2.6 kernel series have noticeable performance regression, part1

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These tables are the performance test results on SuperMicro-6012-p6:

Hardware Configuration
+--------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| System | SuperMicro-6012-p6                                  |
+--------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| CPU   | two-way 2.8 GHz Xeon SMP                          |
+--------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Cache  | L1 D cache 8K, L2 cache 512K                        |
+--------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Memory| 512MB SDRAM                                     |
+--------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Storage | Adaptec AIC7XXX SCSI disk                          |
+--------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Network| Intel E1000 Ethernet Adapter                           |
+--------+----------------------------------------------------------+

Software Specification
+----------------+----------------------------------------------------+
|       OS     | MontaVista CGE 3.1                            |
+----------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| Kernel Version  | Linux 2.6.0 to 2.6.11                           |
+----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
|  File System   | Ext3                                         |
+----------------+---------------------------------------------------+
|  Testing Tool   | Lmbench-3.0-a3, Netperf 2.2pl4                  |
+----------------+---------------------------------------------------+

Processor, Processes - times in microseconds - smaller is better
+------+-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+
| kernel| Mhz | null | null|     |open|  slct|  sig|  sig| 
fork|exec|    sh|
|      |     | call | I/O|  stat| clos| TCP|  inst| hndl|  proc|proc| 
proc|
+------+-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+
| 2.6.0 | 2800| 0.42| 0.49| 1.89| 2.72| 16.4| 0.75| 2.75| 150.| 486.|
2315|
+------+-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+
| 2.6.1 | 2800| 0.42| 0.50| 1.89| 2.75| 16.6| 0.76| 2.76| 153.| 484.|
2310|
+------+-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+
| 2.6.2 | 2800| 0.42| 0.49| 1.97| 2.73| 16.5| 0.75| 2.73| 150.| 500.|
2311|
+------+-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+
| 2.6.3 | 2800| 0.42| 0.49| 1.94| 2.80| 16.5| 0.75| 2.80| 150.| 496.|
2300|
+------+-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+
| 2.6.4 | 2800| 0.42| 0.49| 1.88| 2.72| 16.4| 0.75| 2.73| 152.| 499.|
2318|
+------+-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+
| 2.6.5 | 2800| 0.42| 0.49| 1.94| 2.74| 16.5| 0.75| 2.77| 152.| 500.|
2300|
+------+-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+
| 2.6.6 | 2800| 0.42| 0.51| 1.96| 2.78| 17.3| 0.76| 2.84| 154.| 493.|
2287|
+------+-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+
| 2.6.7 | 2800| 0.42| 0.49| 1.87| 2.69| 16.8| 0.77| 2.76| 146.| 555.|
2336|
+------+-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+
| 2.6.8 | 2800| 0.42| 0.49| 1.93| 2.77| 16.6| 0.77| 2.94| 149.| 543.|
2329|
+------+-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+
| 2.6.9 | 2800| 0.42| 0.50| 1.94| 2.77| 16.8| 0.77| 3.01| 137.| 530.|
2310|
+------+-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+
| 2.6.10| 2800| 0.42| 0.50| 1.98| 2.79| 17.7| 0.76| 2.24| 136.| 552.|
2325|
+------+-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+
| 2.6.11| 2800| 0.42| 0.53| 1.97| 2.89| 19.9| 0.77| 2.28| 171.| 605.|
2423|
+------+-----+-----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+

Context switching - times in microseconds - smaller is better
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| kernel|  2p/0K|2p/16K|2p/64K| 8p/16K|8p/64K| 16p/16K|16p/64K|
|      |  ctxsw|  ctxsw|  ctxsw|  ctxsw|  ctxsw|   ctxsw|    ctxsw|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.0 | 3.8400| 3.7800| 3.6300| 4.2300|   11.5| 4.68000|    31.8|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.1 | 3.7500| 3.9600| 3.6300| 4.2400| 7.6000| 4.94000|    31.4|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.2 | 3.7800| 3.6700| 3.6400| 4.3000|   10.6| 4.76000|    31.7|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.3 | 3.6000| 3.6700| 3.6200| 3.7000| 8.7900| 4.39000|    31.4|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.4 | 3.5900| 3.9100| 3.5700| 4.2500| 8.3900| 4.52000|    33.5|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.5 | 3.5100| 3.7500| 3.3600| 4.2900|   10.4| 4.39000|    31.1|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.6 | 3.9300| 3.9800| 5.0800| 4.3400| 7.1500| 4.40000|    32.8|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.7 | 4.1300| 4.2400| 4.1300| 4.0300| 9.5000| 4.37000|    31.2|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.8 | 4.4200| 4.6400| 4.7200| 4.4600| 9.2300| 5.42000|    32.0|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.9 | 5.3000| 5.4000| 5.2400| 4.9100| 8.2300| 5.78000|    34.3|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.10| 5.4200| 5.7600| 5.6100| 5.2800|   10.4| 5.81000|    33.2|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.11| 5.0600| 5.5100| 5.5400| 6.2200|   17.1| 7.05000|    35.0|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+

*Local* Communication latencies in microseconds - smaller is better
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+
| kernel| 2p/0K| Pipe|   AF| UDP| RPC/|  TCP| RPC/| TCP|
|      | ctxsw|     | UNIX|    |  UDP|      | TCP | conn|
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+
| 2.6.0 | 3.840|  11.1| 14.8|  27.7|  36.4|  32.6|  42.0|     |
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+
| 2.6.1 | 3.750|  11.3| 15.1|  28.5|  36.0|  31.9|  42.0|     |
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+
| 2.6.2 | 3.780|  11.1| 14.2|  27.8|  35.2|  30.9|  43.1|     |
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+
| 2.6.3 | 3.600|  10.6| 15.5|  27.8|  35.7|  31.2|  41.8|     |
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+
| 2.6.4 | 3.590|  10.8| 15.4|  27.8|  35.3|  31.3|  42.0|     |
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+
| 2.6.5 | 3.510|  10.7| 16.6|  27.5|  35.3|  31.8|  41.7|     |
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+
| 2.6.6 | 3.930|  11.2| 16.4|  28.6|  35.4|  32.6|  41.2|     |
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+
| 2.6.7 | 4.130|  12.2| 17.8|  29.2|  35.6|  33.4|  43.5|     |
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+
| 2.6.8 | 4.420|  12.6| 17.3|  29.5|  36.4|  34.0|  45.0|     |
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+
| 2.6.9 | 5.300|  14.4| 17.4|  30.1|  36.7|  34.2|  43.5|     |
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+
| 2.6.10| 5.420|  14.4| 16.8|  29.4|  37.0|  34.4|  43.5|     |
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+
| 2.6.11| 5.060|  14.2| 18.2|  33.3|  41.7|  39.0|  51.0|     |
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+

File & VM system latencies in microseconds - smaller is better
+------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| kernel|    0K File   |    10K File  |  Mmap|  Prot|   Page | 100fd|
|      | Create| Delete|  Create| Delete|  Latency| Fault|   Fault | 
selct|
+------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.0 | 4.2290| 2.9060|   24.4| 6.5150|  1717.0| 0.790| 2.44470| 
15.7|
+------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.1 | 4.4140| 2.9560|   24.9| 6.5470|  1725.0| 0.833| 2.43510| 
15.7|
+------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.2 | 4.2090| 2.8970|   24.6| 6.4380|  1723.0|      | 2.45170| 
15.7|
+------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.3 | 4.2540| 2.9470|   24.3| 6.5300|  1727.0| 0.787| 2.44160| 
15.7|
+------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.4 | 4.2350| 2.9080|   24.4| 6.4690|  1717.0| 0.792| 2.46550| 
15.7|
+------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.5 | 4.2290| 2.8810|   24.7| 6.4540|  1722.0| 0.751| 2.47660| 
15.7|
+------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.6 | 4.1570| 2.7980|   24.5| 6.8960|  1731.0| 0.849| 2.44610| 
15.4|
+------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.7 | 4.1540| 2.8120|   24.5| 6.9380|  1652.0| 0.724| 2.31820| 
16.2|
+------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.8 | 4.1390| 2.8230|   23.9| 7.0110|  1655.0| 0.787| 2.37340| 
16.0|
+------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.9 | 4.4320| 2.7890|   24.8| 7.0630|  1592.0| 0.854| 2.23750| 
15.3|
+------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.10| 4.4210| 2.8130|   24.8| 7.1710|  1593.0| 0.937| 2.24050| 
15.9|
+------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.11| 4.5770| 3.0230|   25.5| 7.5990|  2209.0| 0.960| 2.41500| 
16.4|
+------+------+-------+-------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+

*Local* Communication bandwidths in MB/s - bigger is better
+------+-----+-----+----+-------+-------+------+-------+-----+------+
| kernel|  Pipe|  AF| TCP|   File|  Mmap| Bcopy|  Bcopy|Mem|  Mem|
|      |     |UNIX|    |  reread|  reread|  (libc)|  (hand)| read| 
write|
+------+-----+-----+----+-------+-------+------+-------+-----+------+
| 2.6.0 | 1070| 461.| 244.| 1555.4| 1630.3|  582.9|  603.5| 1628| 696.8|
+------+-----+-----+----+-------+-------+------+-------+-----+------+
| 2.6.1 | 1059| 447.| 255.| 1532.7| 1609.8|  574.5|  593.0| 1628| 698.4|
+------+-----+-----+----+-------+-------+------+-------+-----+------+
| 2.6.2 | 1159| 468.| 263.| 1548.3| 1630.3|  581.3|  601.7| 1627| 696.9|
+------+-----+-----+----+-------+-------+------+-------+-----+------+
| 2.6.3 | 1156| 438.| 245.| 1540.6| 1630.3|  575.2|  601.8| 1626| 698.6|
+------+-----+-----+----+-------+-------+------+-------+-----+------+
| 2.6.4 | 1141| 445.| 264.| 1546.9| 1629.6|  582.1|  602.3| 1609| 700.0|
+------+-----+-----+----+-------+-------+------+-------+-----+------+
| 2.6.5 | 1058| 447.| 263.| 1548.1| 1611.8|  574.9|  595.2| 1608| 698.7|
+------+-----+-----+----+-------+-------+------+-------+-----+------+
| 2.6.6 | 1136| 443.| 259.| 1535.1| 1629.2|  574.2|  601.7| 1606| 701.2|
+------+-----+-----+----+-------+-------+------+-------+-----+------+
| 2.6.7 | 841.| 453.| 213.| 1534.0| 1608.8|  574.9|  601.5| 1605| 703.0|
+------+-----+-----+----+-------+-------+------+-------+-----+------+
| 2.6.8 | 843.| 445.| 219.| 1585.3| 1609.5|  575.1|  593.3| 1626| 702.2|
+------+-----+-----+----+-------+-------+------+-------+-----+------+
| 2.6.9 | 779.| 439.| 247.| 1568.0| 1628.4|  569.8|  588.8| 1625| 705.2|
+------+-----+-----+----+-------+-------+------+-------+-----+------+
| 2.6.10| 741.| 455.| 246.| 1566.3| 1627.6|  571.3|  591.4| 1604| 703.3|
+------+-----+-----+----+-------+-------+------+-------+-----+------+
| 2.6.11| 552.| 446.| 242.| 1566.8| 1607.8|  574.2|  601.7| 1603| 699.0|
+------+-----+-----+----+-------+-------+------+-------+-----+------+

Netperf results
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
|      |                      Packet Size (Bytes)                      |
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
|      |     1|      4|    16|     64|   256|   1024|  4096|  16384|
65536|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| kernel|                      Throughput (Mbits/s)                     
|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.0 |   8.12|  31.01| 121.97| 443.56| 910.58| 911.70| 926.59|
924.80| 928.04|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.1 |   7.91|  30.45| 120.60| 445.69| 909.58| 930.71| 928.13|
924.57| 925.49|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.2 |   8.11|  31.19| 123.33| 438.94| 921.12| 914.43| 926.55|
935.47| 928.33|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.3 |   8.09|  30.88| 122.52| 454.89| 920.64| 918.04| 919.66|
926.66| 927.85|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.4 |   8.10|  30.79| 118.29| 390.35| 869.74| 769.71| 803.05|
939.80| 939.54|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.5 |   8.19|  31.17| 118.69| 390.03| 867.73| 937.65| 938.91|
939.70| 939.78|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.6 |   7.61|  29.01| 111.42| 373.83| 847.90| 937.54| 939.32|
939.78| 939.84|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.7 |   7.58|  28.39| 108.20| 352.59| 776.24| 938.54| 939.14|
939.45| 939.80|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.8 |   7.37|  27.69| 100.97| 317.14| 761.78| 936.87| 939.55|
940.06| 939.80|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.9 |   6.89|  26.75| 101.03| 337.41| 932.48| 937.60| 938.57|
938.41| 938.54|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.10|   7.03|  26.91| 100.26| 336.98| 932.08| 937.23| 938.70|
918.02| 938.66|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.11|   6.17|  23.93|  92.08| 295.94| 881.60| 920.58| 938.19|
938.25| 938.52|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+


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