From: Andrew Theurer <habanero@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
Paul Turner <pjt@google.com>,
Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@hp.com>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>, Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Subject: Re: numa/core regressions fixed - more testers wanted
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:15:52 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1353536152.31820.112.camel@oc6622382223.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121121115255.GA8218@suse.de>
On Wed, 2012-11-21 at 11:52 +0000, Mel Gorman wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 07:54:13PM -0600, Andrew Theurer wrote:
> > On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 18:56 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > * Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > ( The 4x JVM regression is still an open bug I think - I'll
> > > > re-check and fix that one next, no need to re-report it,
> > > > I'm on it. )
> > >
> > > So I tested this on !THP too and the combined numbers are now:
> > >
> > > |
> > > [ SPECjbb multi-4x8 ] |
> > > [ tx/sec ] v3.7 | numa/core-v16
> > > [ higher is better ] ----- | -------------
> > > |
> > > +THP: 639k | 655k +2.5%
> > > -THP: 510k | 517k +1.3%
> > >
> > > So it's not a regression anymore, regardless of whether THP is
> > > enabled or disabled.
> > >
> > > The current updated table of performance results is:
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > [ seconds ] v3.7 AutoNUMA | numa/core-v16 [ vs. v3.7]
> > > [ lower is better ] ----- -------- | ------------- -----------
> > > |
> > > numa01 340.3 192.3 | 139.4 +144.1%
> > > numa01_THREAD_ALLOC 425.1 135.1 | 121.1 +251.0%
> > > numa02 56.1 25.3 | 17.5 +220.5%
> > > |
> > > [ SPECjbb transactions/sec ] |
> > > [ higher is better ] |
> > > |
> > > SPECjbb 1x32 +THP 524k 507k | 638k +21.7%
> > > SPECjbb 1x32 !THP 395k | 512k +29.6%
> > > |
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > |
> > > [ SPECjbb multi-4x8 ] |
> > > [ tx/sec ] v3.7 numa/core-v16
> > > [ higher is better ] ----- | -------------
> > > |
> > > +THP: 639k | 655k +2.5%
> > > -THP: 510k | 517k +1.3%
> > >
> > > So I think I've addressed all regressions reported so far - if
> > > anyone can still see something odd, please let me know so I can
> > > reproduce and fix it ASAP.
> >
> > I can confirm single JVM JBB is working well for me. I see a 30%
> > improvement over autoNUMA. What I can't make sense of is some perf
> > stats (taken at 80 warehouses on 4 x WST-EX, 512GB memory):
> >
>
> I'm curious about possible effects with profiling. Can you rerun just
> this test without any profiling and see if the gain is the same? My own
> tests are running monitors but they only fire every 10 seconds and are
> not running profiles.
After using the patch Hugh provided, I did make a 2nd run, this time
with no profiling at all, and the run was 2% higher. Not sure if this
is due to profiling gone, or just run to run variance, but nevertheless
a pretty low difference.
-Andrew Theurer
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2012-11-19 2:14 [PATCH 00/27] Latest numa/core release, v16 Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 01/27] mm/generic: Only flush the local TLB in ptep_set_access_flags() Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 02/27] x86/mm: Only do a local tlb flush " Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 03/27] x86/mm: Introduce pte_accessible() Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 04/27] mm: Only flush the TLB when clearing an accessible pte Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 05/27] x86/mm: Completely drop the TLB flush from ptep_set_access_flags() Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 06/27] mm: Count the number of pages affected in change_protection() Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 07/27] mm: Optimize the TLB flush of sys_mprotect() and change_protection() users Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 08/27] sched, numa, mm: Add last_cpu to page flags Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 09/27] sched, mm, numa: Create generic NUMA fault infrastructure, with architectures overrides Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 10/27] sched: Make find_busiest_queue() a method Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 11/27] sched, numa, mm: Describe the NUMA scheduling problem formally Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 12/27] numa, mm: Support NUMA hinting page faults from gup/gup_fast Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 13/27] mm/migrate: Introduce migrate_misplaced_page() Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 14/27] sched, numa, mm, arch: Add variable locality exception Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 15/27] sched, numa, mm: Add credits for NUMA placement Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 16/27] sched, mm, x86: Add the ARCH_SUPPORTS_NUMA_BALANCING flag Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 17/27] sched, numa, mm: Add the scanning page fault machinery Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 18/27] sched: Add adaptive NUMA affinity support Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 19/27] sched: Implement constant, per task Working Set Sampling (WSS) rate Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 20/27] sched, numa, mm: Count WS scanning against present PTEs, not virtual memory ranges Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 21/27] sched: Implement slow start for working set sampling Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 22/27] sched, numa, mm: Interleave shared tasks Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 23/27] sched: Implement NUMA scanning backoff Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 24/27] sched: Improve convergence Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 25/27] sched: Introduce staged average NUMA faults Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 26/27] sched: Track groups of shared tasks Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 2:14 ` [PATCH 27/27] sched: Use the best-buddy 'ideal cpu' in balancing decisions Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 16:29 ` [PATCH 00/27] Latest numa/core release, v16 Mel Gorman
2012-11-19 19:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 21:18 ` Mel Gorman
2012-11-19 22:36 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 23:00 ` Mel Gorman
2012-11-20 0:41 ` Rik van Riel
2012-11-21 10:58 ` Mel Gorman
2012-11-20 1:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-11-20 7:17 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-20 7:37 ` David Rientjes
2012-11-20 7:48 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-20 8:01 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-20 8:11 ` David Rientjes
2012-11-21 11:14 ` Mel Gorman
2012-11-20 10:20 ` Mel Gorman
2012-11-20 10:47 ` Mel Gorman
2012-11-20 15:29 ` [PATCH] mm, numa: Turn 4K pte NUMA faults into effective hugepage ones Ingo Molnar
2012-11-20 16:09 ` [PATCH, v2] " Ingo Molnar
2012-11-20 16:31 ` Rik van Riel
2012-11-20 16:52 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-21 12:08 ` Mel Gorman
2012-11-21 8:12 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-21 2:41 ` David Rientjes
2012-11-21 9:34 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-21 11:40 ` Mel Gorman
2012-11-23 1:26 ` Alex Shi
2012-11-20 17:56 ` numa/core regressions fixed - more testers wanted Ingo Molnar
2012-11-21 1:54 ` Andrew Theurer
2012-11-21 3:22 ` Rik van Riel
2012-11-21 4:10 ` Hugh Dickins
2012-11-21 17:59 ` Andrew Theurer
2012-11-21 11:52 ` Mel Gorman
2012-11-21 22:15 ` Andrew Theurer [this message]
2012-11-21 3:33 ` David Rientjes
2012-11-21 9:38 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-21 11:06 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-21 8:39 ` Alex Shi
2012-11-22 1:21 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-23 13:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-23 15:23 ` Alex Shi
2012-11-26 2:11 ` Alex Shi
2012-11-28 14:21 ` Alex Shi
2012-11-20 10:40 ` [PATCH 00/27] Latest numa/core release, v16 Ingo Molnar
2012-11-20 11:40 ` Mel Gorman
2012-11-21 10:38 ` Mel Gorman
2012-11-21 19:37 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2012-11-21 19:56 ` Mel Gorman
2012-11-19 20:07 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-19 21:37 ` Mel Gorman
2012-11-20 0:50 ` David Rientjes
2012-11-20 1:05 ` David Rientjes
2012-11-20 6:00 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-20 6:20 ` David Rientjes
2012-11-20 7:44 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-20 7:48 ` Paul Turner
2012-11-20 8:20 ` David Rientjes
2012-11-20 9:06 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-20 9:41 ` [patch] x86/vsyscall: Add Kconfig option to use native vsyscalls, switch to it Ingo Molnar
2012-11-20 23:01 ` Andy Lutomirski
2012-11-21 0:43 ` David Rientjes
2012-11-20 12:02 ` [PATCH] x86/mm: Don't flush the TLB on #WP pmd fixups Ingo Molnar
2012-11-20 12:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-21 11:47 ` Mel Gorman
2012-11-21 1:22 ` David Rientjes
2012-11-21 17:02 ` [PATCH 00/27] Latest numa/core release, v16 Linus Torvalds
2012-11-21 17:10 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-21 17:20 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-22 4:31 ` David Rientjes
2012-11-21 17:40 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-21 22:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-11-21 22:46 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-11-21 17:45 ` Rik van Riel
2012-11-21 18:04 ` Ingo Molnar
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