Re: [PATCH v10 0/5] Introduce mseal

[Jeff Xu <jeffxu@chromium.org>]

On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 8:13 AM Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> * jeffxu@chromium.org <jeffxu@chromium.org> [240415 12:35]:
> > From: Jeff Xu <jeffxu@chromium.org>
> >
> > This is V10 version, it rebases v9 patch to 6.9.rc3.
> > We also applied and tested mseal() in chrome and chromebook.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> ...
>
> > MM perf benchmarks
> > ==================
> > This patch adds a loop in the mprotect/munmap/madvise(DONTNEED) to
> > check the VMAs’ sealing flag, so that no partial update can be made,
> > when any segment within the given memory range is sealed.
> >
> > To measure the performance impact of this loop, two tests are developed.
> > [8]
> >
> > The first is measuring the time taken for a particular system call,
> > by using clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC). The second is using
> > PERF_COUNT_HW_REF_CPU_CYCLES (exclude user space). Both tests have
> > similar results.
> >
> > The tests have roughly below sequence:
> > for (i = 0; i < 1000, i++)
> >     create 1000 mappings (1 page per VMA)
> >     start the sampling
> >     for (j = 0; j < 1000, j++)
> >         mprotect one mapping
> >     stop and save the sample
> >     delete 1000 mappings
> > calculates all samples.
>
>
> Thank you for doing this performance testing.
>
> >
> > Below tests are performed on Intel(R) Pentium(R) Gold 7505 @ 2.00GHz,
> > 4G memory, Chromebook.
> >
> > Based on the latest upstream code:
> > The first test (measuring time)
> > syscall__     vmas    t       t_mseal delta_ns        per_vma %
> > munmap__      1       909     944     35      35      104%
> > munmap__      2       1398    1502    104     52      107%
> > munmap__      4       2444    2594    149     37      106%
> > munmap__      8       4029    4323    293     37      107%
> > munmap__      16      6647    6935    288     18      104%
> > munmap__      32      11811   12398   587     18      105%
> > mprotect      1       439     465     26      26      106%
> > mprotect      2       1659    1745    86      43      105%
> > mprotect      4       3747    3889    142     36      104%
> > mprotect      8       6755    6969    215     27      103%
> > mprotect      16      13748   14144   396     25      103%
> > mprotect      32      27827   28969   1142    36      104%
> > madvise_      1       240     262     22      22      109%
> > madvise_      2       366     442     76      38      121%
> > madvise_      4       623     751     128     32      121%
> > madvise_      8       1110    1324    215     27      119%
> > madvise_      16      2127    2451    324     20      115%
> > madvise_      32      4109    4642    534     17      113%
> >
> > The second test (measuring cpu cycle)
> > syscall__     vmas    cpu     cmseal  delta_cpu       per_vma %
> > munmap__      1       1790    1890    100     100     106%
> > munmap__      2       2819    3033    214     107     108%
> > munmap__      4       4959    5271    312     78      106%
> > munmap__      8       8262    8745    483     60      106%
> > munmap__      16      13099   14116   1017    64      108%
> > munmap__      32      23221   24785   1565    49      107%
> > mprotect      1       906     967     62      62      107%
> > mprotect      2       3019    3203    184     92      106%
> > mprotect      4       6149    6569    420     105     107%
> > mprotect      8       9978    10524   545     68      105%
> > mprotect      16      20448   21427   979     61      105%
> > mprotect      32      40972   42935   1963    61      105%
> > madvise_      1       434     497     63      63      115%
> > madvise_      2       752     899     147     74      120%
> > madvise_      4       1313    1513    200     50      115%
> > madvise_      8       2271    2627    356     44      116%
> > madvise_      16      4312    4883    571     36      113%
> > madvise_      32      8376    9319    943     29      111%
> >
>
> If I am reading this right, madvise() is affected more than the other
> calls?  Is that expected or do we need to have a closer look?
>
The madvise() has a bigger percentage (per_vma %), but it also has a
smaller base value (cpu).

-Jeff