* Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote: > And i wouldnt expect it to hurt real-filesystem workloads. > > Here's the contemporary trace of a typical ext3- sys_open(): here's a sys_open() that has to touch atime: 0) | sys_open() { 0) | do_sys_open() { 0) | getname() { 0) 0.377 us | kmem_cache_alloc(); 0) | strncpy_from_user() { 0) | _cond_resched() { 0) | need_resched() { 0) 0.353 us | constant_test_bit(); 0) 1. 45 us | } 0) 1.739 us | } 0) 2.492 us | } 0) 3.934 us | } 0) | alloc_fd() { 0) 0.374 us | _spin_lock(); 0) 0.447 us | expand_files(); 0) 2.124 us | } 0) | do_filp_open() { 0) | path_lookup_open() { 0) | get_empty_filp() { 0) 0.689 us | kmem_cache_alloc(); 0) | security_file_alloc() { 0) 0.327 us | cap_file_alloc_security(); 0) 1. 71 us | } 0) 2.869 us | } 0) | do_path_lookup() { 0) 0.460 us | _read_lock(); 0) | path_walk() { 0) | __link_path_walk() { 0) | inode_permission() { 0) | ext3_permission() { 0) 0.434 us | generic_permission(); 0) 1.191 us | } 0) | security_inode_permission() { 0) 0.400 us | cap_inode_permission(); 0) 1.130 us | } 0) 3.453 us | } 0) | do_lookup() { 0) | __d_lookup() { 0) 0.489 us | _spin_lock(); 0) 1.525 us | } 0) 0.449 us | __follow_mount(); 0) 3.115 us | } 0) | path_to_nameidata() { 0) 0.422 us | dput(); 0) 1.204 us | } 0) | inode_permission() { 0) | ext3_permission() { 0) 0.391 us | generic_permission(); 0) 1.223 us | } 0) | security_inode_permission() { 0) 0.406 us | cap_inode_permission(); 0) 1.189 us | } 0) 3.565 us | } 0) | do_lookup() { 0) | __d_lookup() { 0) 0.527 us | _spin_lock(); 0) 1.633 us | } 0) 0.440 us | __follow_mount(); 0) 3.223 us | } 0) | do_follow_link() { 0) | _cond_resched() { 0) | need_resched() { 0) 0.361 us | constant_test_bit(); 0) 1. 64 us | } 0) 1.749 us | } 0) | security_inode_follow_link() { 0) 0.390 us | cap_inode_follow_link(); 0) 1.260 us | } 0) | touch_atime() { 0) | mnt_want_write() { 0) 0.360 us | _spin_lock(); 0) 1.137 us | } 0) | mnt_drop_write() { 0) 0.348 us | _spin_lock(); 0) 1.102 us | } 0) 3.402 us | } 0) 0.446 us | ext3_follow_link(); 0) | __link_path_walk() { 0) | inode_permission() { 0) | ext3_permission() { 0) | generic_permission() { 0) 4.481 us | } 0) | security_inode_permission() { 0) 0.402 us | cap_inode_permission(); 0) 1.127 us | } 0) 6.747 us | } 0) | do_lookup() { 0) | __d_lookup() { 0) 0.547 us | _spin_lock(); 0) 1.758 us | } 0) 0.465 us | __follow_mount(); 0) 3.368 us | } 0) | path_to_nameidata() { 0) 0.419 us | dput(); 0) 1.203 us | } 0) + 13. 40 us | } 0) | path_put() { 0) 0.429 us | dput(); 0) | mntput() { 0) 0.367 us | mntput_no_expire(); 0) 1.130 us | } 0) 2.660 us | } 0) | path_put() { 0) | dput() { 0) | _cond_resched() { 0) | need_resched() { 0) 0.382 us | constant_test_bit(); 0) 1. 67 us | } 0) 1.808 us | } 0) 0.399 us | _spin_lock(); 0) 0.452 us | _spin_lock(); 0) 4.270 us | } 0) | mntput() { 0) 0.375 us | mntput_no_expire(); 0) 1. 62 us | } 0) 6.547 us | } 0) + 32.702 us | } 0) + 50.413 us | } 0) | path_put() { 0) 0.421 us | dput(); 0) | mntput() { 0) 0.364 us | mntput_no_expire(); 0) 1. 64 us | } 0) 2.545 us | } 0) + 54.147 us | } 0) + 55.780 us | } 0) + 59.714 us | } 0) | may_open() { 0) | inode_permission() { 0) | ext3_permission() { 0) 0.406 us | generic_permission(); 0) 1.189 us | } 0) | security_inode_permission() { 0) 0.388 us | cap_inode_permission(); 0) 1.175 us | } 0) 3.498 us | } 0) 4.328 us | } 0) | nameidata_to_filp() { 0) | __dentry_open() { 0) | file_move() { 0) 0.361 us | _spin_lock(); 0) 1.102 us | } 0) | security_dentry_open() { 0) 0.356 us | cap_dentry_open(); 0) 1.121 us | } 0) 0.400 us | generic_file_open(); 0) 0.544 us | file_ra_state_init(); 0) 5. 11 us | } 0) 5.709 us | } 0) + 71.181 us | } 0) 0.453 us | inotify_dentry_parent_queue_event(); 0) 0.403 us | inotify_inode_queue_event(); 0) | fd_install() { 0) 0.411 us | _spin_lock(); 0) 1.217 us | } 0) | putname() { 0) | kmem_cache_free() { 0) | virt_to_head_page() { 0) 0.371 us | constant_test_bit(); 0) 1. 47 us | } 0) 1.752 us | } 0) 2.446 us | } 0) + 84.676 us | } 0) + 85.365 us | } Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-testers" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html