linux-kernel - Re: Kernel 4.7rc3 - Performance drop 30-40% for SPECjbb2005 and SPECjvm2008 benchmarks against 4.6 kernel

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: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

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

Message-ID: <20160624155434.GY30927@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Fri, 24 Jun 2016 17:54:34 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Cc:	Jirka Hladky <jhladky@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Kamil Kolakowski <kkolakow@...hat.com>,
	Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>,
	Yuyang Du <yuyang.du@...el.com>,
	Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
	Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com>,
	Benjamin Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>,
	Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Kernel 4.7rc3 - Performance drop 30-40% for SPECjbb2005 and
 SPECjvm2008 benchmarks against 4.6 kernel

On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 03:42:26PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 02:44:07PM +0200, Vincent Guittot wrote:
> > > --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > > @@ -2484,7 +2484,7 @@ static inline long calc_tg_weight(struct task_group *tg, struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
> > >          */
> > >         tg_weight = atomic_long_read(&tg->load_avg);
> > >         tg_weight -= cfs_rq->tg_load_avg_contrib;
> > > -       tg_weight += cfs_rq->load.weight;
> > > +       tg_weight += cfs_rq->avg.load_avg;
> > 
> > IIUC, you are reverting
> > commit  fde7d22e01aa (sched/fair: Fix overly small weight for
> > interactive group entities)
> 
> Hurm.. looking at that commit again, that seems to wreck
> effective_load(), since that doesn't compensate.
> 
> Maybe I'll remove calc_tg_weight and open code its slightly different
> usages in the two sites.

OK, sorry for not actually posting, but I need to run. Please find the
two patches in:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/peterz/queue.git sched/urgent