From: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Waiman Long <waiman.long@hp.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>,
Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
"Chandramouleeswaran, Aswin" <aswin@hp.com>,
"Norton, Scott J" <scott.norton@hp.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/4] spinlock: A new lockref structure for lockless update of refcount
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 00:37:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+icZUXi-YHK23sKnVQbfi4K2FOVZiROQ76H5Qw2NxTJT2uzDQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFwU054C+zC+G+JrF4ngWvVmvD9WPGWaT_2=nF2j7bpHxA@mail.gmail.com>
On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 3:01 AM, Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Looks like this is now 10x faster: ~2.66Mloops (debug) VS.
>> ~26.60Mloops (no-debug).
>
> Ok, that's getting to be in the right ballpark.
>
> But your profile is still odd.
>
>> Samples: 159K of event 'cycles:pp', Event count (approx.): 76968896763
>> 12,79% t_lockref_from- [kernel.kallsyms] [k] irq_return
>> 4,36% t_lockref_from- [kernel.kallsyms] [k] __ticket_spin_lock
>
> If you do the profile with "-g", what are the top callers of this? You
> shouldn't see any spinlock load from the path lookup, but you have all
> these other things going on..
>
>> 4,36% t_lockref_from- [kernel.kallsyms] [k] __acct_update_integrals
>> 4,07% t_lockref_from- [kernel.kallsyms] [k] user_exit
>> 3,12% t_lockref_from- [kernel.kallsyms] [k] local_clock
>> 2,83% t_lockref_from- [kernel.kallsyms] [k] lockref_get_or_lock
>> 2,73% t_lockref_from- [kernel.kallsyms] [k] kmem_cache_alloc
>> 2,62% t_lockref_from- [kernel.kallsyms] [k] __d_lookup_rcu
>
> You're spending more time on the task stats than on the actual lookup.
> Maybe you should turn off CONFIG_TASKSTATS..But why that whole
> irq_return thing? Odd.
>
[ init/Kconfig ]
...
config TASKSTATS
bool "Export task/process statistics through netlink"
depends on NET <--- Difficult to disable it?!
default n
help
Export selected statistics for tasks/processes through the
generic netlink interface. Unlike BSD process accounting, the
statistics are available during the lifetime of tasks/processes as
responses to commands. Like BSD accounting, they are sent to user
space on task exit.
Say N if unsure.
...
- Sedat -
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-03 22:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 151+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-06 3:12 [PATCH v7 0/4] Lockless update of reference count protected by spinlock Waiman Long
2013-08-06 3:12 ` [PATCH v7 1/4] spinlock: A new lockref structure for lockless update of refcount Waiman Long
2013-08-29 1:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-29 4:44 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-08-29 7:00 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-08-29 16:43 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-29 19:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-29 23:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 0:26 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-08-30 0:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 2:06 ` Michael Neuling
2013-08-30 2:30 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-08-30 2:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 2:45 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-08-30 2:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 2:43 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2013-08-30 7:16 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-08-30 15:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 3:12 ` Waiman Long
2013-08-30 3:54 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 7:55 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 8:10 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 9:27 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 9:48 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-08-30 9:56 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 9:58 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 10:29 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 10:36 ` Peter Zijlstra
2013-08-30 10:44 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 10:46 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 10:52 ` Peter Zijlstra
2013-08-30 10:57 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 14:05 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 11:19 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 10:38 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 15:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 15:38 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 16:12 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-08-30 16:16 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 18:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 16:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 16:37 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 16:52 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 17:11 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 17:26 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-01 10:01 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-09-01 10:33 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-09-01 15:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-01 15:45 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-09-01 15:55 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-02 10:30 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-09-02 16:09 ` David Ahern
2013-09-01 20:59 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-01 21:23 ` Al Viro
2013-09-01 22:16 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-01 22:35 ` Al Viro
2013-09-01 22:44 ` Al Viro
2013-09-01 22:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-01 22:48 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-01 23:30 ` Al Viro
2013-09-02 0:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-02 0:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-02 7:05 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-09-02 16:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-03 10:15 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-09-03 15:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-03 18:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-03 19:19 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-09-03 21:05 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-03 21:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-03 21:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-03 21:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-03 14:08 ` Pavel Machek
2013-09-03 22:37 ` Sedat Dilek [this message]
2013-09-03 22:55 ` Dave Jones
2013-09-03 23:05 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-09-03 23:15 ` Dave Jones
2013-09-03 23:20 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-09-03 23:45 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-08-30 18:33 ` Waiman Long
2013-08-30 18:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 19:20 ` Waiman Long
2013-08-30 19:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 20:15 ` Waiman Long
2013-08-30 20:43 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 20:54 ` Al Viro
2013-08-30 21:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 21:44 ` Al Viro
2013-08-30 22:30 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-31 21:23 ` Al Viro
2013-08-31 22:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-31 23:27 ` Al Viro
2013-09-01 0:13 ` Al Viro
2013-09-01 17:48 ` Al Viro
2013-09-09 8:30 ` Peter Zijlstra
2013-08-30 21:10 ` Waiman Long
2013-08-30 21:22 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 21:30 ` Al Viro
2013-08-30 21:42 ` Waiman Long
2013-08-30 19:40 ` Al Viro
2013-08-30 19:52 ` Waiman Long
2013-08-30 20:26 ` Al Viro
2013-08-30 20:35 ` Waiman Long
2013-08-30 20:48 ` Al Viro
2013-08-31 2:02 ` Waiman Long
2013-08-31 2:35 ` Al Viro
2013-08-31 2:42 ` Al Viro
2013-09-02 19:25 ` Waiman Long
2013-09-03 6:01 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-09-03 7:24 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-09-03 15:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-03 15:14 ` Waiman Long
2013-09-03 15:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-03 19:09 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-03 21:01 ` Waiman Long
2013-09-04 14:52 ` Waiman Long
2013-09-04 15:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-04 19:25 ` Waiman Long
2013-09-04 21:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-05 2:35 ` Waiman Long
2013-09-05 13:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-09-05 17:33 ` Waiman Long
2013-09-05 17:40 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-09-03 22:41 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-09-03 23:11 ` Sedat Dilek
2013-09-08 21:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-09 0:03 ` Al Viro
2013-09-09 0:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-09 0:35 ` Al Viro
2013-09-09 0:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-09 0:57 ` Al Viro
2013-09-09 2:09 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-09-09 0:30 ` Al Viro
2013-09-09 3:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-09 4:06 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-09-09 5:44 ` Al Viro
2013-08-30 17:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2013-08-30 17:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-30 17:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-29 15:20 ` Waiman Long
2013-08-06 3:12 ` [PATCH v7 2/4] spinlock: Enable x86 architecture to do lockless refcount update Waiman Long
2013-08-06 3:12 ` [PATCH v7 3/4] dcache: replace d_lock/d_count by d_lockcnt Waiman Long
2013-08-06 3:12 ` [PATCH v7 4/4] dcache: Enable lockless update of dentry's refcount Waiman Long
2013-08-13 18:03 ` [PATCH v7 0/4] Lockless update of reference count protected by spinlock Waiman Long
2013-08-31 3:06 [PATCH v7 1/4] spinlock: A new lockref structure for lockless update of refcount George Spelvin
2013-08-31 17:16 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-01 8:50 ` George Spelvin
2013-09-01 11:10 ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-09-01 15:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-09-01 18:11 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-09-01 20:03 ` Linus Torvalds
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