lmbench reporting(3)

NAME
milli, micro, nano, mb, kb - the lmbench reporting subsystem

SYNOPSIS
#include "lmbench.h"
void    milli(char *s, uint64 n);
void    micro(char *s, uint64 n);
void    nano(char *s, uint64 n);
void    mb(uint64 bytes);
void    kb(uint64 bytes);

DESCRIPTION
Creating benchmarks using the lmbench timing harness is easy. Since it is so easy to measure performance using lmbench, it is possible to quickly answer questions that arise during system design, development, or tuning. For example, image processing

There are two attributes that are critical for performance, latency and bandwidth, and lmbench's timing harness makes it easy to measure and report results for both. The measurement interface, BENCH and BENCH1, are identical, but the reporting functions are different. Latency is usually important for frequently executed operations, and bandwidth is usually important when moving large chunks of data.

void	milli(char *s, uint64 n)
    print out the time per operation in milli-seconds. n is the number of operations during the timing interval, which is passed as a parameter because each loop_body can contain several operations.

void	micro(char *s, uint64 n)
    print the time per opertaion in micro-seconds.

void	nano(char *s, uint64 n)
    print the time per operation in nano-seconds.

void	mb(uint64 bytes)
    print the bandwidth in megabytes per second.

void	kb(uint64 bytes)
    print the bandwidth in kilobytes per second.

FUTURES
Development of lmbench is continuing.

SEE ALSO
lmbench(3), timing(3), results(3).

AUTHOR
Carl Staelin and Larry McVoy

Comments, suggestions, and bug reports are always welcome.