[BENCHMARK] 2.5.59-mm6 with contest

[Con Kolivas <conman@kolivas.net>]

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Here are contest (http://contest.kolivas.net) benchmark results with the osdl 
hardware (http://www.osdl.org) for 2.5.59-mm6 (reconfigured hardware again to 
get most useful results with contest). These results have been checked for 
accuracy, repeatability and asterisks have been placed next to statistically 
significant differences.

I do believe these show that sequential reads are indeed scheduled before 
writes with this kernel.  The question is, how long should they be scheduled 
for?

no_load:
Kernel     [runs]       Time    CPU%    Loads   LCPU%   Ratio
2.5.59          3       79      94.9    0       0.0     1.00
2.5.59-mm6      1       78      96.2    0       0.0     1.00
cacherun:
Kernel     [runs]       Time    CPU%    Loads   LCPU%   Ratio
2.5.59          3       76      98.7    0       0.0     0.96
2.5.59-mm6      1       76      97.4    0       0.0     0.97
process_load:
Kernel     [runs]       Time    CPU%    Loads   LCPU%   Ratio
2.5.59          3       92      81.5    28      16.3    1.16
2.5.59-mm6      1       92      81.5    25      15.2    1.18
ctar_load:
Kernel     [runs]       Time    CPU%    Loads   LCPU%   Ratio
2.5.59          3       98      80.6    2       5.1     1.24*
2.5.59-mm6      3       112     70.5    2       4.5     1.44*
xtar_load:
Kernel     [runs]       Time    CPU%    Loads   LCPU%   Ratio
2.5.59          3       101     75.2    1       4.0     1.28*
2.5.59-mm6      3       115     66.1    1       4.3     1.47*
io_load:
Kernel     [runs]       Time    CPU%    Loads   LCPU%   Ratio
2.5.59          3       153     50.3    8       13.7    1.94*
2.5.59-mm6      3       106     70.8    4       9.4     1.36*
read_load:
Kernel     [runs]       Time    CPU%    Loads   LCPU%   Ratio
2.5.59          3       102     76.5    5       4.9     1.29*
2.5.59-mm6      3       733     10.8    56      6.3     9.40*
list_load:
Kernel     [runs]       Time    CPU%    Loads   LCPU%   Ratio
2.5.59          3       95      80.0    0       6.3     1.20*
2.5.59-mm6      3       97      79.4    0       6.2     1.24*
mem_load:
Kernel     [runs]       Time    CPU%    Loads   LCPU%   Ratio
2.5.59          3       97      80.4    56      2.1     1.23
2.5.59-mm6      3       94      83.0    50      2.1     1.21
dbench_load:
Kernel     [runs]       Time    CPU%    Loads   LCPU%   Ratio
2.5.59          3       126     60.3    3       22.2    1.59
2.5.59-mm6      3       122     61.5    3       25.4    1.56
io_other:
Kernel     [runs]       Time    CPU%    Loads   LCPU%   Ratio
2.5.59          3       89      84.3    2       5.5     1.13
2.5.59-mm6      2       90      83.3    2       6.7     1.15

io_load result is excellent showing the continuous write is delaying kernel 
compilation by much less. read_load tells the rest of the story though. 
read_load repeatedly reads a 256Mb file (the size of physical ram in the test 
machine)

Con
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