Comparing the Redhat 7.3 kernel with some recent 2.5 kernels. All on a
dual Celeron 500 with an SMP kernel run with the "nosmp" option.
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Results by IPC type
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loops/sec
SIGUSR1 low high average
2.4.18-10nosmp-bl 62700 63254 63049
2.5.41nosmp-bl 55048 55660 55418
2.5.43nosmp-bl 50093 50250 50176
2.5.47-ac6nosmp-bl 54200 54236 54215
2.5.50nosmp-bl 51675 56403 54818
loops/sec
message queue low high average
2.4.18-10nosmp-bl 105275 105737 105513
2.5.41nosmp-bl 108057 108413 108232
2.5.43nosmp-bl 100698 101835 101325
2.5.47-ac6nosmp-bl 98086 98223 98157
2.5.50nosmp-bl 104965 105261 105105
loops/sec
pipes low high average
2.4.18-10nosmp-bl 86794 88484 87637
2.5.41nosmp-bl 74026 78242 76734
2.5.43nosmp-bl 80559 81233 80953
2.5.47-ac6nosmp-bl 71277 78883 75415
2.5.50nosmp-bl 81211 81529 81411
loops/sec
semiphore low high average
2.4.18-10nosmp-bl 114407 114644 114537
2.5.41nosmp-bl 114459 114658 114535
2.5.43nosmp-bl 113222 113423 113322
2.5.47-ac6nosmp-bl 95986 96347 96179
2.5.50nosmp-bl 110582 112044 111450
loops/sec
spin+yield low high average
2.4.18-10nosmp-bl 189489 190677 190102
2.5.41nosmp-bl 250737 251116 250867
2.5.43nosmp-bl 249474 249836 249607
2.5.47-ac6nosmp-bl 245594 245905 245740
2.5.50nosmp-bl 252055 252529 252361
loops/sec
spinlock low high average
2.4.18-10nosmp-bl 3 3 3
2.5.41nosmp-bl 3 3 3
2.5.43nosmp-bl 3 3 3
2.5.47-ac6nosmp-bl 3 3 3
2.5.50nosmp-bl 3 3 3
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