Make tst.sh workload configurable with MULTI_SH_WORK_FACTOR env (#86)

Co-authored-by: Glenn Strauss <[email protected]>

Author: zhulipeng

UnixBench/USAGE

@@ -107,7 +107,13 @@ The following individual tests are available:
     fsdisk           File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks
     shell1           Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) (runs "looper 60 multi.sh 1")
     shell8           Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) (runs "looper 60 multi.sh 8")
-    shell16          Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) (runs "looper 60 multi.sh 16")
+    shell16          Shell Scripts (16 concurrent)(runs "looper 60 multi.sh 16")
+                       Environment variable MULTI_SH_WORK_FACTOR (default 1)
+                       can be set to multiply the size of test input data (~8k)
+                       Note: changing MULTI_SH_WORK_FACTOR modifies the test.
+                       However, modifying the user/kernel workload balance may
+                       be useful for comparison with other systems on which the
+                       benchmark was run using the same MULTI_SH_WORK_FACTOR.
 
   2d:
     2d-rects         2D graphics: rectangles

UnixBench/pgms/multi.sh

@@ -15,9 +15,21 @@
 ###############################################################################
 ID="@(#)multi.sh:3.4 -- 5/15/91 19:30:24";
 instance=1
+sort_src=sort.src
+work_factor=${MULTI_SH_WORK_FACTOR:-1}
+if [ $work_factor -gt 1 ]; then
+	inputs=
+	for i in $(seq $work_factor); do inputs="$inputs $sort_src"; done
+	cat $inputs > sort.src-alt.$$
+	sort_src=sort.src-alt.$$
+fi
+
 while [ $instance -le $1 ]; do
-	/bin/sh "$UB_BINDIR/tst.sh" &
+	/bin/sh "$UB_BINDIR/tst.sh" $sort_src &
 	instance=$(($instance + 1))
 done
 wait
 
+if [ $work_factor -gt 1 ]; then
+	rm $sort_src
+fi

UnixBench/pgms/tst.sh

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #
 ###############################################################################
 ID="@(#)tst.sh:3.4 -- 5/15/91 19:30:24";
-sort >sort.$$ <sort.src
+sort > sort.$$ < $1
 od sort.$$ | sort -n -k 1 > od.$$
 grep the sort.$$ | tee grep.$$ | wc > wc.$$
 rm sort.$$ grep.$$ od.$$ wc.$$