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From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	x86@kernel.org, Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0 of 8] x86/smp function calls: convert x86 tlb flushes to use function calls
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:57:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48A0D1E6.5030609@goop.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080806033736.GB24801@one.firstfloor.org>

Andi Kleen wrote:
> Micro benchmark. Just stick RDTSC around the calls and trigger
> a few remote flushes by e.g. doing mmap/munmap on a multithreaded program
> running on different CPUs.
>   

On a HT 3GHz Xeon, I see a ~35% increase in time (1830ns -> 2500ns), 
averaged over 1000,000 interrupts.  Because it's only 2 cpu, it ends up 
always using the smp_call_function_single path (but via the 
smp_call_function_mask path).

I need to try getting a more-cpu machine running native to do a proper 
test, esp to see if putting kmalloc on that path is very expensive or 
not.  (Is it worth using a kmem_cache?)

    J

      reply	other threads:[~2008-08-11 23:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-02  0:14 [PATCH 0 of 8] x86/smp function calls: convert x86 tlb flushes to use function calls Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-02  0:14 ` [PATCH 1 of 8] x86-32: use smp_call_function_mask for SMP TLB invalidations Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-02  0:14 ` [PATCH 2 of 8] x86-64: " Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-02  0:14 ` [PATCH 3 of 8] x86: make tlb_32|64 closer Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-02  0:14 ` [PATCH 4 of 8] x86: unify tlb.c Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-02  0:14 ` [PATCH 5 of 8] smp_function_call: add multiple queues for scalability Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-02  0:14 ` [PATCH 6 of 8] x86: add multiple smp_call_function queues Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-02  0:14 ` [PATCH 7 of 8] x86: make number of smp_call_function queues truely configurable Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-02  0:14 ` [PATCH 8 of 8] smp function calls: add kernel parameter to disable multiple queues Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-06  3:22 ` [PATCH 0 of 8] x86/smp function calls: convert x86 tlb flushes to use function calls Andi Kleen
2008-08-06  3:33   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-06  3:37     ` Andi Kleen
2008-08-11 23:57       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge [this message]

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