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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog7
-rw-r--r--benchtests/bench-skeleton.c6
-rw-r--r--benchtests/bench-timing.h14
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a3f6ba7c11..6a549794d0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2013-09-11  Will Newton  <will.newton@linaro.org>
+
+	* benchtests/bench-timing.h (TIMING_INIT): Rename ITERS
+	parameter to RES. Remove hardcoded 1000 value.
+	* benchtests/bench-skeleton.c (main): Pass RES parameter
+	to TIMING_INIT and multiply result by 1000.
+
 2013-09-10  Adhemerval Zanella  <azanella@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/libm-test-ulps: Update.
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-skeleton.c b/benchtests/bench-skeleton.c
index 4e3a50704d..05edc69c5e 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-skeleton.c
+++ b/benchtests/bench-skeleton.c
@@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
   memset (&runtime, 0, sizeof (runtime));
 
-  unsigned long iters;
+  unsigned long iters, res;
 
-  TIMING_INIT (iters);
+  TIMING_INIT (res);
+
+  iters = 1000 * res;
 
   for (int v = 0; v < NUM_VARIANTS; v++)
     {
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-timing.h b/benchtests/bench-timing.h
index 009813bb80..48a85210a0 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-timing.h
+++ b/benchtests/bench-timing.h
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@
 hp_timing_t _dl_hp_timing_overhead;
 typedef hp_timing_t timing_t;
 
-# define TIMING_INIT(iters) \
+# define TIMING_INIT(res) \
 ({									      \
   HP_TIMING_DIFF_INIT();						      \
-  (iters) = 1000;							      \
+  (res) = 1;							      \
 })
 
 # define TIMING_NOW(var) HP_TIMING_NOW (var)
@@ -43,15 +43,13 @@ typedef hp_timing_t timing_t;
 #else
 typedef uint64_t timing_t;
 
-/* Measure 1000 times the resolution of the clock.  So for a 1ns
-   resolution  clock, we measure 1000 iterations of the function call at a
-   time.  Measurements close to the minimum clock resolution won't make
-   much sense, but it's better than having nothing at all.  */
-# define TIMING_INIT(iters) \
+/* Measure the resolution of the clock so we can scale the number of
+   benchmark iterations by this value.  */
+# define TIMING_INIT(res) \
 ({									      \
   struct timespec start;						      \
   clock_getres (CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, &start);			      \
-  (iters) = 1000 * start.tv_nsec;					      \
+  (res) = start.tv_nsec;					      \
 })
 
 # define TIMING_NOW(var) \