Commit 8b72eedc76

daurnimator <quae@daurnimator.com>
2019-12-28 04:23:27
std: add warm up phase to benchmark
In my tests, whatever ran first was getting much better numbers. Additionally, add alignment requirements so that comparison is fair.
master
1 parent a81c0ba
Changed files (1)
lib
std
unicode
throughput_test.zig
lib/std/unicode/throughput_test.zig
@@ -6,18 +6,23 @@ pub fn main() !void {
 
     const args = try std.process.argsAlloc(std.heap.page_allocator);
 
+    // Warm up runs
+    var buffer0: [32767]u16 align(4096) = undefined;
+    _ = try std.unicode.utf8ToUtf16Le(&buffer0, args[1]);
+    _ = try std.unicode.utf8ToUtf16Le_better(&buffer0, args[1]);
+
     @fence(.SeqCst);
     var timer = try std.time.Timer.start();
     @fence(.SeqCst);
 
-    var buffer1: [32767]u16 = undefined;
+    var buffer1: [32767]u16 align(4096) = undefined;
     _ = try std.unicode.utf8ToUtf16Le(&buffer1, args[1]);
 
     @fence(.SeqCst);
     const elapsed_ns_orig = timer.lap();
     @fence(.SeqCst);
 
-    var buffer2: [32767]u16 = undefined;
+    var buffer2: [32767] u16 align(4096) = undefined;
     _ = try std.unicode.utf8ToUtf16Le_better(&buffer2, args[1]);
 
     @fence(.SeqCst);