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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@denx.de>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@denx.de>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
	tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com,
	dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, x86@kernel.org, puwen@hygon.cn,
	seanjc@google.com, kim.phillips@amd.com, jmattson@google.com,
	babu.moger@amd.com, peterz@infradead.org,
	rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com, brgerst@gmail.com,
	ashok.raj@intel.com, mjguzik@gmail.com, jpoimboe@kernel.org,
	nik.borisov@suse.com, aik@amd.com, vegard.nossum@oracle.com,
	daniel.sneddon@linux.intel.com, acdunlap@google.com,
	Erwan Velu <erwanaliasr1@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.15 11/12] x86/barrier: Do not serialize MSR accesses on AMD
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 22:27:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Z0oxuu/AASgIOkTa@duo.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Z0opMka39d0mV3DZ@sashalap>

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Hi!

> > >   - Serious issues as reported by a user of a distribution kernel may also
> > >     be considered if they fix a notable performance or interactivity issue.
> > > 
> > > It sounds like what's going on here, no?
> > 
> > Is it? I'd not expect this to be visible in anything but
> > microbenchmarks. Do you have user reports hitting this?
> > 
> > It is not like this makes kernel build 10% slower, is it?
> 
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 10:30:11AM +0100, Erwan Velu wrote:
> > This patch greatly impacts servers on production with AMD systems that
> > have lasted since 5.11, having it backported really improves systems
> > performance.
> > Since this patch, I can share that our database team is no longer
> > paged during the night, that's a real noticeable impact.

Ok, looks like I misjudged the performance impact, sorry for the
noise.

Best regards,
								Pavel

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  reply	other threads:[~2024-11-29 21:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-01-15 23:26 [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.15 01/12] watch_queue: fix kcalloc() arguments order Sasha Levin
2024-01-15 23:26 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.15 02/12] powerpc/mm: Fix null-pointer dereference in pgtable_cache_add Sasha Levin
2024-01-15 23:26 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.15 03/12] arm64: irq: set the correct node for VMAP stack Sasha Levin
2024-01-15 23:26 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.15 04/12] drivers/perf: pmuv3: don't expose SW_INCR event in sysfs Sasha Levin
2024-01-15 23:26 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.15 05/12] powerpc: Fix build error due to is_valid_bugaddr() Sasha Levin
2024-01-15 23:26 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.15 06/12] powerpc/mm: Fix build failures due to arch_reserved_kernel_pages() Sasha Levin
2024-01-15 23:26 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.15 07/12] powerpc/64s: Fix CONFIG_NUMA=n build due to create_section_mapping() Sasha Levin
2024-01-15 23:26 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.15 08/12] x86/boot: Ignore NMIs during very early boot Sasha Levin
2024-01-15 23:26 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.15 09/12] powerpc: pmd_move_must_withdraw() is only needed for CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE Sasha Levin
2024-01-15 23:26 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.15 10/12] powerpc/lib: Validate size for vector operations Sasha Levin
2024-01-15 23:26 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.15 11/12] x86/barrier: Do not serialize MSR accesses on AMD Sasha Levin
2024-11-28 11:59   ` Borislav Petkov
2024-11-28 15:52     ` Sasha Levin
2024-11-28 16:08       ` Erwan Velu
2024-11-28 16:43       ` Borislav Petkov
2024-11-29  0:21         ` Sasha Levin
2024-11-29  9:30           ` Erwan Velu
2024-11-29 13:33             ` Borislav Petkov
2024-11-29 15:37               ` Sasha Levin
2024-11-29 21:18                 ` Erwan Velu
2024-11-29 13:30           ` Borislav Petkov
2024-11-29  9:45         ` Pavel Machek
2024-11-29 13:38           ` Sasha Levin
2024-11-29 20:34             ` Pavel Machek
2024-11-29 20:50               ` Sasha Levin
2024-11-29 21:27                 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2024-01-15 23:26 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.15 12/12] x86/mce: Mark fatal MCE's page as poison to avoid panic in the kdump kernel Sasha Levin

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