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    selftests/bpf: Measure bpf_loop verifier performance · f6e659b7
    Joanne Koong authored
    This patch tests bpf_loop in pyperf and strobemeta, and measures the
    verifier performance of replacing the traditional for loop
    with bpf_loop.
    
    The results are as follows:
    
    ~strobemeta~
    
    Baseline
        verification time 6808200 usec
        stack depth 496
        processed 554252 insns (limit 1000000) max_states_per_insn 16
        total_states 15878 peak_states 13489  mark_read 3110
        #192 verif_scale_strobemeta:OK (unrolled loop)
    
    Using bpf_loop
        verification time 31589 usec
        stack depth 96+400
        processed 1513 insns (limit 1000000) max_states_per_insn 2
        total_states 106 peak_states 106 mark_read 60
        #193 verif_scale_strobemeta_bpf_loop:OK
    
    ~pyperf600~
    
    Baseline
        verification time 29702486 usec
        stack depth 368
        processed 626838 insns (limit 1000000) max_states_per_insn 7
        total_states 30368 peak_states 30279 mark_read 748
        #182 verif_scale_pyperf600:OK (unrolled loop)
    
    Using bpf_loop
        verification time 148488 usec
        stack depth 320+40
        processed 10518 insns (limit 1000000) max_states_per_insn 10
        total_states 705 peak_states 517 mark_read 38
        #183 verif_scale_pyperf600_bpf_loop:OK
    
    Using the bpf_loop helper led to approximately a 99% decrease
    in the verification time and in the number of instructions.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJoanne Koong <joannekoong@fb.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
    Acked-by: default avatarAndrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20211130030622.4131246-4-joannekoong@fb.com
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