[LTP] [PATCH v4 2/4] fzsync: Simplify API with start/end race calls and limit exec time

[Cyril Hrubis]

Hi!

...

> +/** Wraps clock_gettime */
>  static inline void tst_fzsync_time(struct timespec *t)
>  {
> +#ifdef CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW
>  	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW, t);
> +#else
> +	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, t);
> +#endif
>  }

We should switch to a runtime detection here.

>  /**
> - * tst_fzsync_time_a - Set A's time to now.
> + * Exponential moving average
>   *
> - * Called at the point you want to synchronise.
> + * @param alpha The preference for recent samples over old ones.
> + * @param sample The current sample
> + * @param prev_avg The average of the all the previous samples
> + *
> + * @return The average including the current sample.
>   */
> -static inline void tst_fzsync_time_a(struct tst_fzsync_pair *pair)
> +static inline float tst_exp_moving_avg(float alpha,
> +					float sample,
> +					float prev_avg)
>  {
> -	tst_fzsync_time(&pair->a);
> +	return alpha * sample + (1.0 - alpha) * prev_avg;
>  }

...

> +static inline void tst_fzsync_pair_wait(int *our_cntr,
> +					int *other_cntr,
> +					int *spins)
>  {
>  	if (tst_atomic_inc(other_cntr) == INT_MAX) {
>  		/*
> @@ -243,84 +532,178 @@ static inline int tst_fzsync_pair_wait(struct tst_fzsync_pair *pair,
>  		 * then our counter may already have been set to zero.
>  		 */
>  		while (tst_atomic_load(our_cntr) > 0
> -		       && tst_atomic_load(our_cntr) < INT_MAX
> -		       && !tst_atomic_load(&pair->exit))
> -			;
> +		       && tst_atomic_load(our_cntr) < INT_MAX) {
> +			if (spins)
> +				(*spins)++;
> +		}
>  
>  		tst_atomic_store(0, other_cntr);
>  		/*
>  		 * Once both counters have been set to zero the invariant
>  		 * is restored and we can continue.
>  		 */
> -		while (tst_atomic_load(our_cntr) > 1
> -		       && !tst_atomic_load(&pair->exit))
> +		while (tst_atomic_load(our_cntr) > 1)
>  			;
>  	} else {
>  		/*
>  		 * If our counter is less than the other thread's we are ahead
>  		 * of it and need to wait.
>  		 */
> -		while (tst_atomic_load(our_cntr) < tst_atomic_load(other_cntr)
> -		       && !tst_atomic_load(&pair->exit))
> -			;
> +		while (tst_atomic_load(our_cntr) < tst_atomic_load(other_cntr)) {
> +			if (spins)
> +				(*spins)++;

I do wonder if the if () condition inside of the loop makes actually
difference in the measurements. If it does we should pass a dummy
pointer from the functions that pass NULL here.

-- 
Cyril Hrubis
chrubis@suse.cz