kernel_optimize_test/kernel
Rafael J. Wysocki 148519120c Revert "cpuidle: Quickly notice prediction failure for repeat mode"
Revert commit 69a37bea (cpuidle: Quickly notice prediction failure for
repeat mode), because it has been identified as the source of a
significant performance regression in v3.8 and later as explained by
Jeremy Eder:

  We believe we've identified a particular commit to the cpuidle code
  that seems to be impacting performance of variety of workloads.
  The simplest way to reproduce is using netperf TCP_RR test, so
  we're using that, on a pair of Sandy Bridge based servers.  We also
  have data from a large database setup where performance is also
  measurably/positively impacted, though that test data isn't easily
  share-able.

  Included below are test results from 3 test kernels:

  kernel       reverts
  -----------------------------------------------------------
  1) vanilla   upstream (no reverts)

  2) perfteam2 reverts e11538d1f0

  3) test      reverts 69a37beabf
                       e11538d1f0

  In summary, netperf TCP_RR numbers improve by approximately 4%
  after reverting 69a37beabf.  When
  69a37beabf is included, C0 residency
  never seems to get above 40%.  Taking that patch out gets C0 near
  100% quite often, and performance increases.

  The below data are histograms representing the %c0 residency @
  1-second sample rates (using turbostat), while under netperf test.

  - If you look at the first 4 histograms, you can see %c0 residency
    almost entirely in the 30,40% bin.
  - The last pair, which reverts 69a37beabf,
    shows %c0 in the 80,90,100% bins.

  Below each kernel name are netperf TCP_RR trans/s numbers for the
  particular kernel that can be disclosed publicly, comparing the 3
  test kernels.  We ran a 4th test with the vanilla kernel where
  we've also set /dev/cpu_dma_latency=0 to show overall impact
  boosting single-threaded TCP_RR performance over 11% above
  baseline.

  3.10-rc2 vanilla RX + c0 lock (/dev/cpu_dma_latency=0):
  TCP_RR trans/s 54323.78

  -----------------------------------------------------------
  3.10-rc2 vanilla RX (no reverts)
  TCP_RR trans/s 48192.47

  Receiver %c0
      0.0000 -    10.0000 [     1]: *
     10.0000 -    20.0000 [     0]:
     20.0000 -    30.0000 [     0]:
     30.0000 -    40.0000 [    59]:
  ***********************************************************
     40.0000 -    50.0000 [     1]: *
     50.0000 -    60.0000 [     0]:
     60.0000 -    70.0000 [     0]:
     70.0000 -    80.0000 [     0]:
     80.0000 -    90.0000 [     0]:
     90.0000 -   100.0000 [     0]:

  Sender %c0
      0.0000 -    10.0000 [     1]: *
     10.0000 -    20.0000 [     0]:
     20.0000 -    30.0000 [     0]:
     30.0000 -    40.0000 [    11]: ***********
     40.0000 -    50.0000 [    49]:
  *************************************************
     50.0000 -    60.0000 [     0]:
     60.0000 -    70.0000 [     0]:
     70.0000 -    80.0000 [     0]:
     80.0000 -    90.0000 [     0]:
     90.0000 -   100.0000 [     0]:

  -----------------------------------------------------------
  3.10-rc2 perfteam2 RX (reverts commit
  e11538d1f0)
  TCP_RR trans/s 49698.69

  Receiver %c0
      0.0000 -    10.0000 [     1]: *
     10.0000 -    20.0000 [     1]: *
     20.0000 -    30.0000 [     0]:
     30.0000 -    40.0000 [    59]:
  ***********************************************************
     40.0000 -    50.0000 [     0]:
     50.0000 -    60.0000 [     0]:
     60.0000 -    70.0000 [     0]:
     70.0000 -    80.0000 [     0]:
     80.0000 -    90.0000 [     0]:
     90.0000 -   100.0000 [     0]:

  Sender %c0
      0.0000 -    10.0000 [     1]: *
     10.0000 -    20.0000 [     0]:
     20.0000 -    30.0000 [     0]:
     30.0000 -    40.0000 [     2]: **
     40.0000 -    50.0000 [    58]:
  **********************************************************
     50.0000 -    60.0000 [     0]:
     60.0000 -    70.0000 [     0]:
     70.0000 -    80.0000 [     0]:
     80.0000 -    90.0000 [     0]:
     90.0000 -   100.0000 [     0]:

  -----------------------------------------------------------
  3.10-rc2 test RX (reverts 69a37beabf
  and e11538d1f0)
  TCP_RR trans/s 47766.95

  Receiver %c0
      0.0000 -    10.0000 [     1]: *
     10.0000 -    20.0000 [     1]: *
     20.0000 -    30.0000 [     0]:
     30.0000 -    40.0000 [    27]: ***************************
     40.0000 -    50.0000 [     2]: **
     50.0000 -    60.0000 [     0]:
     60.0000 -    70.0000 [     2]: **
     70.0000 -    80.0000 [     0]:
     80.0000 -    90.0000 [     0]:
     90.0000 -   100.0000 [    28]: ****************************

  Sender:
      0.0000 -    10.0000 [     1]: *
     10.0000 -    20.0000 [     0]:
     20.0000 -    30.0000 [     0]:
     30.0000 -    40.0000 [    11]: ***********
     40.0000 -    50.0000 [     0]:
     50.0000 -    60.0000 [     1]: *
     60.0000 -    70.0000 [     0]:
     70.0000 -    80.0000 [     3]: ***
     80.0000 -    90.0000 [     7]: *******
     90.0000 -   100.0000 [    38]: **************************************

  These results demonstrate gaining back the tendency of the CPU to
  stay in more responsive, performant C-states (and thus yield
  measurably better performance), by reverting commit
  69a37beabf.

Requested-by: Jeremy Eder <jeder@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Cc: 3.8+ <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
2013-07-29 13:32:29 +02:00
..
cpu idle: Enable interrupts in the weak arch_cpu_idle() implementation 2013-06-14 23:01:05 +02:00
debug kgdb/sysrq: fix inconstistent help message of sysrq key 2013-04-30 17:04:10 -07:00
events Driver core patches for 3.11-rc2 2013-07-18 12:48:40 -07:00
gcov
irq Merge branch 'irq-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-07-13 15:37:30 -07:00
power PM / Sleep: avoid 'autosleep' in shutdown progress 2013-07-15 01:31:37 +02:00
sched kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
time Revert "cpuidle: Quickly notice prediction failure for repeat mode" 2013-07-29 13:32:29 +02:00
trace tracing: Remove locking trace_types_lock from tracing_reset_all_online_cpus() 2013-07-26 08:57:32 -04:00
.gitignore kernel/hz.bc: ignore. 2013-04-22 07:09:06 -07:00
acct.c fs: Fix hang with BSD accounting on frozen filesystem 2013-05-04 14:57:58 -04:00
async.c async: rename and redefine async_func_ptr 2013-03-12 13:59:14 -07:00
audit_tree.c kernel/audit_tree.c:audit_add_tree_rule(): protect `rule' from kill_rules() 2013-06-12 16:29:46 -07:00
audit_watch.c
audit.c audit: wait_for_auditd() should use TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE 2013-06-12 16:29:45 -07:00
audit.h audit: fix mq_open and mq_unlink to add the MQ root as a hidden parent audit_names record 2013-07-09 10:33:19 -07:00
auditfilter.c audit: Fix decimal constant description 2013-07-09 10:33:19 -07:00
auditsc.c audit: fix mq_open and mq_unlink to add the MQ root as a hidden parent audit_names record 2013-07-09 10:33:19 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c Add file_ns_capable() helper function for open-time capability checking 2013-04-14 10:06:31 -07:00
cgroup_freezer.c
cgroup.c Merge branch 'for-3.11-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2013-07-23 15:48:35 -07:00
compat.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal 2013-05-01 07:21:43 -07:00
configs.c proc: Supply PDE attribute setting accessor functions 2013-05-01 17:29:18 -04:00
context_tracking.c Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-06-20 08:18:35 -10:00
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
cpuset.c Merge branch 'for-3.11-cpuset' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2013-07-02 20:04:25 -07:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c ptrace: revert "Prepare to fix racy accesses on task breakpoints" 2013-07-09 10:33:26 -07:00
extable.c extable: Flip the sorting message 2013-04-15 13:25:16 +02:00
fork.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
freezer.c freezer: skip waking up tasks with PF_FREEZER_SKIP set 2013-05-12 14:16:22 +02:00
futex_compat.c
futex.c futex: Use freezable blocking call 2013-06-25 23:11:19 +02:00
groups.c
hrtimer.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
hung_task.c
irq_work.c
itimer.c
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c kernel: kallsyms: memory override issue, need check destination buffer length 2013-04-15 15:17:26 +09:30
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks locking: Fix copy/paste errors of "ARCH_INLINE_*_UNLOCK_BH" 2013-05-28 08:50:00 +02:00
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c kexec: Use min() and min_t() to simplify logic 2013-04-30 17:04:07 -07:00
kmod.c usermodehelper: kill the sub_info->path[0] check 2013-07-03 16:08:02 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: handle empty/invalid input to debugfs "enabled" file 2013-07-03 16:07:46 -07:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c kthread: implement probe_kthread_data() 2013-04-30 17:04:02 -07:00
latencytop.c
lglock.c
lockdep_internals.h
lockdep_proc.c
lockdep_states.h
lockdep.c lockdep: remove task argument from debug_check_no_locks_held 2013-05-12 14:16:21 +02:00
Makefile reboot: move shutdown/reboot related functions to kernel/reboot.c 2013-07-09 10:33:29 -07:00
modsign_certificate.S CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX: cleanup. 2013-03-15 15:09:43 +10:30
modsign_pubkey.c
module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c Nothing interesting. Except the most embarrassing bugfix ever. But let's 2013-07-10 14:51:41 -07:00
mutex-debug.c
mutex-debug.h
mutex.c mutex: Move ww_mutex definitions to ww_mutex.h 2013-07-12 12:07:46 +02:00
mutex.h
notifier.c
nsproxy.c proc: Split the namespace stuff out into linux/proc_ns.h 2013-05-01 17:29:39 -04:00
padata.c
panic.c The majority of the changes here are cleanups for the large changes that 2013-07-11 09:02:09 -07:00
params.c There is no /sys/parameters 2013-07-02 15:38:19 +09:30
pid_namespace.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-05-01 17:51:54 -07:00
pid.c kernel/pid.c: move statement 2013-07-03 16:08:05 -07:00
posix-cpu-timers.c posix_timers: fix racy timer delta caching on task exit 2013-07-03 16:54:42 +02:00
posix-timers.c posix-timers: Remove unused variable 2013-04-18 12:51:19 +02:00
printk.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
profile.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
ptrace.c ptrace: PTRACE_DETACH should do flush_ptrace_hw_breakpoint(child) 2013-07-09 10:33:26 -07:00
range.c range: Do not add new blank slot with add_range_with_merge 2013-06-18 11:32:10 -05:00
rcu.h
rcupdate.c Merge branches 'cbnum.2013.06.10a', 'doc.2013.06.10a', 'fixes.2013.06.10a', 'srcu.2013.06.10a' and 'tiny.2013.06.10a' into HEAD 2013-06-10 13:46:44 -07:00
rcutiny_plugin.h rcu: Shrink TINY_RCU by reworking CPU-stall ifdefs 2013-06-10 13:45:53 -07:00
rcutiny.c rcu: Shrink TINY_RCU by reworking CPU-stall ifdefs 2013-06-10 13:45:53 -07:00
rcutorture.c rcu: delete __cpuinit usage from all rcu files 2013-07-14 19:36:58 -04:00
rcutree_plugin.h rcu: delete __cpuinit usage from all rcu files 2013-07-14 19:36:58 -04:00
rcutree_trace.c rcutrace: single_open() leaks 2013-05-05 00:16:35 -04:00
rcutree.c rcu: delete __cpuinit usage from all rcu files 2013-07-14 19:36:58 -04:00
rcutree.h rcu: delete __cpuinit usage from all rcu files 2013-07-14 19:36:58 -04:00
reboot.c reboot: move arch/x86 reboot= handling to generic kernel 2013-07-09 10:33:29 -07:00
relay.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
res_counter.c
resource.c kernel/resource.c: remove the unneeded assignment in function __find_resource 2013-07-03 16:08:06 -07:00
rtmutex_common.h
rtmutex-debug.c
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c locking/rtmutex/tester: Set correct permissions on sysfs files 2013-04-10 14:48:37 +02:00
rtmutex.c rtmutex: Document rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain() 2013-05-28 09:23:52 +02:00
rtmutex.h
rwsem.c Revert "rw_semaphore: remove up/down_read_non_owner" 2013-03-23 15:53:52 -07:00
seccomp.c seccomp: allow BPF_XOR based ALU instructions. 2013-03-26 11:07:19 +11:00
semaphore.c semaphore: use `bool' type for semaphore_waiter's up 2013-04-30 17:04:08 -07:00
signal.c sigtimedwait: use freezable blocking call 2013-05-12 14:16:23 +02:00
smp.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
smpboot.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
spinlock.c
srcu.c
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c
sys_ni.c unify compat fanotify_mark(2), switch to COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE 2013-05-09 13:46:38 -04:00
sys.c reboot: move shutdown/reboot related functions to kernel/reboot.c 2013-07-09 10:33:29 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c kernel: remove unnecessary head file 2013-06-26 18:01:46 +09:00
sysctl.c Merge branch 'linus' into timers/urgent 2013-07-12 12:34:42 +02:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c kernel/: rename random32() to prandom_u32() 2013-04-29 18:28:42 -07:00
time.c sched: Rename sched.c as sched/core.c in comments and Documentation 2013-06-19 12:58:42 +02:00
timeconst.bc
timer.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
tracepoint.c Tracing updates for Linux 3.10 2013-04-29 13:55:38 -07:00
tsacct.c
uid16.c
up.c
user_namespace.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-05-01 17:51:54 -07:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-05-01 17:51:54 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c proc: Split the namespace stuff out into linux/proc_ns.h 2013-05-01 17:29:39 -04:00
wait.c Fix __wait_on_atomic_t() to call the action func if the counter != 0 2013-07-23 15:46:48 -07:00
watchdog.c watchdog: Boot-disable by default on full dynticks 2013-06-20 15:46:32 +02:00
workqueue_internal.h sched: Rename sched.c as sched/core.c in comments and Documentation 2013-06-19 12:58:42 +02:00
workqueue.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00