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From: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: <oe-lkp@lists.linux.dev>, <lkp@intel.com>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>,
	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>, <aubrey.li@linux.intel.com>,
	<yu.c.chen@intel.com>, <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Subject: [linus:master] [sched/deadline]  14a8570564: stress-ng.mmaprandom.ops_per_sec 18.9% improvement
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:25:32 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <202607101604.5b29f080-lkp@intel.com> (raw)



Hello,

kernel test robot noticed a 18.9% improvement of stress-ng.mmaprandom.ops_per_sec on:


commit: 14a857056466be9d3d907a94e92a704ac1be149b ("sched/deadline: Use revised wakeup rule for dl_server")
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master


testcase: stress-ng
config: x86_64-rhel-9.4
compiler: gcc-14
test machine: 192 threads 2 sockets Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6740E  CPU @ 2.4GHz (Sierra Forest) with 256G memory
parameters:

	nr_threads: 100%
	testtime: 60s
	test: mmaprandom
	cpufreq_governor: performance



Details are as below:
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The kernel config and materials to reproduce are available at:
https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260710/202607101604.5b29f080-lkp@intel.com

=========================================================================================
compiler/cpufreq_governor/kconfig/nr_threads/rootfs/tbox_group/test/testcase/testtime:
  gcc-14/performance/x86_64-rhel-9.4/100%/debian-13-x86_64-20250902.cgz/lkp-srf-2sp2/mmaprandom/stress-ng/60s

commit: 
  v7.0-rc7
  sched-urgent-2026-04-12

        v7.0-rc7     sched-urgent-2026-04-12 
---------------- --------------------------- 
         %stddev     %change         %stddev
             \          |                \  
      7.42 ±  6%     +13.7%       8.44 ±  4%  stress-ng.mmaprandom.munmap_lo/hi_addr_ops/sec
 3.268e+08 ±  3%     +18.8%  3.884e+08 ±  3%  stress-ng.mmaprandom.ops
   5266977 ±  3%     +18.9%    6261751 ±  3%  stress-ng.mmaprandom.ops_per_sec
    502294 ±  4%     +18.9%     597382 ±  5%  stress-ng.time.involuntary_context_switches
  42134946 ±  4%     +15.8%   48772691 ±  3%  stress-ng.time.minor_page_faults
     11559 ±  2%     +23.9%      14321        stress-ng.time.percent_of_cpu_this_job_got
      7227           +23.2%       8905        stress-ng.time.system_time
   1834057 ±  3%     +18.6%    2175623 ±  3%  stress-ng.time.voluntary_context_switches
    109.70 ± 52%    +161.8%     287.20 ± 30%  perf-c2c.DRAM.local
     10.88 ± 12%     -24.7%       8.19 ± 11%  perf-sched.wait_time.max.ms.perf_trace_sched_switch.exit_to_user_mode_loop.do_syscall_64.entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe.shmdt
 5.149e+09 ±  4%     -33.2%  3.441e+09 ± 16%  cpuidle..time
   3590818 ±  4%     +13.6%    4079292 ±  2%  cpuidle..usage
     89858 ±  4%     +12.6%     101156 ±  3%  perf-stat.i.context-switches
     78474 ±  4%     +19.4%      93707 ±  4%  perf-stat.ps.context-switches
     40.88 ±  3%     -18.9       21.97 ± 51%  turbostat.C1%
     40.77 ±  3%     -46.5%      21.83 ± 51%  turbostat.CPU%c1
     41.69 ±  2%     -32.1%      28.32 ± 10%  vmstat.cpu.id
    114.21 ±  3%     +17.4%     134.07 ±  5%  vmstat.procs.r
     75991 ±  4%     +17.6%      89367 ±  4%  vmstat.system.cs
    931.70 ± 15%     -21.5%     731.03 ±  6%  meminfo.Inactive
    931.70 ± 15%     -21.5%     731.03 ±  6%  meminfo.Inactive(file)
      3323 ± 17%     -92.7%     241.56 ± 41%  meminfo.ShmemHugePages
      3167 ± 17%     -93.0%     223.03 ± 46%  meminfo.ShmemPmdMapped
      1958 ± 28%     -94.4%     109.27 ± 64%  numa-meminfo.node0.ShmemHugePages
      1883 ± 27%     -95.2%      90.32 ± 80%  numa-meminfo.node0.ShmemPmdMapped
      1464 ± 25%     -90.2%     143.09 ± 73%  numa-meminfo.node1.ShmemHugePages
      1380 ± 26%     -90.7%     127.76 ± 65%  numa-meminfo.node1.ShmemPmdMapped
  29299405 ±  3%     +16.7%   34179169 ±  3%  numa-numastat.node0.local_node
  29397753 ±  3%     +16.7%   34300051 ±  3%  numa-numastat.node0.numa_hit
  29074958 ±  3%     +17.0%   34029990 ±  3%  numa-numastat.node1.local_node
  29175702 ±  3%     +16.9%   34110422 ±  3%  numa-numastat.node1.numa_hit
  29398448 ±  3%     +16.7%   34299565 ±  3%  numa-vmstat.node0.numa_hit
  29300100 ±  3%     +16.7%   34178683 ±  3%  numa-vmstat.node0.numa_local
  29175972 ±  3%     +16.9%   34110183 ±  3%  numa-vmstat.node1.numa_hit
  29075150 ±  3%     +17.0%   34029751 ±  3%  numa-vmstat.node1.numa_local
     40.14 ±  2%     -14.1       26.05 ± 11%  mpstat.cpu.all.idle%
      0.33 ±  4%      +0.1        0.39 ±  6%  mpstat.cpu.all.irq%
      0.26 ±  6%      +0.1        0.32 ±  3%  mpstat.cpu.all.soft%
     57.71 ±  2%     +13.8       71.52 ±  4%  mpstat.cpu.all.sys%
     87.62 ±  6%     +12.6%      98.66        mpstat.max_utilization_pct
     22227           +17.6%      26146        sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.avg_vruntime.avg
     82637 ± 12%     -26.0%      61123 ± 15%  sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.avg_vruntime.max
     18397           +16.4%      21416 ±  5%  sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.avg_vruntime.min
      6674 ±  7%     -26.8%       4887 ±  8%  sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.avg_vruntime.stddev
    829.95 ± 16%     +37.0%       1136 ±  9%  sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.util_est.max
     22226           +17.6%      26146        sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.zero_vruntime.avg
     82637 ± 12%     -26.0%      61123 ± 15%  sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.zero_vruntime.max
     18397           +16.4%      21416 ±  5%  sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.zero_vruntime.min
      6674 ±  7%     -26.8%       4887 ±  8%  sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.zero_vruntime.stddev
    142314 ± 12%     +56.2%     222249 ± 11%  sched_debug.cpu.avg_idle.stddev
     14910 ±  3%     +15.0%      17153 ±  2%  sched_debug.cpu.nr_switches.avg
  58577011 ±  3%     +16.8%   68413496 ±  3%  proc-vmstat.numa_hit
  58377918 ±  3%     +16.8%   68212181 ±  3%  proc-vmstat.numa_local
   3081605 ±  2%     +19.3%    3677408 ±  3%  proc-vmstat.pgactivate
  69802610 ±  3%     +17.2%   81798112 ±  3%  proc-vmstat.pgalloc_normal
   6196217 ±  2%     +19.9%    7429815 ±  3%  proc-vmstat.pgdeactivate
  42798950 ±  4%     +15.5%   49451147 ±  3%  proc-vmstat.pgfault
  68727309 ±  3%     +17.4%   80696135 ±  3%  proc-vmstat.pgfree
    627355 ±  3%     +19.7%     750783 ±  3%  proc-vmstat.pglazyfree
      4638 ±  3%     +20.0%       5565 ±  4%  proc-vmstat.thp_collapse_alloc
     15260 ±  2%     +19.2%      18197 ±  3%  proc-vmstat.thp_fault_alloc
      2729 ±  3%     +20.6%       3292 ±  4%  proc-vmstat.thp_file_mapped
      1214 ±  3%     +20.9%       1468 ±  3%  proc-vmstat.thp_split_page
      1214 ±  3%     +20.9%       1468 ±  3%  proc-vmstat.thp_swpout_fallback
  38553874 ±  3%     +18.6%   45724835 ±  3%  proc-vmstat.unevictable_pgs_culled
  38620357 ±  3%     +18.6%   45806796 ±  3%  proc-vmstat.unevictable_pgs_mlocked
  37844607 ±  3%     +18.6%   44877490 ±  3%  proc-vmstat.unevictable_pgs_munlocked
  37775054 ±  3%     +18.6%   44792535 ±  3%  proc-vmstat.unevictable_pgs_rescued
    775098 ±  4%     +19.8%     928721 ±  4%  proc-vmstat.unevictable_pgs_stranded




Disclaimer:
Results have been estimated based on internal Intel analysis and are provided
for informational purposes only. Any difference in system hardware or software
design or configuration may affect actual performance.


-- 
0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service
https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests/wiki


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