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From: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com>
To: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] network memory allocator.
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:46:17 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <44E0B6E9.8050608@hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060814110359.GA27704@2ka.mipt.ru>

> Benchmarks with trivial epoll based web server showed noticeble (more
> than 40%) imrovements of the request rates (1600-1800 requests per
> second vs. more than 2300 ones). It can be described by more
> cache-friendly freeing algorithm, by tighter objects packing and thus
> reduced cache line ping-pongs, reduced lookups into higher-layer caches
> and so on.

Is that an hypothesis, or did you get a chance to gather cache stats 
with something like http://www.hp.com/go/Caliper or the like on the 
platform(s) you were testing?

rick jones


WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com>
To: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] network memory allocator.
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:46:17 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <44E0B6E9.8050608@hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060814110359.GA27704@2ka.mipt.ru>

> Benchmarks with trivial epoll based web server showed noticeble (more
> than 40%) imrovements of the request rates (1600-1800 requests per
> second vs. more than 2300 ones). It can be described by more
> cache-friendly freeing algorithm, by tighter objects packing and thus
> reduced cache line ping-pongs, reduced lookups into higher-layer caches
> and so on.

Is that an hypothesis, or did you get a chance to gather cache stats 
with something like http://www.hp.com/go/Caliper or the like on the 
platform(s) you were testing?

rick jones

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-08-14 17:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 104+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-08-14 11:04 [PATCH 1/1] network memory allocator Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-14 11:04 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-14 11:22 ` David Miller
2006-08-14 11:22   ` David Miller, Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-14 11:32   ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-14 11:32     ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-14 11:40 ` Andi Kleen
2006-08-14 11:40   ` Andi Kleen
2006-08-14 11:46   ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-14 11:46     ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-14 12:07 ` Keith Owens
2006-08-14 12:07   ` Keith Owens
2006-08-14 12:20   ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-14 12:20     ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-14 17:42     ` Rick Jones
2006-08-14 17:42       ` Rick Jones
2006-08-14 20:15       ` David Miller
2006-08-14 20:15         ` David Miller, Rick Jones
2006-08-14 12:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2006-08-14 12:25   ` Peter Zijlstra
2006-08-14 12:35   ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-14 12:35     ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-14 12:38     ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-14 12:38       ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-15 10:55     ` Peter Zijlstra
2006-08-15 10:55       ` Peter Zijlstra
2006-08-15 11:26       ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-15 11:26         ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-15 12:03         ` Peter Zijlstra
2006-08-15 12:03           ` Peter Zijlstra
2006-08-15 12:34           ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-15 12:34             ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-15 13:49             ` Peter Zijlstra
2006-08-15 13:49               ` Peter Zijlstra
2006-08-15 14:15               ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-15 14:15                 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-15 14:48                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2006-08-15 14:48                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2006-08-15 15:05                   ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-15 15:05                     ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-15 15:07                     ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-15 15:07                       ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-15 17:42                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2006-08-15 17:42                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2006-08-15 17:49                       ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-15 17:49                         ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-16  2:52                 ` Bill Fink
2006-08-16  2:52                   ` Bill Fink
2006-08-16  5:38                   ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-16  5:38                     ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-14 17:46 ` Rick Jones [this message]
2006-08-14 17:46   ` Rick Jones
2006-08-14 19:42   ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-14 19:42     ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-15  7:27 ` Andrew Morton
2006-08-15  7:27   ` Andrew Morton
2006-08-15  8:08   ` Andi Kleen
2006-08-15  8:08     ` Andi Kleen
2006-08-15 10:02     ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-15 10:02       ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-15 10:27       ` David Miller
2006-08-15 10:27         ` David Miller, Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-15  9:20   ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-15  9:20     ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-15 20:21 ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-08-16  5:35   ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-16  8:48     ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-08-16  8:48       ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-08-16  9:00       ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-16  9:00         ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-16  9:05         ` David Miller
2006-08-16  9:05           ` David Miller, Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-16  9:10           ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-08-16  9:10             ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-08-16  9:32             ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-16  9:32               ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-16  9:38               ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-08-16  9:38                 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-08-16  9:40                 ` David Miller
2006-08-16  9:40                   ` David Miller, Christoph Hellwig
2006-08-16  9:44                   ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-08-16  9:44                     ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-08-16  9:42         ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-08-16  9:42           ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-08-16 11:27         ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-08-16 11:27           ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-08-16 12:00           ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-16 12:00             ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-16 12:25       ` Andi Kleen
2006-08-16 12:25         ` Andi Kleen
2006-08-18  2:25         ` Christoph Lameter
2006-08-18  2:25           ` Christoph Lameter
2006-08-18  9:29           ` Andi Kleen
2006-08-18  9:29             ` Andi Kleen
2006-08-18  8:51             ` David Miller
2006-08-18  8:51               ` David Miller, Andi Kleen
2006-08-18 17:04             ` Christoph Lameter
2006-08-18 17:04               ` Christoph Lameter
2006-08-16  7:51 ` [PATCH2 " Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-16  7:51   ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-16 16:57   ` Stephen Hemminger
2006-08-16 16:57     ` Stephen Hemminger
2006-08-16 19:27     ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2006-08-16 19:27       ` Evgeniy Polyakov

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