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From: "George Spelvin" <linux@horizon.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux@horizon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 2/2] [x86] Optimize copy_page by re-arranging instruction sequence and saving register
Date: 12 Oct 2012 17:02:57 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121012210257.11451.qmail@science.horizon.com> (raw)

Here are some Phenom results for that benchmark.  The average time
increases from 700 to 760 cycles (+8.6%).

vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 16
model           : 2
model name      : AMD Phenom(tm) 9850 Quad-Core Processor
stepping        : 3
microcode       : 0x1000083
cpu MHz         : 2500.210
cache size      : 512 KB
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock
bogomips        : 5000.42
TLB size        : 1024 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64

                       	copy_page_org	copy_page_new	
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	678	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
                       	copy_page_org	copy_page_new	
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	667	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	673	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
                       	copy_page_org	copy_page_new	
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	667	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	673	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
                       	copy_page_org	copy_page_new	
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	671	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	673	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	671	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	709	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	708	760
                       	copy_page_org	copy_page_new	
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	667	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
                       	copy_page_org	copy_page_new	
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	671	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
                       	copy_page_org	copy_page_new	
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	678	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	709	758
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	709	759
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
                       	copy_page_org	copy_page_new	
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	680	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
                       	copy_page_org	copy_page_new	
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	667	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	709	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	709	759
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
                       	copy_page_org	copy_page_new	
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	678	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760
TPT: Len 4096, alignment  0/ 0:	710	760

             reply	other threads:[~2012-10-12 21:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-12 21:02 George Spelvin [this message]
2012-10-12 23:17 ` [PATCH RFC 2/2] [x86] Optimize copy_page by re-arranging instruction sequence and saving register Borislav Petkov
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-10-11 12:29 ling.ma
2012-10-11 13:40 ` Andi Kleen
2012-10-12  3:10   ` Ma, Ling
2012-10-12 13:35     ` Andi Kleen
2012-10-12 14:54       ` Ma, Ling
2012-10-12 15:14         ` Andi Kleen
2012-10-11 14:35 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-10-12  3:37   ` Ma, Ling
2012-10-12  6:18     ` Borislav Petkov
2012-10-12  9:07       ` Ma, Ling
2012-10-12 18:04         ` Borislav Petkov
2012-10-14 10:58           ` Borislav Petkov
2012-10-15  5:00             ` Ma, Ling
2012-10-15  5:13             ` George Spelvin

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