2.6 kernel series have noticeable performance regression, part 2

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These tables are the performance test results on Toshiba tecra8000
laptop:

Hardware Configuration
+--------+----------------------------------------------------+
| System | Toshiba Tecra8000 Laptop                        |
+--------+----------------------------------------------------+
|  CPU  | Pentium II (Deschutes) 233 MHz                  |
+--------+----------------------------------------------------+
| Cache  | L1 I cache 16K, L1 D Cache 16K, L2 cache 512K  |
+--------+----------------------------------------------------+
| Memory| 128MB DRAM                                 |
+--------+----------------------------------------------------+
| Storage | ATA disk                                     |
+--------+----------------------------------------------------+
| Network| NE2000 Compatible 10Mb PCMCIA Ethernet Adapter|
+--------+----------------------------------------------------+

Software Configuration
+---------------+---------------------------------------------+
|     OS      | Red hat Linux 7.2                        |
+---------------+---------------------------------------------+
| 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 |  233| 1.60| 2.24| 19.1| 22.9| 93.5| 4.32| 14.8| 1218| 3574|
15.K|
+------+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.1 |  233| 1.60| 2.21| 18.6| 22.4| 93.6| 4.32| 14.4| 1269| 3661|
15.K|
+------+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.2 |  233| 1.60| 2.21| 18.3| 22.5| 100.| 4.32| 14.0| 1273| 3733|
15.K|
+------+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.3 |  233| 1.52| 2.16| 18.6| 22.9| 93.4| 4.34| 14.5| 1289| 3777|
15.K|
+------+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.4 |  233| 1.52| 2.14| 18.5| 24.4| 93.0| 4.32| 15.1| 1273| 3807|
15.K|
+------+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.5 |  233| 1.52| 2.18| 19.2| 23.3| 102.| 4.34| 14.6| 1269| 3744|
15.K|
+------+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.6 |  233| 1.52| 2.18| 19.1| 23.6| 92.4| 4.44| 14.6| 1239| 3616|
15.K|
+------+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.7 |  233| 1.52| 2.12| 18.6| 22.2| 91.6| 4.43| 14.8| 1194| 3579|
15.K|
+------+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.8 |  233| 1.52| 2.22| 19.0| 24.0| 92.4| 4.45| 15.7| 1255| 3703|
15.K|
+------+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.9 |  233| 1.60| 2.25| 18.9| 24.6| 98.1| 4.50| 16.4| 1182| 3650|
15.K|
+------+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.10|  233| 1.60| 2.32| 18.2| 23.1| 102.| 4.48| 15.0| 1213| 3724|
15.K|
+------+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.11|  233| 1.60| 2.53| 20.2| 26.4| 106.| 4.65| 16.8| 1459| 4324|
16.K|
+------+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+

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 | 4.3900|   22.6|   12.8|   30.1|  124.9|    32.9|   184.7|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.1 | 5.2500|   23.7|   12.1|   32.0|  120.0|    36.3|   189.6|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.2 | 4.8700|   24.3|   13.3|   26.6|  109.0|    40.3|   183.8|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.3 | 4.4700|   22.9|   17.9|   25.5|   95.0|    36.7|   192.2|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.4 | 4.8700|   23.3|   11.4|   29.5|  136.7|    32.4|   188.1|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.5 | 5.6400|   23.8|   12.8|   27.4|  123.9|    39.9|   185.3|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.6 | 4.2300|   22.4|   14.2|   24.6|  113.4|    32.0|   188.9|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.7 | 4.5100|   23.0|   11.4|   27.4|  128.2|    36.7|   185.4|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.8 | 4.6900|   24.4|   14.9|   27.3|  126.3|    39.1|   187.9|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.9 | 5.6500|   24.4|   13.2|   28.5|  123.2|    42.4|   189.8|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.10| 5.8400|   25.4|   16.8|   28.4|  115.5|    37.3|   191.6|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+--------+--------+
| 2.6.11| 6.7100|   25.0|   15.6|   31.4|  110.4|    37.4|   196.5|
+------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+--------+--------+

*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 | 4.390|  28.4| 52.0| 184.5| 292.6| 227.8| 358.5| 758.|
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.1 | 5.250|  31.1| 54.1| 180.8| 295.6| 225.8| 353.3| 761.|
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.2 | 4.870|  28.1| 53.6| 182.1| 294.3| 225.6| 352.8| 767.|
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.3 | 4.470|  27.7| 53.9| 186.6| 297.8| 225.0| 350.5| 760.|
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.4 | 4.870|  28.8| 53.2| 186.9| 294.8| 219.7| 353.8| 756.|
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.5 | 5.640|  29.5| 55.8| 182.1| 296.0| 224.3| 354.9| 746.|
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.6 | 4.230|  27.2| 53.8| 188.0| 297.5| 229.3| 349.5| 753.|
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.7 | 4.510|  27.7| 53.0| 197.0| 308.3| 248.3| 378.2| 761.|
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.8 | 4.690|  28.4| 59.5| 198.6| 298.8| 247.8| 374.1| 739.|
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.9 | 5.650|  30.0| 66.7| 197.9| 312.5| 257.5| 394.6| 803.|
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.10| 5.840|  29.7| 61.6| 194.0| 310.7| 255.4| 391.5| 795.|
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+
| 2.6.11| 6.710|  34.2| 69.9| 230.2| 347.9| 298.8| 444.2| 929.|
+------+------+-----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+

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 |  308.9|   90.9|  685.4|  193.0|   871.0| 1.920| 7.47880| 
66.5|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.1 |  307.4|   92.9|  676.6|  192.8|   855.0| 2.230| 7.56350| 
66.5|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.2 |  291.4|   88.8|  662.7|  194.3|   857.0| 2.125| 7.50460| 
66.5|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.3 |  288.3|   88.4|  672.0|  193.4|   884.0| 2.173| 7.71260| 
67.5|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.4 |  288.9|   89.1|  694.4|  184.9|   888.0| 1.405| 7.78930| 
66.6|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.5 |  288.2|   87.9|  684.0|  194.7|   877.0| 1.820| 7.64620| 
66.9|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.6 |  287.6|   84.4|  691.1|  191.9|   880.0| 1.988| 7.68870| 
66.1|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.7 |  292.0|   88.2|  669.3|  196.6|   823.0| 1.713| 7.06420| 
66.0|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.8 |  287.0|   86.4|  688.2|  203.9|   832.0| 1.130| 7.16240| 
66.1|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.9 |  289.2|   92.5|  699.8|  207.3|   904.0| 2.010| 7.13500| 
72.1|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.10|  295.1|   90.1|  700.3|  207.0|   911.0| 3.170| 7.07520| 
71.9|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+
| 2.6.11|  303.7|  100.0|  734.8|  227.1|  1569.0| 2.269| 8.19040| 
82.6|
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+--------+-----+--------+------+

*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 | 100.| 62.2| 26.6|   88.8|  206.3|   85.6|   86.5| 206.| 120.7|
+------+-----+----+----+-------+------+-------+-------+----+------+
| 2.6.1 | 99.4| 66.1| 27.9|   88.1|  206.3|   85.9|   86.1| 206.| 120.5|
+------+-----+----+----+-------+------+-------+-------+----+------+
| 2.6.2 | 99.9| 63.2| 28.7|   88.2|  206.3|   85.7|   86.4| 206.| 120.6|
+------+-----+----+----+-------+------+-------+-------+----+------+
| 2.6.3 | 102.| 62.8| 27.7|   88.2|  206.4|   85.6|   85.7| 206.| 120.6|
+------+-----+----+----+-------+------+-------+-------+----+------+
| 2.6.4 | 101.| 62.0| 32.5|   88.5|  206.3|   85.9|   86.2| 206.| 120.4|
+------+-----+----+----+-------+------+-------+-------+----+------+
| 2.6.5 | 101.| 60.8| 32.2|   84.6|  206.3|   86.0|   86.3| 206.| 120.6|
+------+-----+----+----+-------+------+-------+-------+----+------+
| 2.6.6 | 101.| 61.9| 31.8|   75.1|  203.8|   84.8|   84.3| 204.| 119.4|
+------+-----+----+----+-------+------+-------+-------+----+------+
| 2.6.7 | 91.4| 61.6| 23.4|   87.9|  206.2|   86.0|   86.3| 206.| 120.2|
+------+-----+----+----+-------+------+-------+-------+----+------+
| 2.6.8 | 92.2| 63.6| 24.1|   85.0|  206.1|   85.9|   85.6| 206.| 120.5|
+------+-----+----+----+-------+------+-------+-------+----+------+
| 2.6.9 | 89.6| 61.1| 30.3|   88.4|  205.8|   85.8|   86.2| 205.| 120.3|
+------+-----+----+----+-------+------+-------+-------+----+------+
| 2.6.10| 89.4| 61.2| 30.6|   87.7|  206.1|   85.8|   86.3| 206.| 120.3|
+------+-----+----+----+-------+------+-------+-------+----+------+
| 2.6.11| 67.7| 59.5| 28.2|   88.0|  205.7|   85.5|   86.0| 205.| 120.3|
+------+-----+----+----+-------+------+-------+-------+----+------+

Netperf result
+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
|      |                   Packet Size (Bytes)                         
|
+    
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------+------+-------+-------+
|      |     1|      4|     16|    64|    256|  1024|  4096|  6384| 
65536|
+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| kernel|                      Throughput (Mbits/s)                     
|
+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.0 |   0.39|   2.33|   6.04|   7.75|   8.38|   8.53|   8.65|  
8.64|   8.68|
+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.1 |   0.38|   2.28|   6.05|   7.74|   8.42|   8.52|   8.61|  
8.64|   8.68|
+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.2 |   0.38|   2.29|   6.03|   7.72|   8.36|   8.50|   8.63|  
8.63|   8.67|
+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.3 |   0.38|   2.26|   6.00|   7.74|   8.34|   8.56|   8.58|  
8.69|   8.65|
+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.4 |   0.38|   2.27|   6.05|   7.72|   8.36|   8.49|   8.63|  
8.63|   8.66|
+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.5 |   0.38|   2.26|   6.01|   7.71|   8.37|   8.49|   8.63|  
8.63|   8.70|
+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.6 |   0.35|   2.04|   5.82|   7.63|   8.28|   8.55|   8.60|  
8.70|   8.65|
+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.7 |   0.37|   2.19|   6.02|   7.73|   8.39|   8.52|   8.64|  
8.64|   8.68|
+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.8 |   0.36|   2.07|   5.91|   7.73|   8.32|   8.55|   8.57|  
8.69|   7.94|
+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.9 |   0.32|   1.86|   5.87|   7.62|   8.20|   8.44|   8.41|  
8.58|   8.54|
+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.10|   0.33|   1.94|   5.91|   7.58|   8.20|   8.45|   8.43|  
8.57|   8.55|
+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+
| 2.6.11|   0.26|   1.34|   5.35|   7.24|   8.07|   8.24|   8.28|  
8.40|   8.49|
+------+-------+-------+-------+------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+


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