From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@flygoat.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com,
bp@alien8.de, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, hpa@zytor.com,
chang.seok.bae@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/10] x86: Allocate AVX512 xstate ondemand
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2021 12:55:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211204115545.GW16608@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211203003636.11417-1-jiaxun.yang@flygoat.com>
On Fri, Dec 03, 2021 at 12:36:26AM +0000, Jiaxun Yang wrote:
> This series makes allocation of AVX512 xstate buffer ondemand.
> It can save some memory (~2k for a thread not using AVX512).
>
> Also we are going to have heterogeneous processors that
> only some cores support AVX512, it can be helpful when
> dealing with such processors.
>
> Patch 1~6 are some preparations.
> Patch 7 moves reallocation of xstate buffer to save_fpregs_to_fpstate.
> Patch 8~10 are some cleanup and enablement work.
>
> Tested on a Skylake-X system with AVX512 intensive y-cruncher and numpy,
> the performance impact seems neglectable.
>
> Any sugguestions are welcomed.
If we're going to do asymmetric avx512 it needs to come with a prctl()
interface like AMX.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-04 11:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-03 0:36 [RFC PATCH 00/10] x86: Allocate AVX512 xstate ondemand Jiaxun Yang
2021-12-03 0:36 ` [RFC PATCH 01/10] x86/fpu: Remove duplicated declaration of __fpu_state_size_dynamic Jiaxun Yang
2021-12-03 0:36 ` [RFC PATCH 02/10] x86/fpu: Split fpu_xfd_enabled from fpu_state_size_dynamic Jiaxun Yang
2021-12-03 0:36 ` [RFC PATCH 03/10] x86/fpu: Calculate xsave state addr on fly Jiaxun Yang
2021-12-03 0:36 ` [RFC PATCH 04/10] x86/fpu: Remove xstate_comp_offsets cache Jiaxun Yang
2021-12-03 0:36 ` [RFC PATCH 05/10] x86/fpu: Cache xstate_is_aligned Jiaxun Yang
2021-12-03 0:36 ` [RFC PATCH 06/10] x86/fpu/xcr: Return all enabled xfeature if CPU doesn't support Jiaxun Yang
2021-12-03 0:36 ` [RFC PATCH 07/10] x86/fpu: Rellocate fpstate on save_fpregs_to_fpstate Jiaxun Yang
2021-12-03 0:44 ` Dave Hansen
2021-12-03 11:39 ` Jiaxun Yang
2021-12-03 15:18 ` Dave Hansen
2021-12-03 15:51 ` Jiaxun Yang
2021-12-03 0:36 ` [RFC PATCH 08/10] x86/fpu: Don't keep state_size in perm struct Jiaxun Yang
2021-12-03 0:36 ` [RFC PATCH 09/10] x86/fpu: Split out XFEATURE_MASK_KERNEL_DYNAMIC Jiaxun Yang
2021-12-03 0:36 ` [RFC PATCH 10/10] x86/fpu: Mark AVX512 xfeatures as kernel dynamic Jiaxun Yang
2021-12-03 0:40 ` [RFC PATCH 00/10] x86: Allocate AVX512 xstate ondemand Dave Hansen
2021-12-03 0:45 ` Jiaxun Yang
2021-12-03 0:58 ` Dave Hansen
2021-12-03 9:20 ` David Laight
2021-12-03 11:42 ` Jiaxun Yang
2021-12-03 11:51 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-12-03 11:55 ` Jiaxun Yang
2021-12-04 11:55 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
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