From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BQWnl-0005Tm-CM for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 19 May 2004 12:32:29 -0700 Received: from pop.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20] helo=mail.gmx.net) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BQWnk-0007wu-NT for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 19 May 2004 12:32:28 -0700 Message-ID: <018a01c43dd9$0173f270$2000000a@schlepptopp> From: "roland" References: <20040229043549.GA8583@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> <02dc01c43c4a$bb7c0490$2000000a@schlepptopp> <1084831251.1230.4.camel@chartreuse> <03ff01c43c5d$7db6e5e0$2000000a@schlepptopp> <20040518175904.GB29114@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> <1084987654.2250.4.camel@chartreuse> <012201c43dcb$402ca6a0$2000000a@schlepptopp> <1084990661.2255.28.camel@chartreuse> Subject: Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH] host context switch reduction MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 21:39:30 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: Laurent Vivier Cc: Jeff Dike , user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >OK, as I didn't find skas patch for 2.6 I thought it didn't exist... there exists one at: http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade/patches/host-skas3-2.6.6-v1.pa= tch i applied your patch after applying the skas patch. it applies cleanly - good , but compile fails very early with the following errormessage: arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c: In function `sys_ptrace': arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c:509: error: duplicate case value arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.c:509: error: previously used here make[1]: *** [arch/i386/kernel/ptrace.o] Error 1 make: *** [arch/i386/kernel] Error 2 unfortunately, i don`t get this managed to fix myself. could you (or someone else) take a look ? regards roland ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Laurent Vivier" To: "roland" Cc: "Jeff Dike" ; Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 8:17 PM Subject: Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH] host context switch reduction Le mer 19/05/2004 =E0 20:01, roland a =E9crit : > Hi Laurent ! > Great! > Thanks a lot for your work :) > > but i have a question: > > old mail from jeff: > >The patches below are from Laurent Vivier who didn't make them public. = They > >add a new feature to ptrace on the host which cuts down on the number of > >context switches needed for a UML system call, plus makes UML use it > > so - if your patch adds a new feature for ptrace on the HOST - shouldn`t = we need TWO patches for 2.6 ? > One patch for uml and one patch for the host ? > > this one seems for uml only. > some of us already run uml 2.6(.x) on a 2.6.(.x) host and put their focus= on the "new kernel" (me too). OK, as I didn't find skas patch for 2.6 I thought it didn't exist... anyway I tried to port the 2.4 host sysemu patch to 2.6, find it attached. I never tested it, or compiled it ! I have no system with 2.6 kernel, and the only I386 system I have is very, very, very noisy... it's a good system only when it is switched off ;-) ! > regards > roland > > ps: > since this would be the 2nd patch for the HOST (besides skas), would it m= ake sense, to merge "skas" and "sysemu" into one common > HOST-patch (if it has been tested and approved stable) ? > YES, I think... but Jeff is the boss ;-) > > > ----- Original Message -----=20 > From: "Laurent Vivier" > To: "Jeff Dike" > Cc: "roland" ; > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 7:27 PM > Subject: Re: [uml-devel] [PATCH] host context switch reduction > > > Hi, > > as it is a plebiscite ;-), find attached the patch for UML 2.6.6 and > measurements I made on my poor netserver. > > Laurent > > Le mar 18/05/2004 =E0 19:59, Jeff Dike a =E9crit : > > On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 12:22:45AM +0200, roland wrote: > > > the question is: > > > is the "real world" performance benefit, uml get`s from this patch wo= rth taking your time and is it implemented in a way, so > that > > > uml maintainers are happy with that ? > > > > The patch seems reasonable to me. I'd be happiest with Laurent pushing= this > > into mainline himself. > > > > > i cannot really estimate, what performance benefits your patch brings= to uml in detail, but what i have seen so far, this seems > > > quite worth doing the work. reducing context switches by 1/3 is a LO= T, imho - and reducing the execution time of the > getpid-loop to > > > nearly the half is quite impressive. > > > > Yeah, but no real workloads do while(1) getpid(); > > > > The kernel build improvement is obviously smaller, but still worth havi= ng. > > > > > are there any "con`s" that argue for that work _NOT_ being done ? > > > > No. But testing, and happy reports to the appropriate mailing lists wo= uld > > help. > > > > Jeff > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- > > > > HP Netserver LH Pro bi-pro 200 MHz / 256 MB RAM > > > > NATIF: > > > > netserver:/usr/src# uname -a > > Linux netserver 2.4.24-sysemu #4 SMP Tue Feb 17 16:43:11 CET 2004 i686 = GNU/Linux > > > > netserver:/usr/src# time ./getpid 1000000 > > > > real 0m1.763s > > user 0m0.910s > > sys 0m0.860s > > > > real 0m1.759s > > user 0m0.900s > > sys 0m0.870s > > > > real 0m1.759s > > user 0m0.950s > > sys 0m0.800s > > > > UML with sysemu: > > > > (none):~# uname -a > > Linux (none) 2.6.6-1um #10 Wed May 19 12:54:37 CEST 2004 i686 unknown > > > > (none):/mnt/usr/src# time ./getpid 1000000 > > > > real 1m1.508s > > user 0m7.960s > > sys 0m53.450s > > > > real 1m1.881s > > user 0m6.630s > > sys 0m55.240s > > > > real 1m1.920s > > user 0m6.580s > > sys 0m55.340s > > > > UML w/o sysemu > > > > real 1m32.833s > > user 0m7.610s > > sys 1m25.130s > > > > real 1m32.921s > > user 0m7.890s > > sys 1m24.980s > > > > real 1m33.493s > > user 0m8.010s > > sys 1m24.960s > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: SourceForge.net Broadband Sign-up now for SourceForge Broadband and get the fastest 6.0/768 connection for only $19.95/mo for the first 3 months! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3D2562&alloc_id=3D6184&op=3Dclick _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel