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From: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
To: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
Cc: Con Kolivas <conman@kolivas.net>,
	linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BENCHMARK] ext3, reiser, jfs, xfs effect on contest
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 20:11:16 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3E3AAE34.3000802@namesys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030131164711.GA18147@codemonkey.org.uk>

Dave Jones wrote:

>On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 07:40:22PM +0300, Hans Reiser wrote:
>
> > >> Try running with the -E option for gcc, it might be less CPU intensive, 
> > >> and thus a better FS benchmark.
> > >> What do you think?
> > >It's hardly a realistic real-world benchmark if you start nobbling
> > >bits of it though.  Not reading the preprocessed output is sure
> > >to bump the benchmark points on an fs optimised for lots of small
> > >writes.
> > Sigh.  The alternative is to strace the compile, write a perl scipt or 
> > something to get just the FS related calls out of it, and then create a 
> > program with just the FS related calls. gcc -E sounds easier to me.;-)
>
>It still seems like perverting a benchmark to turn it into dbench to me.
>
>		Dave
>
>  
>
Easier is not always correct.;-)  We need better benchmarks in our 
field, sigh.... and correct ones are really a lot of work....

-- 
Hans



  reply	other threads:[~2003-01-31 17:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-01-31 13:20 [BENCHMARK] ext3, reiser, jfs, xfs effect on contest Con Kolivas
2003-01-31 13:37 ` Hans Reiser
2003-01-31 13:40   ` Con Kolivas
2003-01-31 13:56     ` Hans Reiser
2003-01-31 14:15       ` Con Kolivas
2003-01-31 15:21       ` Dave Jones
2003-01-31 16:40         ` Hans Reiser
2003-01-31 16:47           ` Dave Jones
2003-01-31 17:11             ` Hans Reiser [this message]
2003-01-31 19:04   ` Andrew Morton
2003-01-31 19:29     ` Hans Reiser
2003-01-31 22:21       ` Con Kolivas
2003-01-31 23:18         ` Con Kolivas
2003-02-01  0:19         ` David Lang
2003-01-31 14:09 ` Mike A. Harris
2003-01-31 14:18   ` Con Kolivas
2003-01-31 15:00   ` Maciej Soltysiak
2003-02-01  0:12 ` Con Kolivas

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