diff --git a/test/integration/logs/benchmark/contextual-logging/benchmark_test.go b/test/integration/logs/benchmark/contextual-logging/benchmark_test.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package contextuallogging
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
+
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	klog.InitFlags(nil)
+}
+
+// BenchmarkRecursion measures the overhead of adding calling a function
+// recursively with just the depth parameter.
+func BenchmarkRecursion(b *testing.B) {
+	for depth := 10; depth <= 100000; depth *= 10 {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", depth), func(b *testing.B) {
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				recurse(depth)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+//go:noinline
+func recurse(depth int) {
+	if depth == 0 {
+		logr.Discard().Info("hello world")
+		return
+	}
+	recurse(depth - 1)
+}
+
+// BenchmarkRecursionWithLogger measures the overhead of adding a logr.Logger
+// parameter.
+func BenchmarkRecursionWithLogger(b *testing.B) {
+	logger := logr.Discard()
+
+	for depth := 10; depth <= 100000; depth *= 10 {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", depth), func(b *testing.B) {
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				recurseWithLogger(logger, depth)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+//go:noinline
+func recurseWithLogger(logger logr.Logger, depth int) {
+	if depth == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	recurseWithLogger(logger, depth-1)
+}
+
+// BenchmarkRecursionWithContext measures the overhead of adding a context
+// parameter.
+func BenchmarkRecursionWithContext(b *testing.B) {
+	logger := logr.Discard()
+	// nolint:logcheck // Intentionally using NewContext unconditionally here.
+	ctx := logr.NewContext(context.Background(), logger)
+
+	for depth := 10; depth <= 100000; depth *= 10 {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", depth), func(b *testing.B) {
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				recurseWithContext(ctx, depth)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+//go:noinline
+func recurseWithContext(ctx context.Context, depth int) {
+	if depth == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	recurseWithContext(ctx, depth-1)
+}
+
+// BenchmarkRecursionWithLogger measures the overhead of adding a logr.Logger
+// parameter and using it once.
+func BenchmarkRecursionWithLoggerAndLog(b *testing.B) {
+	logger := logr.Discard()
+
+	for depth := 10; depth <= 100000; depth *= 10 {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", depth), func(b *testing.B) {
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				recurseWithLoggerAndLog(logger, depth)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+//go:noinline
+func recurseWithLoggerAndLog(logger logr.Logger, depth int) {
+	if depth == 0 {
+		logger.Info("hello world")
+		return
+	}
+	recurseWithLoggerAndLog(logger, depth-1)
+}
+
+// BenchmarkRecursionWithContext measures the overhead of adding a context
+// parameter and using it once to retrieve and call a logger.
+func BenchmarkRecursionWithContextAndLog(b *testing.B) {
+	logger := logr.Discard()
+	// nolint:logcheck // Intentionally using NewContext unconditionally here.
+	ctx := logr.NewContext(context.Background(), logger)
+
+	for depth := 10; depth <= 100000; depth *= 10 {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", depth), func(b *testing.B) {
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				recurseWithContextAndLog(ctx, depth)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+//go:noinline
+func recurseWithContextAndLog(ctx context.Context, depth int) {
+	if depth == 0 {
+		logger := logr.FromContextOrDiscard(ctx)
+		logger.Info("hello world")
+		return
+	}
+	recurseWithContextAndLog(ctx, depth-1)
+}
+
+// BenchmarkNestedContextWithTimeouts benchmarks how quickly a function can be
+// called that creates a new context at each call with context.WithTimeout.
+func BenchmarkNestedContextWithTimeouts(b *testing.B) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	for depth := 1; depth <= 10000; depth *= 10 {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", depth), func(b *testing.B) {
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				nestedContextWithTimeout(ctx, depth)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+//go:noinline
+func nestedContextWithTimeout(ctx context.Context, depth int) {
+	if depth == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Hour)
+	defer cancel()
+	nestedContextWithTimeout(ctx, depth-1)
+}
+
+// BenchmarkNestedContextWithTimeouts benchmarks how quickly a function can be
+// called that creates a new context at each call with context.WithTimeout
+// and then looks up a logger.
+func BenchmarkNestedContextWithTimeoutsAndLookup(b *testing.B) {
+	// nolint:logcheck // Intentionally using NewContext unconditionally here.
+	ctx := logr.NewContext(context.Background(), logr.Discard())
+
+	for depth := 1; depth <= 10000; depth *= 10 {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", depth), func(b *testing.B) {
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				nestedContextWithTimeoutAndLookup(ctx, depth)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+//go:noinline
+func nestedContextWithTimeoutAndLookup(ctx context.Context, depth int) {
+	if depth == 0 {
+		logr.FromContextOrDiscard(ctx)
+		return
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Hour)
+	defer cancel()
+	nestedContextWithTimeoutAndLookup(ctx, depth-1)
+}
+
+var logger logr.Logger
+
+// BenchmarkNestedContextWithTimeouts benchmarks how quickly FromContextOrDiscard
+// can look up a logger in nested contexts where WithTimeouts is used to
+// created those nested contexts.
+func BenchmarkLookupWithTimeouts(b *testing.B) {
+	for depth := 1; depth <= 10000; depth *= 10 {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", depth), func(b *testing.B) {
+			// nolint:logcheck // Intentionally using NewContext unconditionally here.
+			ctx := logr.NewContext(context.Background(), logr.Discard())
+			for i := 0; i < depth; i++ {
+				ctx2, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Hour)
+				defer cancel()
+				ctx = ctx2
+			}
+			b.ResetTimer()
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				logger = logr.FromContextOrDiscard(ctx)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+type keyT struct{}
+
+var key keyT
+
+// BenchmarkNestedContextWithTimeouts benchmarks how quickly FromContextOrDiscard
+// can look up a logger in nested contexts where WithValue is used to
+// created those nested contexts.
+func BenchmarkLookupWithValues(b *testing.B) {
+	for depth := 1; depth <= 10000; depth *= 10 {
+		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", depth), func(b *testing.B) {
+			// nolint:logcheck // Intentionally using NewContext unconditionally here.
+			ctx := logr.NewContext(context.Background(), logr.Discard())
+			for i := 0; i < depth; i++ {
+				ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, key, depth)
+			}
+			b.ResetTimer()
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				logger = logr.FromContextOrDiscard(ctx)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}