Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 16 Dec 2013 11:08:28 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] perf-bench: introduce futex microbenchmarks |
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* Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> wrote:
> This patchset adds three programs that stress and measure different > futex operations: (i) uaddr hashing, (ii) wakeups and (iii) > requeuing/waiting. > > More details and usage examples in each individual patch, along with > parameter descriptions in the code. > > While the previous effort (https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/5/17/207) to > add futex benchmarks to perf-bench failed, I strongly believe that > perf is an ideal place for these kinds of programs. This patchset is > different from Hitoshi's because it does not try to take over > Darren's futextest suite, and only deals with finer grained aspects > of the kernel's implementation, and thus mostly useful for kernel > hacking. Furthermore, by being part of the kernel tree, it can get > more attention and naturally evolve with time.
Looks pretty useful!
Could the two approaches be merged?
Thanks,
Ingo
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