From 50a8dd367e305bb6c6146c564fd48c193cc94069 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Zimmermann Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2020 13:27:39 +0200 Subject: benchtests/README update. Improve documentation of the 'name' directive and the 'workload' mechanism. Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell --- benchtests/README | 20 ++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'benchtests/README') diff --git a/benchtests/README b/benchtests/README index f440f3295a..44736d7e63 100644 --- a/benchtests/README +++ b/benchtests/README @@ -125,17 +125,25 @@ math functions perform computations at different levels of precision (64-bit vs performance of these functions. One could separate inputs for these domains in the same file by using the `name' directive that looks something like this: - ##name: 240bit + ##name: 240bits -See the pow-inputs file for an example of what such a partitioned input file -would look like. +All inputs after the ##name: 240bits directive and until the next `name' +directive (or the end of file) are part of the "240bits" benchmark and +will be output separately in benchtests/bench.out. See the pow-inputs file +for an example of what such a partitioned input file would look like. -It is also possible to measure throughput of a (partial) trace extracted from -a real workload. In this case the whole trace is iterated over multiple times -rather than repeating every input multiple times. This can be done via: +It is also possible to measure latency and reciprocal throughput of a +(partial) trace extracted from a real workload. In this case the whole trace +is iterated over multiple times rather than repeating every input multiple +times. This can be done via: ##name: workload- +where is simply used to distinguish between different traces in the +same file. To create such a trace, you can simply extract using printf() +values uses for a specific application, or generate random values in some +interval. See the expf-inputs file for an example of this workload mechanism. + Benchmark Sets: ============== -- cgit v1.2.3