FYI, we noticed the below changes on git://bee.sh.intel.com/git/ydu19/linux cc-v4.7-on-3.16-rc3 commit 517b8b57fb5e6ceb175439474d4e539dfeb74bfe ("sched: Remove update_rq_runnable_avg") test case: xps2/pigz/100%-128K v3.16-rc3 517b8b57fb5e6ceb175439474 --------------- ------------------------- 776 ~22% -31.6% 531 ~16% TOTAL cpuidle.C3-NHM.usage 0.26 ~ 5% -25.5% 0.19 ~ 5% TOTAL turbostat.%c6 6904073 ~ 2% -23.4% 5290138 ~ 2% TOTAL cpuidle.C6-NHM.time 7762 ~ 0% +22.1% 9481 ~ 1% TOTAL proc-vmstat.nr_active_anon 31071 ~ 0% +22.1% 37939 ~ 1% TOTAL meminfo.Active(anon) 7847 ~ 0% +21.9% 9563 ~ 1% TOTAL proc-vmstat.nr_anon_pages 31404 ~ 0% +21.9% 38271 ~ 1% TOTAL meminfo.AnonPages 2369 ~ 1% -15.5% 2002 ~ 1% TOTAL proc-vmstat.pgactivate 10420 ~ 2% +16.1% 12102 ~ 0% TOTAL time.maximum_resident_set_size 970 ~ 3% +12.6% 1092 ~ 0% TOTAL slabinfo.kmalloc-96.num_objs 970 ~ 3% +12.6% 1092 ~ 0% TOTAL slabinfo.kmalloc-96.active_objs 4.56 ~ 4% +13.6% 5.18 ~ 8% TOTAL perf-profile.cpu-cycles.copy_user_generic_string.copy_page_from_iter.pipe_write.new_sync_write.vfs_write 108172 ~ 0% +10.4% 119392 ~ 0% TOTAL meminfo.Active 12905 ~ 0% +11.6% 14408 ~ 0% TOTAL time.minor_page_faults Legend: ~XX% - stddev percent [+-]XX% - change percent time.minor_page_faults 15000 ++------------------------------------------------------------------+ O O O | | O O | 14500 ++ O O O O | O O O O O | | | 14000 ++ | | | 13500 ++ | | | | | 13000 ++ ..*.....*.... | *....*....*.....*....*....*.. *....* | | | 12500 ++------------------------------------------------------------------+ [*] bisect-good sample [O] bisect-bad sample Disclaimer: Results have been estimated based on internal Intel analysis and are provided for informational purposes only. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. Thanks, Aaron