linux-kernel - Re: [patch v3 0/8] sched: use runnable avg in load balance

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Message-ID: <515A9859.6000606@intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:35:37 +0800
From:	Alex Shi <alex.shi@...el.com>
To:	Michael Wang <wangyun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [patch v3 0/8] sched: use runnable avg in load balance

On 04/02/2013 03:23 PM, Michael Wang wrote:
>> > [patch v3 8/8] sched: use instant load for burst wake up
> I've tested the patch set on 12 cpu X86 box with 3.9.0-rc2, and pgbench
> show regression on high-end this time.
> 
> | db_size | clients |  tps  |   |  tps  |
> +---------+---------+-------+   +-------+
> | 22 MB   |       1 | 10662 |   | 10446 |
> | 22 MB   |       2 | 21483 |   | 20887 |
> | 22 MB   |       4 | 42046 |   | 41266 |
> | 22 MB   |       8 | 55807 |   | 51987 |
> | 22 MB   |      12 | 50768 |   | 50974 |
> | 22 MB   |      16 | 49880 |   | 49510 |
> | 22 MB   |      24 | 45904 |   | 42398 |
> | 22 MB   |      32 | 43420 |   | 40995 |
> | 7484 MB |       1 |  7965 |   |  7376 |
> | 7484 MB |       2 | 19354 |   | 19149 |
> | 7484 MB |       4 | 37552 |   | 37458 |
> | 7484 MB |       8 | 48655 |   | 46618 |
> | 7484 MB |      12 | 45778 |   | 45756 |
> | 7484 MB |      16 | 45659 |   | 44911 |
> | 7484 MB |      24 | 42192 |   | 37185 |	-11.87%
> | 7484 MB |      32 | 36385 |   | 34447 |
> | 15 GB   |       1 |  7677 |   |  7359 |
> | 15 GB   |       2 | 19227 |   | 19049 |
> | 15 GB   |       4 | 37335 |   | 36947 |
> | 15 GB   |       8 | 48130 |   | 46898 |
> | 15 GB   |      12 | 45393 |   | 43986 |
> | 15 GB   |      16 | 45110 |   | 45719 |
> | 15 GB   |      24 | 41415 |   | 36813 |	-11.11%
> | 15 GB   |      32 | 35988 |   | 34025 |
> 
> The reason may caused by wake_affine()'s higher overhead, and pgbench is
> really sensitive to this stuff...

Thanks for testing. Could you like to remove the last patch and test it
again? I want to know if the last patch has effect on pgbench.

-- 
Thanks Alex
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