Re: [PATCH 0/3] perf-bench: introduce futex microbenchmarks

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

* 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