linux-kernel - RE: Performance overhead of paravirt

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Date:	Fri, 22 May 2009 13:59:42 +0800
From:	"Xin, Xiaohui" <xiaohui.xin@...el.com>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
CC:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Li, Xin" <xin.li@...el.com>,
	"Nakajima, Jun" <jun.nakajima@...el.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>
Subject: RE: Performance overhead of paravirt_ops on native identified

What I mean is that if the binary of _spin_lock is like this:
(gdb) disassemble _spin_lock
Dump of assembler code for function _spin_lock:
0xffffffff80497c0f <_spin_lock+0>:      mov    1252634(%rip),%r11        # #0xffffffff805c9930 <test_lock_ops+16>
0xffffffff80497c16 <_spin_lock+7>:      jmpq   *%r11
End of assembler dump.
(gdb) disassemble

In this situation the binary contains a jump, the overhead is more than the call.

Thanks
Xiaohui

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge [mailto:jeremy@...p.org] 
Sent: 2009年5月22日 12:28
To: Xin, Xiaohui
Cc: Chuck Ebbert; Ingo Molnar; Li, Xin; Nakajima, Jun; H. Peter Anvin; Nick Piggin; Linux Kernel Mailing List; Xen-devel
Subject: Re: Performance overhead of paravirt_ops on native identified

Xin, Xiaohui wrote:
> Remember we have done one experiment with "jump", the result shows seems the overhead is even more than the call.
>   

I don't think you had mentioned that. You're saying that a
call->jmp->ret is slower than call->call->ret->ret?

J