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Subject: Re: Processor's circles - How to measure?

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 16:41:21 12/05/01

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On December 05, 2001 at 19:19:35, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On December 05, 2001 at 18:54:35, Pham Minh Tri wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>Someone could know exactly how many processor's cirlces for some functions (e.g,
>>eval). I am curious how to measure?
>
>By circles, I assume you mean cycles.
>
>You can get an approximation by having your compiler emit assembly for the
>function you are interested in.  Then count the cycles for each operation.
>
>You will notice that some operations will have a cycle range rather than a cycle
>count.  Also, it is going to be hard for you to accurately predict pipeline
>stalls and missed branch predictions.
>
>Hence, what people usually do is just run the sucker through a profiler and see
>where the time is going.

One can get a very accurate estimate by use of the RDTSC instruction,
although I cannot produce the code offhand.

--
GCP



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