updated benchfn.h code comments

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Yann Collet 2019-01-25 12:18:33 -08:00
parent 2888c62e85
commit 6b2f26791e
1 changed files with 23 additions and 22 deletions

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@ -58,30 +58,31 @@ typedef size_t (*BMK_initFn_t)(void* initPayload);
typedef unsigned (*BMK_errorFn_t)(size_t);
/* BMK_benchFunction() parameters are provided through following structure.
* This is preferable for readability,
* as the number of parameters required is pretty large.
/* BMK_benchFunction() parameters are provided via the following structure.
* A structure is preferable for readability,
* as the number of parameters required is fairly large.
* No initializer is provided, because it doesn't make sense to provide some "default" :
* all parameters should be specified by the caller */
* all parameters must be specified by the caller.
* optional parameters are labelled explicitly, and accept value NULL when not used */
typedef struct {
BMK_benchFn_t benchFn; /* the function to benchmark, over the set of blocks */
void* benchPayload; /* pass custom parameters to benchFn :
* (*benchFn)(srcBuffers[i], srcSizes[i], dstBuffers[i], dstCapacities[i], benchPayload) */
BMK_initFn_t initFn; /* (*initFn)(initPayload) is run once per run, at the beginning. */
void* initPayload; /* Both arguments can be NULL, in which case nothing is run. */
BMK_errorFn_t errorFn; /* errorFn will check each return value of benchFn over each block, to determine if it failed or not.
* errorFn can be NULL, in which case no check is performed.
* errorFn must return 0 when benchFn was successful, and >= 1 if it detects an error.
* Execution is stopped as soon as an error is detected.
* the triggering return value can be retrieved using BMK_extract_errorResult(). */
size_t blockCount; /* number of blocks to operate benchFn on.
* It's also the size of all array parameters :
* srcBuffers, srcSizes, dstBuffers, dstCapacities, blockResults */
const void *const * srcBuffers; /* array of buffers to be operated on by benchFn */
const size_t* srcSizes; /* array of the sizes of srcBuffers buffers */
void *const * dstBuffers;/* array of buffers to be written into by benchFn */
const size_t* dstCapacities; /* array of the capacities of dstBuffers buffers */
size_t* blockResults; /* Optional: store the return value of benchFn for each block. Use NULL if this result is not requested. */
BMK_benchFn_t benchFn; /* the function to benchmark, over the set of blocks */
void* benchPayload; /* pass custom parameters to benchFn :
* (*benchFn)(srcBuffers[i], srcSizes[i], dstBuffers[i], dstCapacities[i], benchPayload) */
BMK_initFn_t initFn; /* (*initFn)(initPayload) is run once per run, at the beginning. */
void* initPayload; /* Both arguments can be NULL, in which case nothing is run. */
BMK_errorFn_t errorFn; /* errorFn will check each return value of benchFn over each block, to determine if it failed or not.
* errorFn can be NULL, in which case no check is performed.
* errorFn must return 0 when benchFn was successful, and >= 1 if it detects an error.
* Execution is stopped as soon as an error is detected.
* the triggering return value can be retrieved using BMK_extract_errorResult(). */
size_t blockCount; /* number of blocks to operate benchFn on.
* It's also the size of all array parameters :
* srcBuffers, srcSizes, dstBuffers, dstCapacities, blockResults */
const void *const * srcBuffers; /* read-only array of buffers to be operated on by benchFn */
const size_t* srcSizes; /* read-only array containing sizes of srcBuffers */
void *const * dstBuffers; /* array of buffers to be written into by benchFn. This array is not optional, it must be provided even if unused by benchfn. */
const size_t* dstCapacities; /* read-only array containing capacities of dstBuffers. This array must be present. */
size_t* blockResults; /* Optional: store the return value of benchFn for each block. Use NULL if this result is not requested. */
} BMK_benchParams_t;