--- /dev/null
+/*
+ * bench.c
+ *
+ * LTTng Userspace Tracer (UST) - benchmark tool
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <ust/marker.h>
+
+static int nr_cpus;
+static unsigned long nr_events;
+pthread_mutex_t mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+
+void do_stuff(void)
+{
+ int v;
+ FILE *file;
+ int lock;
+
+ v = 1;
+
+ lock = pthread_mutex_lock(&mutex);
+ file = fopen("/tmp/bench.txt", "a");
+ fprintf(file, "%d", v);
+ fclose(file);
+ lock = pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutex);
+
+#ifdef MARKER
+ trace_mark(ust, event, "event %d", v);
+#endif
+
+}
+
+
+void *function(void *arg)
+{
+ unsigned long i;
+
+ for(i = 0; i < nr_events; i++) {
+ do_stuff();
+ }
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+
+void usage(char **argv) {
+ printf("Usage: %s nr_cpus nr_events\n", argv[0]);
+}
+
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ void *retval;
+ int i;
+
+ if (argc < 3) {
+ usage(argv);
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ nr_cpus = atoi(argv[1]);
+ printf("using %d processor(s)\n", nr_cpus);
+
+ nr_events = atol(argv[2]);
+ printf("using %ld events per cpu\n", nr_events);
+
+ pthread_t thread[nr_cpus];
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++) {
+ if (pthread_create(&thread[i], NULL, function, NULL)) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "thread create %d failed\n", i);
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++) {
+ if (pthread_join(thread[i], &retval)) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "thread join %d failed\n", i);
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# run ust benchmark
+#
+
+echo "ust benchmark"
+
+NR_EVENTS=2000000
+NR_CPUS=2
+echo "using $NR_CPUS processor(s)"
+echo "using $NR_EVENTS events per cpu"
+
+
+rm -f /tmp/bench.txt
+# without markers
+echo ">running without markers"
+t1=$(/usr/bin/time -f%e usttrace ./bench1 $NR_CPUS $NR_EVENTS 2>&1 1> /dev/null)
+echo " time=$t1 sec"
+
+
+rm -f /tmp/bench.txt
+# with markers
+echo ">running with markers activated"
+t2=$(/usr/bin/time -f%e usttrace ./bench2 $NR_CPUS $NR_EVENTS 2>&1 1> /dev/null)
+echo " time=$t2 sec"
+
+
+#penalty = t2 - t1
+echo
+penalty=$(echo "$t2 - $t1;" | bc)
+echo "time penalty=$penalty sec"
+
+#event = penalty / (nr_events * nr_cpus)
+event=$(echo "scale=8; ($penalty / ($NR_EVENTS * $NR_CPUS));" | bc)
+echo "time penalty per event=$event sec"
+
+rm -f /tmp/bench.txt