Patch 1: add a selftest app to benchmark the performance of ptr_ring. Patch 2: make __ptr_ring_empty() checking more reliable and use the just added selftest to benchmark the performance impact. V2: add patch 1 and add performance data for patch 2. Yunsheng Lin (2): selftests/ptr_ring: add benchmark application for ptr_ring ptr_ring: make __ptr_ring_empty() checking more reliable MAINTAINERS | 5 + include/linux/ptr_ring.h | 25 ++- tools/testing/selftests/ptr_ring/Makefile | 6 + tools/testing/selftests/ptr_ring/ptr_ring_test.c | 249 +++++++++++++++++++++++ tools/testing/selftests/ptr_ring/ptr_ring_test.h | 150 ++++++++++++++ 5 files changed, 426 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/ptr_ring/Makefile create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/ptr_ring/ptr_ring_test.c create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/ptr_ring/ptr_ring_test.h -- 2.7.4