Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 17:17:19 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> To: Kip Macy <kip.macy@gmail.com> Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Attilio Rao <attilio@FreeBSD.org>, Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>, Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, Jeff Roberson <jroberson@chesapeake.net> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_mutex.c Message-ID: <20070607163724.M7517@besplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <b1fa29170706062324p793ac8e2ga8dc5bf8ba151a60@mail.gmail.com> References: <200706051420.l55EKEih018925@repoman.freebsd.org> <3bbf2fe10706050829o2d756a4cu22f98cf11c01f5e4@mail.gmail.com> <3bbf2fe10706050843x5aaafaafy284e339791bcfe42@mail.gmail.com> <200706051230.21242.jhb@freebsd.org> <20070606094354.E51708@delplex.bde.org> <20070605195839.I606@10.0.0.1> <20070606154548.F3105@besplex.bde.org> <20070607133524.S7002@besplex.bde.org> <b1fa29170706062324p793ac8e2ga8dc5bf8ba151a60@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Kip Macy wrote:
> Bruce -
> Can you also say how many runs do you do and how much variance there
> is between runs?
Only 1 or 2 runs for a quick test. I always reboot the client before
even most quick tests. Maximum variance is ~0.1% on a good day and
~0.5% on a bad or different day provided most parameters are held
constant. The main parameters that aren't quite held constant are the
temperature, the server load, and pagezero activity -- pagezero activity
is very dependent on initial conditions and/or races.
I sometimes repeat the makeworld in a loop without rebooting. This
gives more variance for the warm state of the client after the first
run of course, and more for subsequent runs too since the initial
cache(s) state is more variable. Results of the most recent runs of
this:
(Cold client):
834.39 real 1300.21 user 192.19 sys
1323006 voluntary context switches
1526348 involuntary context switches
(Warm client):
832.52 real 1298.68 user 193.07 sys
1290718 voluntary context switches
1456190 involuntary context switches
This is with 4BSD, no PREEMPTION, and pagezero disabled. With the
same kernel but pagezero not disabled, the time for a cold client was
~843 seconds real (somehow down from 847 yesterday). With pagezero
working correctly, the time for a cold client would be
~= 834 seconds(above time) - 6 seconds(time saved by pagezero)
= 828 seconds
(best time was 827+ seconds).
The next run will have pagezero resetting its priority when this priority
gets clobbered.
Bruce
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