Re: 2.6.12-rc6-mm1

[Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>]

On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 06:13, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> --Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> wrote (on Saturday, June 11, 2005 > > 
Great thanks. Here are rolled up all the reconsidered changes that apply
> > directly to 2.6.12-rc6-mm1 -purely for testing purposes-. I'd be very
> > grateful to see how this performed; it has been boot and stress tested at
> > this end. If it shows detriment I'll have to make the smp nice changes
> > more complex.
>
> It's much better ... but still a degredation - see point p5181 on:
>
> http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/mbligh/abat/perf/kernbench.mo
>e.png
>
> Only really seems to hurt the NUMA box (the x440 one ... elm3b67 ... is
> still trying to find it's ass with both hands). I'm not necessarily saying
> it's a problem ... not sure what the benefits of the patch are, but it's a
> data point, at least ?

Thanks a lot!

Just checking the numbering of the test runs with you. This is the blue line 
order as plotted on the graph:

5181 is with this patch
4947 is mm1?
5150 is mm1 with the 4 patches backed out
5081 is mm1 with the 4 patches backed out and Hz changed to 100?
5169 is ?

Cheers,
Con