linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 0/8] Tunable sched_mc_power

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Message-ID: <20081230173110.GA5159@dirshya.in.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:01:10 +0530
From:	Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	MinChan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Suresh B Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@...ibm.com>,
	Vatsa <vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Gautham R Shenoy <ego@...ibm.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	David Collier-Brown <davecb@....com>,
	Tim Connors <tconnors@...ro.swin.edu.au>,
	Max Krasnyansky <maxk@...lcomm.com>,
	Gregory Haskins <gregory.haskins@...il.com>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/8] Tunable sched_mc_power_savings=n

* Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> [2008-12-30 08:18:19]:

> * MinChan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com> [2008-12-30 08:43:58]:
> 
> > Hi, Vaidyanathan.
> > It's very late reponse. :(
> > 
> > > Results:
> > > --------
> > >
> > > Basic functionality of the code has not changed and the power vs
> > > performance benefits for kernbench are similar to the ones posted
> > > earlier.
> > >
> > > KERNBENCH Runs: make -j4 on a x86 8 core, dual socket quad core cpu
> > > package system
> > >
> > > SchedMC Run Time     Package Idle    Energy  Power
> > > 0       81.68        52.83% 54.71%  1.00x J 1.00y W
> > > 1       80.70        36.62% 70.11%  0.95x J 0.96y W
> > > 2       74.95        19.53% 85.92%  0.90x J 0.98y W
> > >
> > > The results are marginally better than the previous version of the
> > > patch series which could be within the test variation.
> > >
> > > Please feel free to test, and let me know your comments and feedback.
> > > I will post more experimental results with various benchmarks.
> > 
> > Your result is very interesting.
> > level 2 is more fast and efficient of power.
> > 
> > What's major contributor to use less time in level 2?
> > I think it's cache bounce is less time than old.
> > Is right ?
> >
> 
> Yes, correct
> 
> > I want to test SCHED_MC but I don't know what you use to benchmark about power.
> > How do I get the data about 'Package, Idle, Energy, Power'?
> > 
> 
> Note, it is Package Idle (for both packages), it is a x86-64 8 core,
> dual socket, quad core box. It is not Package, Idle.
> 
> For Energy and Power you need a means of measuring power like a meter.
> 

Hi MinChan,

Thank you for your interest in sched_mc power saving feature.  As
Balbir has mentioned, you will need a power measurement infrastructure
like an external power meter.

Laptops have battery discharge rate measurement that is a good
approximation for power consumption.  But that is not helpful to test
sched_mc since we would need a multi-socket multi core system to get
power saving benefit from the enhancements.

The 'package idle' information comes from /proc/stat by adding up the
idle times from various logical CPUs belonging to a single physical
package.  All logical CPUs belonging to a single physical package can
be identified from /proc/cpuinfo or
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu<n>/topology/physical_package_id

--Vaidy
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