linux-kernel - Re: [LKP] [sched/numa] a43455a1d57: +94.1% proc-vmstat.numa_hint_faults

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20140801072911.GE19379@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Fri, 1 Aug 2014 09:29:11 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Aaron Lu <aaron.lu@...el.com>
Cc:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, lkp@...org,
	jhladky@...hat.com, Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [LKP] [sched/numa] a43455a1d57: +94.1%
 proc-vmstat.numa_hint_faults_local

On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 10:03:30AM +0800, Aaron Lu wrote:
> > > > ebe06187bf2aec1  a43455a1d572daf7b730fe12e  
> > > > ---------------  -------------------------  
> > > >      94500 ~ 3%    +115.6%     203711 ~ 6%  ivb42/hackbench/50%-threads-pipe
> > > >      67745 ~ 4%     +64.1%     111174 ~ 5%  lkp-snb01/hackbench/50%-threads-socket
> > > >     162245 ~ 3%     +94.1%     314885 ~ 6%  TOTAL proc-vmstat.numa_hint_faults_local

> It means, for commit ebe06187bf2aec1, the number for
> num_hint_local_faults is 94500 for ivb42 machine and 67745 for lkp-snb01
> machine. The 3%, 4% following that number means the deviation of the
> different runs to their average(we usually run it multiple times to
> phase out possible sharp values). We should probably remove that
> percentage, as they cause confusion if no detailed explanation and may
> not mean much to the commit author and others(if the deviation is big
> enough, we should simply drop that result).

Nah, variance is good, but the typical symbol would be +- or the fancy
±.

~ when used as a unary op means 'approx' or 'about' or 'same order'
~ when used as a binary op means equivalence, a weaker equal, often in
the vein of the unary op meaning.

Also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilde#Mathematics

So while I think having a measure of variance is good, I think you
picked entirely the wrong symbol.

Content of type "application/pgp-signature" skipped