FYI, we noticed the below changes on https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master commit 8a81252b774b53e628a8a0fe18e2b8fc236d92cc ("fs/file.c: don't acquire files->file_lock in fd_install()")
========================================================================================= tbox_group/testcase/rootfs/kconfig/compiler/cpufreq_governor/test: xps/will-it-scale/debian-x86_64-2015-02-07.cgz/x86_64-rhel/gcc-4.9/performance/open1 commit: 1af95de6f0119d5bde02d3a811a9f3a3661e954e 8a81252b774b53e628a8a0fe18e2b8fc236d92cc 1af95de6f0119d5b 8a81252b774b53e628a8a0fe18 ---------------- -------------------------- %stddev %change %stddev \ | \ 581483 ± 2% +14.2% 663787 ± 2% will-it-scale.per_thread_ops 689.96 ± 0% -2.7% 671.31 ± 0% will-it-scale.time.system_time 17.86 ± 1% +59.8% 28.55 ± 0% will-it-scale.time.user_time 3521 ± 6% -11.2% 3125 ± 3% slabinfo.kmalloc-192.active_objs 17.86 ± 1% +59.8% 28.55 ± 0% time.user_time 8.75 ± 16% -51.4% 4.25 ± 50% sched_debug.cfs_rq[1]:/.nr_spread_over 5.50 ± 20% +95.5% 10.75 ± 35% sched_debug.cfs_rq[3]:/.nr_spread_over 473.25 ± 23% +45.7% 689.50 ± 25% sched_debug.cfs_rq[7]:/.utilization_load_avg 811992 ± 10% +11.6% 906272 ± 3% sched_debug.cpu#0.avg_idle 80.00 ± 17% +61.6% 129.25 ± 33% sched_debug.cpu#7.cpu_load[0] 1372 ± 19% +50.6% 2066 ± 13% sched_debug.cpu#7.curr->pid 20835 ± 26% +40.7% 29308 ± 18% sched_debug.cpu#7.ttwu_count 2.15 ± 2% +34.2% 2.88 ± 2% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.__alloc_fd.get_unused_fd_flags.do_sys_open.sys_open.system_call_fastpath 1.40 ± 3% -8.7% 1.28 ± 3% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.__slab_alloc.kmem_cache_alloc.get_empty_filp.path_openat.do_filp_open 0.96 ± 4% -8.4% 0.88 ± 2% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.dput.__fput.____fput.task_work_run.do_notify_resume 2.55 ± 4% +42.7% 3.63 ± 2% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.get_unused_fd_flags.do_sys_open.sys_open.system_call_fastpath 3.67 ± 4% -9.1% 3.34 ± 3% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.getname.do_sys_open.sys_open.system_call_fastpath 1.02 ± 7% +16.4% 1.19 ± 5% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.kmem_cache_free.putname.do_sys_open.sys_open.system_call_fastpath 1.45 ± 6% +22.8% 1.78 ± 5% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.path_init.path_openat.do_filp_open.do_sys_open.sys_open 1.19 ± 6% +25.4% 1.49 ± 4% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.putname.do_sys_open.sys_open.system_call_fastpath 1.71 ± 7% -14.0% 1.47 ± 4% perf-profile.cpu-cycles.security_file_free.__fput.____fput.task_work_run.do_notify_resume xps: Nehalem Memory: 4G will-it-scale.time.user_time 35 ++---------------------------------------------------------------------+ O O O O O O O | 30 ++O O O O O O O O O O O | | O O O O O | 25 ++ | | .*.*..*.*.*..*.*..*.*..*.*..* | 20 *+*..*.*..*.*. + | | *..*.*.*..*.*..*.*..*.*..*.* 15 ++ | | | 10 ++ | | | 5 ++ | | | 0 ++---O----O------------------------------------------------------------+ [*] bisect-good sample [O] bisect-bad sample To reproduce: git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wfg/lkp-tests.git cd lkp-tests bin/lkp install job.yaml # job file is attached in this email bin/lkp run job.yaml Disclaimer: Results have been estimated based on internal Intel analysis and are provided for informational purposes only. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. Thanks, Ying Huang
--- LKP_SERVER: inn LKP_CGI_PORT: 80 LKP_CIFS_PORT: 139 testcase: will-it-scale default-monitors: wait: activate-monitor kmsg: uptime: iostat: vmstat: numa-numastat: numa-vmstat: numa-meminfo: proc-vmstat: proc-stat: interval: 10 meminfo: slabinfo: interrupts: lock_stat: latency_stats: softirqs: bdi_dev_mapping: diskstats: nfsstat: cpuidle: cpufreq-stats: turbostat: pmeter: sched_debug: interval: 60 cpufreq_governor: performance default-watchdogs: oom-killer: watchdog: commit: 64291f7db5bd8150a74ad2036f1037e6a0428df2 model: Nehalem nr_cpu: 8 memory: 4G hdd_partitions: swap_partitions: "/dev/disk/by-id/ata-HDT722516DLA380_VDK91GTE0WMZBR-part2" rootfs_partition: "/dev/disk/by-id/ata-HDT722516DLA380_VDK91GTE0WMZBR-part1" netconsole_port: 6666 pxe_user: rli9 category: benchmark perf-profile: freq: 800 will-it-scale: test: open1 queue: cyclic testbox: xps tbox_group: xps kconfig: x86_64-rhel enqueue_time: 2015-08-31 17:42:37.615577272 +08:00 id: ecb4938deaa81f720b37e838939cced483b783c3 user: rli9 compiler: gcc-4.9 head_commit: 2d11c675e2c328a1763d4fbad7b6684879f8102a base_commit: 64291f7db5bd8150a74ad2036f1037e6a0428df2 branch: linux-devel/devel-hourly-2015083105 kernel: "/pkg/linux/x86_64-rhel/gcc-4.9/64291f7db5bd8150a74ad2036f1037e6a0428df2/vmlinuz-4.2.0" rootfs: debian-x86_64-2015-02-07.cgz result_root: "/result/will-it-scale/performance-open1/xps/debian-x86_64-2015-02-07.cgz/x86_64-rhel/gcc-4.9/64291f7db5bd8150a74ad2036f1037e6a0428df2/0" job_file: "/lkp/scheduled/xps/cyclic_will-it-scale-performance-open1-x86_64-rhel-CYCLIC_BASE-64291f7db5bd8150a74ad2036f1037e6a0428df2-20150831-29509-yewucc-0.yaml" dequeue_time: 2015-08-31 19:26:04.544308510 +08:00 max_uptime: 1500 initrd: "/osimage/debian/debian-x86_64-2015-02-07.cgz" bootloader_append: - root=/dev/ram0 - user=rli9 - job=/lkp/scheduled/xps/cyclic_will-it-scale-performance-open1-x86_64-rhel-CYCLIC_BASE-64291f7db5bd8150a74ad2036f1037e6a0428df2-20150831-29509-yewucc-0.yaml - ARCH=x86_64 - kconfig=x86_64-rhel - branch=linux-devel/devel-hourly-2015083105 - commit=64291f7db5bd8150a74ad2036f1037e6a0428df2 - BOOT_IMAGE=/pkg/linux/x86_64-rhel/gcc-4.9/64291f7db5bd8150a74ad2036f1037e6a0428df2/vmlinuz-4.2.0 - max_uptime=1500 - RESULT_ROOT=/result/will-it-scale/performance-open1/xps/debian-x86_64-2015-02-07.cgz/x86_64-rhel/gcc-4.9/64291f7db5bd8150a74ad2036f1037e6a0428df2/0 - LKP_SERVER=inn - |2- earlyprintk=ttyS0,115200 systemd.log_level=err debug apic=debug sysrq_always_enabled rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout=100 panic=-1 softlockup_panic=1 nmi_watchdog=panic oops=panic load_ramdisk=2 prompt_ramdisk=0 console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0 vga=normal rw lkp_initrd: "/lkp/rli9/lkp-x86_64.cgz" modules_initrd: "/pkg/linux/x86_64-rhel/gcc-4.9/64291f7db5bd8150a74ad2036f1037e6a0428df2/modules.cgz" bm_initrd: "/osimage/deps/debian-x86_64-2015-02-07.cgz/lkp.cgz,/osimage/deps/debian-x86_64-2015-02-07.cgz/run-ipconfig.cgz,/osimage/deps/debian-x86_64-2015-02-07.cgz/turbostat.cgz,/lkp/benchmarks/turbostat.cgz,/lkp/benchmarks/will-it-scale.cgz" job_state: finished loadavg: 6.89 3.58 1.44 1/148 4720 start_time: '1441020401' end_time: '1441020705' version: "/lkp/rli9/.src-20150831-174110"
echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_governor echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_governor echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu4/cpufreq/scaling_governor echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu5/cpufreq/scaling_governor echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu6/cpufreq/scaling_governor echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu7/cpufreq/scaling_governor ./runtest.py open1 32 both 1 4 6 8