Created attachment 243600 [details] Patch for unixbench Define LICENSE_FILE Use USES= localbase:ldflags Drop OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS [1] Do some minor changes to Makefile to improve readability [1]: Running dhry2reg showed no difference between default optimization compared to custom defined. Whetstone-double showed a difference below 4% so I would call it within margin of error. Using -march=native breaks on various archs and it also overrides CPUTYPE set by framework (if any). Tested on my Tigerlake laptop running 13.2-RELEASE in a VM. Compile and runtime tested on FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE (amd64)
Hi Dizzy. While there are many cleanups in your patch, that I welcome, I cannot accept this patch as it is. Instead of removing OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS, I would instead rename it into NATIVE (OFF by default), as it seems more appropriate. I wouldn't empty the MAKE_ENV, as I don't understand what problem you are trying to solve.
In #bsdports (IRC) it's been discussed and general consensus is that --march=native is a bad idea especially per port basis and there have been several incidents where it (native) get things wrong and people run into illegal instruction issues. On top of that it's also incompatible with archs that are not amd64 or i386. Additionally we support --march= via CPUTYPE so there's no need trying to work around it. The MAKE_ENV flags conflicts with framework defaults and this topic is also mentioned in https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/book/#dads-cflags . As this is a benchmark application it makes little to no sense overriding the defaults so I don't see a need to manually tune it. Best regards, Daniel
Forgot to mention, upstream's Makefile sets -O3 -ffast-math if UB_GCC_OPTIONS is undefined. https://github.com/kdlucas/byte-unixbench/blob/master/UnixBench/Makefile#L62
Friendly ping
Hi Daniel. Feel free to commit it as it is. At a later point, I could introduce the NATIVE option (OFF by default, ofc), if it makes sense.
A commit in branch main references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=d1266382c292f5f6731f0e29591cabbbd13f9f93 commit d1266382c292f5f6731f0e29591cabbbd13f9f93 Author: Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2023-09-30 21:32:02 +0000 Commit: Daniel Engberg <diizzy@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2023-10-02 19:50:13 +0000 benchmarks/unixbench: Remove custom optimization and clean up Makefile * Define LICENSE_FILE * Use USES= localbase:ldflags helper * Drop OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS * Some changes to Makefile to improve readability PR: 272705 Reviewed by: pizzamig (maintainer) benchmarks/unixbench/Makefile | 21 +++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
Committed, thanks