Greeting, FYI, we noticed a -4.3% regression of phoronix-test-suite.fio.SequentialWrite.Sync.Yes.No.4KB.DefaultTestDirectory.mb_s due to commit: commit: b6c81e63ec1e668f8df716a91c5386074411dbbe ("[PATCH v8 08/14] fs: add __remove_file_privs() with flags parameter") url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Stefan-Roesch/io-uring-xfs-support-async-buffered-writes/20220609-013837 patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/io-uring/20220608171741.3875418-9-shr@fb.com in testcase: phoronix-test-suite on test machine: 96 threads 2 sockets Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6252 CPU @ 2.10GHz with 512G memory with following parameters: test: fio-1.14.1 option_a: Sequential Write option_b: Sync option_c: Yes option_d: No option_e: 4KB option_f: Default Test Directory cpufreq_governor: performance ucode: 0x500320a test-description: The Phoronix Test Suite is the most comprehensive testing and benchmarking platform available that provides an extensible framework for which new tests can be easily added. test-url: http://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/ If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag Reported-by: kernel test robot Details are as below: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> To reproduce: git clone https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests.git cd lkp-tests sudo bin/lkp install job.yaml # job file is attached in this email bin/lkp split-job --compatible job.yaml # generate the yaml file for lkp run sudo bin/lkp run generated-yaml-file # if come across any failure that blocks the test, # please remove ~/.lkp and /lkp dir to run from a clean state. ========================================================================================= compiler/cpufreq_governor/kconfig/option_a/option_b/option_c/option_d/option_e/option_f/rootfs/tbox_group/test/testcase/ucode: gcc-11/performance/x86_64-rhel-8.3/Sequential Write/Sync/Yes/No/4KB/Default Test Directory/debian-x86_64-phoronix/lkp-csl-2sp7/fio-1.14.1/phoronix-test-suite/0x500320a commit: 003096ce91 ("fs: Add check for async buffered writes to generic_write_checks") b6c81e63ec ("fs: add __remove_file_privs() with flags parameter") 003096ce910675ce b6c81e63ec1e668f8df716a91c5 ---------------- --------------------------- %stddev %change %stddev \ | \ 245666 -4.3% 235222 phoronix-test-suite.fio.SequentialWrite.Sync.Yes.No.4KB.DefaultTestDirectory.iops 960.00 -4.3% 919.17 phoronix-test-suite.fio.SequentialWrite.Sync.Yes.No.4KB.DefaultTestDirectory.mb_s 1.51e+08 -5.5% 1.427e+08 phoronix-test-suite.time.file_system_outputs 256970 ± 9% +44.3% 370918 ± 11% meminfo.Dirty 267660 ± 11% +39.6% 373743 ± 11% numa-meminfo.node0.Dirty 610732 -4.5% 583080 vmstat.io.bo 67160 ± 11% +38.3% 92904 ± 11% numa-vmstat.node0.nr_dirty 79263 ± 8% +33.0% 105418 ± 10% numa-vmstat.node0.nr_zone_write_pending 32.67 +2.5% 33.48 perf-stat.i.major-faults 5211 +2.3% 5331 perf-stat.i.minor-faults 3509036 -7.2% 3255351 ± 3% perf-stat.i.node-stores 5244 +2.3% 5364 perf-stat.i.page-faults 32.44 +2.5% 33.24 perf-stat.ps.major-faults 5173 +2.3% 5292 perf-stat.ps.minor-faults 3477114 -7.2% 3225288 ± 3% perf-stat.ps.node-stores 5206 +2.3% 5324 perf-stat.ps.page-faults 18872500 -5.5% 17841229 proc-vmstat.nr_dirtied 65070 ± 9% +42.8% 92916 ± 11% proc-vmstat.nr_dirty 827164 +3.2% 853524 proc-vmstat.nr_file_pages 386220 +6.9% 412691 ± 2% proc-vmstat.nr_inactive_file 29963 +2.5% 30724 proc-vmstat.nr_slab_reclaimable 18830707 -5.8% 17734737 proc-vmstat.nr_written 386220 +6.9% 412691 ± 2% proc-vmstat.nr_zone_inactive_file 77263 ± 6% +35.2% 104462 ± 9% proc-vmstat.nr_zone_write_pending 23867810 ± 3% -8.0% 21964544 proc-vmstat.numa_hit 22976263 -4.8% 21871403 proc-vmstat.numa_local 22987067 -4.6% 21929083 proc-vmstat.pgalloc_normal 22684993 -5.0% 21562034 proc-vmstat.pgfree 75323098 -5.8% 70939215 proc-vmstat.pgpgout 9889 ± 9% -17.4% 8171 ± 10% sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.min_vruntime.stddev 9.45 ± 51% +247.3% 32.81 ± 72% sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.removed.load_avg.avg 53.83 ± 25% +159.7% 139.81 ± 54% sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.removed.load_avg.stddev 4.30 ± 52% +260.1% 15.49 ± 76% sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.removed.runnable_avg.avg 24.46 ± 33% +172.5% 66.65 ± 57% sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.removed.runnable_avg.stddev 4.30 ± 52% +260.1% 15.49 ± 76% sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.removed.util_avg.avg 24.46 ± 33% +172.5% 66.65 ± 57% sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.removed.util_avg.stddev 820.61 ± 7% +18.9% 975.33 ± 7% sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.runnable_avg.max 9891 ± 9% -17.4% 8171 ± 10% sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.spread0.stddev 818.56 ± 7% +19.1% 975.06 ± 7% sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.util_avg.max 11.42 ± 27% +92.0% 21.92 ± 33% sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.util_est_enqueued.avg 427.50 ± 24% +84.2% 787.44 ± 30% sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.util_est_enqueued.max 58.65 ± 22% +79.2% 105.07 ± 29% sched_debug.cfs_rq:/.util_est_enqueued.stddev 0.00 +0.7 0.74 ± 11% perf-profile.calltrace.cycles-pp.__vfs_getxattr.cap_inode_need_killpriv.security_inode_need_killpriv.__file_remove_privs.file_modified 0.00 +0.8 0.80 ± 9% perf-profile.calltrace.cycles-pp.cap_inode_need_killpriv.security_inode_need_killpriv.__file_remove_privs.file_modified.ext4_buffered_write_iter 0.00 +0.8 0.84 ± 11% perf-profile.calltrace.cycles-pp.security_inode_need_killpriv.__file_remove_privs.file_modified.ext4_buffered_write_iter.new_sync_write 0.00 +0.9 0.90 ± 9% perf-profile.calltrace.cycles-pp.__file_remove_privs.file_modified.ext4_buffered_write_iter.new_sync_write.vfs_write 0.00 +0.9 0.91 ± 9% perf-profile.calltrace.cycles-pp.file_modified.ext4_buffered_write_iter.new_sync_write.vfs_write.ksys_write 0.40 ± 10% -0.1 0.33 ± 13% perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.jbd2_journal_grab_journal_head 0.26 ± 18% -0.1 0.20 ± 13% perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.file_update_time 0.12 ± 8% -0.0 0.08 ± 20% perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.xa_get_order 0.09 ± 16% +0.0 0.12 ± 13% perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.do_filp_open 0.09 ± 17% +0.0 0.12 ± 13% perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.path_openat 0.00 +0.1 0.08 ± 16% perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.up_read 0.00 +0.1 0.09 ± 30% perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.shmem_xattr_handler_get 0.00 +0.1 0.11 ± 31% perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.strlen 0.00 +0.1 0.13 ± 27% perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.simple_xattr_get 0.00 +0.2 0.19 ± 17% perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.down_read 0.00 +0.4 0.36 ± 9% perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.xattr_resolve_name 0.00 +0.4 0.44 ± 11% perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.ext4_xattr_get 0.02 ±141% +0.9 0.91 ± 9% perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.file_modified 0.00 +1.1 1.14 ± 10% perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.__vfs_getxattr 0.00 +1.2 1.22 ± 10% perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.cap_inode_need_killpriv 0.00 +1.3 1.26 ± 10% perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.security_inode_need_killpriv 0.00 +1.4 1.37 ± 10% perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.__file_remove_privs 0.40 ± 11% -0.1 0.32 ± 12% perf-profile.self.cycles-pp.jbd2_journal_grab_journal_head 0.16 ± 19% -0.1 0.09 ± 26% perf-profile.self.cycles-pp.ext4_da_write_begin 0.22 ± 10% -0.1 0.16 ± 14% perf-profile.self.cycles-pp.create_empty_buffers 0.00 +0.1 0.08 ± 16% perf-profile.self.cycles-pp.up_read 0.00 +0.1 0.08 ± 16% perf-profile.self.cycles-pp.ext4_xattr_get 0.00 +0.1 0.09 ± 15% perf-profile.self.cycles-pp.down_read 0.00 +0.1 0.09 ± 22% perf-profile.self.cycles-pp.__file_remove_privs 0.00 +0.1 0.09 ± 22% perf-profile.self.cycles-pp.cap_inode_need_killpriv 0.00 +0.1 0.10 ± 36% perf-profile.self.cycles-pp.strlen 0.00 +0.4 0.35 ± 9% perf-profile.self.cycles-pp.xattr_resolve_name Disclaimer: Results have been estimated based on internal Intel analysis and are provided for informational purposes only. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://01.org/lkp