extern struct argp bench_ringbufs_argp;
 extern struct argp bench_bloom_map_argp;
 extern struct argp bench_bpf_loop_argp;
+extern struct argp bench_strncmp_argp;
 
 static const struct argp_child bench_parsers[] = {
        { &bench_ringbufs_argp, 0, "Ring buffers benchmark", 0 },
        { &bench_bloom_map_argp, 0, "Bloom filter map benchmark", 0 },
        { &bench_bpf_loop_argp, 0, "bpf_loop helper benchmark", 0 },
+       { &bench_strncmp_argp, 0, "bpf_strncmp helper benchmark", 0 },
        {},
 };
 
 extern const struct bench bench_hashmap_without_bloom;
 extern const struct bench bench_hashmap_with_bloom;
 extern const struct bench bench_bpf_loop;
+extern const struct bench bench_strncmp_no_helper;
+extern const struct bench bench_strncmp_helper;
 
 static const struct bench *benchs[] = {
        &bench_count_global,
        &bench_hashmap_without_bloom,
        &bench_hashmap_with_bloom,
        &bench_bpf_loop,
+       &bench_strncmp_no_helper,
+       &bench_strncmp_helper,
 };
 
 static void setup_benchmark()
 
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* Copyright (C) 2021. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd */
+#include <argp.h>
+#include "bench.h"
+#include "strncmp_bench.skel.h"
+
+static struct strncmp_ctx {
+       struct strncmp_bench *skel;
+} ctx;
+
+static struct strncmp_args {
+       u32 cmp_str_len;
+} args = {
+       .cmp_str_len = 32,
+};
+
+enum {
+       ARG_CMP_STR_LEN = 5000,
+};
+
+static const struct argp_option opts[] = {
+       { "cmp-str-len", ARG_CMP_STR_LEN, "CMP_STR_LEN", 0,
+         "Set the length of compared string" },
+       {},
+};
+
+static error_t strncmp_parse_arg(int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state)
+{
+       switch (key) {
+       case ARG_CMP_STR_LEN:
+               args.cmp_str_len = strtoul(arg, NULL, 10);
+               if (!args.cmp_str_len ||
+                   args.cmp_str_len >= sizeof(ctx.skel->bss->str)) {
+                       fprintf(stderr, "Invalid cmp str len (limit %zu)\n",
+                               sizeof(ctx.skel->bss->str));
+                       argp_usage(state);
+               }
+               break;
+       default:
+               return ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN;
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+const struct argp bench_strncmp_argp = {
+       .options = opts,
+       .parser = strncmp_parse_arg,
+};
+
+static void strncmp_validate(void)
+{
+       if (env.consumer_cnt != 1) {
+               fprintf(stderr, "strncmp benchmark doesn't support multi-consumer!\n");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+
+static void strncmp_setup(void)
+{
+       int err;
+       char *target;
+       size_t i, sz;
+
+       sz = sizeof(ctx.skel->rodata->target);
+       if (!sz || sz < sizeof(ctx.skel->bss->str)) {
+               fprintf(stderr, "invalid string size (target %zu, src %zu)\n",
+                       sz, sizeof(ctx.skel->bss->str));
+               exit(1);
+       }
+
+       setup_libbpf();
+
+       ctx.skel = strncmp_bench__open();
+       if (!ctx.skel) {
+               fprintf(stderr, "failed to open skeleton\n");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+
+       srandom(time(NULL));
+       target = ctx.skel->rodata->target;
+       for (i = 0; i < sz - 1; i++)
+               target[i] = '1' + random() % 9;
+       target[sz - 1] = '\0';
+
+       ctx.skel->rodata->cmp_str_len = args.cmp_str_len;
+
+       memcpy(ctx.skel->bss->str, target, args.cmp_str_len);
+       ctx.skel->bss->str[args.cmp_str_len] = '\0';
+       /* Make bss->str < rodata->target */
+       ctx.skel->bss->str[args.cmp_str_len - 1] -= 1;
+
+       err = strncmp_bench__load(ctx.skel);
+       if (err) {
+               fprintf(stderr, "failed to load skeleton\n");
+               strncmp_bench__destroy(ctx.skel);
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+
+static void strncmp_attach_prog(struct bpf_program *prog)
+{
+       struct bpf_link *link;
+
+       link = bpf_program__attach(prog);
+       if (!link) {
+               fprintf(stderr, "failed to attach program!\n");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+
+static void strncmp_no_helper_setup(void)
+{
+       strncmp_setup();
+       strncmp_attach_prog(ctx.skel->progs.strncmp_no_helper);
+}
+
+static void strncmp_helper_setup(void)
+{
+       strncmp_setup();
+       strncmp_attach_prog(ctx.skel->progs.strncmp_helper);
+}
+
+static void *strncmp_producer(void *ctx)
+{
+       while (true)
+               (void)syscall(__NR_getpgid);
+       return NULL;
+}
+
+static void *strncmp_consumer(void *ctx)
+{
+       return NULL;
+}
+
+static void strncmp_measure(struct bench_res *res)
+{
+       res->hits = atomic_swap(&ctx.skel->bss->hits, 0);
+}
+
+const struct bench bench_strncmp_no_helper = {
+       .name = "strncmp-no-helper",
+       .validate = strncmp_validate,
+       .setup = strncmp_no_helper_setup,
+       .producer_thread = strncmp_producer,
+       .consumer_thread = strncmp_consumer,
+       .measure = strncmp_measure,
+       .report_progress = hits_drops_report_progress,
+       .report_final = hits_drops_report_final,
+};
+
+const struct bench bench_strncmp_helper = {
+       .name = "strncmp-helper",
+       .validate = strncmp_validate,
+       .setup = strncmp_helper_setup,
+       .producer_thread = strncmp_producer,
+       .consumer_thread = strncmp_consumer,
+       .measure = strncmp_measure,
+       .report_progress = hits_drops_report_progress,
+       .report_final = hits_drops_report_final,
+};
 
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* Copyright (C) 2021. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd */
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/bpf.h>
+#include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
+#include <bpf/bpf_tracing.h>
+
+#define STRNCMP_STR_SZ 4096
+
+/* Will be updated by benchmark before program loading */
+const volatile unsigned int cmp_str_len = 1;
+const char target[STRNCMP_STR_SZ];
+
+long hits = 0;
+char str[STRNCMP_STR_SZ];
+
+char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
+
+static __always_inline int local_strncmp(const char *s1, unsigned int sz,
+                                        const char *s2)
+{
+       int ret = 0;
+       unsigned int i;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < sz; i++) {
+               /* E.g. 0xff > 0x31 */
+               ret = (unsigned char)s1[i] - (unsigned char)s2[i];
+               if (ret || !s1[i])
+                       break;
+       }
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
+SEC("tp/syscalls/sys_enter_getpgid")
+int strncmp_no_helper(void *ctx)
+{
+       if (local_strncmp(str, cmp_str_len + 1, target) < 0)
+               __sync_add_and_fetch(&hits, 1);
+       return 0;
+}
+
+SEC("tp/syscalls/sys_enter_getpgid")
+int strncmp_helper(void *ctx)
+{
+       if (bpf_strncmp(str, cmp_str_len + 1, target) < 0)
+               __sync_add_and_fetch(&hits, 1);
+       return 0;
+}
+