Re: [PATCH v7 0/8] Tunable sched_mc_power_savings=n

[Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> [2008-12-30 07:21:39]:

> 
> * Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> > > > KERNBENCH Runs: make -j4 on a x86 8 core, dual socket quad core cpu
> > > > package system
> > > >
> > > > SchedMC Run Time     Package Idle    Energy  Power
> > > > 0       81.68        52.83% 54.71%  1.00x J 1.00y W
> > > > 1       80.70        36.62% 70.11%  0.95x J 0.96y W
> > > > 2       74.95        19.53% 85.92%  0.90x J 0.98y W
> 
> > > Your result is very interesting.
> > > level 2 is more fast and efficient of power.
> > > 
> > > What's major contributor to use less time in level 2?
> > > I think it's cache bounce is less time than old.
> > > Is right ?
> > 
> > Yes, correct
> 
> yes, i too noticed that runtime improved so dramatically: +7.5% on 
> kernbench is a _very_ big deal.
> 

Yes, it is, I think one way to identify it on the x86 box would be to
use the performance counter patches, I'll see it I can get it working.

> So i wanted to ask you to re-test whether this speedup is reproducible, 
> and if yes, please check a few other workloads (for example sysbench on 
> postgresql / mysqld) and send a patch that changes the 
> sched_mc_power_savings default to POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE_WAKEUP (2).
> 

We'll do that, Vaidyanathan is on vacation and will be back in the
first week of January. We'll revert back with more tests and results.
>From code review, it would seem that the benefits are going to be
workload specific, but results would show for certain.

> Sidenote, _please_ fix your mail client to not mess up the Cc: list via:
>

Thanks, mutt has this turned on by default, I am turning it off and
hope that followup-to goes away.
 

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	Balbir