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
next 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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