All of lore.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Martin Bligh <mbligh@mbligh.org>
To: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Bill Irwin <bill.irwin@oracle.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@engr.sgi.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@skynet.ie>,
	npiggin@suse.de, mingo@elte.hu, jschopp@austin.ibm.com,
	arjan@infradead.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: The performance and behaviour of the anti-fragmentation related patches
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:51:16 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45E8AA64.3050506@mbligh.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45E8A677.7000205@redhat.com>

>> None of this is going anywhere, is is it?
> 
> I will test my changes before I send them to you, but I cannot
> promise you that you'll have the computers or software needed
> to reproduce the problems.  I doubt I'll have full time access
> to such systems myself, either.
> 
> 32GB is pretty much the minimum size to reproduce some of these
> problems. Some workloads may need larger systems to easily trigger
> them.

We can find a 32GB system here pretty easily to test things on if
need be.  Setting up large commercial databases is much harder.

I don't have such a machine in the public set of machines we're going
to push to test.kernel.org from at the moment, but will see if I can
arrange it in the future if it's important.


M.

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Martin Bligh <mbligh@mbligh.org>
To: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Bill Irwin <bill.irwin@oracle.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@engr.sgi.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@skynet.ie>,
	npiggin@suse.de, mingo@elte.hu, jschopp@austin.ibm.com,
	arjan@infradead.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: The performance and behaviour of the anti-fragmentation related patches
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:51:16 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45E8AA64.3050506@mbligh.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45E8A677.7000205@redhat.com>

>> None of this is going anywhere, is is it?
> 
> I will test my changes before I send them to you, but I cannot
> promise you that you'll have the computers or software needed
> to reproduce the problems.  I doubt I'll have full time access
> to such systems myself, either.
> 
> 32GB is pretty much the minimum size to reproduce some of these
> problems. Some workloads may need larger systems to easily trigger
> them.

We can find a 32GB system here pretty easily to test things on if
need be.  Setting up large commercial databases is much harder.

I don't have such a machine in the public set of machines we're going
to push to test.kernel.org from at the moment, but will see if I can
arrange it in the future if it's important.


M.

--
To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in
the body to majordomo@kvack.org.  For more info on Linux MM,
see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ .
Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>

  reply	other threads:[~2007-03-02 22:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 203+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-01 10:12 The performance and behaviour of the anti-fragmentation related patches Mel Gorman
2007-03-01 10:12 ` Mel Gorman
2007-03-02  0:09 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02  0:44   ` Linus Torvalds
2007-03-02  1:52     ` Balbir Singh
2007-03-02  1:52       ` Balbir Singh
2007-03-02  3:44       ` Linus Torvalds
2007-03-02  3:44         ` Linus Torvalds
2007-03-02  3:59         ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02  3:59           ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02  5:11           ` Linus Torvalds
2007-03-02  5:11             ` Linus Torvalds
2007-03-02  5:50             ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2007-03-02  5:50               ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2007-03-02  6:15               ` Paul Mundt
2007-03-02  6:15                 ` Paul Mundt
2007-03-02 17:01                 ` Mel Gorman
2007-03-02 17:01                   ` Mel Gorman
2007-03-02 16:20             ` Mark Gross
2007-03-02 16:20               ` Mark Gross
2007-03-02 17:07               ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02 17:07                 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02 17:35                 ` Mark Gross
2007-03-02 17:35                   ` Mark Gross
2007-03-02 18:02                   ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02 18:02                     ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02 19:02                     ` Mark Gross
2007-03-02 19:02                       ` Mark Gross
2007-03-02 17:16               ` Linus Torvalds
2007-03-02 17:16                 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-03-02 18:45                 ` Mark Gross
2007-03-02 18:45                   ` Mark Gross
2007-03-02 19:03                   ` Linus Torvalds
2007-03-02 19:03                     ` Linus Torvalds
2007-03-02 23:58                 ` Martin J. Bligh
2007-03-02 23:58                   ` Martin J. Bligh
2007-03-02  4:18         ` Balbir Singh
2007-03-02  4:18           ` Balbir Singh
2007-03-02  5:13         ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-03-02  5:13           ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-03-06  4:16         ` Paul Mackerras
2007-03-06  4:16           ` Paul Mackerras
2007-03-02 16:58     ` Mel Gorman
2007-03-02 16:58       ` Mel Gorman
2007-03-02 17:05     ` Joel Schopp
2007-03-02 17:05       ` Joel Schopp
2007-03-05  3:21       ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-05  3:21         ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-05 15:20         ` Joel Schopp
2007-03-05 15:20           ` Joel Schopp
2007-03-05 16:01           ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-05 16:01             ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-05 16:45             ` Joel Schopp
2007-03-05 16:45               ` Joel Schopp
2007-05-03  8:49           ` Andy Whitcroft
2007-05-03  8:49             ` Andy Whitcroft
2007-03-02  1:39   ` Balbir Singh
2007-03-02  1:39     ` Balbir Singh
2007-03-02  2:34   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2007-03-02  2:34     ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2007-03-02  3:05   ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  3:05     ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  3:57     ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-02  3:57       ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-02  4:06       ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  4:06         ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  4:21         ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-02  4:21           ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-02  4:31           ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  4:31             ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  5:06             ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-02  5:06               ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-02  5:40               ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  5:40                 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  5:49                 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-02  5:49                   ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-02  5:53                   ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  5:53                     ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  6:08                     ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-02  6:08                       ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-02  6:19                       ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  6:19                         ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  6:29                         ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-02  6:29                           ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-02  6:51                           ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  6:51                             ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  7:03                             ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02  7:03                               ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02  7:19                             ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-02  7:19                               ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-02  7:44                               ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  7:44                                 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  8:12                                 ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-02  8:12                                   ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-02  8:21                                   ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  8:21                                     ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  8:38                                     ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-02  8:38                                       ` Nick Piggin
2007-03-02 17:09                                       ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02 17:09                                         ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-04  1:26                                   ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-04  1:26                                     ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-04  1:51                                     ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-04  1:51                                       ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-04  1:58                                       ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-04  1:58                                         ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-02  5:50               ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  5:50                 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  4:29         ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02  4:29           ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02  4:33           ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  4:33             ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02  4:58             ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02  4:58               ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02  4:20       ` Paul Mundt
2007-03-02  4:20         ` Paul Mundt
2007-03-02 13:50   ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-03-02 13:50     ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-03-02 15:29   ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-02 15:29     ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-02 16:58     ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02 16:58       ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02 17:09       ` Mel Gorman
2007-03-02 17:09         ` Mel Gorman
2007-03-02 17:23       ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02 17:23         ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02 17:35         ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02 17:35           ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02 17:43           ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-02 17:43             ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-02 18:06             ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02 18:06               ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02 18:15               ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02 18:15                 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02 18:23                 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02 18:23                   ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02 18:23                 ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-02 18:23                   ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-02 19:31                   ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02 19:31                     ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02 19:40                     ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-02 19:40                       ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-02 21:12                   ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-02 21:12                     ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-02 21:19                     ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-02 21:19                       ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-02 21:52                       ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02 21:52                         ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02 22:03                         ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-02 22:03                           ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-02 22:22                           ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02 22:22                             ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02 22:34                             ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-02 22:34                               ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-02 22:51                               ` Martin Bligh [this message]
2007-03-02 22:51                                 ` Martin Bligh
2007-03-02 22:54                                 ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-02 22:54                                   ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-02 23:28                                   ` Martin J. Bligh
2007-03-02 23:28                                     ` Martin J. Bligh
2007-03-03  0:24                                     ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-03  0:24                                       ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02 22:52                               ` Chuck Ebbert
2007-03-02 22:52                                 ` Chuck Ebbert
2007-03-02 22:59                               ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02 22:59                                 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-02 23:20                                 ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-02 23:20                                   ` Rik van Riel
2007-03-03  1:40                                 ` William Lee Irwin III
2007-03-03  1:40                                   ` William Lee Irwin III
2007-03-03  1:58                                   ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-03  1:58                                     ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-03  3:55                                     ` William Lee Irwin III
2007-03-03  3:55                                       ` William Lee Irwin III
2007-03-02 23:16                             ` [PATCH] : Optimizes timespec_trunc() Eric Dumazet
2007-03-03  0:33                             ` The performance and behaviour of the anti-fragmentation related patches William Lee Irwin III
2007-03-03  0:33                               ` William Lee Irwin III
2007-03-03  0:54                               ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-03  0:54                                 ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-03  3:15                               ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-03  3:15                                 ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-03  4:19                                 ` William Lee Irwin III
2007-03-03  4:19                                   ` William Lee Irwin III
2007-03-03 17:16                                 ` Martin J. Bligh
2007-03-03 17:16                                   ` Martin J. Bligh
2007-03-03 17:50                                   ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-03 17:50                                     ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02 20:59               ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-02 20:59                 ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-02 16:32   ` Mel Gorman
2007-03-02 17:19     ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02 17:28       ` Mel Gorman
2007-03-02 17:48         ` Christoph Lameter
2007-03-02 17:59           ` Mel Gorman
2007-03-03  4:54     ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2007-03-02  1:52 ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-02  1:52   ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-02 10:38   ` Mel Gorman
2007-03-02 10:38     ` Mel Gorman
2007-03-02 16:31     ` Joel Schopp
2007-03-02 16:31       ` Joel Schopp
2007-03-02 21:37       ` Bill Irwin
2007-03-02 21:37         ` Bill Irwin

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=45E8AA64.3050506@mbligh.org \
    --to=mbligh@mbligh.org \
    --cc=akpm@linux-foundation.org \
    --cc=arjan@infradead.org \
    --cc=bill.irwin@oracle.com \
    --cc=clameter@engr.sgi.com \
    --cc=jschopp@austin.ibm.com \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-mm@kvack.org \
    --cc=mel@skynet.ie \
    --cc=mingo@elte.hu \
    --cc=npiggin@suse.de \
    --cc=riel@redhat.com \
    --cc=torvalds@linux-foundation.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.