On 2021/6/25 14:39, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 11:18:56AM +0800, Yunsheng Lin wrote: >> Currently r->queue[] is cleared after r->consumer_head is moved >> forward, which makes the __ptr_ring_empty() checking called in >> page_pool_refill_alloc_cache() unreliable if the checking is done >> after the r->queue clearing and before the consumer_head moving >> forward. >> >> Move the r->queue[] clearing after consumer_head moving forward >> to make __ptr_ring_empty() checking more reliable. >> >> As a side effect of above change, a consumer_head checking is >> avoided for the likely case, and it has noticeable performance >> improvement when it is tested using the ptr_ring_test selftest >> added in the previous patch. >> >> Using "taskset -c 1 ./ptr_ring_test -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000" >> to test the case of single thread doing both the enqueuing and >> dequeuing: >> >> arch unpatched patched delta >> arm64 4648 ms 4464 ms +3.9% >> X86 2562 ms 2401 ms +6.2% >> >> Using "taskset -c 1-2 ./ptr_ring_test -s 1000 -m 1 -N 100000000" >> to test the case of one thread doing enqueuing and another thread >> doing dequeuing concurrently, also known as single-producer/single- >> consumer: >> >> arch unpatched patched delta >> arm64 3624 ms + 3624 ms 3462 ms + 3462 ms +4.4% >> x86 2758 ms + 2758 ms 2547 ms + 2547 ms +7.6% > > Nice but it's small - could be a fluke. > How many tests did you run? What is the variance? > Did you try pinning to different CPUs to observe numa effects? > Please use perf or some other modern tool for this kind > of benchmark. Thanks! The result is quite stable, and retest using perf stat: ---------------unpatched ptr_ring.c begin---------------------------------- perf stat ./ptr_ring_test -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000 ptr_ring(size:1000) perf simple test for 100000000 times, took 2385198 us Performance counter stats for './ptr_ring_test -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000': 2385.49 msec task-clock # 1.000 CPUs utilized 26 context-switches # 0.011 K/sec 0 cpu-migrations # 0.000 K/sec 57 page-faults # 0.024 K/sec 6202023521 cycles # 2.600 GHz 17424187640 instructions # 2.81 insn per cycle <not supported> branches 6506477 branch-misses 2.385785170 seconds time elapsed 2.384014000 seconds user 0.000000000 seconds sys root@(none):~# perf stat ./ptr_ring_test -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000 ptr_ring(size:1000) perf simple test for 100000000 times, took 2383385 us Performance counter stats for './ptr_ring_test -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000': 2383.67 msec task-clock # 1.000 CPUs utilized 26 context-switches # 0.011 K/sec 0 cpu-migrations # 0.000 K/sec 57 page-faults # 0.024 K/sec 6197278066 cycles # 2.600 GHz 17424207772 instructions # 2.81 insn per cycle <not supported> branches 6495766 branch-misses 2.383941170 seconds time elapsed 2.382215000 seconds user 0.000000000 seconds sys root@(none):~# perf stat ./ptr_ring_test -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000 ptr_ring(size:1000) perf simple test for 100000000 times, took 2390858 us Performance counter stats for './ptr_ring_test -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000': 2391.16 msec task-clock # 1.000 CPUs utilized 25 context-switches # 0.010 K/sec 0 cpu-migrations # 0.000 K/sec 57 page-faults # 0.024 K/sec 6216704120 cycles # 2.600 GHz 17424243041 instructions # 2.80 insn per cycle <not supported> branches 6483886 branch-misses 2.391420440 seconds time elapsed 2.389647000 seconds user 0.000000000 seconds sys root@(none):~# perf stat ./ptr_ring_test -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000 ptr_ring(size:1000) perf simple test for 100000000 times, took 2389810 us Performance counter stats for './ptr_ring_test -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000': 2390.10 msec task-clock # 1.000 CPUs utilized 26 context-switches # 0.011 K/sec 0 cpu-migrations # 0.000 K/sec 58 page-faults # 0.024 K/sec 6213995715 cycles # 2.600 GHz 17424227499 instructions # 2.80 insn per cycle <not supported> branches 6474069 branch-misses 2.390367070 seconds time elapsed 2.388644000 seconds user 0.000000000 seconds sys ---------------unpatched ptr_ring.c end---------------------------------- ---------------patched ptr_ring.c begin---------------------------------- root@(none):~# perf stat ./ptr_ring_test_opt -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000 ptr_ring(size:1000) perf simple test for 100000000 times, took 2198894 us Performance counter stats for './ptr_ring_test_opt -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000': 2199.18 msec task-clock # 1.000 CPUs utilized 23 context-switches # 0.010 K/sec 0 cpu-migrations # 0.000 K/sec 56 page-faults # 0.025 K/sec 5717671859 cycles # 2.600 GHz 16124164124 instructions # 2.82 insn per cycle <not supported> branches 6564829 branch-misses 2.199445990 seconds time elapsed 2.197859000 seconds user 0.000000000 seconds sys root@(none):~# perf stat ./ptr_ring_test_opt -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000 ptr_ring(size:1000) perf simple test for 100000000 times, took 2222337 us Performance counter stats for './ptr_ring_test_opt -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000': 2222.63 msec task-clock # 1.000 CPUs utilized 23 context-switches # 0.010 K/sec 0 cpu-migrations # 0.000 K/sec 57 page-faults # 0.026 K/sec 5778632853 cycles # 2.600 GHz 16124210769 instructions # 2.79 insn per cycle <not supported> branches 6603904 branch-misses 2.222901020 seconds time elapsed 2.221312000 seconds user 0.000000000 seconds sys root@(none):~# perf stat ./ptr_ring_test_opt -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000 ptr_ring(size:1000) perf simple test for 100000000 times, took 2251980 us Performance counter stats for './ptr_ring_test_opt -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000': 2252.28 msec task-clock # 1.000 CPUs utilized 25 context-switches # 0.011 K/sec 0 cpu-migrations # 0.000 K/sec 57 page-faults # 0.025 K/sec 5855668335 cycles # 2.600 GHz 16124310588 instructions # 2.75 insn per cycle <not supported> branches 6777279 branch-misses 2.252543340 seconds time elapsed 2.250897000 seconds user 0.000000000 seconds sys root@(none):~# root@(none):~# perf stat ./ptr_ring_test_opt -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000 ptr_ring(size:1000) perf simple test for 100000000 times, took 2209415 us Performance counter stats for './ptr_ring_test_opt -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000': 2209.70 msec task-clock # 1.000 CPUs utilized 24 context-switches # 0.011 K/sec 0 cpu-migrations # 0.000 K/sec 58 page-faults # 0.026 K/sec 5745003772 cycles # 2.600 GHz 16124198886 instructions # 2.81 insn per cycle <not supported> branches 6508414 branch-misses 2.209973960 seconds time elapsed 2.208354000 seconds user 0.000000000 seconds sys root@(none):~# perf stat ./ptr_ring_test_opt -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000 ptr_ring(size:1000) perf simple test for 100000000 times, took 2211409 us Performance counter stats for './ptr_ring_test_opt -s 1000 -m 0 -N 100000000': 2211.70 msec task-clock # 1.000 CPUs utilized 24 context-switches # 0.011 K/sec 0 cpu-migrations # 0.000 K/sec 57 page-faults # 0.026 K/sec 5750136694 cycles # 2.600 GHz 16124176577 instructions # 2.80 insn per cycle <not supported> branches 6553023 branch-misses 2.211968470 seconds time elapsed 2.210303000 seconds user 0.000000000 seconds sys ---------------patched ptr_ring.c end---------------------------------- > >>