[LNT] Add a few hints on how to reduce noisiness.

[uabelho]

Great!

I had to use quotes around RUNUNDER=taskset -c 1 or it would complain about
nt: error: no such option: -c

So I used:
--make-param="RUNUNDER=taskset -c 1"

[rengolin]

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quotes, as @uabelho said

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As well as any unnecessary service (like web servers, databases, search crawlers, etc)

[mzolotukhin]

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I don't know if it needs to be mentioned here, but if one needs a compile-time data as well, benchmarks should be built with one thread too.

[rengolin]

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Good point!

[rengolin]

LFTM. Thanks!

[uabelho]

Great! Thanks!

lnt/trunk/docs/quickstart.rst

the compiler you want to test::
      lnt runtest nt \
          --sandbox SANDBOX \
          --cc ~/llvm.obj/Release/bin/clang \
          --test-suite ~/llvm-test-suite
 
    The ``SANDBOX`` value is a path to where the test suite build products and
    results will be stored (inside a timestamped directory, by default).
 
+#. On most systems, the execution time results will be a bit noisy. There are
+   a range of things you can do to reduce noisiness (with LNT runtest nt
+   command line options when available between brackets):
+
+   * Only build the benchmarks in parallel, but do the actual running of the
+     benchmark code at most one at a time. (``--threads 1 --build-threads 6``).
+     Of course, when you're also interested in the measured compile time,
+     you should also build sequentially. (``--threads 1 --build-threads 1``).
+   * When running under linux: Make lnt use linux perf to get more accurate
+     timing for short-running benchmarks (``--use-perf=1``)
+   * Pin the running benchmark to a specific core, so the OS doesn't move the
+     benchmark process from core to core. (Under linux:
+     ``--make-param="RUNUNDER=taskset -c 1"``)
+   * Only run the programs that are marked as a benchmark; some of the tests
+     in the test-suite are not intended to be used as a benchmark.
+     (``--benchmarking-only``)
+   * Make sure each program gets run multiple times, so that LNT has a higher
+     chance of recognizing which programs are inherently noisy
+     (``--multisample=5``)
+   * Disable frequency scaling / turbo boost. In case of thermal throttling it
+     can skew the results.
+   * Disable as many processes or services as possible on the target system.
+
 
 Viewing Results
 ---------------
 
 By default, ``lnt runtest nt`` will show the passes and failures after doing a
 run, but if you are interested in viewing the result data in more detail you
 should install a local LNT instance to submit the results to.