Re: [lkp-robot] [xfs] b027d4c97b: fio.latency_2ms% +7.1% regression

[Ye Xiaolong]

On 06/06, Dave Chinner wrote:
>On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 03:16:57PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
>> 
>> Greeting,
>> 
>> FYI, we noticed a +7.1%% regression of fio.latency_2ms% due to commit:
>> 
>> 
>> commit: b027d4c97b9675c2ad75dec94be4e46dceb3ec74 ("xfs: don't retry xfs_buf_find on XBF_TRYLOCK failure")
>> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/xfs/xfs-linux.git xfs-4.18-merge
>....
>> 8925a3dc4771004b b027d4c97b9675c2ad75dec94b 
>> ---------------- -------------------------- 
>>          %stddev     %change         %stddev
>>              \          |                \  
>>      46.56 ±  3%      +7.1       53.61        fio.latency_2ms%
>>       8.19            +0.2        8.40        fio.latency_100ms%
>>       0.74 ±  3%      -0.1        0.68 ±  6%  fio.latency_250ms%
>>      25.20 ±  6%      -7.3       17.86 ±  6%  fio.latency_4ms%
>>       0.46 ±  9%      +0.2        0.69 ± 13%  fio.latency_750us%
>
>This is not a regression. The number of IOs in the 4ms IO latency
>bin has reduced by 7%, and inumber in the 2ms IO latency bin has
>increased by 7%. IOWs, there's a measurable improvement in IO
>latency as a result of those patches, not a regression.

Thanks for clarification.

Thanks,
Xiaolong

>
>Cheers,
>
>Dave.
>-- 
>Dave Chinner
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