linux-kernel - Re: [cpufreq] 06c4d00466: will-it-scale.per_process

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Message-ID: <43a4189a-7153-18e8-4657-4a4400002c05@intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 25 Mar 2020 15:50:44 +0800
From:   Rong Chen <rong.a.chen@...el.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
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Subject: Re: [cpufreq] 06c4d00466: will-it-scale.per_process_ops -53.4%
 regression



On 3/24/20 6:24 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 8:02 AM kernel test robot <rong.a.chen@...el.com> wrote:
>> Greeting,
>>
>> FYI, we noticed a -53.4% regression of will-it-scale.per_process_ops due to commit:
>> commit: 06c4d00466eb374841bc84c39af19b3161ff6917 ("[patch 09/22] cpufreq: Convert to new X86 CPU match macros")
>> url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Thomas-Gleixner/x86-devicetable-Move-x86-specific-macro-out-of-generic-code/20200321-031729
>> base: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm.git linux-next
>>
>> in testcase: will-it-scale
>> on test machine: 4 threads Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHz with 8G memory
>> with following parameters:
>
> drivers/cpufreq/speedstep-centrino.c change missed the terminator,
> perhaps it's a culprit, because I don't believe removing dups and
> reordering lines may affect this.
> Can you restore terminator there and re-test?
>

I have retested with the change, but it has no effect on the performance.

Best Regards,
Rong Chen