boards/x64-reduced-perf-variation.gni

# Copyright 2020 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
# found in the LICENSE file.

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# Every new addition to this gni file is an instance of tech-debt that must be
# cleaned up to have a proper platform+product interface. Instead add new items
# to the the board definition in:
#
#   //boards/x64/BUILD.gn

# This board produces an x64 image which attempts to tune to have a more
# stable performance profile, which can be useful for benchmarking.
#
# In particular, we tweak system parameters to favour consistent/predictable
# performance over high performance (e.g., by disabling Turbo boost, resulting
# in the CPU's clock rate being slower on average, but constant); and to favour
# consistent performance over security (e.g., disabling Spectre mitigations
# that currently producing significant performance variations across machines).
# Tuning the system to be more consistent allows real changes in performance to
# be more easily be seen.
#
# "Real world" or "whole system" benchmarks may consider using just the plain
# x64 board to ensure that measured results match real-world usage more
# closely, at the expense of higher variance in benchmark results.

import("x64.gni")

board_configuration_label = "//boards/x64:reduced_perf_variation"
bazel_product_bundle_board = "x64_reduced_perf_variation"