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From: Joerg Roedel <joro-zLv9SwRftAIdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
To: Ray Jui <ray.jui-dY08KVG/lbpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: sunil.goutham-YGCgFSpz5w/QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
	will.deacon-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org,
	iommu-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org,
	linu.cherian-YGCgFSpz5w/QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] io-pgtable lock removal
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 17:47:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170621154726.GQ30388@8bytes.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b7830be1-9a78-e29f-a29c-4798aaa28c0a-dY08KVG/lbpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>

On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 05:40:30PM -0700, Ray Jui wrote:
> With the NVMf target test with 4 SSDs, fio based test, random read, 4k,
> 8 jobs:
> 
> Without IOMMU:
> 
> IOPS = 1080K
> 
> With IOMMU, but without your latest patch:
> 
> IOPS = 520K
> 
> With IOMMU and your latest patch:
> 
> IOPS = 500K ~ 850K (a lot of variation observed during the same test run)

That variation might come from the RB-Tree used in the IOVA allocator.
For block-device workloads the allocation size of iova ranges might be
bigger than what is cached in the magazines, so that the fall-back to
the old (locked) allocator is used.


	Joerg

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: joro@8bytes.org (Joerg Roedel)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/8] io-pgtable lock removal
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 17:47:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170621154726.GQ30388@8bytes.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b7830be1-9a78-e29f-a29c-4798aaa28c0a@broadcom.com>

On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 05:40:30PM -0700, Ray Jui wrote:
> With the NVMf target test with 4 SSDs, fio based test, random read, 4k,
> 8 jobs:
> 
> Without IOMMU:
> 
> IOPS = 1080K
> 
> With IOMMU, but without your latest patch:
> 
> IOPS = 520K
> 
> With IOMMU and your latest patch:
> 
> IOPS = 500K ~ 850K (a lot of variation observed during the same test run)

That variation might come from the RB-Tree used in the IOVA allocator.
For block-device workloads the allocation size of iova ranges might be
bigger than what is cached in the magazines, so that the fall-back to
the old (locked) allocator is used.


	Joerg

  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-06-21 15:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-06-08 11:51 [PATCH 0/8] io-pgtable lock removal Robin Murphy
2017-06-08 11:51 ` Robin Murphy
2017-06-08 11:52 ` [PATCH 1/8] iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s: Check table PTEs more precisely Robin Murphy
2017-06-08 11:52   ` Robin Murphy
2017-06-08 11:52 ` [PATCH 2/8] iommu/io-pgtable-arm: Improve split_blk_unmap Robin Murphy
2017-06-08 11:52   ` Robin Murphy
2017-06-08 11:52 ` [PATCH 3/8] iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s: Refactor split_blk_unmap Robin Murphy
2017-06-08 11:52   ` Robin Murphy
2017-06-08 11:52 ` [PATCH 4/8] iommu/io-pgtable: Introduce explicit coherency Robin Murphy
2017-06-08 11:52   ` Robin Murphy
2017-06-08 11:52 ` [PATCH 5/8] iommu/io-pgtable-arm: Support lockless operation Robin Murphy
2017-06-08 11:52   ` Robin Murphy
2017-06-08 11:52 ` [PATCH 6/8] iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s: " Robin Murphy
2017-06-08 11:52   ` Robin Murphy
2017-06-08 11:52 ` [PATCH 7/8] iommu/arm-smmu: Remove io-pgtable spinlock Robin Murphy
2017-06-08 11:52   ` Robin Murphy
2017-06-08 11:52 ` [PATCH 8/8] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: " Robin Murphy
2017-06-08 11:52   ` Robin Murphy
     [not found] ` <cover.1496921366.git.robin.murphy-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-09 19:28   ` [PATCH 0/8] io-pgtable lock removal Nate Watterson
2017-06-09 19:28     ` Nate Watterson
     [not found]     ` <458ad41d-6679-eeca-3c0f-13ccb6c933b6-sgV2jX0FEOL9JmXXK+q4OQ@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-15  0:40       ` Ray Jui via iommu
2017-06-15  0:40         ` Ray Jui
     [not found]         ` <b7830be1-9a78-e29f-a29c-4798aaa28c0a-dY08KVG/lbpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-15 12:25           ` John Garry
2017-06-15 12:25             ` John Garry
2017-06-20 13:37           ` Robin Murphy
2017-06-20 13:37             ` Robin Murphy
     [not found]             ` <cdc1799b-f142-09ed-a7e5-d7fd2e70268f-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-27 16:43               ` Ray Jui via iommu
2017-06-27 16:43                 ` Ray Jui
     [not found]                 ` <e43ba1fe-696e-fabb-a800-52fadaa2fa93-dY08KVG/lbpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-28 11:46                   ` Will Deacon
2017-06-28 11:46                     ` Will Deacon
     [not found]                     ` <20170628114609.GD11053-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
2017-06-28 17:02                       ` Ray Jui via iommu
2017-06-28 17:02                         ` Ray Jui
     [not found]                         ` <87d53115-3d80-5a3d-6632-c31986cb7018-dY08KVG/lbpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2017-07-04 17:31                           ` Will Deacon
2017-07-04 17:31                             ` Will Deacon
     [not found]                             ` <20170704173155.GN22175-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
2017-07-04 17:39                               ` Ray Jui via iommu
2017-07-04 17:39                                 ` Ray Jui
     [not found]                                 ` <6814b246-22f0-bfaa-5002-a269b2735116-dY08KVG/lbpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2017-07-05  1:45                                   ` Ray Jui via iommu
2017-07-05  1:45                                     ` Ray Jui
     [not found]                                     ` <2d5f5ef3-32b1-76c6-6869-ff980557f8e8-dY08KVG/lbpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2017-07-05  8:41                                       ` Will Deacon
2017-07-05  8:41                                         ` Will Deacon
     [not found]                                         ` <20170705084143.GA9378-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
2017-07-05 23:24                                           ` Ray Jui via iommu
2017-07-05 23:24                                             ` Ray Jui
     [not found]                                             ` <5149280b-a214-249c-c5e2-3712b1f941d2-dY08KVG/lbpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2017-07-06 15:08                                               ` Will Deacon
2017-07-06 15:08                                                 ` Will Deacon
     [not found]                                                 ` <20170706150838.GB15574-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
2017-07-06 18:14                                                   ` Ray Jui via iommu
2017-07-06 18:14                                                     ` Ray Jui
     [not found]                                                     ` <94ba5d4a-0dae-9394-79ef-90da86e49c86-dY08KVG/lbpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2017-07-07 12:46                                                       ` Will Deacon
2017-07-07 12:46                                                         ` Will Deacon
2017-06-21 15:47           ` Joerg Roedel [this message]
2017-06-21 15:47             ` Joerg Roedel

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