Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] locking/qspinlock: Enhance pvqspinlock performance

From: Waiman Long
Date: Mon Jul 27 2015 - 13:36:23 EST


On 07/26/2015 09:18 PM, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
On Wed, 2015-07-22 at 16:12 -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
Patch 3 allows the collection of various count data that are useful
to see what is happening in the system. They do add a bit of overhead
when enabled slowing performance a tiny bit.
Ah ok you do mention the overhead. Hmmm but what's a tiny bit? A kernel
build comparison would be pretty nice to have a "usability" view.

Thanks,
Davidlohr


You will probably see a few seconds of slowdown for a kernel build that took 3 mins. So it is about a few percents and it varies a bit from run to run.

Cheers,
Longman
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