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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Jinhua Wu <wujinhua@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, zelin.deng@linux.alibaba.com,
	jiayu.ni@linux.alibaba.com, ak@linux.intel.com,
	luming.yu@intel.com, fan.du@intel.com,
	artie.ding@linux.alibaba.com, tony.luck@intel.com,
	tglx@linutronix.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com, fenghua.yu@intel.com,
	hpa@zytor.com, ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com,
	peterz@infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: optimize clear page in Intel specified model with movq instruction
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2021 11:39:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YTnWXIB42sCLbM2k@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1631177151-53723-1-git-send-email-wujinhua@linux.alibaba.com>

On Thu, Sep 09, 2021 at 04:45:51PM +0800, Jinhua Wu wrote:
> Clear page is the most time-consuming procedure in page fault handling.
> Kernel use fast-string instruction to clear page. We found that in specified
> Intel model such as CPX and ICX, the movq instruction perform much better
> than fast-string instruction when corresponding page is not in cache.
> But when the page is in cache, fast string perform better. We show the test
> result in the following:

What you should do is show the extensive tests you've run with
real-world benchmarks where you really can show 40% performance
improvement.

Also, the static branch "approach" you're using ain't gonna happen. If
anything, another X86_FEATURE_* bit.

Good luck.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette

  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-09  9:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-09  8:45 [PATCH] perf: optimize clear page in Intel specified model with movq instruction Jinhua Wu
2021-09-09  9:39 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2021-09-09 10:34   ` Luming Yu
2021-09-09 10:44     ` Borislav Petkov
2021-09-09 11:18     ` Peter Zijlstra
     [not found]   ` <bf6fe59d-c760-40d4-8201-4170cd90ffc3.wujinhua@linux.alibaba.com>
2021-09-09 11:07     ` 回复:[PATCH] " Borislav Petkov
2021-09-09 14:51       ` Luming Yu
     [not found]         ` <1cac1499-6b00-3c18-b64c-a22f269a2706@linux.alibaba.com>
2021-10-16 13:22           ` Borislav Petkov
     [not found]             ` <7b07f141-12f5-397d-9e45-1d507cacae84@linux.alibaba.com>
2021-10-18 12:43               ` Borislav Petkov
2021-10-18 14:44                 ` Luming Yu

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