Hi

I tried all options.
When i disable sandbox or hack the CPU detection
in OS:::ArmCpuHasFeature and run v8 benchmark,
the browser tab crashes.
I am trying to find the issue.

Regards
Arun

On Apr 7, 4:22 pm, Søren Gjesse <[email protected]> wrote:
> Arun,
>
> These are interesting experiments, and it would be great to get ot the
> bottom of this.
>
> I assume that /proc/cpuinfo contains the strings "ARMv7" and "vfpv3", as
> that is the exact strings which are checked for. You could also try to run
> chrome with the --no-sandbox option to see whether that makes a diffrence.
> V8 has a number of options which can be used to trace the optimizations
> performed by crankshaft, try --js-flags="--trace-opt --trace-deopt
> --trace-osr --trace-bailout" for the full monty.
>
> If you know that VFPv3 is available you could try to hack the CPU detection
> in OS:::ArmCpuHasFeature (platform-linux.cc) always return true for VFP3.
>
> Regards,
> Søren
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 03:25, Arun M <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi
>
> > I ran with --js-flags="--crankshaft" and --js-flags="--nocrankshaft"
> > options.
> > But the V8 scores are nearly same.
>
> > V8::DisableCrankshaft() function is called from cpu-arm.cc.
> > I think Chromium is not able to parse /proc/cpuinfo file and get VFPv3
> > information.
>
> > Arun
>
> > On Apr 6, 6:31 pm, Rodolph Perfetta <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > Arun,
>
> > > Have you tried running Chrome with the options Soren mentioned? The
> > result
> > > should tell you if crankshaft is enabled or not.
>
> > > Rodolph.
>
> > > 2011/4/6 Víctor M. Jáquez L. <[email protected]>
>
> > > > On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 12:00:27AM -0700, Arun M wrote:
> > > > > Hi Victor
>
> > > > > Will this method of detecting VFPv3 work in chromium browser when
> > > > > sandbox is enabled?
> > > > > Will browser sandbox allow to fopen "/proc/cpuinfo" file?
>
> > > > Sorry Arun, I don't know. I'm not familiar with chrome in general.
>
> > > > vmjl
>
> > > > > Arun
>
> > > > > On Apr 4, 6:19 pm, Víctor M. Jáquez L. <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 09:45:52AM +0100, Alexandre Rames wrote:
> > > > > > > Hello Arun,
>
> > > > > > > Crankshaft is now enabled by default on ARM processors supporting
> > > > VFPv3..
> > > > > > > v8 does not use NEON (it is not worth using, at least currently),
> > but
> > > > I
> > > > > > > believe no processors with this configuration (NEON without
> > VFPv3)
> > > > exist
> > > > > > > anyway. So if the CPU feature detection work correctly, v8 should
> > > > assume
> > > > > > > that you have VFPv3 if it detects NEON, and thus use use
> > Crankshaft.
>
> > > > > > > If I remember correctly there has been some issues with incorrect
> > > > feature
> > > > > > > detection. A simple run of the v8 benchmarks with the latest
> > > > bleeding_edge
> > > > > > > and the frequency of your CPU should be enough to determine if
> > > > crankshaft is
> > > > > > > enabled.
>
> > > > > > The CPU features detection is done parsing the /proc/cpuinfo file:
>
> >https://code.google.com/p/v8/source/browse/branches/bleeding_edge/src.
> > > > ..
>
> > > > > > So, if your cpu information is not exposed correctly the detection
> > will
> > > > fail.
>
> > > > > > I'd never seen an ARM with NEON but without VFPv3.
>
> > > > > > vmjl
>
> > > > > > > I hope this helps.
>
> > > > > > > Regards,
>
> > > > > > > Alexandre
>
> > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 7:40 AM, Arun M <[email protected]>
> > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > Hi
>
> > > > > > > > Is Crankshaft optimizing compiler enabled for ARMv7-A + NEON
> > > > devices
> > > > > > > > which does not have VFPv3 FPU?
>
> > > > > > > > Thanks & Regards
> > > > > > > > Arun
>
> > > > > > > > On Mar 9, 6:02 pm, S�ren Gjesse <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > For ARM crankshaft is now the default. This change is in the
> > > > repository
> > > > > > > > > starting from V8 version 3.2. To use the previous optimizing
> > > > compiler
> > > > > > > > > --nocrankshaft will have to be used. When crankshaft for ARM
> > has
> > > > been
> > > > > > > > fully
> > > > > > > > > stabilized the previous optimizing compiler will be removed
> > from
> > > > the
> > > > > > > > > repository and running with --nocrankshaft will no longer be
> > > > possible.
> > > > > > > > There
> > > > > > > > > is no specific date to when this will happen but most likely
> > it
> > > > will be
> > > > > > > > > within a month or two. The removal of the previous optimizing
> > > > compiler
> > > > > > > > will
> > > > > > > > > happen for all supported platforms simultaneously,
>
> > > > > > > > > The previous optimizing compiler can of cause still be found
> > in
> > > > previous
> > > > > > > > > versions of V8.
>
> > > > > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > > > > S�ren
>
> > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 20:05, Hugo Vincent <
> > > > [email protected]>
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > How much slower is full-compiler than nocrankshaft on
> > > > ARM926ej-s -
> > > > > > > > > > anyone have any benchmarks? I'm hesitant to invest time in
> > > > using V8
> > > > > > > > > > for my project if it's going to get substantially slower
> > soon.
> > > > Is
> > > > > > > > > > there any estimated time frame for when nocrankshaft will
> > be
> > > > > > > > > > deprecated?
>
> > > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > > Hugo
>
> > > > > > > > > > On Feb 23, 9:14 pm, S�ren Gjesse <[email protected]>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > Just a follow-up note regarding the new optimizing
> > compiler
> > > > > > > > (crankshaft).
> > > > > > > > > > > This will be enabled by default for ARM quite soon, and
> > the
> > > > existing
> > > > > > > > > > > optimizing compiler will be removed at some point. For
> > non
> > > > ARMv7+VFP
> > > > > > > > > > devices
> > > > > > > > > > > this means that the base JIT
> > (non-optimizing/full-compiler)
> > > > will be
> > > > > > > > used.
> > > > > > > > > > To
> > > > > > > > > > > measure the different compilers on a ARMv7+VFP device use
> > > > following
> > > > > > > > > > options:
>
> > > > > > > > > > >   --nocrankshaft (current optimizing JIT - the current
> > > > default)
> > > > > > > > > > >   --crankshaft (new optimizing JIT - the soon to be
> > default)
> > > > > > > > > > >   --always-full-compiler (base/non-optimizing compiler)
>
> > > > > > > > > > > Going forward using --crankshaft on a non ARMv7+VFP
> > device
> > > > will have
> > > > > > > > no
> > > > > > > > > > > effect and execution will fallback to
> > --always-full-compiler.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > > > > > > S�ren
>
> > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 18:33, Rodolph Perfetta
> > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > V8 can run on ARMv4 devices (non T though).
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > There is no interpreter in V8 so you will be using the
> > JIT
> > > > every
> > > > > > > > time,
> > > > > > > > > > > > perfromance should be good (keep in mind CPU like
> > 926-ej-s
> > > > do not
> > > > > > > > have
> > > > > > > > > > L2
> > > > > > > > > > > > cache and this is going to have a visible impact).
> > There is
> > > > a new
> > > > > > > > JIT
> > > > > > > > > > > > infrastructure being developed (crankshaft) which
> > features
> > > > an
> > > > > > > > > > optimising JIT
> > > > > > > > > > > > and this will only be for ARMv7+VFP devices.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > HTH,
> > > > > > > > > > > > Rodolph.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > On 23 February 2011 17:12, Hugo Vincent <
> > > > [email protected]>
> > > > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > >> Hi,
>
> > > > > > > > > > > >> I can't find in the documentation which ARM
> > architecture
> > > > types V8
> > > > > > > > > > > >> supports. Does it support older ARM9 devices (I'm
> > > > specifically
> > > > > > > > > > > >> interested in an ARMv5te architecture, ARM926ej-s
> > device)
> > > > or only
> > > > > > > > > > > >> newer ARMv7 (Cortex-A8 etc)? I can see that it is
> > > > (supposed to)
> > > > > > > > build
> > > > > > > > > > > >> on ARMv5te, but do all the JIT features work or is it
> > > > running in a
> > > > > > > > > > > >> byte code interpreter fallback or something? Can I
> > expect
> > > > good
> > > > > > > > > > > >> performance?
>
> > > > > > > > > > > >> Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > > > >> Hugo
>
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