Use tmpfs for running benchmarks (#6966)

.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml

@@ -723,14 +723,34 @@ jobs:
           make -j$(nproc) benchmarks
           cd ..
           make -C test/data 
+      # we run benchmarks in tmpfs to avoid impact of disk IO
+      - name: Create folder for tmpfs 
+        run: mkdir -p /opt/benchmarks
       - name: Run PR Benchmarks 
         run: |
-          ./pr/scripts/ci/run_benchmarks.sh -f $(pwd)/pr -r $(pwd)/pr_results -s $(pwd)/pr -b $(pwd)/pr/build -o ~/data.osm.pbf -g ~/gps_traces.csv
+          sudo mount -t tmpfs -o size=4g none /opt/benchmarks
+          cp -rf pr/build /opt/benchmarks/build
+          mkdir -p /opt/benchmarks/test
+          cp -rf pr/test/data /opt/benchmarks/test/data
+          cp -rf pr/profiles /opt/benchmarks/profiles
+
+          ./pr/scripts/ci/run_benchmarks.sh -f /opt/benchmarks -r $(pwd)/pr_results -s $(pwd)/pr -b /opt/benchmarks/build -o ~/data.osm.pbf -g ~/gps_traces.csv
+          sudo umount /opt/benchmarks
       - name: Run Base Benchmarks
         run: |
-          # we intentionally use scripts from PR branch to be able to update them and see results in the same PR
-          ./pr/scripts/ci/run_benchmarks.sh -f $(pwd)/base -r $(pwd)/base_results -s $(pwd)/pr -b $(pwd)/base/build -o ~/data.osm.pbf -g ~/gps_traces.csv
+          sudo mount -t tmpfs -o size=4g none /opt/benchmarks
+          cp -rf base/build /opt/benchmarks/build
+          mkdir -p /opt/benchmarks/test
+          cp -rf base/test/data /opt/benchmarks/test/data
+          cp -rf base/profiles /opt/benchmarks/profiles
 
+          # TODO: remove it when base branch will have this file at needed location
+          if [ ! -f /opt/benchmarks/test/data/portugal_to_korea.json ]; then
+            cp base/src/benchmarks/portugal_to_korea.json /opt/benchmarks/test/data/portugal_to_korea.json
+          fi
+          # we intentionally use scripts from PR branch to be able to update them and see results in the same PR
+          ./pr/scripts/ci/run_benchmarks.sh -f /opt/benchmarks -r $(pwd)/base_results -s $(pwd)/pr -b /opt/benchmarks/build -o ~/data.osm.pbf -g ~/gps_traces.csv
+          sudo umount /opt/benchmarks
       - name: Post Benchmark Results
         run: |
           python3 pr/scripts/ci/post_benchmark_results.py base_results pr_results

scripts/ci/run_benchmarks.sh

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function run_benchmarks_for_folder {
     echo "Running alias"
     $BENCHMARKS_FOLDER/alias-bench > "$RESULTS_FOLDER/alias.bench"
     echo "Running json-render-bench"
-    $BENCHMARKS_FOLDER/json-render-bench  "$FOLDER/src/benchmarks/portugal_to_korea.json" > "$RESULTS_FOLDER/json-render.bench"
+    $BENCHMARKS_FOLDER/json-render-bench  "$FOLDER/test/data/portugal_to_korea.json" > "$RESULTS_FOLDER/json-render.bench"
     echo "Running packedvector-bench"
     $BENCHMARKS_FOLDER/packedvector-bench > "$RESULTS_FOLDER/packedvector.bench"
     echo "Running rtree-bench"