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From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>,
	Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>,
	Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>, Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>,
	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>, Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>,
	"Shi, Alex" <alex.shi@intel.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@kvack.org" <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>
Subject: Re: REGRESSION: Performance regressions from switching anon_vma->lock to mutex
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:15:32 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DF92F04.6000704@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1308173849.15315.91.camel@twins>

(needing to know the
> number of cpus to optimize locking sounds like a trainwreck all of its
> own, needing it _that_ often instead of just once at startup is even
> worse).

libdb does it only once per startup, it's just that it gets restarted 
for every
child (it's a library, not a server)

Really the kernel just needs to provide a faster way to get that.
Requiring /proc/stat for that is just insane.

I'll resend the sysconf patchkit I guess :-)

-Andi



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From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>,
	Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>,
	Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>, Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>,
	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>, Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>,
	"Shi, Alex" <alex.shi@intel.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@kvack.org" <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>
Subject: Re: REGRESSION: Performance regressions from switching anon_vma->lock to mutex
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:15:32 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DF92F04.6000704@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1308173849.15315.91.camel@twins>

(needing to know the
> number of cpus to optimize locking sounds like a trainwreck all of its
> own, needing it _that_ often instead of just once at startup is even
> worse).

libdb does it only once per startup, it's just that it gets restarted 
for every
child (it's a library, not a server)

Really the kernel just needs to provide a faster way to get that.
Requiring /proc/stat for that is just insane.

I'll resend the sysconf patchkit I guess :-)

-Andi


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-06-15 22:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 166+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-15  0:29 REGRESSION: Performance regressions from switching anon_vma->lock to mutex Tim Chen
2011-06-15  0:29 ` Tim Chen
2011-06-15  0:36 ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-15  0:36   ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-17 19:07   ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-17 19:07     ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-15  1:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-15  1:21   ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-15  3:42   ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-15  1:26 ` Shaohua Li
2011-06-15  1:26   ` Shaohua Li
2011-06-15 11:52   ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-15 11:52     ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-15 12:49     ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-15 12:49       ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-15 16:18     ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-15 16:18       ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-15 16:45       ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-15 16:45         ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-15 16:47         ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-15 16:47           ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-15 18:43         ` Tim Chen
2011-06-15 18:43           ` Tim Chen
2011-06-15 20:32           ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-15 20:32             ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-15 20:57             ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-15 20:57               ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-15 21:12               ` Tim Chen
2011-06-15 21:12                 ` Tim Chen
2011-06-15 21:37                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-15 21:37                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-15 21:51                   ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-15 21:51                     ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-15 22:19                     ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-15 22:19                       ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-16  0:16                       ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-16  0:16                         ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-16 20:14                         ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-16 20:14                           ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-16 20:37                           ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-16 20:37                             ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-17  0:24                             ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-17  9:13                               ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-17  9:13                                 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-15 22:15                   ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2011-06-15 22:15                     ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-16  1:08                   ` Tim Chen
2011-06-16  1:08                     ` Tim Chen
2011-06-16  1:50                   ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-16  1:50                     ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-16 20:26                     ` Tim Chen
2011-06-16 20:26                       ` Tim Chen
2011-06-16 20:47                       ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-16 20:47                         ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-16 21:05                         ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-16 21:05                           ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-16 21:06                           ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-16 21:26                             ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-16 21:26                               ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-17  3:58                               ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-17 11:28                                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-17 11:28                                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-17 11:54                                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-17 11:54                                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-17 16:36                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-17 16:36                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-17 17:41                                     ` Hugh Dickins
2011-06-17 17:41                                       ` Hugh Dickins
2011-06-17 17:55                                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-17 17:55                                         ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-17 18:01                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-17 18:01                                         ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-17 18:18                                         ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-17 18:18                                           ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-17 18:32                                           ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-17 18:32                                             ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-17 18:39                                             ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-17 18:41                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-17 18:41                                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-17 20:19                                               ` Tim Chen
2011-06-17 20:19                                                 ` Tim Chen
2011-06-17 22:20                                               ` Hugh Dickins
2011-06-17 22:20                                                 ` Hugh Dickins
2011-06-18  4:47                                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-18  4:47                                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-17 19:53                                             ` [PATCH] mm, memory-failure: Fix spinlock vs mutex order Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-17 19:53                                               ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-17 20:04                                               ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-17 20:04                                                 ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-17 16:46                                   ` REGRESSION: Performance regressions from switching anon_vma->lock to mutex Linus Torvalds
2011-06-17 16:46                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-17 17:28                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-17 19:40                                     ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-17 19:40                                       ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-18  8:08                                       ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-18  8:08                                         ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-17 18:22                                 ` Tim Chen
2011-06-17 18:22                                   ` Tim Chen
2011-06-17 19:05                                   ` Ray Lee
2011-06-17 19:05                                     ` Ray Lee
2011-06-16 22:00                           ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-16 22:00                             ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-15 10:36 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-15 10:36   ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-15 10:58   ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-15 10:58     ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-15 11:41     ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-15 11:41       ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-06-15 19:11     ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-15 19:11       ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-15 19:24       ` Andrew Morton
2011-06-15 19:24         ` Andrew Morton
2011-06-15 20:16         ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-15 20:16           ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-15 20:55           ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-15 20:55             ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-15 20:12       ` [GIT PULL] " Ingo Molnar
2011-06-15 20:12         ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-15 20:29         ` Paul E. McKenney
2011-06-15 20:29           ` Paul E. McKenney
2011-06-15 20:47           ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-15 20:47             ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-15 20:54             ` Paul E. McKenney
2011-06-15 20:54               ` Paul E. McKenney
2011-06-15 21:05         ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-15 21:05           ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-15 21:15           ` Paul E. McKenney
2011-06-15 21:15             ` Paul E. McKenney
2011-06-15 21:27             ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-15 21:27               ` Linus Torvalds
2011-06-16  7:03           ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-16  7:03             ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-16 17:16             ` Paul E. McKenney
2011-06-16 17:16               ` Paul E. McKenney
2011-06-16 20:25               ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-16 20:25                 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-16 21:01                 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-06-16 21:01                   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-06-16 23:02                   ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-16 23:02                     ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-17 15:19                     ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-06-17 15:19                       ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-06-16 21:02                 ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-16 21:02                   ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-16 22:21                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-06-16 22:21                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-06-16 22:38                   ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-16 22:38                     ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-16 22:47                     ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-16 22:47                       ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-16 22:58                       ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-16 22:58                         ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-17  0:45                         ` Paul E. McKenney
2011-06-17  0:45                           ` Paul E. McKenney
2011-06-17  9:43                           ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-17  9:43                             ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-17 16:48                             ` Paul E. McKenney
2011-06-17 16:48                               ` Paul E. McKenney
2011-06-16 23:37                 ` Paul E. McKenney
2011-06-16 23:37                   ` Paul E. McKenney
2011-06-15 20:13       ` Tim Chen
2011-06-15 20:13         ` Tim Chen
2011-06-15 20:17         ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-15 20:17           ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-15 20:21           ` Tim Chen
2011-06-15 20:21             ` Tim Chen

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