From: Loup Vaillant <loup@loup-vaillant.fr>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 20:14:06 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Added comment on speed tests
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Added comment on speed tests

The way I measure timings is not perfectly portable. Users who
get weird results are encouraged to modify this bit of code to
have proper measurements.
---

diff --git a/tests/speed.h b/tests/speed.h
index c83b001..b9d0455 100644
--- a/tests/speed.h
+++ b/tests/speed.h
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ static void print(const char *name, u64 duration, const char *unit)
     }
 }
 
+// Note: not all systems will work well with CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID.
+// If you get weird timings on your system, you may want to replace it
+// with another clock id.  Perhaps even replace clock_gettime().
 #define TIMESTAMP(t)                            \
     timespec t;                                 \
     clock_gettime(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, &t)