micromm/fork

Micro-benchmark measuring process fork latency.

Benchmark Profile

  • Type: Micro

  • Kernel subsystem: Process lifecycle, memory management

  • Coverage: Directly measured

  • Topology: Single role: executer

Overview

Measures the time taken to fork a process and measures the overhead of the kernel fork path including memory management setup. Useful for tracking regressions in mm or scheduler code that affects fork performance.

Fastpath Parameters

Name

Description

mode

Benchmark mode. Set to ‘fork’ for this benchmark.

Result Classes

Result class names describe the operation and unit, for example ‘fork latency (ns)’.

Fastpath Metadata

Field

Value

Suite

micromm

Name

fork

Type

micro

Container Image

registry.gitlab.arm.com/tooling/fastpath/containers/microbench:v1.0

Documentation Path

documentation/user-guide/benchmarkcatalog/micromm-fork.rst

Documentation URL

https://fastpath.docs.arm.com/user-guide/benchmarkcatalog/micromm-fork.html