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From: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com>
To: Jesse Barnes <jesse.barnes@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] trim memory not covered by WB MTRRs
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 18:39:16 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706061838200.3563@p34.internal.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200706061528.44070.jesse.barnes@intel.com>



On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Jesse Barnes wrote:

> On Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:26 pm Justin Piszcz wrote:
>> Nope, I booted with only netconsole= options.  I have a lot of HW in
>> the box and I guess the buffer is too small.  Not sure where to
>> change it in the kernel.  Looking..
>
> It's called "kernel log buffer size" and it's in "General setup".
>
> Jesse
>

Seems stable & fast so far, except when it hit swap :)

top - 18:38:13 up 5 min,  6 users,  load average: 38.56, 12.65, 4.52
Tasks: 227 total,  64 running, 163 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
Cpu0  :  0.0%us, 23.9%sy,  0.0%ni,  0.0%id, 72.7%wa,  0.0%hi,  3.4%si,  0.0%st
Cpu1  :  0.0%us, 23.5%sy,  0.0%ni,  1.0%id, 75.5%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.0%si,  0.0%st
Cpu2  :  0.0%us, 24.1%sy,  0.0%ni,  0.0%id, 75.9%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.0%si,  0.0%st
Cpu3  :  0.0%us, 23.6%sy,  0.0%ni,  0.0%id, 76.4%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.0%si,  0.0%st
Mem:   8039576k total,  7998988k used,    40588k free,       12k buffers
Swap: 16787768k total,   879324k used, 15908444k free,    16316k cached

Tested with
$ stress --vm 32 --vm-bytes 250M
and
$ stress --vm 64 --vm-bytes 250M

   PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
   248 root      10  -5     0    0    0 D   18  0.0   0:07.81 kswapd0
  3788 war       18   0  256m 115m  164 D    3  1.5   0:01.32 stress
  3800 war       18   0  256m 7300  160 R    3  0.1   0:00.58 stress
  3801 war       18   0  256m  34m  160 R    3  0.4   0:02.48 stress
  3808 war       18   0  256m 217m  164 R    3  2.8   0:01.16 stress
   559 root      10  -5     0    0    0 D    2  0.0   0:00.15 md0_raid1
  3771 war       18   0  256m 174m  164 R    2  2.2   0:01.30 stress
  3785 war       18   0  256m  30m  164 R    2  0.4   0:01.42 stress
  3813 war       18   0  256m  34m  164 R    2  0.4   0:01.06 stress
  3787 war       18   0  256m  24m  160 R    2  0.3   0:00.25 stress
  3794 war       18   0  256m  40m  160 R    2  0.5   0:00.14 stress
  3778 war       18   0  256m 109m  164 R    2  1.4   0:01.23 stress
  3783 war       18   0  256m 185m  164 R    2  2.4   0:01.29 stress
  3799 war       18   0  256m 172m  164 R    2  2.2   0:01.07 stress
  3816 war       18   0  256m 203m  160 R    2  2.6   0:00.39 stress
  3819 war       18   0  256m 144m  160 R    2  1.8   0:00.40 stress
  3820 war       18   0  256m 147m  160 R    2  1.9   0:00.39 stress
  3825 war       18   0  256m  91m  164 R    2  1.2   0:01.16 stress
  3777 war       18   0  256m  29m  164 R    1  0.4   0:01.05 stress
  3779 war       18   0  256m 197m  164 R    1  2.5   0:01.29 stress
  3805 war       18   0  256m 216m  160 R    1  2.8   0:00.36 stress
  3812 war       18   0  256m  30m  164 R    1  0.4   0:01.14 stress
  3830 war       18   0  256m 176m  164 R    1  2.3   0:01.17 stress
  3831 war       18   0  256m  64m  164 R    1  0.8   0:01.40 stress
  3769 war       18   0  256m  43m  164 R    1  0.6   0:01.23 stress
  3770 war       18   0  256m 169m  164 R    1  2.2   0:01.18 stress
  3773 war       18   0  256m  44m  160 R    1  0.6   0:00.29 stress
  3774 war       18   0  256m  21m  160 R    1  0.3   0:00.21 stress
  3780 war       18   0  256m 167m  164 R    1  2.1   0:01.33 stress
  3781 war       18   0  256m 143m  164 R    1  1.8   0:01.35 stress
  3798 war       18   0  256m 153m  164 R    1  1.9   0:01.16 stress
  3807 war       18   0  256m  31m  164 R    1  0.4   0:01.17 stress
  3817 war       18   0  256m 185m  160 R    1  2.4   0:00.40 stress
  3822 war       18   0  256m 200m  160 R    1  2.6   0:00.41 stress
  3824 war       18   0  256m 8684  160 R    1  0.1   0:00.16 stress
  3827 war       18   0  256m 103m  164 R    1  1.3   0:00.95 stress
  3828 war       18   0  256m 1976  160 R    1  0.0   0:00.19 stress
  2026 daemon    30  15 30580  436  372 D    1  0.0   0:02.10 bindgraph.pl
  3768 war       18   0  256m  81m  164 R    1  1.0   0:01.84 stress
  3772 war       18   0  256m 158m  164 R    1  2.0   0:01.11 stress
  3782 war       18   0  256m 180m  164 R    1  2.3   0:01.25 stress
  3786 war       18   0  256m 173m  164 R    1  2.2   0:01.13 stress
  3790 war       18   0  256m  20m  164 R    1  0.3   0:01.10 stress
  3791 war       18   0  256m  36m  164 R    1  0.5   0:01.80 stress
  3796 war       18   0  256m 111m  164 R    1  1.4   0:01.04 stress
  3797 war       18   0  256m 120m  164 R    1  1.5   0:01.12 stress
  3803 war       18   0  256m 129m  160 R    1  1.6   0:01.98 stress
  3804 war       18   0  256m 234m  160 R    1  3.0   0:00.40 stress
  3806 war       18   0  256m  49m  164 R    1  0.6   0:00.99 stress
  3809 war       18   0  256m  54m  164 R    1  0.7   0:01.16 stress
  3814 war       18   0  256m  38m  164 R    1  0.5   0:00.97 stress
  3815 war       18   0  256m  69m  164 R    1  0.9   0:01.06 stress
   246 root      15   0     0    0    0 D    0  0.0   0:00.01 pdflush
  3687 war       15   0 18012  896  560 R    0  0.0   0:00.88 top
  3775 war       18   0  256m 153m  164 R    0  2.0   0:01.14 stress
  3776 war       18   0  256m  55m  164 R    0  0.7   0:01.34 stress
  3784 war       18   0  256m  13m  164 R    0  0.2   0:00.96 stress
  3789 war       18   0  256m  46m  164 R    0  0.6   0:01.54 stress
  3792 war       18   0  256m  12m  164 R    0  0.2   0:01.00 stress
  3793 war       18   0  256m  44m  164 R    0  0.6   0:00.96 stress
  3795 war       18   0  256m 196m  164 R    0  2.5   0:01.06 stress
  3802 war       18   0  256m  22m  160 R    0  0.3   0:02.70 stress
  3810 war       18   0  256m  40m  164 R    0  0.5   0:01.06 stress
  3818 war       18   0  256m 146m  160 R    0  1.9   0:00.34 stress
  3829 war       18   0  256m 130m  164 R    0  1.7   0:01.11 stress
   247 root      15   0     0    0    0 D    0  0.0   0:00.01 pdflush
   554 root      10  -5     0    0    0 D    0  0.0   0:00.01 md2_raid1
  3811 war       18   0  256m  61m  160 R    0  0.8   0:05.85 stress
  3821 war       18   0  256m 136m  160 R    0  1.7   0:00.37 stress
  3823 war       18   0  256m 204m  160 R    0  2.6   0:00.34 stress
  3826 war       18   0  256m  95m  164 R    0  1.2   0:01.03 stress





  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-06-06 22:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 118+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-06-06 19:29 [PATCH] trim memory not covered by WB MTRRs Jesse Barnes
2007-06-06 20:26 ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-06 20:28   ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-06 20:31     ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-06 20:37       ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-06 20:50         ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-06 21:26           ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-06 21:53 ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-06 22:03   ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-06 22:05     ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-06 22:07       ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-06 22:13       ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-06 22:24         ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-06 22:26           ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-06 22:28             ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-06 22:31               ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-06 22:35               ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-06 22:37               ` Randy Dunlap
2007-06-06 22:46                 ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-06 22:54                 ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-06 23:11                   ` Randy Dunlap
2007-06-06 23:15                     ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-06 23:34                       ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-07  8:10                         ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-06 22:39               ` Justin Piszcz [this message]
2007-06-06 22:57               ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-06 23:20                 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-06 23:24                   ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-06 23:27                     ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-07  8:51                       ` Andi Kleen
2007-06-07  8:53                         ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-07  9:55                         ` Satyam Sharma
2007-06-07 17:33                         ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-07  7:45 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-06-07 17:30   ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-08 23:13     ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-06-12 15:39       ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-07  8:16 ` Andi Kleen
2007-06-07 17:35   ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-07 17:40     ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-07 14:41 ` Pavel Machek
2007-06-08  0:20 ` Andrew Morton
2007-06-08  1:33   ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-08 21:15 ` Andrew Morton
2007-06-08 21:28   ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-13  1:11 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-06-13  2:29   ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-13 22:19     ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-06-20 11:22 ` Helge Hafting
2007-06-20 14:37   ` Andi Kleen
2007-06-07 22:30 Jesse Barnes
2007-06-07 22:50 ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-07 22:53 ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-07 23:00 ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-08  8:20 ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-12 14:50 ` Pavel Machek
2007-06-12 15:29   ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-12 15:48     ` Andi Kleen
2007-06-12 21:30     ` Pavel Machek
2007-06-12 21:31       ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-12 21:38       ` Ray Lee
2007-06-12 21:55         ` Pavel Machek
2007-06-13  0:25           ` Ray Lee
2007-06-13  8:22             ` Pavel Machek
2007-06-14 19:38 ` Pim Zandbergen
2007-06-14 20:26   ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-14 21:18     ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-14 21:21       ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-14 21:26         ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-15 10:21       ` Pim Zandbergen
2007-06-15 16:20         ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-21 14:24           ` Pim Zandbergen
2007-06-21 14:28             ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-25 16:31             ` Pim Zandbergen
2007-06-25 16:34               ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-15 10:17     ` Pim Zandbergen
2007-06-15 10:34       ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-15 17:28       ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-20 13:55         ` Pim Zandbergen
2007-06-21 19:40 ` Yinghai Lu
2007-06-21 19:56   ` Jesse Barnes
     [not found] <fa.i7vJP3lxWAlyOLjcsqOWPKlixD8@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found] ` <fa.3ijVoClbWNHWrMhDABWjNPxp+wo@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found]   ` <fa.ZqgSvRGj/scOmd0AwnU6e21Gcwc@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found]     ` <fa.oNsjw768fkDpx3oef91fjAQs1Iw@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found]       ` <fa.x8ZCt4n0yXI1llhRq4wfjNfqK4w@ifi.uio.no>
2007-06-08  1:57         ` Robert Hancock
     [not found] <8tyOc-8f0-17@gated-at.bofh.it>
2007-06-13  6:52 ` Bodo Eggert
2007-06-13 16:19   ` Dave Jones
2007-06-25 21:34 Jesse Barnes
2007-06-25 21:45 ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-25 22:01 ` Andrew Morton
2007-06-25 22:05   ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-25 22:29     ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-25 23:34 ` Andi Kleen
2007-06-25 23:36   ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-26  0:54     ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-06-26  3:29       ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-26  3:30         ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-26 15:03           ` Andi Kleen
2007-06-26 15:07             ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-26 15:18               ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-26 15:39       ` Andi Kleen
2007-06-26 15:54         ` Yinghai Lu
2007-06-26 16:06         ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-06-26 17:38           ` Andi Kleen
2007-06-26 18:55             ` Yinghai Lu
2007-06-26 15:02     ` Andi Kleen
2007-06-26 15:38       ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-27 10:44 ` Pim Zandbergen
2007-06-27 11:22   ` Andi Kleen
2007-06-27 11:40     ` Pim Zandbergen
2007-06-27 11:44       ` Justin Piszcz
2007-06-27 14:22   ` Mauro Giachero
2007-06-27 15:04     ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-27 16:00       ` Pim Zandbergen
2007-06-27 16:07         ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-27 16:22         ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-27 17:02           ` Pim Zandbergen
2007-06-27 17:06             ` Jesse Barnes
2007-06-27 17:17               ` Pim Zandbergen
2007-07-05 12:12 ` Pavel Machek
2007-07-05 12:16   ` Justin Piszcz

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