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From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
To: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: high-res preemption tick
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:55:17 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1192265717.27435.44.camel@twins> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1192259938.7369.4.camel@Homer.simpson.net>

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On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 09:18 +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 22:51 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > Subject: sched: high-res preemption tick
> > 
> > Use HR-timers (when available) to deliver an accurate preemption tick.
> 
> This patch further reduced iperf context switching, and boosted
> throughput.
> 
> iperf -c localhost -P 10 -t 300
> 
> Previously reported numbers
> 
> 2.6.23-smp
> [SUM]  0.0-300.0 sec    153 GBytes  4.39 Gbits/sec
> [SUM]  0.0-300.1 sec    148 GBytes  4.23 Gbits/sec
> [SUM]  0.0-300.0 sec    152 GBytes  4.36 Gbits/sec
> 
> 2.6.23-smp-d (sched-devel)
> [SUM]  0.0-300.0 sec    173 GBytes  4.96 Gbits/sec
> [SUM]  0.0-300.1 sec    173 GBytes  4.96 Gbits/sec
> [SUM]  0.0-300.0 sec    172 GBytes  4.93 Gbits/sec
> 
> Numbers from fresh pull today
> 
> 2.6.23-smp-d-hrt
> (re-enable PREEMPT_RESTRICT)

Ah, but HRTICK is not compatible with PREEMPT_RESTRICT, it will be
similar to !WAKEUP_PREEMPT.

> [SUM]  0.0-300.1 sec    181 GBytes  5.19 Gbits/sec
> [SUM]  0.0-300.0 sec    182 GBytes  5.22 Gbits/sec
> [SUM]  0.0-300.1 sec    182 GBytes  5.22 Gbits/sec
> 
> 2.6.23-smp-d
> [SUM]  0.0-300.1 sec    174 GBytes  4.97 Gbits/sec
> [SUM]  0.0-300.1 sec    173 GBytes  4.95 Gbits/sec
> [SUM]  0.0-300.1 sec    173 GBytes  4.96 Gbits/sec
> 
> 

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  reply	other threads:[~2007-10-13  8:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-12 20:51 [PATCH] sched: high-res preemption tick Peter Zijlstra
2007-10-13  7:18 ` Mike Galbraith
2007-10-13  8:55   ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2007-10-13  9:17     ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-10-13 10:11       ` Mike Galbraith
2007-10-13 23:13       ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-10-13 23:16         ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-10-14  6:34         ` Mike Galbraith
2007-10-13 22:51 ` [RFC][PATCH] sched: SCHED_FIFO watchdog timer Peter Zijlstra
2007-10-15 13:26   ` Dmitry Adamushko
2007-10-15 13:57     ` Peter Zijlstra
2007-10-15 14:25   ` Lennart Poettering
2007-10-15 21:32   ` Kay Sievers

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