From: Daniel Phillips <news-innominate.list.linux.kernel@innominate.de>
To: "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@timpanogas.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.2.18Pre Lan Performance Rocks!
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 07:42:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <news2mail-3A025E52.440DF378@innominate.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0010312231490.15159-100000@elte.hu> <39FF3F0B.81A1EE13@timpanogas.org> <20001031230538.A9048@gruyere.muc.suse.de> <39FF465F.4EEB811A@timpanogas.org>
"Jeff V. Merkey" wrote:
> A "context" is usually assued to be a "stack". The simplest of all
> context switches is:
>
> mov x, esp
> mov esp, y
Is that your two instruction context switch? The problem is, it doesn't
transfer control anywhere. Maybe it doesn't need to. I guess you could
break your tasks up into lots of little chunks and compile each chunk
inline and use actual calls to take you off the fast path. The stack
changes are actually doing some useful work here: you might for instance
be processing a network packet whose address is on the stack. But
somehow I don't think this is your two-instruction context switch. The
only halfway flexible two-instruction context switch I can think of is:
mov esp, y
ret
where you already know the stack depth where you are so you don't have
to store it, and the task execution order is predetermined. This
switches the *two* essential ingredients of a context: control+data.
But there's a big fat AGI there and all the overhead of a jump so it
doesn't get your superscalar performance.
Now my stupid question: why on earth do you need a billion context
switches a second?
--
Daniel
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2000-10-29 23:19 2.2.18Pre Lan Performance Rocks! Jeff V. Merkey
[not found] ` <E13q2R7-0006S7-00@the-village.bc.nu>
2000-10-30 1:35 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 6:47 ` Andi Kleen
2000-10-30 6:58 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 7:08 ` Andi Kleen
2000-10-30 7:16 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 7:38 ` Andi Kleen
2000-10-30 8:04 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 8:16 ` Andi Kleen
2000-10-30 12:47 ` Alan Cox
2000-10-30 12:50 ` Andi Kleen
2000-10-30 8:26 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 7:20 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 8:39 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 8:08 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 9:52 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 8:55 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 10:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 9:11 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 10:41 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 9:33 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 10:56 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 9:45 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 11:04 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 9:56 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 11:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 10:08 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 17:41 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-10-30 17:58 ` Chris Evans
2000-10-30 18:01 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 18:21 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-10-30 17:59 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 8:08 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-31 20:04 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 19:11 ` Dan Hollis
2000-10-31 18:59 ` Pavel Machek
2000-10-30 10:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 9:20 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 10:44 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 9:38 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 11:01 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 9:54 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 11:12 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 10:06 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 10:56 ` john slee
2000-10-30 18:04 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 11:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 12:57 ` Alan Cox
2000-10-30 17:55 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 18:34 ` Alan Cox
2000-10-30 21:17 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 9:25 ` Erik Andersen
2000-10-31 18:50 ` Pavel Machek
2000-10-31 20:06 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 20:13 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 21:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-31 21:56 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-31 21:57 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 0:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-31 23:18 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 0:47 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-11-01 0:56 ` Davide Libenzi
[not found] ` <20001102031546.B10806@cerebro.laendle>
[not found] ` <20001101212835.A2425@vger.timpanogas.org>
[not found] ` <20001102043332.A27126@fuji.laendle>
[not found] ` <3A0195DA.DDEBAC51@timpanogas.org>
[not found] ` <20001102194323.D2790@cerebro.laendle>
[not found] ` <3A01CBB5.48C3094A@timpanogas.org>
[not found] ` <20001102214903.F2790@cerebro.laendle>
[not found] ` <3A01E71A.778BD898@timpanogas.org>
[not found] ` <20001102232210.H2790@cerebro.laendle>
[not found] ` <3A01ECD2.76DE10FF@timpanogas.org>
2000-11-02 22:46 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-03 0:12 ` Davide Libenzi
2000-11-02 23:00 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 21:34 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-31 21:52 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 22:05 ` Andi Kleen
2000-10-31 22:23 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 22:45 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 22:44 ` David Lang
2000-10-31 22:57 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 22:52 ` David Lang
2000-10-31 23:02 ` Alan Cox
2000-10-31 23:03 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 0:08 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-31 22:59 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 2:30 ` Horst von Brand
2000-10-31 23:05 ` Richard B. Johnson
2000-10-31 23:14 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 0:32 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-31 23:23 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 0:55 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-31 23:54 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-31 22:47 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 22:56 ` Larry McVoy
2000-10-31 22:55 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 0:10 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-11-01 5:38 ` Daniel Phillips
2000-11-03 6:42 ` Daniel Phillips [this message]
2000-10-31 22:59 ` Michael H. Warfield
2000-10-31 23:12 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-31 22:28 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 5:01 ` Peter Samuelson
2000-11-01 5:09 ` Larry McVoy
2000-11-01 5:20 ` Peter Samuelson
2000-10-30 10:50 ` Ingo Molnar
2000-10-30 9:40 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-30 23:26 ` David Woodhouse
2000-10-30 23:49 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 23:34 ` Roger Larsson
2000-10-31 15:18 ` Reto Baettig
2000-10-31 20:26 ` Alan Cox
2000-10-31 15:30 ` Reto Baettig
2000-10-31 20:37 ` Alan Cox
2000-10-31 20:48 ` Jesse Pollard
2000-10-31 20:58 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-01 1:33 ` Horst von Brand
2000-11-01 3:42 ` Jesse Pollard
2000-11-01 13:26 ` Horst von Brand
2000-10-31 21:43 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 21:50 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 20:36 ` Rik van Riel
2000-10-31 15:47 ` Reto Baettig
2000-10-31 21:05 ` Rik van Riel
2000-10-31 21:33 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 21:48 ` Rik van Riel
2000-10-31 16:54 ` Reto Baettig
2000-10-31 21:58 ` Rik van Riel
2000-10-31 21:53 ` Jeff V. Merkey
[not found] <200010300823.BAA19834@vger.timpanogas.org>
2000-10-30 8:36 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 21:44 Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 21:36 ` Paul Menage
2000-10-31 21:44 ` David S. Miller
2000-10-31 23:21 ` Matti Aarnio
2000-10-31 23:39 ` David Weinehall
2000-10-31 22:05 ` Larry McVoy
2000-10-31 22:15 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 22:27 ` Larry McVoy
2000-10-31 22:38 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 22:48 ` Rik van Riel
2000-10-31 22:50 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 22:49 ` Larry McVoy
2000-10-31 22:53 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-10-31 23:15 ` Nathan Paul Simons
2000-10-31 23:20 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 0:00 ` Michael H. Warfield
2000-11-01 0:07 ` Alan Cox
2000-11-01 0:13 ` Michael H. Warfield
2000-11-01 1:30 ` Andrea Arcangeli
[not found] ` <20001031183809.C9733@.timpanogas.org>
2000-11-01 15:41 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-11-01 17:25 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 17:35 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 18:07 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-11-01 18:34 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 21:13 ` Daniel Phillips
2000-11-01 21:32 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-01 11:13 ` David Woodhouse
2000-11-01 15:00 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2000-11-01 9:51 ` Anton Altaparmakov
2000-11-01 17:28 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2000-11-02 21:58 ` Anton Altaparmakov
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