[PATCH v2 1/8] simplebench: bench_one(): add slow_limit argument

[Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy]

Sometimes one of cells in a testing table runs too slow. And we really
don't want to wait so long. Limit number of runs in this case.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsement...@virtuozzo.com>
---
 scripts/simplebench/simplebench.py | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/simplebench/simplebench.py 
b/scripts/simplebench/simplebench.py
index f61513af90..b153cae274 100644
--- a/scripts/simplebench/simplebench.py
+++ b/scripts/simplebench/simplebench.py
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@
 #
 
 import statistics
+import time
 
 
-def bench_one(test_func, test_env, test_case, count=5, initial_run=True):
+def bench_one(test_func, test_env, test_case, count=5, initial_run=True,
+              slow_limit=100):
     """Benchmark one test-case
 
     test_func   -- benchmarking function with prototype
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ def bench_one(test_func, test_env, test_case, count=5, 
initial_run=True):
     test_case   -- test case - opaque second argument for test_func
     count       -- how many times to call test_func, to calculate average
     initial_run -- do initial run of test_func, which don't get into result
+    slow_limit  -- reduce test runs to 2, if current run exceedes the limit
+                   (in seconds)
 
     Returns dict with the following fields:
         'runs':     list of test_func results
@@ -47,17 +51,34 @@ def bench_one(test_func, test_env, test_case, count=5, 
initial_run=True):
         'n-failed': number of failed runs (exists only if at least one run
                     failed)
     """
+    runs = []
+    i = 0
     if initial_run:
+        t = time.time()
+
         print('  #initial run:')
-        print('   ', test_func(test_env, test_case))
+        res = test_func(test_env, test_case)
+        print('   ', res)
+
+        if time.time() - t > slow_limit:
+            print('    - initial run is too slow, so it counts')
+            runs.append(res)
+            i = 1
+
+    for i in range(i, count):
+        t = time.time()
 
-    runs = []
-    for i in range(count):
         print('  #run {}'.format(i+1))
         res = test_func(test_env, test_case)
         print('   ', res)
         runs.append(res)
 
+        if time.time() - t > slow_limit and len(runs) >= 2:
+            print('    - run is too slow, and we have enough runs, stop here')
+            break
+
+    count = len(runs)
+
     result = {'runs': runs}
 
     succeeded = [r for r in runs if ('seconds' in r or 'iops' in r)]
-- 
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