Measurements on a AMD64 2.0 GHz dual-core
In this test, we seem to remove 10 cycles from the kmalloc fast path.
On small allocations, it gives a 14% performance increase. kfree fast
path also seems to have a 10 cycles improvement.
1. Kmalloc: Repeatedly allocate then free test
* cmpxchg_local slub
kmalloc(8) = 63 cycles kfree = 126 cycles
kmalloc(16) = 66 cycles kfree = 129 cycles
kmalloc(32) = 76 cycles kfree = 138 cycles
kmalloc(64) = 100 cycles kfree = 288 cycles
kmalloc(128) = 128 cycles kfree = 309 cycles
kmalloc(256) = 170 cycles kfree = 315 cycles
kmalloc(512) = 221 cycles kfree = 357 cycles
kmalloc(1024) = 324 cycles kfree = 393 cycles
kmalloc(2048) = 354 cycles kfree = 440 cycles
kmalloc(4096) = 394 cycles kfree = 330 cycles
kmalloc(8192) = 523 cycles kfree = 481 cycles
kmalloc(16384) = 643 cycles kfree = 649 cycles
* Base
kmalloc(8) = 74 cycles kfree = 113 cycles
kmalloc(16) = 76 cycles kfree = 116 cycles
kmalloc(32) = 85 cycles kfree = 133 cycles
kmalloc(64) = 111 cycles kfree = 279 cycles
kmalloc(128) = 138 cycles kfree = 294 cycles
kmalloc(256) = 181 cycles kfree = 304 cycles
kmalloc(512) = 237 cycles kfree = 327 cycles
kmalloc(1024) = 340 cycles kfree = 379 cycles
kmalloc(2048) = 378 cycles kfree = 433 cycles
kmalloc(4096) = 399 cycles kfree = 329 cycles
kmalloc(8192) = 528 cycles kfree = 624 cycles
kmalloc(16384) = 651 cycles kfree = 737 cycles
2. Kmalloc: alloc/free test
* cmpxchg_local slub
kmalloc(8)/kfree = 96 cycles
kmalloc(16)/kfree = 97 cycles
kmalloc(32)/kfree = 97 cycles
kmalloc(64)/kfree = 97 cycles
kmalloc(128)/kfree = 97 cycles
kmalloc(256)/kfree = 105 cycles
kmalloc(512)/kfree = 108 cycles
kmalloc(1024)/kfree = 105 cycles
kmalloc(2048)/kfree = 107 cycles
kmalloc(4096)/kfree = 390 cycles
kmalloc(8192)/kfree = 626 cycles
kmalloc(16384)/kfree = 662 cycles
* Base
kmalloc(8)/kfree = 116 cycles
kmalloc(16)/kfree = 116 cycles
kmalloc(32)/kfree = 116 cycles
kmalloc(64)/kfree = 116 cycles
kmalloc(128)/kfree = 116 cycles
kmalloc(256)/kfree = 126 cycles
kmalloc(512)/kfree = 126 cycles
kmalloc(1024)/kfree = 126 cycles
kmalloc(2048)/kfree = 126 cycles
kmalloc(4096)/kfree = 384 cycles
kmalloc(8192)/kfree = 749 cycles
kmalloc(16384)/kfree = 786 cycles
Mathieu
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Mathieu Desnoyers
Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
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