The helper uses CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE source of time that is less
accurate but more performant.
We have a BPF CGROUP_SKB firewall that supports event logging through
bpf_perf_event_output(). Each event has a timestamp and currently we use
bpf_ktime_get_ns() for it. Use of bpf_ktime_get_coarse_ns() saves ~15-20
ns in time required for event logging.
bpf_ktime_get_ns():
EgressLogByRemoteEndpoint 113.82ns 8.79M
bpf_ktime_get_coarse_ns():
EgressLogByRemoteEndpoint 95.40ns 10.48M
Signed-off-by: Dmitrii Banshchikov <me@ubique.spb.ru>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20201117184549.257280-1-me@ubique.spb.ru
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