Re: [BENCHMARK] 2.5.39-mm1

[Andrew Morton]

Con Kolivas wrote:
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> Here follow the contest v0.41 (http://contest.kolivas.net) results for
> 2.5.39-mm1:
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> noload:
> Kernel                  Time            CPU             Ratio
> 2.4.19                  67.71           98%             1.00
> 2.5.38                  72.38           94%             1.07
> 2.5.38-mm3              73.00           93%             1.08
> 2.5.39                  73.17           93%             1.08
> 2.5.39-mm1              72.97           94%             1.08

2.4.19 achieves higher CPU occupancy - you're using `make -j4', so it
could be a CPU scheduler artifact, or a disk readahead latency effect.

Is the kernel source in-cache for these runs?

> process_load:
> Kernel                  Time            CPU             Ratio
> 2.4.19                  110.75          57%             1.64
> 2.5.38                  85.71           79%             1.27
> 2.5.38-mm3              96.32           72%             1.42
> 2.5.39                  88.9            75%             1.33*
> 2.5.39-mm1              99.0            69%             1.45*

Not sure what to make of this test.  We have a bunch of tasks
sending data between each other across pipes while trying to
build a kernel.

It could be that with 2.4.19, those piping processes got a lot
more work done.

I'd be inclined to drop this test; not sure what it means.
 
> io_load:
> Kernel                  Time            CPU             Ratio
> 2.4.19                  216.05          33%             3.19
> 2.5.38                  887.76          8%              13.11
> 2.5.38-mm3              105.17          70%             1.55
> 2.5.39                  229.4           34%             3.4
> 2.5.39-mm1              239.5           33%             3.4

I think I'll set fifo_batch to 16 again...