Re: [LKP] [lkp] [sctp] a6c2f79287: netperf.Throughput_Mbps -37.2% regression

From: Aaron Lu
Date: Wed Aug 17 2016 - 02:37:28 EST


On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 02:14:05PM +0800, Aaron Lu wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 01:41:04PM +0800, Xin Long wrote:
> > > The perf-profile data for the two commits are attached(for the case of
> > > prsctp_enable=1, the perf-profile data doesn't get collected for the 0
> > > case for some reason, I'm checking the problem now).
> > >
> > > The CPU gets much more idle time in the bisected commit a6c2f79287:
> > >
> > > 68.89% 0.70% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath
> > > 49.32% 0.12% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] sys_sendmsg
> > > 49.17% 0.12% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] __sys_sendmsg
> > > 48.58% 0.22% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] ___sys_sendmsg
> > > 46.69% 0.06% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] sock_sendmsg
> > > 46.31% 0.16% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] inet_sendmsg
> > > 45.90% 0.98% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] sctp_sendmsg
> > > 29.66% 0.45% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] sctp_do_sm
> > > 29.54% 0.23% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] cpu_startup_entry
> > > 28.81% 0.68% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] sctp_cmd_interpreter.isra.24
> > > 26.20% 0.00% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] start_secondary
> > > 23.04% 0.09% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] sctp_inq_push
> > > 23.03% 0.08% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] call_cpuidle
> > > 22.94% 0.00% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] cpuidle_enter
> > > 22.60% 0.18% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] cpuidle_enter_state
> > > 21.99% 21.99% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] intel_idle
> > > ... ...
> > >
> > > While its immediate parent commit 826d253d57 is mostly busy working:
> > >
> > > 98.53% 0.83% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath
> > > 78.13% 0.12% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] sys_sendmsg
> > > 78.03% 0.16% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] __sys_sendmsg
> > > 77.08% 0.28% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] ___sys_sendmsg
> > > 74.44% 0.08% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] sock_sendmsg
> > > 73.82% 0.13% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] inet_sendmsg
> > > 73.34% 1.44% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] sctp_sendmsg
> > > 47.52% 0.75% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] sctp_do_sm
> > > 46.19% 0.90% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] sctp_cmd_interpreter.isra.24
> > > 37.17% 1.43% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] sctp_outq_flush
> > > 36.93% 0.08% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] sctp_outq_uncork
> > > 34.24% 0.15% [kernel.kallsyms] [k] sctp_inq_push
> > > ... ...
> > > No idle related function above 1%.
> > >
> > > Will the bisected commit make the idle possible?
> > No, not at all. :)
> >
> > pls help to debug as I said in the last reply.
>
> OK, will see how to do that.
>
> In the meantime, I just tried to reproduce on my own desktop:
> Sandybridge i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz and it reproduced:
> $ cat 4.7.0-rc6-01198-ga6c2f792873a/0/netperf.json
> {
> "netperf.Throughput_Mbps": [
> 752.9450000000002
> ]
> }
> $ cat 4.7.0-rc6-01197-g826d253d57b1/0/netperf.json
> {
> "netperf.Throughput_Mbps": [
> 1068.5556249999997
> ]
> }

On top of
commit 826d253d57b1 ("sctp: add SCTP_PR_ASSOC_STATUS on sctp sockopt")
I applied the below commit: