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From: "Alexei Starovoitov" <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
To: "Puranjay Mohan" <puranjay@kernel.org>, <bpf@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: "Puranjay Mohan" <puranjay12@gmail.com>,
	"Alexei Starovoitov" <ast@kernel.org>,
	"Andrii Nakryiko" <andrii@kernel.org>,
	"Daniel Borkmann" <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
	"Martin KaFai Lau" <martin.lau@kernel.org>,
	"Eduard Zingerman" <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
	"Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi" <memxor@gmail.com>,
	"Mykyta Yatsenko" <mykyta.yatsenko5@gmail.com>,
	"Fei Chen" <feichen@meta.com>,
	"Taruna Agrawal" <taragrawal@meta.com>,
	"Nikhil Dixit Limaye" <ndixit@meta.com>,
	"Nikita V. Shirokov" <tehnerd@tehnerd.com>,
	<kernel-team@meta.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH bpf-next 2/6] selftests/bpf: Add BPF batch-timing library
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:10:59 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <DHZA7QEOVHFP.TYQTEC54FX0A@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260420111726.2118636-3-puranjay@kernel.org>

On Mon Apr 20, 2026 at 4:17 AM PDT, Puranjay Mohan wrote:
> +#define BENCH_BPF_LOOP(body, reset) ({					\
> +	__u64 __bench_start = bpf_get_cpu_time_counter();		\
> +	int __bench_result;						\
> +									\
> +	bpf_repeat(batch_iters) {					\
> +		__bench_result = (body);				\
> +		reset;							\
> +	}								\

You're trying to save a nsec by relying on bpf_get_cpu_time_counter,
but then wasting a lot more by using bpf_repeat.
It should have been bpf_ktime_get_ns().
I see no value in bpf_get_cpu_time_counter() here.
I bet the numbers should be the same.

But please use plain loop and may_goto if necessary.
For tiny (body) it may be noticeable.

> +									\
> +	bench_record_sample(bpf_cpu_time_counter_to_ns(			\
> +		bpf_get_cpu_time_counter() - __bench_start));		\
> +									\
> +	__bench_result = (body);					\
> +	__bench_result;							\
> +})
> +
> +#endif /* __BENCH_BPF_TIMING_BPF_H__ */


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-22  1:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-20 11:17 [RFC PATCH bpf-next 0/6] selftests/bpf: Add XDP load-balancer benchmark Puranjay Mohan
2026-04-20 11:17 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next 1/6] selftests/bpf: Add bench_force_done() for early benchmark completion Puranjay Mohan
2026-04-20 12:41   ` sashiko-bot
2026-04-20 15:32   ` Mykyta Yatsenko
2026-04-20 11:17 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next 2/6] selftests/bpf: Add BPF batch-timing library Puranjay Mohan
2026-04-20 13:18   ` sashiko-bot
2026-04-22  1:10   ` Alexei Starovoitov [this message]
2026-04-20 11:17 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next 3/6] selftests/bpf: Add XDP load-balancer common definitions Puranjay Mohan
2026-04-20 13:26   ` sashiko-bot
2026-04-20 11:17 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next 4/6] selftests/bpf: Add XDP load-balancer BPF program Puranjay Mohan
2026-04-20 13:57   ` sashiko-bot
2026-04-20 11:17 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next 5/6] selftests/bpf: Add XDP load-balancer benchmark driver Puranjay Mohan
2026-04-20 17:11   ` sashiko-bot
2026-04-20 11:17 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next 6/6] selftests/bpf: Add XDP load-balancer benchmark run script Puranjay Mohan
2026-04-20 17:36   ` sashiko-bot
2026-04-22  1:16 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next 0/6] selftests/bpf: Add XDP load-balancer benchmark Alexei Starovoitov

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