On Fri, 2014-04-11 at 05:52 +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote: > On Thu, 2014-04-10 at 23:25 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Apr 2014 04:50:26 +0200 > > Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Oh, there was another useful bit. > > > > > > 3.12.17-rt25 403991 384216 377786 > > > 405466 394011 392850 > > > > > > 3.12.17-nopreempt 109049 186133 118766 !?!.. ew, TTWU_QUEUE > > > 350385 318786 367336 !TTWU_QUEUE > > > 326009 356939 378215 !TTWU_QUEUE > > > > > > IPI == low-pass filter. > > > > I'm sorry, but I don't have the foggiest clue to what the above means. > > It means.. > > # Overhead Symbol > # ........ ....................................................................................................................................................................................... > # > 17.33% [k] native_write_msr_safe > | > |--88.45%-- __x2apic_send_IPI_mask > | | > | |--97.89%-- try_to_wake_up > | | | > | | |--99.91%-- wake_futex > | | | | > | | | |--99.77%-- futex_wake_op > | | | | do_futex > | | | | sys_futex > | | | | system_call_fastpath > > ..wakeup frequency is restricted by the IPI. Turn TTWU_QUEUE off, bottleneck goes away. # Overhead Symbol # ........ ....................................................................................................................................................................................... # 6.12% [.] _ZN13ObjectMonitor20TrySpin_VaryDurationEP6Thread | |--61.27%-- _ZN13ObjectMonitor5enterEP6Thread | | | |--99.96%-- _ZN13SharedRuntime26complete_monitor_locking_CEP7oopDescP9BasicLockP10JavaThread | | 0x7f93149b2748 | | | | | |--99.76%-- 0xf1a02b30 | | | 0xbaba00000000fc24 | | --0.24%-- [...] | --0.04%-- [...] | |--38.40%-- _ZN13ObjectMonitor6EnterIEP6Thread | _ZN13ObjectMonitor5enterEP6Thread | | | |--99.98%-- _ZN13SharedRuntime26complete_monitor_locking_CEP7oopDescP9BasicLockP10JavaThread | | 0x7f93149b2748 | | | | | |--99.89%-- 0xf1a02b30 | | | 0xbaba00000000fc24 | | --0.11%-- [...] | --0.02%-- [...] --0.32%-- [...] 3.59% [k] intel_idle | --- cpuidle_enter_state cpuidle_idle_call arch_cpu_idle cpu_startup_entry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html