improve benchmark action

.github/workflows/protocol-benchmark.yml

@@ -22,17 +22,30 @@ jobs:
       run:
         working-directory: ./protocol
     steps:
-      -
-        name: Check out repository code
+      - name: Check out repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      -
-        name: Setup Golang
+      - name: Setup Golang
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
           go-version: 1.22
-      -
-        name: Ensure `go.mod` is up to date
-        run: go mod tidy && git diff --exit-code
-      -
-        name: Run Benchmarks
-        run: make benchmark
+      - name: Run Benchmarks
+        run: make benchmark | tee benchmark_output.txt
+      - name: Store benchmark result
+        uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@v1
+        with:
+          tool: 'go'
+          output-file-path: benchmark_output.txt
+      - name: Download previous benchmark data
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ./cache
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-benchmark
+      - name: Store benchmark result
+        uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@v1
+        with:
+          tool: 'go'
+          output-file-path: benchmark_output.txt
+          external-data-json-path: ./cache/benchmark-data.json
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          comment-on-alert: true
+          alert-comment-cc-users: '@brendanchou'

protocol/Makefile

@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ test-unit-and-integration:
 	@VERSION=$(VERSION) go test -mod=readonly -tags='integration_test test_ledger_mock $(build_tags)' ./...
 
 benchmark:
-	@VERSION=$(VERSION) go test -mod=readonly -tags='$(build_tags)' -run=^# -bench=. -count 5 -benchmem ./...
+	@VERSION=$(VERSION) go test -mod=readonly -tags='$(build_tags)' -run=^# -bench=. -benchtime=5s -benchmem ./...
 
 test-container:
 	@SKIP_DISABLED=true VERSION=$(VERSION) go test -mod=readonly -tags='container_test $(build_tags)' ./...