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v2: Add unit tests. Suggested by Matt. All Intel GPUs had similar results. (Ice Lake shown) total instructions in shared programs: 17229441 -> 17228658 (<.01%) instructions in affected programs: 159574 -> 158791 (-0.49%) helped: 489 HURT: 0 helped stats (abs) min: 1 max: 5 x̄: 1.60 x̃: 1 helped stats (rel) min: 0.07% max: 2.70% x̄: 0.61% x̃: 0.59% 95% mean confidence interval for instructions value: -1.72 -1.48 95% mean confidence interval for instructions %-change: -0.64% -0.58% Instructions are helped. total cycles in shared programs: 360944149 -> 360937144 (<.01%) cycles in affected programs: 1072195 -> 1065190 (-0.65%) helped: 254 HURT: 27 helped stats (abs) min: 2 max: 234 x̄: 30.51 x̃: 9 helped stats (rel) min: 0.04% max: 8.99% x̄: 0.75% x̃: 0.24% HURT stats (abs) min: 2 max: 83 x̄: 27.56 x̃: 24 HURT stats (rel) min: 0.09% max: 3.79% x̄: 1.28% x̃: 1.16% 95% mean confidence interval for cycles value: -30.11 -19.75 95% mean confidence interval for cycles %-change: -0.70% -0.41% Cycles are helped. Reviewed-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com> [v1]