Re: [RFC PATCH] asynchronous page fault.

[KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki]

On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:36:06 +0900
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> == one vma ==
> # Samples: 1338964273489
> #
> # Overhead          Command             Shared Object  Symbol
> # ........  ...............  ........................  ......
> #
>     26.90%  multi-fault-all  [kernel]                  [k] clear_page_c
>             |
>             --- clear_page_c
>                 __alloc_pages_nodemask
>                 handle_mm_fault
>                 do_page_fault
>                 page_fault
>                 0x400940
>                |
>                 --100.00%-- (nil)
> 
>     20.65%  multi-fault-all  [kernel]                  [k] _raw_spin_lock
>             |
>             --- _raw_spin_lock
>                |
>                |--85.07%-- free_pcppages_bulk
>                |          free_hot_cold_page
> 
>     ....<snip>
>     3.94%  multi-fault-all  [kernel]                  [k] find_vma_speculative
>             |
>             --- find_vma_speculative
>                |
>                |--99.40%-- do_page_fault
>                |          page_fault
>                |          0x400940
>                |          |
>                |           --100.00%-- (nil)
>                |
>                 --0.60%-- page_fault
>                           0x400940
>                           |
>                            --100.00%-- (nil)
> ==
> 
A small modification for avoiding atomic_add_unless() makes following score.
(used atomic_inc()->atomic_read() instead of that.)
==
     2.55%  multi-fault-all  [kernel]                  [k] vma_put
            |
            --- vma_put
               |
               |--98.87%-- do_page_fault
               |          page_fault
               |          0x400940
               |          (nil)
               |
                --1.13%-- page_fault
                          0x400940
                          (nil)
     0.65%  multi-fault-all  [kernel]                  [k] find_vma_speculative
            |
            --- find_vma_speculative
               |
               |--95.55%-- do_page_fault
               |          page_fault
               |          0x400940
               |          |
               |           --100.00%-- (nil)
               |
                --4.45%-- page_fault
                          0x400940
                          (nil)
==
Hmm...maybe worth to consider some.
I hope something good pops up to me after new year vacation.

Regards,
-Kame





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