netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next 3/5] selftests/bpf: factor out common helpers for benchmarks

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Date:   Mon, 6 Dec 2021 18:55:35 -0800
From:   Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
To:     Hou Tao <houtao1@...wei.com>
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 3/5] selftests/bpf: factor out common helpers for benchmarks

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 6:07 AM Hou Tao <houtao1@...wei.com> wrote:
>
> Five helpers are factored out to reduce boilerplate for
> benchmark tests: do_getpgid(), getpgid_loop_producer(),
> assert_single_consumer(), assert_single_producer() and
> noop_consumer().
>
> Signed-off-by: Hou Tao <houtao1@...wei.com>
> ---

Please drop this patch. All the stuff you are extracting into
"reusable" helpers is so trivial that it's not worth it. It just makes
it harder to follow each individual benchmark's setup.

>  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bench.c           | 13 +++++
>  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bench.h           | 25 +++++++++
>  .../bpf/benchs/bench_bloom_filter_map.c       | 44 ++++-----------
>  .../selftests/bpf/benchs/bench_count.c        | 14 +----
>  .../selftests/bpf/benchs/bench_rename.c       | 27 +++------
>  .../selftests/bpf/benchs/bench_ringbufs.c     |  7 +--
>  .../selftests/bpf/benchs/bench_trigger.c      | 55 +++++++------------
>  7 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 104 deletions(-)
>

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