Re: [performance bug] volanomark regression on 37-rc1

[Nikhil Rao]

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 7:26 AM, Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-11-16 at 20:38 +0600, Rakib Mullick wrote:
>
>> Does VolanoMark is used for scheduler benchmarking? If I'm not wrong,
>> I don't think it directly relates to scheduler benchmarking.
>
> It's not generally considered to be a wonderful benchmark, but it is a
> good indicator, and worth keeping an eye on IMHO.
>
> I don't recall whether that patch works with the idle testcase without
> resetting the throttle, or if it's only a bit less effective. ÂIf it's
> only a little less effective, I'd be inclined to just whack the reset as
> Alex did. ÂWhatever is done has to prevent high frequency balancing.
>

>From what I recall, I think removing the reset makes the original
patch a little less effective. I agree that we can remove the reset if
it hurts high frequency balancing.

-Thanks,
Nikhil
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