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This patch improves the run-time calculation for program stats by capturing the duration as soon as possible after the program returns. Previously, the duration included u64_stats_t operations. While the instrumentation overhead is part of the total time spent when stats are enabled, distinguishing between the program's native execution time and the time spent due to instrumentation is crucial for accurate performance analysis. By making this change, the patch facilitates more precise optimization of BPF programs, enabling users to understand their performance in environments without stats enabled. I used a virtualized environment to measure the run-time over one minute for a basic raw_tracepoint/sys_enter program, which just increments a local counter. Although the virtualization introduced some performance degradation that could affect the results, I observed approximately a 16% decrease in average run-time reported by stats with this change (310 -> 260 nsec). Signed-off-by: Jose Fernandez <josef@netflix.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240402034010.25060-1-josef@netflix.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.