On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 10:36:23PM +0200, Martin Willi wrote:

I get less constant numbers between different runs when using sec=0,
hence I've used sec=1. Below are the numbers of "average" runs for the
AEAD measuring cycles; I'll use cycles in the individual patch notes in
a v2.

If you're going to use sec you need to use at least 10 in order
for it to be meaningful as shorter values often result in bogus
numbers.  Of course sec=10 takes a long time which is why cycles
is the preferred method.

What sort of variance do you see with cycles? Do you get the
same variance for other algorithms, e.g., cbc/aes?

Thanks,
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