From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 66197C5AD05 for ; Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:47:52 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:References: Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=huilpr65MJYUVFk5H90DT3hnFc7meX2pxw1bcBqOW+s=; b=HLgnL9L6vgRLl9 tF6C2LCcb9fO2luxoDfEwv/6g+2nko0g4bzaVw5B7SAXI75rNUNbEJ40uiueOJJCZIMDqC4RrY5Tj 9bm0mZj2j/i5ozAgwR9WZS5M/vwFREwKCaDcMnbLtUkZ82GtCZ2IgL2dXqU9CMkeMrF/9qK0SSSoC YUkU38Fm5Vq/znsdqP6MDASYX0Q7J2Gmhn8STJjhUBbv5EGN8kItnCmHpvPEO+hiqdHMKPPcAAx/7 /VapYt/Rr5fzkqslRCT8Gwt67K1gHtkAD4Uh5y5hvo99clr0l9JnMfwh1zLHcUH2kOhFoJuSU7+63 NOsIx7MvRDYaxThbGCig==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vtTfN-0000000FJv0-1S24; Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:47:45 +0000 Received: from foss.arm.com ([217.140.110.172]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vtTfJ-0000000FJtw-3qml; Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:47:43 +0000 Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 542A4339; Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:47:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (e132581.arm.com [10.1.196.87]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2DEE53F62B; Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:47:40 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:47:38 +0000 From: Leo Yan To: Jisheng Zhang Cc: Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon , Arnd Bergmann , Thomas Gleixner , Paul Walmsley , Palmer Dabbelt , Albert Ou , Alexandre Ghiti , Guo Ren , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-csky@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] arm64: use runtime constant to optimize handle_arch_irq access Message-ID: <20260220164738.GH136967@e132581.arm.com> References: <20260220090922.1506-1-jszhang@kernel.org> <20260220090922.1506-4-jszhang@kernel.org> <20260220123414.GF136967@e132581.arm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260220_084742_000289_AFF56D1A X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 12.36 ) X-BeenThere: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-riscv" Errors-To: linux-riscv-bounces+linux-riscv=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 09:34:14PM +0800, Jisheng Zhang wrote: [...] > > > Run 3 iterations, and measures three metrics (messaging/pipe/seccomp) > > > and results in seconds. Less is better. > > > > > > +---------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ > > > |Without change | run1 | run2 | run3 | avg | > > > +---------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ > > > |messaging (sec) | 4.546 | 4.508 | 4.591 | 4.548 | > > > |pipe (sec) | 24.258 | 24.224 | 24.017 | 24.166 | > > > |seccomp-notify (sec) | 48.393 | 48.457 | 48.232 | 48.361 | > > > +---------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ > > > > > > +---------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ > > > |With change | run1 | run2 | run3 | avg | diff | > > > +---------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ > > > |messaging (sec) | 4.493 | 4.523 | 4.556 | 4.524 | +0.52% | > > > |pipe (sec) | 23.159 | 23.702 | 28.649 | 25.170 | -4.15% | > > > > If you check the result, this result variance is abnormal, it means > > your OS is noiser. > > BTW: if you remove the abnormal run3 result, you'll find that the > benchmark is improved by ~3.5% on CA73: > (23.159 + 23.702) / 2 = 23.43 > (24.258 + 24.224) / 2 = 24.24 > (24.24 - 23.43)*100 / 23.43 = ~3.5 TBH, I don't think we should subjectively select data. But I agree a clean test env is important to avoid noise, and I also agree that the current results already show positive signals. Thanks, Leo _______________________________________________ linux-riscv mailing list linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-riscv