The default timer register pmccntr_el0 usually requires enabling
access with e.g. a kernel module (while it is accessible by
default on Windows). On Linux, the default for checkasm benchmarks
is to use perf (if suitable headers are available) though.
On macOS, using cntvct_el0 gives measurements with the same
magnitude as mach_absolute_time (which is used currently), but
possibly with a little less overhead/noise.
Signed-off-by: Martin Storsjö <martin@martin.st>
It will fallback to mach_absolute_time inside libavutil/timer.h
Reviewed-by: Martin Storsjö <martin@martin.st>
Signed-off-by: Zhao Zhili <zhilizhao@tencent.com>
This is much less precise than the cycle counter register, but
the cycle counter register is not available on apple platforms
(and on linux, it requires a kernel module for allowing user mode
access).
Signed-off-by: Martin Storsjö <martin@martin.st>
The ISB (instruction synchronization barrier) might be too heavy for
START/STOPTIMER use but should be more accurate in checkasm where the
timing overhead is subtracted.
