Re: [RFC] LZO de/compression support - take 6

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 08:10:31PM +0530, Nitin Gupta wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Attached is tester code used for testing.
> (developed by Daniel Hazelton -- modified slightly to now use 'take 6'
> version for 'TinyLZO')
>
> Cheers,
> Nitin
>
> On 5/28/07, Nitin Gupta <nitingupta910@gmail.com> wrote:
>> (Using tester program from Daniel)
>>
>> Following compares this kernel port ('take 6') vs original miniLZO code:
>>
>> 'TinyLZO' refers to this kernel port.
>>
>> 10000 run averages:
>> 'Tiny LZO':
>>        Combined: 61.2223 usec
>>        Compression: 41.8412 usec
>>        Decompression: 19.3811 usec
>> 'miniLZO':
>>        Combined: 66.0444 usec
>>        Compression: 46.6323 usec
>>        Decompression: 19.4121 usec
>>
>> Result:
>> Overall: TinyLZO is 7.3% faster
>> Compressor: TinyLZO is 10.2% faster
>> Decompressor: TinyLZO is 0.15% faster

So your the compressor of your version runs 10.2% faster than the 
original version.

That's a huge difference.

Why exactly is it that much faster?

cu
Adrian

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