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author | marha <marha@users.sourceforge.net> | 2009-06-28 22:07:26 +0000 |
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diff --git a/pthreads/tests/README.BENCHTESTS b/pthreads/tests/README.BENCHTESTS new file mode 100644 index 000000000..448570c1f --- /dev/null +++ b/pthreads/tests/README.BENCHTESTS @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ + +------------ +Benchmarking +------------ +There is a set a benchmarking programs in the +"tests" directory. These should be runnable using the +following command-lines corresponding to each of the possible +library builds: + +MSVC: +nmake clean VC-bench +nmake clean VCE-bench +nmake clean VSE-bench + +Mingw32: +make clean GC-bench +make clean GCE-bench + +UWIN: +The benchtests are run as part of the testsuite. + + +Mutex benchtests +---------------- + +benchtest1 - Lock plus unlock on an unlocked mutex. +benchtest2 - Lock plus unlock on a locked mutex. +benchtest3 - Trylock on a locked mutex. +benchtest4 - Trylock plus unlock on an unlocked mutex. + + +Each test times up to three alternate synchronisation +implementations as a reference, and then times each of +the four mutex types provided by the library. Each is +described below: + +Simple Critical Section +- uses a simple Win32 critical section. There is no +additional overhead for this case as there is in the +remaining cases. + +POSIX mutex implemented using a Critical Section +- The old implementation which uses runtime adaptation +depending on the Windows variant being run on. When +the pthreads DLL was run on WinNT or higher then +POSIX mutexes would use Win32 Critical Sections. + +POSIX mutex implemented using a Win32 Mutex +- The old implementation which uses runtime adaptation +depending on the Windows variant being run on. When +the pthreads DLL was run on Win9x then POSIX mutexes +would use Win32 Mutexes (because TryEnterCriticalSection +is not implemented on Win9x). + +PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT +PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL +PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK +PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE +- The current implementation supports these mutex types. +The underlying basis of POSIX mutexes is now the same +irrespective of the Windows variant, and should therefore +have consistent performance. + + +Semaphore benchtests +-------------------- + +benchtest5 - Timing for various uncontended cases. + + +In all benchtests, the operation is repeated a large +number of times and an average is calculated. Loop +overhead is measured and subtracted from all test times. + |