[pulseaudio-discuss] [PATCH 1/2] scripts: Introduce helper utility benchmark_memory_usage.sh

[Tanu Kaskinen]

On Sat, 2015-08-29 at 12:43 +0200, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:
> Add shell script to sample PulseAudio memory usage (VmSize,
> Private_Dirty + Shared_Dirty) while increasing the number of
> connected
> 'paplay' clients over time.
> 
> Linux kernel /proc/$PID/smaps fields Private and Shared_Dirty are
> used
> to accurately measure the total size of used dirty pages over time.
> This shall be useful for benchmarking the PA daemon's memory while
> introducing new features like the exclusively per-client SHM access.
> 
> Also add an empty benchmarks collection directory 'benchmarks/'. All
> output from the benchmarking tools shall be saved in this place, with
> timestamps and symbolic links to the newest versions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwish.07 at gmail.com>
> ---
>  scripts/benchmark_memory_usage.sh | 87
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  scripts/benchmarks/.gitignore     | 10 +++++
>  scripts/benchmarks/README         |  4 ++
>  3 files changed, 101 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100755 scripts/benchmark_memory_usage.sh
>  create mode 100644 scripts/benchmarks/.gitignore
>  create mode 100644 scripts/benchmarks/README

One more comment: the script should be added to Makefile.am to get
included in the release tarballs.

-- 
Tanu