Re: Raid6 check performance regression 5.15 -> 5.16 #forregzbot

[Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@leemhuis.info>]

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#regzbot fixed-by: 26fed4ac4eab09c27

On 08.03.22 06:44, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> [TLDR: I'm adding the regression report below to regzbot, the Linux
> kernel regression tracking bot; all text you find below is compiled from
> a few templates paragraphs you might have encountered already already
> from similar mails.]
> 
> On 07.03.22 19:15, Larkin Lowrey wrote:
>> I am seeing a 'check' speed regression between kernels 5.15 and 5.16.
>> One host with a 20 drive array went from 170MB/s to 11MB/s. Another host
>> with a 15 drive array went from 180MB/s to 43MB/s. In both cases the
>> arrays are almost completely idle. I can flip between the two kernels
>> with no other changes and observe the performance changes.
>>
>> Is this a known issue?
> 
> Hi, this is your Linux kernel regression tracker.
> 
> Thanks for the report.
> 
> CCing the regression mailing list, as it should be in the loop for all
> regressions, as explained here:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/reporting-issues.html
> 
> To be sure below issue doesn't fall through the cracks unnoticed, I'm
> adding it to regzbot, my Linux kernel regression tracking bot:
> 
> #regzbot ^introduced v5.15..v5.16
> #regzbot title md: Raid6 check performance regression
> #regzbot ignore-activity
> 
> If it turns out this isn't a regression, free free to remove it from the
> tracking by sending a reply to this thread containing a paragraph like
> "#regzbot invalid: reason why this is invalid" (without the quotes).
> 
> Reminder for developers: when fixing the issue, please add a 'Link:'
> tags pointing to the report (the mail quoted above) using
> lore.kernel.org/r/, as explained in
> 'Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst' and
> 'Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst'. Regzbot needs them to
> automatically connect reports with fixes, but they are useful in
> general, too.
> 
> I'm sending this to everyone that got the initial report, to make
> everyone aware of the tracking. I also hope that messages like this
> motivate people to directly get at least the regression mailing list and
> ideally even regzbot involved when dealing with regressions, as messages
> like this wouldn't be needed then. And don't worry, if I need to send
> other mails regarding this regression only relevant for regzbot I'll
> send them to the regressions lists only (with a tag in the subject so
> people can filter them away). With a bit of luck no such messages will
> be needed anyway.
> 
> Ciao, Thorsten (wearing his 'the Linux kernel's regression tracker' hat)
> 
> P.S.: As the Linux kernel's regression tracker I'm getting a lot of
> reports on my table. I can only look briefly into most of them and lack
> knowledge about most of the areas they concern. I thus unfortunately
> will sometimes get things wrong or miss something important. I hope
> that's not the case here; if you think it is, don't hesitate to tell me
> in a public reply, it's in everyone's interest to set the public record
> straight.
>