Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] powerpc/vcpu: Assume dedicated processors as non-preempt

[Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

* Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> [2019-12-13 14:50:35]:

> Waiman Long suggested using static_keys.
> 
> Fixes: 247f2f6f3c70 ("sched/core: Don't schedule threads on pre-empted vCPUs")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.18+
> Reported-by: Parth Shah <parth@linux.ibm.com>
> Reported-by: Ihor Pasichnyk <Ihor.Pasichnyk@ibm.com>
> Tested-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
> Acked-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Acked-by: Phil Auld <pauld@redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@linux.ibm.com>
> Tested-by: Parth Shah <parth@linux.ibm.com>
> [mpe: Move the key and setting of the key to pseries/setup.c]
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/spinlock.h    | 4 +++-
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c | 7 +++++++
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

Tested with your version of the patch and its working as expected

Latency percentiles (usec)
        50.0th: 45
        75.0th: 63
        90.0th: 74
        95.0th: 78
        *99.0th: 82
        99.5th: 83
        99.9th: 86
        min=0, max=96
Latency percentiles (usec)
        50.0th: 46
        75.0th: 64
        90.0th: 75
        95.0th: 79
        *99.0th: 83
        99.5th: 85
        99.9th: 91
        min=0, max=117
Latency percentiles (usec)
        50.0th: 46
        75.0th: 64
        90.0th: 75
        95.0th: 79
        *99.0th: 83
        99.5th: 84
        99.9th: 90
        min=0, max=95
Latency percentiles (usec)
        50.0th: 47
        75.0th: 65
        90.0th: 75
        95.0th: 79
        *99.0th: 84
        99.5th: 85
        99.9th: 90
        min=0, max=117
Latency percentiles (usec)
        50.0th: 45
        75.0th: 64
        90.0th: 75
        95.0th: 79
        *99.0th: 82
        99.5th: 83
        99.9th: 93
        min=0, max=111


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Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju