Re: [PATCH 0/7] slub: Fastpath optimization (especially for RT) V1

From: Jesper Dangaard Brouer
Date: Thu Dec 11 2014 - 14:14:55 EST


On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 11:18:31 -0600 (CST)
Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Dec 2014, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
>
> > I was expecting to see at least (specifically) 4.291 ns improvement, as
> > this is the measured[1] cost of preempt_{disable,enable] on my system.
>
> Right. Those calls are taken out of the fastpaths by this patchset for
> the CONFIG_PREEMPT case. So the numbers that you got do not make much
> sense to me.

True, that is also that I'm saying. I'll try to figure out that is
going on, tomorrow.

You are welcome to run my test harness:
http://netoptimizer.blogspot.dk/2014/11/announce-github-repo-prototype-kernel.html
https://github.com/netoptimizer/prototype-kernel/blob/master/getting_started.rst

Just load module: time_bench_kmem_cache1
https://github.com/netoptimizer/prototype-kernel/blob/master/kernel/lib/time_bench_kmem_cache1.c

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Best regards,
Jesper Dangaard Brouer
MSc.CS, Sr. Network Kernel Developer at Red Hat
Author of http://www.iptv-analyzer.org
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer
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