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From: "Michael Büsch" <m@bues.ch>
To: Amos Kong <akong@redhat.com>
Cc: herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, mpm@selenic.com,
	amit.shah@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] hw_random: increase schedule timeout in rng_dev_read()
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 17:01:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140916170116.65f8d883@wiggum> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140916002740.GA5671@zen>


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On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 08:27:40 +0800
Amos Kong <akong@redhat.com> wrote:

> Set timeout to 10:
>   non-smp guest with quick backend (1.2M/s) -> about 490K/s)

That sounds like an awful lot. This is a 60% loss in throughput.
I don't think we can live with that.

-- 
Michael

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From: "Michael Büsch" <m@bues.ch>
To: Amos Kong <akong@redhat.com>
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, mpm@selenic.com,
	rusty@rustcorp.com.au, amit.shah@redhat.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] hw_random: increase schedule timeout in rng_dev_read()
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 17:01:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140916170116.65f8d883@wiggum> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140916002740.GA5671@zen>

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On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 08:27:40 +0800
Amos Kong <akong@redhat.com> wrote:

> Set timeout to 10:
>   non-smp guest with quick backend (1.2M/s) -> about 490K/s)

That sounds like an awful lot. This is a 60% loss in throughput.
I don't think we can live with that.

-- 
Michael

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  reply	other threads:[~2014-09-16 15:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-15 16:02 [PATCH v2 0/3] fix stuck in accessing hwrng attributes Amos Kong
2014-09-15 16:02 ` Amos Kong
2014-09-15 16:02 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] virtio-rng cleanup: move some code out of mutex protection Amos Kong
2014-09-15 16:02   ` Amos Kong
2014-09-15 16:13   ` Michael Büsch
2014-09-15 16:13   ` Michael Büsch
2014-09-16  0:30     ` Amos Kong
2014-09-16  0:30       ` Amos Kong
2014-09-15 16:02 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] hw_random: fix stuck in catting hwrng attributes Amos Kong
2014-09-15 16:02   ` Amos Kong
2014-09-18  2:43   ` Rusty Russell
2014-09-18  2:43     ` Rusty Russell
2014-09-18  2:48     ` [PATCH 1/5] hw_random: place mutex around read functions and buffers Rusty Russell
2014-09-18  2:48       ` Rusty Russell
2014-09-18  2:48       ` [PATCH 2/5] hw_random: use reference counts on each struct hwrng Rusty Russell
2014-09-18  2:48       ` Rusty Russell
2014-09-18 12:22         ` Amos Kong
2014-09-18 12:22           ` Amos Kong
2014-09-18  2:48       ` [PATCH 3/5] hw_random: fix unregister race Rusty Russell
2014-09-18  2:48         ` Rusty Russell
2014-10-21 14:15         ` Herbert Xu
2014-10-21 14:15           ` Herbert Xu
2014-11-03 15:24           ` Amos Kong
2014-11-03 15:24             ` Amos Kong
2014-09-18  2:48       ` [PATCH 4/5] hw_random: don't double-check old_rng Rusty Russell
2014-09-18  2:48         ` Rusty Russell
2014-09-18  2:48       ` [PATCH 5/5] hw_random: don't init list element we're about to add to list Rusty Russell
2014-09-18  2:48         ` Rusty Russell
2014-09-18 12:47     ` [PATCH v2 2/3] hw_random: fix stuck in catting hwrng attributes Amos Kong
2014-09-18 12:47       ` Amos Kong
2014-09-15 16:02 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] hw_random: increase schedule timeout in rng_dev_read() Amos Kong
2014-09-15 16:02 ` Amos Kong
2014-09-15 16:13   ` Michael Büsch
2014-09-15 16:13   ` Michael Büsch
2014-09-16  0:27     ` Amos Kong
2014-09-16  0:27       ` Amos Kong
2014-09-16 15:01       ` Michael Büsch [this message]
2014-09-16 15:01         ` Michael Büsch
2014-09-17  9:30 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] fix stuck in accessing hwrng attributes Herbert Xu
2014-09-17  9:30   ` Herbert Xu

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