From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from foss.arm.com (foss.arm.com [217.140.101.70]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81CDB1B11F for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2019 08:54:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.72.51.249]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7A24EBD; Mon, 14 Jan 2019 23:54:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from net-arm-c2400.shanghai.arm.com (net-arm-c2400.shanghai.arm.com [10.169.41.165]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 90A593F739; Mon, 14 Jan 2019 23:54:37 -0800 (PST) From: gavin hu To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: thomas@monjalon.net, jerinj@marvell.com, hemant.agrawal@nxp.com, stephen@networkplumber.org, Honnappa.Nagarahalli@arm.com, gavin.hu@arm.com, nd@arm.com Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:54:07 +0800 Message-Id: <1547538849-10996-3-git-send-email-gavin.hu@arm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1547538849-10996-1-git-send-email-gavin.hu@arm.com> References: <1547538849-10996-1-git-send-email-gavin.hu@arm.com> In-Reply-To: <20181220104246.5590-1-gavin.hu@arm.com> References: <20181220104246.5590-1-gavin.hu@arm.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/4] test/spinlock: remove 1us delay for correct benchmarking X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 07:54:40 -0000 From: Gavin Hu The test is to benchmark the performance of spinlock by counting the number of spinlock acquire and release operations within the specified time. A typical pair of lock and unlock operations costs tens or hundreds of nano seconds, in comparison to this, delaying 1 us outside of the locked region is too much, compromising the goal of benchmarking the lock and unlock performance. Signed-off-by: Gavin Hu Reviewed-by: Ruifeng Wang Reviewed-by: Joyce Kong Reviewed-by: Phil Yang Reviewed-by: Honnappa Nagarahalli Reviewed-by: Ola Liljedahl Acked-by: Jerin Jacob --- test/test/test_spinlock.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/test/test/test_spinlock.c b/test/test/test_spinlock.c index 73bff12..6795195 100644 --- a/test/test/test_spinlock.c +++ b/test/test/test_spinlock.c @@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ load_loop_fn(void *func_param) lcount++; if (use_lock) rte_spinlock_unlock(&lk); - /* delay to make lock duty cycle slighlty realistic */ - rte_delay_us(1); time_diff = rte_get_timer_cycles() - begin; } lock_count[lcore] = lcount; -- 2.7.4