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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acme@ghostprotocols.net,
	mingo@redhat.com, dvhart@linux.intel.com, peterz@infradead.org,
	tglx@linutronix.de, jason.low2@hp.com, Waiman.Long@hp.com,
	scott.norton@hp.com, aswin@hp.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] perf-bench: introduce futex microbenchmarks
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 11:08:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131216100828.GA21304@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1387081917-9102-1-git-send-email-davidlohr@hp.com>


* 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

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-12-16 10:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-15  4:31 [PATCH 0/3] perf-bench: introduce futex microbenchmarks Davidlohr Bueso
2013-12-15  4:31 ` [PATCH 1/3] perf-bench: add futex-hash microbenchmark Davidlohr Bueso
2014-03-18  8:28   ` [tip:perf/core] perf bench: Add " tip-bot for Davidlohr Bueso
2013-12-15  4:31 ` [PATCH 2/3] perf-bench: add futex-wake microbenchmark Davidlohr Bueso
2013-12-16  5:25   ` Namhyung Kim
2013-12-16 14:45     ` Davidlohr Bueso
2014-03-18  8:28   ` [tip:perf/core] perf bench: Add " tip-bot for Davidlohr Bueso
2013-12-15  4:31 ` [PATCH 3/3] perf-bench: add futex-requeue microbenchmark Davidlohr Bueso
2014-03-18  8:28   ` [tip:perf/core] perf bench: Add " tip-bot for Davidlohr Bueso
2013-12-16 10:08 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2013-12-16 14:44   ` [PATCH 0/3] perf-bench: introduce futex microbenchmarks Davidlohr Bueso
2014-01-24 18:13     ` Darren Hart
2014-01-28  4:12       ` Davidlohr Bueso
2014-01-28 12:12         ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

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