1/* Benchmark utility functions.
2 Copyright (C) 2015-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9
10 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Lesser General Public License for more details.
14
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
17 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
18
19/* Prevent compiler to optimize away call. */
20#define DO_NOT_OPTIMIZE_OUT(value) \
21 ({ \
22 __typeof (value) __v = (value); \
23 asm volatile ("" : : "r,m" (__v) : "memory"); \
24 __v; \
25 })
26
27#ifndef START_ITER
28# define START_ITER (100000000)
29#endif
30
31/* bench_start reduces the random variations due to frequency scaling by
32 executing a small loop with many memory accesses. START_ITER controls
33 the number of iterations. */
34
35void bench_start (void);
36

source code of glibc/benchtests/bench-util.h