History log of /linux-master/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/strobemeta_bpf_loop.c
Revision Date Author Comments
# f6e659b7 29-Nov-2021 Joanne Koong <joannekoong@fb.com>

selftests/bpf: Measure bpf_loop verifier performance

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: Joanne Koong <joannekoong@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20211130030622.4131246-4-joannekoong@fb.com