Re: [PATCH 06/28] mm, page_alloc: Use __dec_zone_state for order-0 page allocation

From: Vlastimil Babka
Date: Tue Apr 26 2016 - 07:25:47 EST


On 04/15/2016 10:58 AM, Mel Gorman wrote:
__dec_zone_state is cheaper to use for removing an order-0 page as it
has fewer conditions to check.

The performance difference on a page allocator microbenchmark is;

4.6.0-rc2 4.6.0-rc2
optiter-v1r20 decstat-v1r20
Min alloc-odr0-1 382.00 ( 0.00%) 381.00 ( 0.26%)
Min alloc-odr0-2 282.00 ( 0.00%) 275.00 ( 2.48%)
Min alloc-odr0-4 233.00 ( 0.00%) 229.00 ( 1.72%)
Min alloc-odr0-8 203.00 ( 0.00%) 199.00 ( 1.97%)
Min alloc-odr0-16 188.00 ( 0.00%) 186.00 ( 1.06%)
Min alloc-odr0-32 182.00 ( 0.00%) 179.00 ( 1.65%)
Min alloc-odr0-64 177.00 ( 0.00%) 174.00 ( 1.69%)
Min alloc-odr0-128 175.00 ( 0.00%) 172.00 ( 1.71%)
Min alloc-odr0-256 184.00 ( 0.00%) 181.00 ( 1.63%)
Min alloc-odr0-512 197.00 ( 0.00%) 193.00 ( 2.03%)
Min alloc-odr0-1024 203.00 ( 0.00%) 201.00 ( 0.99%)
Min alloc-odr0-2048 209.00 ( 0.00%) 206.00 ( 1.44%)
Min alloc-odr0-4096 214.00 ( 0.00%) 212.00 ( 0.93%)
Min alloc-odr0-8192 218.00 ( 0.00%) 215.00 ( 1.38%)
Min alloc-odr0-16384 219.00 ( 0.00%) 216.00 ( 1.37%)

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>