/* * Copyright (c) 2011 Jonas 'Sortie' Termansen. * * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. * * benchctxswitch.c * Benchmarks the speed of context switches. */ #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include static int uptime(uintmax_t* usecs) { struct timespec uptime; if ( clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, &uptime) < 0 ) return -1; *usecs = uptime.tv_sec * 1000000ULL + uptime.tv_nsec / 1000ULL; return 0; } int main(void) { pid_t slavepid = fork(); if ( slavepid < 0 ) err(1, "fork"); if ( slavepid == 0 ) { while ( true ) { usleep(0); } exit(0); } uintmax_t start; if ( uptime(&start) ) err(1, "uptime"); uintmax_t end = start + 1ULL * 1000ULL * 1000ULL; // 1 second size_t count = 0; uintmax_t now; while ( !uptime(&now) && now < end ) { usleep(0); count += 2; /* back and forth */ } printf("Made %zu context switches in 1 second\n", count); kill(slavepid, SIGKILL); return 0; }