linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] powerpc use pv-qpsinlock as the default spinlock implemention

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Date:	Thu, 26 May 2016 18:54:23 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	benh@...nel.crashing.org, paulus@...ba.org, mpe@...erman.id.au,
	mingo@...hat.com, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, jeremy@...p.org,
	chrisw@...s-sol.org, akataria@...are.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/6]  powerpc use pv-qpsinlock as the default spinlock
 implemention

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 04:18:03PM +0800, Pan Xinhui wrote:
> I do several tests on pseries IBM,8408-E8E with 32cpus, 64GB memory.
> benchmark test results are below.

> _____test________________spinlcok______________pv-qspinlcok_____
> | compiling takes|	22m 		|	22m		|

How can a kernel build take 22 minutes with 32 CPUs? That's far too
long. My 40 CPU IVB-EP takes all of 50 seconds to build an
x86_64-defconfig from scratch.