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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt | 78 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/bench/mem-memset.c | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-bench.c | 4 |
4 files changed, 83 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt index a3dbadb26ef5..f3c716a4cad3 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-bench.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -This 'perf bench' command is general framework for benchmark suites. +This 'perf bench' command is a general framework for benchmark suites. COMMON OPTIONS -------------- @@ -45,14 +45,20 @@ SUBSYSTEM 'sched':: Scheduler and IPC mechanisms. +'mem':: + Memory access performance. + +'all':: + All benchmark subsystems. + SUITES FOR 'sched' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *messaging*:: Suite for evaluating performance of scheduler and IPC mechanisms. Based on hackbench by Rusty Russell. -Options of *pipe* -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Options of *messaging* +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -p:: --pipe:: Use pipe() instead of socketpair() @@ -115,6 +121,72 @@ Example of *pipe* 59004 ops/sec --------------------- +SUITES FOR 'mem' +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +*memcpy*:: +Suite for evaluating performance of simple memory copy in various ways. + +Options of *memcpy* +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +-l:: +--length:: +Specify length of memory to copy (default: 1MB). +Available units are B, KB, MB, GB and TB (case insensitive). + +-r:: +--routine:: +Specify routine to copy (default: default). +Available routines are depend on the architecture. +On x86-64, x86-64-unrolled, x86-64-movsq and x86-64-movsb are supported. + +-i:: +--iterations:: +Repeat memcpy invocation this number of times. + +-c:: +--clock:: +Use perf's cpu-cycles event instead of gettimeofday syscall. + +-o:: +--only-prefault:: +Show only the result with page faults before memcpy. + +-n:: +--no-prefault:: +Show only the result without page faults before memcpy. + +*memset*:: +Suite for evaluating performance of simple memory set in various ways. + +Options of *memset* +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +-l:: +--length:: +Specify length of memory to set (default: 1MB). +Available units are B, KB, MB, GB and TB (case insensitive). + +-r:: +--routine:: +Specify routine to set (default: default). +Available routines are depend on the architecture. +On x86-64, x86-64-unrolled, x86-64-stosq and x86-64-stosb are supported. + +-i:: +--iterations:: +Repeat memset invocation this number of times. + +-c:: +--clock:: +Use perf's cpu-cycles event instead of gettimeofday syscall. + +-o:: +--only-prefault:: +Show only the result with page faults before memset. + +-n:: +--no-prefault:: +Show only the result without page faults before memset. + SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf[1] diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c index 71557225bf92..d990365cafa0 100644 --- a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c +++ b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c @@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ static bool no_prefault; static const struct option options[] = { OPT_STRING('l', "length", &length_str, "1MB", "Specify length of memory to copy. " - "available unit: B, MB, GB (upper and lower)"), + "Available units: B, KB, MB, GB and TB (upper and lower)"), OPT_STRING('r', "routine", &routine, "default", "Specify routine to copy"), OPT_INTEGER('i', "iterations", &iterations, "repeat memcpy() invocation this number of times"), OPT_BOOLEAN('c', "clock", &use_clock, - "Use CPU clock for measuring"), + "Use cycles event instead of gettimeofday() for measuring"), OPT_BOOLEAN('o', "only-prefault", &only_prefault, "Show only the result with page faults before memcpy()"), OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "no-prefault", &no_prefault, diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset.c b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset.c index e9079185bd72..bf0d5f552017 100644 --- a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset.c +++ b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset.c @@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ static bool no_prefault; static const struct option options[] = { OPT_STRING('l', "length", &length_str, "1MB", - "Specify length of memory to copy. " - "available unit: B, MB, GB (upper and lower)"), + "Specify length of memory to set. " + "Available units: B, KB, MB, GB and TB (upper and lower)"), OPT_STRING('r', "routine", &routine, "default", - "Specify routine to copy"), + "Specify routine to set"), OPT_INTEGER('i', "iterations", &iterations, "repeat memset() invocation this number of times"), OPT_BOOLEAN('c', "clock", &use_clock, - "Use CPU clock for measuring"), + "Use cycles event instead of gettimeofday() for measuring"), OPT_BOOLEAN('o', "only-prefault", &only_prefault, "Show only the result with page faults before memset()"), OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "no-prefault", &no_prefault, diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c b/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c index b0e74ab2d7a2..1f3100216448 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ struct bench_suite { }; \ /* sentinel: easy for help */ -#define suite_all { "all", "test all suite (pseudo suite)", NULL } +#define suite_all { "all", "Test all benchmark suites", NULL } static struct bench_suite sched_suites[] = { { "messaging", @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static struct bench_subsys subsystems[] = { "memory access performance", mem_suites }, { "all", /* sentinel: easy for help */ - "test all subsystem (pseudo subsystem)", + "all benchmark subsystem", NULL }, { NULL, NULL, |
