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From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	x86@kernel.org, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0 of 9] x86/smp function calls: convert x86 tlb flushes to use function calls [POST 2]
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:23:37 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <patchbomb.1219083817@localhost> (raw)


This series:
 - adds a simple debugfs profiling entry for cross-cpu tlb flushes
 - converts them to using smp_call_function_mask
 - unifies 32 and 64-bit tlb flushes
 - converts smp_call_function to using multiple queues (using the now
   freed vectors)
 - allows config-time adjustment of the number of queues
 - adds a kernel parameter to disable multi-queue in case it causes
   problems

The main concern is whether using smp_call_function adds an
unacceptible performance hit to cross-cpu tlb flushes.  My limited
measurements show a ~35% regression in latency for a particular flush;
it would be interesting to try this on a wider range of hardware.  I
gather the effect tlb flush performance is very application specific
as well, but I'm not sure what benchmarks show what effects.

Trading off agains the latency of a given flush, the smp_function_call
mechanism allows multiple requests to be queued, and so may improve
throughput on a system-wide basis.

So, I'd like people to try this out and see what performance effects it
has.

Thanks,
	J



             reply	other threads:[~2008-08-18 21:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-18 18:23 Jeremy Fitzhardinge [this message]
2008-08-18 18:23 ` [PATCH 1 of 9] x86: put tlb_flush_others() stats in debugfs Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-18 18:23 ` [PATCH 2 of 9] x86-32: use smp_call_function_mask for SMP TLB invalidations Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-18 18:23 ` [PATCH 3 of 9] x86-64: " Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-18 18:23 ` [PATCH 4 of 9] x86: make tlb_32|64 closer Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-18 18:23 ` [PATCH 5 of 9] x86: unify tlb.c Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-18 18:23 ` [PATCH 6 of 9] smp_function_call: add multiple queues for scalability Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-18 18:23 ` [PATCH 7 of 9] x86: add multiple smp_call_function queues Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-18 18:23 ` [PATCH 8 of 9] x86: make number of smp_call_function queues truely configurable Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-18 18:23 ` [PATCH 9 of 9] smp function calls: add kernel parameter to disable multiple queues Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-19  0:45 ` [PATCH 0 of 9] x86/smp function calls: convert x86 tlb flushes to use function calls [POST 2] Ingo Molnar
2008-08-19  1:28   ` Ingo Molnar
2008-08-19  6:18     ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-19  9:27       ` Ingo Molnar
2008-08-19 14:58         ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-19  9:45       ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-08-19 14:58         ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-19  5:37   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-19  9:31     ` Ingo Molnar
2008-08-19  9:56       ` Nick Piggin
2008-08-19 10:20         ` Ingo Molnar
2008-08-19 11:08           ` Nick Piggin
2008-08-19 11:44             ` Ingo Molnar
2008-08-19 10:24         ` Ingo Molnar
2008-08-19 10:49           ` Nick Piggin
2008-08-19 10:31         ` Andi Kleen
2008-08-19 11:04           ` Nick Piggin
2008-08-19 11:20             ` Andi Kleen
2008-08-19  7:32   ` Andi Kleen
2008-08-19  7:44     ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-19  7:48       ` Andi Kleen
2008-08-19  8:04         ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge

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