linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: use cpufreq_quick_get() for /proc/cpuinfo "cpu MHz" again

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Message-ID: <20171110072513.mp5p7o7pledumoyi@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 10 Nov 2017 08:25:13 +0100
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Cc:     WANG Chao <chao.wang@...oud.cn>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: use cpufreq_quick_get() for /proc/cpuinfo "cpu MHz"
 again


* Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com> wrote:

> Hi Linus,
> 
> On 11/9/2017 11:38 AM, WANG Chao wrote:
> > Commit 941f5f0f6ef5 (x86: CPU: Fix up "cpu MHz" in /proc/cpuinfo) caused
> > a serious performance issue when reading from /proc/cpuinfo on system
> > with aperfmperf.
> > 
> > For each cpu, arch_freq_get_on_cpu() sleeps 20ms to get its frequency.
> > On a system with 64 cpus, it takes 1.5s to finish running `cat
> > /proc/cpuinfo`, while it previously was done in 15ms.
> 
> Honestly, I'm not sure what to do to address this ATM.
> 
> The last requested frequency is only available in the non-HWP case, so it
> cannot be used universally.

This is a serious regression that needs to be fixed ASAP, because the slowdown is 
utterly ridiculous on a 120 CPU system:

  fomalhaut:~> time cat /proc/cpuinfo  >/dev/null

  real    0m2.689s
  user    0m0.001s
  sys     0m0.007s

Thanks,

	Ingo