From 3562e78743202e43aec8727005182a2558117eca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: marha Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:07:26 +0000 Subject: Checked in the following released items: xkeyboard-config-1.4.tar.gz ttf-bitstream-vera-1.10.tar.gz font-alias-1.0.1.tar.gz font-sun-misc-1.0.0.tar.gz font-sun-misc-1.0.0.tar.gz font-sony-misc-1.0.0.tar.gz font-schumacher-misc-1.0.0.tar.gz font-mutt-misc-1.0.0.tar.gz font-misc-misc-1.0.0.tar.gz font-misc-meltho-1.0.0.tar.gz font-micro-misc-1.0.0.tar.gz font-jis-misc-1.0.0.tar.gz font-isas-misc-1.0.0.tar.gz font-dec-misc-1.0.0.tar.gz font-daewoo-misc-1.0.0.tar.gz font-cursor-misc-1.0.0.tar.gz font-arabic-misc-1.0.0.tar.gz font-winitzki-cyrillic-1.0.0.tar.gz font-misc-cyrillic-1.0.0.tar.gz font-cronyx-cyrillic-1.0.0.tar.gz font-screen-cyrillic-1.0.1.tar.gz font-xfree86-type1-1.0.1.tar.gz font-adobe-utopia-type1-1.0.1.tar.gz font-ibm-type1-1.0.0.tar.gz font-bitstream-type1-1.0.0.tar.gz font-bitstream-speedo-1.0.0.tar.gz font-bh-ttf-1.0.0.tar.gz font-bh-type1-1.0.0.tar.gz font-bitstream-100dpi-1.0.0.tar.gz font-bh-lucidatypewriter-100dpi-1.0.0.tar.gz font-bh-100dpi-1.0.0.tar.gz font-adobe-utopia-100dpi-1.0.1.tar.gz font-adobe-100dpi-1.0.0.tar.gz font-util-1.0.1.tar.gz font-bitstream-75dpi-1.0.0.tar.gz font-bh-lucidatypewriter-75dpi-1.0.0.tar.gz font-adobe-utopia-75dpi-1.0.1.tar.gz font-bh-75dpi-1.0.0.tar.gz bdftopcf-1.0.1.tar.gz font-adobe-75dpi-1.0.0.tar.gz mkfontscale-1.0.6.tar.gz openssl-0.9.8k.tar.gz bigreqsproto-1.0.2.tar.gz xtrans-1.2.2.tar.gz resourceproto-1.0.2.tar.gz inputproto-1.4.4.tar.gz compositeproto-0.4.tar.gz damageproto-1.1.0.tar.gz zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz xkbcomp-1.0.5.tar.gz freetype-2.3.9.tar.gz pthreads-w32-2-8-0-release.tar.gz pixman-0.12.0.tar.gz kbproto-1.0.3.tar.gz evieext-1.0.2.tar.gz fixesproto-4.0.tar.gz recordproto-1.13.2.tar.gz randrproto-1.2.2.tar.gz scrnsaverproto-1.1.0.tar.gz renderproto-0.9.3.tar.gz xcmiscproto-1.1.2.tar.gz fontsproto-2.0.2.tar.gz xextproto-7.0.3.tar.gz xproto-7.0.14.tar.gz libXdmcp-1.0.2.tar.gz libxkbfile-1.0.5.tar.gz libfontenc-1.0.4.tar.gz libXfont-1.3.4.tar.gz libX11-1.1.5.tar.gz libXau-1.0.4.tar.gz libxcb-1.1.tar.gz xorg-server-1.5.3.tar.gz --- pthreads/tests/README.BENCHTESTS | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pthreads/tests/README.BENCHTESTS (limited to 'pthreads/tests/README.BENCHTESTS') 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. + -- cgit v1.2.3