update benchmarks and changelog

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@
   enough space to push the message, which could make it less accurate. Additionally, in the case of a blocking queue,
   the timestamp could be later in time. Now, the timestamp is taken and stored right after the log statement is issued,
   before checking for the queue size.
-- The throughput of the backend worker thread has been improved by approximately 3%. This enhancement is reflected in
-  the new throughput value of 4.10 million msgs/sec, compared to the previous throughput of 3.98 million msgs/sec.
 
 ## v3.7.0
 

benchmarks/backend_throughput/quill_backend_throughput.cpp

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ int main()
   quill::detail::set_cpu_affinity(0);
 
   quill::Config cfg;
-  cfg.backend_thread_yield = false;
-  cfg.backend_thread_cpu_affinity = 1;
+
+  cfg.backend_thread_cpu_affinity = 5;
 
   quill::configure(cfg);
 

benchmarks/backend_throughput/quill_backend_throughput_no_buffering.cpp

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ int main()
   quill::detail::set_cpu_affinity(0);
 
   quill::Config cfg;
-  cfg.backend_thread_yield = false;
-  cfg.backend_thread_cpu_affinity = 1;
+
+  cfg.backend_thread_cpu_affinity = 5;
   cfg.backend_thread_use_transit_buffer = false;
 
   quill::configure(cfg);
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ int main()
                                                                        cfg.set_open_mode('w');
                                                                        return cfg;
                                                                      }());
-  file_handler->set_pattern("%(time) [%(thread)] %(short_source_location) %(log_level) %(message)");
+  file_handler->set_pattern(
+    "%(time) [%(thread_id)] %(short_source_location) %(log_level) %(message)");
   quill::Logger* logger = quill::create_logger("bench_logger", std::move(file_handler));
   quill::preallocate();
 

benchmarks/hot_path_latency/quill_hot_path_rdtsc_clock.cpp

@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ void quill_benchmark(std::vector<int32_t> const& thread_count_array,
 
   /** - Setup Quill **/
   quill::Config cfg;
-  cfg.backend_thread_yield = false;
+
   cfg.backend_thread_cpu_affinity = 5;
+  // cfg.enable_huge_pages_hot_path = true;  // enable huge pages
+
   quill::configure(cfg);
 
   // Start the logging backend thread

benchmarks/hot_path_latency/quill_hot_path_system_clock.cpp

@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ void quill_benchmark(std::vector<int32_t> const& thread_count_array,
 
   /** - Setup Quill **/
   quill::Config cfg;
-  cfg.backend_thread_yield = false;
+
   cfg.backend_thread_cpu_affinity = 5;
   cfg.default_timestamp_clock_type = quill::TimestampClockType::System;
+  // cfg.enable_huge_pages_hot_path = true;  // enable huge pages
 
   quill::configure(cfg);