linux-kernel - Re: Mainline kernel OLTP performance update

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Date:	Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:14:17 -0500
From:	Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>
To:	"Ma, Chinang" <chinang.ma@...el.com>
CC:	"Wilcox, Matthew R" <matthew.r.wilcox@...el.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Tripathi, Sharad C" <sharad.c.tripathi@...el.com>,
	"arjan@...ux.intel.com" <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Kleen, Andi" <andi.kleen@...el.com>,
	"Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	"Chilukuri, Harita" <harita.chilukuri@...el.com>,
	"Styner, Douglas W" <douglas.w.styner@...el.com>,
	"Wang, Peter Xihong" <peter.xihong.wang@...el.com>,
	"Nueckel, Hubert" <hubert.nueckel@...el.com>,
	"chris.mason@...cle.com" <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	"linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@...gic.com>,
	Anirban Chakraborty <anirban.chakraborty@...gic.com>
Subject: Re: Mainline kernel OLTP performance update

Ma, Chinang wrote:
> Gregory. 
> I will test the resched-ipi instrumentation patch with our OLTP if you can post the patch and some instructions.
> Thanks,
> -Chinang
>   

Hi Chinang,
  Please find a patch attached which applies to linus.git as of today. 
You will also want to enable CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER as well as the trace
components.  Here is my system:

ghaskins@dev:~/sandbox/git/linux-2.6-rt> grep TRACE .config
CONFIG_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT=y
CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS=y
CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE=y
# CONFIG_TREE_RCU_TRACE is not set
# CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU_TRACE is not set
CONFIG_X86_PTRACE_BTS=y
# CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG_FUNC_TRACE is not set
CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TRACE=m
CONFIG_SOUND_TRACEINIT=y
CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT=y
CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS=y
CONFIG_STACKTRACE=y
# CONFIG_BACKTRACE_SELF_TEST is not set
CONFIG_USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT=y
CONFIG_NOP_TRACER=y
CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER=y
CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER=y
CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST=y
CONFIG_HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE=y
CONFIG_HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD=y
CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BRANCH_TRACER=y
CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE=y
CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER=y
CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER=y
CONFIG_IRQSOFF_TRACER=y
CONFIG_SYSPROF_TRACER=y
CONFIG_SCHED_TRACER=y
CONFIG_CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER=y
# CONFIG_BOOT_TRACER is not set
# CONFIG_TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING is not set
CONFIG_POWER_TRACER=y
CONFIG_STACK_TRACER=y
CONFIG_HW_BRANCH_TRACER=y
CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE=y
CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD=y
# CONFIG_FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST is not set
# CONFIG_MMIOTRACE is not set
# CONFIG_KVM_TRACE is not set


Then on your booted system, do:

echo sched_switch > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_enabled
$run_oltp && echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_enabled

(where $run_oltp is your suite)

Then, email the contents of /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace to me

-Greg


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