Retro68/gcc/libgo/go/math/big/calibrate_test.go
2014-09-21 19:33:12 +02:00

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// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
// This file prints execution times for the Mul benchmark
// given different Karatsuba thresholds. The result may be
// used to manually fine-tune the threshold constant. The
// results are somewhat fragile; use repeated runs to get
// a clear picture.
// Usage: go test -run=TestCalibrate -calibrate
package big
import (
"flag"
"fmt"
"testing"
"time"
)
var calibrate = flag.Bool("calibrate", false, "run calibration test")
func karatsubaLoad(b *testing.B) {
BenchmarkMul(b)
}
// measureKaratsuba returns the time to run a Karatsuba-relevant benchmark
// given Karatsuba threshold th.
func measureKaratsuba(th int) time.Duration {
th, karatsubaThreshold = karatsubaThreshold, th
res := testing.Benchmark(karatsubaLoad)
karatsubaThreshold = th
return time.Duration(res.NsPerOp())
}
func computeThresholds() {
fmt.Printf("Multiplication times for varying Karatsuba thresholds\n")
fmt.Printf("(run repeatedly for good results)\n")
// determine Tk, the work load execution time using basic multiplication
Tb := measureKaratsuba(1e9) // th == 1e9 => Karatsuba multiplication disabled
fmt.Printf("Tb = %10s\n", Tb)
// thresholds
th := 4
th1 := -1
th2 := -1
var deltaOld time.Duration
for count := -1; count != 0 && th < 128; count-- {
// determine Tk, the work load execution time using Karatsuba multiplication
Tk := measureKaratsuba(th)
// improvement over Tb
delta := (Tb - Tk) * 100 / Tb
fmt.Printf("th = %3d Tk = %10s %4d%%", th, Tk, delta)
// determine break-even point
if Tk < Tb && th1 < 0 {
th1 = th
fmt.Print(" break-even point")
}
// determine diminishing return
if 0 < delta && delta < deltaOld && th2 < 0 {
th2 = th
fmt.Print(" diminishing return")
}
deltaOld = delta
fmt.Println()
// trigger counter
if th1 >= 0 && th2 >= 0 && count < 0 {
count = 10 // this many extra measurements after we got both thresholds
}
th++
}
}
func TestCalibrate(t *testing.T) {
if *calibrate {
computeThresholds()
}
}