Hi Jens, We found that 12aceb89b0bc eventfd: convert to f_op->read_iter() introduced 6.7% peformance regression in test suite will-it-scale The test commands are: ./runtest.py eventfd1 10 thread 1 and ./runtest.py eventfd1 10 thread 128 the test is a simple while which is like: while(time not over) { write(eventfd); read(eventfd); } By perf analysis, I saw that the main cost is new_sync_read(). Though I think this regression only happens when there is no 'schedule/sleep'(otherwise sleep occupies most time), I feel it still necessary to report it.