linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] arm64: mm: Fix NOMAP page initialization

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Message-ID: <20170112185825.GE5020@rric.localdomain>
Date:   Thu, 12 Jan 2017 19:58:25 +0100
From:   Robert Richter <robert.richter@...ium.com>
To:     Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
CC:     Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@...aro.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Yisheng Xie <xieyisheng1@...wei.com>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] arm64: mm: Fix NOMAP page initialization

On 12.01.17 16:05:36, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 12:53:20PM +0100, Robert Richter wrote:

> > Kernel compile times (3 runs each):
> > 
> > pfn_valid_within():
> > 
> > real    6m4.088s
> > user    372m57.607s
> > sys     16m55.158s
> > 
> > real    6m1.532s
> > user    372m48.453s
> > sys     16m50.370s
> > 
> > real    6m4.061s
> > user    373m18.753s
> > sys     16m57.027s
> 
> Did you reboot the machine between each build here, or only when changing
> kernel? If the latter, do you see variations in kernel build time by simply
> rebooting the same Image?

I built it in a loop on the shell, so no reboots between builds. Note
that I was building the kernel in /dev/shm to not access harddisks. I
think build times should be comparable then since there is no fs
caching.

-Robert