i++)
+ (void) rand();
+
+ TIMING_NOW (stop);
+
+ TIMING_DIFF (total, start, stop);
+
+ json_element_double (&json_ctx, (double) total / (double) iters);
+}
+
+static void *
+thread_start (void *p)
+{
+ return p;
+}
+
+int
+do_bench (void)
+{
+ size_t iters = 20000000;
+
+ json_init (&json_ctx, 0, stdout);
+
+ json_document_begin (&json_ctx);
+
+ json_attr_string (&json_ctx, "timing_type", TIMING_TYPE);
+ json_attr_object_begin (&json_ctx, "functions");
+ json_attr_object_begin (&json_ctx, "rand");
+ json_attr_string (&json_ctx, "bench-variant", "single-threaded");
+ json_array_begin (&json_ctx, "results");
+
+ /* Run benchmark single threaded. */
+ bench_rand_lock (iters);
+
+ json_array_end (&json_ctx);
+ json_attr_object_end (&json_ctx);
+
+ json_attr_object_begin (&json_ctx, "rand");
+ json_attr_string (&json_ctx, "bench-variant", "multi-threaded");
+ json_array_begin (&json_ctx, "results");
+
+ pthread_t t;
+ pthread_create (&t, NULL, thread_start, NULL);
+ pthread_join (t, NULL);
+
+ /* Repeat benchmark now SINGLE_THREAD_P == false. */
+ bench_rand_lock (iters);
+
+ json_array_end (&json_ctx);
+ json_attr_object_end (&json_ctx);
+ json_attr_object_end (&json_ctx);
+ json_document_end (&json_ctx);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+#define TEST_FUNCTION do_bench ()
+
+#include "../test-skeleton.c"
+
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