On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 09:09:34PM +0800, Johannes Weiner wrote: > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 05:29:47PM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote: > > Johannes, > > > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 06:41:49AM +0800, Johannes Weiner wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 02:31:22PM +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote: > > > > On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 21:01:28 +0200 > > > > Johannes Weiner wrote: > > > > > [resend with lists cc'd, sorry] > > > > > > > > > > +static int swap_readahead_ptes(struct mm_struct *mm, > > > > I suspect the previous unfavorable results are due to comparing things > > with/without the drm vmalloc patch. So I spent one day redo the whole > > comparisons. The swap readahead patch shows neither big improvements > > nor big degradations this time. > > Thanks again! Nice. So according to this, vswapra doesn't increase > other IO latency (much) but boosts ongoing swap loads (quite some) (as > qsbench showed). Is that a result or what! :) > > I will see how the tests described in the other mail work out. And here are the /proc/vmstat contents after each test run :) The pswpin number goes down radically in case (c) which seems illogical. pgpgin 8898235 pgpgin 4828771 pgpgin 1807731 pgpgout 1806868 pgpgout 1463644 pgpgout 1382244 ==> pswpin 2222503 pswpin 1205137 pswpin 449877 pswpout 451716 pswpout 365910 pswpout 345560 pgalloc_dma 39883 pgalloc_dma 24343 pgalloc_dma 3547 pgalloc_dma32 11918819 pgalloc_dma32 6810775 pgalloc_dma32 6387602 pgalloc_normal 0 pgalloc_normal 0 pgalloc_normal 0 pgalloc_movable 0 pgalloc_movable 0 pgalloc_movable 0 pgfree 11961651 pgfree 6837658 pgfree 6396229 pgactivate 5771012 pgactivate 2999101 pgactivate 2341219 pgdeactivate 5909300 pgdeactivate 3140474 pgdeactivate 2481319 pgfault 4536082 pgfault 3468555 pgfault 3589046 ==> pgmajfault 926383 pgmajfault 506265 pgmajfault 520010 Thanks, Fengguang > > Base kernel is 2.6.30-rc8-mm1 with drm vmalloc patch. > > > > a) base kernel > > b) base kernel + VM_EXEC protection > > c) base kernel + VM_EXEC protection + swap readahead > > > > (a) (b) (c) > > 0.02 0.02 0.01 N xeyes > > 0.78 0.92 0.77 N firefox > > 2.03 2.20 1.97 N nautilus > > 3.27 3.35 3.39 N nautilus --browser > > 5.10 5.28 4.99 N gthumb > > 6.74 7.06 6.64 N gedit > > 8.70 8.82 8.47 N xpdf /usr/share/doc/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info-spec.pdf > > 11.05 10.95 10.94 N > > 13.03 12.72 12.79 N xterm > > 15.46 15.09 15.10 N mlterm > > 18.05 17.31 17.51 N gnome-terminal > > 20.59 19.90 19.98 N urxvt > > 23.45 22.82 22.67 N > > 25.74 25.16 24.96 N gnome-system-monitor > > 28.87 27.53 27.89 N gnome-help > > 32.37 31.17 31.89 N gnome-dictionary > > 36.60 35.18 35.16 N > > 39.76 38.04 37.64 N /usr/games/sol > > 43.05 42.17 40.33 N /usr/games/gnometris > > 47.70 47.08 43.48 N /usr/games/gnect > > 51.64 50.46 47.24 N /usr/games/gtali > > 56.26 54.58 50.83 N /usr/games/iagno > > 60.36 58.01 55.15 N /usr/games/gnotravex > > 65.79 62.92 59.28 N /usr/games/mahjongg > > 71.59 67.36 65.95 N /usr/games/gnome-sudoku > > 78.57 72.32 72.60 N /usr/games/glines > > 84.25 80.03 77.42 N /usr/games/glchess > > 90.65 88.11 83.66 N /usr/games/gnomine > > 97.75 95.13 89.38 N /usr/games/gnotski > > 102.99 101.59 95.05 N /usr/games/gnibbles > > 110.68 112.05 109.40 N /usr/games/gnobots2 > > 117.23 121.58 120.05 N /usr/games/blackjack > > 125.15 133.59 130.91 N /usr/games/same-gnome > > 134.05 151.99 148.91 N > > 142.57 162.67 165.00 N /usr/bin/gnome-window-properties > > 156.29 174.54 183.84 N /usr/bin/gnome-default-applications-properties > > 168.37 190.38 200.99 N /usr/bin/gnome-at-properties > > 184.80 209.41 230.82 N /usr/bin/gnome-typing-monitor > > 202.05 226.52 250.02 N /usr/bin/gnome-at-visual > > 217.60 243.76 272.91 N /usr/bin/gnome-sound-properties > > 239.78 266.47 308.74 N /usr/bin/gnome-at-mobility > > 255.23 285.42 338.51 N /usr/bin/gnome-keybinding-properties > > 276.85 314.84 374.64 N /usr/bin/gnome-about-me > > 308.51 355.95 419.78 N /usr/bin/gnome-display-properties > > 341.27 401.22 463.55 N /usr/bin/gnome-network-preferences > > 393.42 451.27 517.24 N /usr/bin/gnome-mouse-properties > > 438.48 510.54 574.64 N /usr/bin/gnome-appearance-properties > > 616.09 671.44 760.49 N /usr/bin/gnome-control-center > > 879.69 879.45 918.87 N /usr/bin/gnome-keyboard-properties > > 1159.47 1076.29 1071.65 N > > 1701.82 1240.47 1280.77 N : oocalc > > 1921.14 1446.95 1451.82 N : oodraw > > 2262.40 1572.95 1698.37 N : ooimpress > > 2703.88 1714.53 1841.89 N : oomath > > 3464.54 1864.99 1983.96 N : ooweb > > 4040.91 2079.96 2185.53 N : oowriter > > 4668.16 2330.24 2365.17 N > > > > Thanks, > > Fengguang > >