Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 May 2008 07:34:02 +0530 | From | Dhaval Giani <> | Subject | Re: volanoMark regression with kernel 2.6.26-rc1 |
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On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 09:39:10AM +0800, Zhang, Yanmin wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 21:22 +0530, Srivatsa Vaddagiri wrote: > > On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 11:41:25AM +0530, Srivatsa Vaddagiri wrote: > > > The other combination that I am interested to know is when: > > > > > > CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED=y and CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED=y > > > > > > [i.e cgroup based scheduling rather than uid based scheduling. Former > > > should result in only one group at bootup] > > > > > > I will also try to get some numbers with this combination. > > > > I ran with that combination and here are some results: > > > > 2.6.25 (with CONFIG_USER_SCHED) > > > > Volanomark perf = 20436.6 (Avg of 10 runs) > > > > 2.6.26-rc1 + patches in Ingo's tree [1] as of Fri morning IST (abt 8 hrs > > before) (with CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED) > > > > Volanomark perf = 21529.6 > > > > i.e CGROUP based grouping in 2.6.26-rc1 gives same (if not somewhat > > better) results as UID-based scheduling in 2.6.25. > > > > Yamin, > > Could you validate this as well? i.e just turn on cgroup-based > > grouping (CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED) and check the resulting performance with 2625 > > you already have (using CONFIG_USER_SCHED). > > > > > > A) In 2.6.25, with UID based scheduling, > > CPU load = summation of task load > > > > B) In 2.6.26-rc1, with UID based scheduling, > > CPU load = summation of group weights > > > > C) In 2.6.26-rc1, with CGROUP based scheduling, > > CPU load = summation of task weights > I'm confused by these conceptions. Would you like to tell me the exact config options > you want to turn on? > > Options in my config file(both 2.6.25 and 2.6.26-rc1): > > # CONFIG_CGROUPS is not set > CONFIG_GROUP_SCHED=y > CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED=y > # CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED is not set > CONFIG_USER_SCHED=y > # CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED is not set >
This is fine for 2.6.25. For 2.6.26-rc1, can you turn off USER_SCHED adn turn on CGROUP_SCHED?
-- regards, Dhaval
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