[LKP] [xfs] dbe1b5ca263: +6.5% will-it-scale.per_thread_ops

From: Huang Ying
Date: Mon Dec 29 2014 - 01:58:20 EST


FYI, we noticed the below changes on

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master
commit dbe1b5ca26396b6c61d711c8ac4de13ebb02e9f6 ("xfs: Make xfs_vn_rename compliant with renameat2() syscall")


testbox/testcase/testparams: lkp-nex05/will-it-scale/performance-pwrite1

v3.19-rc1 dbe1b5ca26396b6c61d711c8ac
---------------- --------------------------
%stddev %change %stddev
\ | \
1131870 Â 0% +6.5% 1205531 Â 0% will-it-scale.per_thread_ops
1209729 Â 0% +5.8% 1280184 Â 0% will-it-scale.per_process_ops
0.54 Â 0% -3.1% 0.53 Â 1% will-it-scale.scalability
1400 Â 30% +174.5% 3842 Â 34% sched_debug.cpu#36.nr_switches
810 Â 33% +154.2% 2060 Â 25% sched_debug.cpu#36.ttwu_count
163 Â 41% +96.6% 320 Â 42% sched_debug.cpu#2.ttwu_local
242 Â 38% +71.4% 416 Â 19% slabinfo.blkdev_queue.active_objs
137 Â 28% +99.3% 274 Â 22% sched_debug.cpu#26.ttwu_local
29 Â 44% +116.0% 63 Â 28% sched_debug.cfs_rq[50]:/.tg_load_contrib
1296 Â 34% +41.5% 1835 Â 19% sched_debug.cpu#63.ttwu_local
405 Â 30% -42.3% 234 Â 15% sched_debug.cpu#56.sched_goidle
314 Â 27% +43.6% 452 Â 11% slabinfo.blkdev_queue.num_objs
980 Â 28% -37.7% 611 Â 13% sched_debug.cpu#56.nr_switches
684 Â 25% +40.5% 962 Â 20% sched_debug.cpu#10.ttwu_count
1.03 Â 2% -38.8% 0.63 Â 7% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.current_kernel_time.file_update_time.__generic_file_write_iter.generic_file_write_iter.new_sync_write
838 Â 25% -33.1% 560 Â 14% sched_debug.cpu#60.nr_switches
4870 Â 19% +25.8% 6127 Â 14% sched_debug.cpu#63.nr_switches
1443 Â 10% +39.9% 2019 Â 23% sched_debug.cpu#2.sched_count
39 Â 20% +55.1% 61 Â 16% latency_stats.max.call_rwsem_down_write_failed.SyS_mprotect.system_call_fastpath
336 Â 33% -37.8% 209 Â 12% sched_debug.cpu#60.sched_goidle
2.27 Â 12% -33.6% 1.51 Â 2% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.rw_verify_area.vfs_write.sys_pwrite64.system_call_fastpath.__libc_pwrite
394 Â 19% -31.5% 270 Â 13% sched_debug.cpu#52.sched_goidle
986 Â 19% -25.0% 740 Â 11% sched_debug.cpu#52.nr_switches
2.25 Â 4% -28.4% 1.61 Â 6% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.security_file_permission.rw_verify_area.vfs_write.sys_pwrite64.system_call_fastpath
257 Â 15% +52.9% 394 Â 28% sched_debug.cpu#10.ttwu_local
1.24 Â 10% -26.7% 0.91 Â 8% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.selinux_file_permission.security_file_permission.rw_verify_area.vfs_write.sys_pwrite64
1.12 Â 6% -27.7% 0.81 Â 8% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.rw_verify_area.vfs_write.sys_pwrite64.system_call_fastpath.__libc_pwrite64
3385 Â 10% +8.9% 3687 Â 8% sched_debug.cpu#39.curr->pid
4.01 Â 0% +27.4% 5.11 Â 1% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.file_update_time.__generic_file_write_iter.generic_file_write_iter.new_sync_write.vfs_write
1.05 Â 2% -23.8% 0.80 Â 5% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.iov_iter_fault_in_readable.__generic_file_write_iter.generic_file_write_iter.new_sync_write.vfs_write
0.83 Â 3% +24.7% 1.03 Â 1% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.current_fs_time.file_update_time.__generic_file_write_iter.generic_file_write_iter.new_sync_write
0.88 Â 2% +15.2% 1.02 Â 2% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.__sb_end_write.vfs_write.sys_pwrite64.system_call_fastpath.__libc_pwrite64
0.99 Â 1% +14.5% 1.14 Â 1% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.system_call.__libc_pwrite
2.60 Â 2% +11.7% 2.91 Â 0% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.__srcu_read_lock.fsnotify.vfs_write.sys_pwrite64.system_call_fastpath
3.56 Â 6% +12.4% 4.00 Â 4% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.unlock_page.shmem_write_end.generic_perform_write.__generic_file_write_iter.generic_file_write_iter
252 Â 0% +7.8% 272 Â 1% time.user_time

lkp-nex05: Nehalem-EX
Memory: 192G




will-it-scale.per_process_ops

1.4e+06 ++--O--------------O---------------------------------------------+
1.38e+06 O+ O O |
| O |
1.36e+06 ++ O |
1.34e+06 ++ |
| |
1.32e+06 ++ O |
1.3e+06 ++ O O O |
1.28e+06 ++ O O O O O |
| O O
1.26e+06 ++ |
1.24e+06 ++ |
| |
1.22e+06 ++ .*...*...*...*...*...*..* |
1.2e+06 *+--*---*--------------------------------------------------------+


will-it-scale.per_thread_ops

1.32e+06 ++---------------------------------------------------------------+
1.3e+06 ++ O O O |
O O O |
1.28e+06 ++ O |
1.26e+06 ++ |
| |
1.24e+06 ++ |
1.22e+06 ++ O O O |
1.2e+06 ++ O O O O O O O O
| |
1.18e+06 ++ |
1.16e+06 ++ |
| ..*... |
1.14e+06 *+.. .*...*...*...*. *..* |
1.12e+06 ++--*---*--------------------------------------------------------+


[*] bisect-good sample
[O] bisect-bad sample

To reproduce:

apt-get install ruby ruby-oj
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wfg/lkp-tests.git
cd lkp-tests
bin/setup-local job.yaml # the job file attached in this email
bin/run-local job.yaml


Disclaimer:
Results have been estimated based on internal Intel analysis and are provided
for informational purposes only. Any difference in system hardware or software
design or configuration may affect actual performance.


Thanks,
Huang, Ying


---
testcase: will-it-scale
default_monitors:
wait: pre-test
uptime:
iostat:
vmstat:
numa-numastat:
numa-vmstat:
numa-meminfo:
proc-vmstat:
proc-stat:
meminfo:
slabinfo:
interrupts:
lock_stat:
latency_stats:
softirqs:
bdi_dev_mapping:
diskstats:
cpuidle:
cpufreq:
turbostat:
sched_debug:
interval: 10
pmeter:
default_watchdogs:
watch-oom:
watchdog:
cpufreq_governor:
- performance
commit: 11c842876e5f1ee90b0c47a299bbf4a521d6fbaf
model: Nehalem-EX
memory: 192G
perf-profile:
freq: 800
will-it-scale:
test:
- pwrite1
testbox: lkp-nex05
tbox_group: lkp-nex05
kconfig: x86_64-rhel
enqueue_time: 2014-12-25 20:09:18.995924169 +08:00
head_commit: 11c842876e5f1ee90b0c47a299bbf4a521d6fbaf
base_commit: 97bf6af1f928216fd6c5a66e8a57bfa95a659672
branch: linux-devel/devel-hourly-2014122521
kernel: "/kernel/x86_64-rhel/11c842876e5f1ee90b0c47a299bbf4a521d6fbaf/vmlinuz-3.19.0-rc1-g11c8428"
user: lkp
queue: cyclic
rootfs: debian-x86_64.cgz
result_root: "/result/lkp-nex05/will-it-scale/performance-pwrite1/debian-x86_64.cgz/x86_64-rhel/11c842876e5f1ee90b0c47a299bbf4a521d6fbaf/0"
job_file: "/lkp/scheduled/lkp-nex05/cyclic_will-it-scale-performance-pwrite1-x86_64-rhel-HEAD-11c842876e5f1ee90b0c47a299bbf4a521d6fbaf-0.yaml"
dequeue_time: 2014-12-26 10:52:00.613014041 +08:00
job_state: finished
loadavg: 48.21 21.86 8.53 1/523 12076
start_time: '1419562399'
end_time: '1419562713'
version: "/lkp/lkp/.src-20141226-090912"
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu10/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu11/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu12/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu13/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu14/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu15/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu16/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu17/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu18/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu19/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu20/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu21/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu22/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu23/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu24/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu25/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu26/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu27/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu28/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu29/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu30/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu31/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu32/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu33/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu34/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu35/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu36/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu37/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu38/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu39/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu40/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu41/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu42/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu43/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu44/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu45/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu46/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu47/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu48/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu49/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu50/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu51/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu52/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu53/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu54/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu55/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu56/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu57/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu58/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu59/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu60/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu61/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu62/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu63/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu8/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu9/cpufreq/scaling_governor
./runtest.py pwrite1 20 1 10 20 30 48 64
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