Re: [PATCH] sched: high-res preemption tick

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On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 09:18 +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 22:51 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > Subject: sched: high-res preemption tick
> > 
> > Use HR-timers (when available) to deliver an accurate preemption tick.
> 
> This patch further reduced iperf context switching, and boosted
> throughput.
> 
> iperf -c localhost -P 10 -t 300
> 
> Previously reported numbers
> 
> 2.6.23-smp
> [SUM]  0.0-300.0 sec    153 GBytes  4.39 Gbits/sec
> [SUM]  0.0-300.1 sec    148 GBytes  4.23 Gbits/sec
> [SUM]  0.0-300.0 sec    152 GBytes  4.36 Gbits/sec
> 
> 2.6.23-smp-d (sched-devel)
> [SUM]  0.0-300.0 sec    173 GBytes  4.96 Gbits/sec
> [SUM]  0.0-300.1 sec    173 GBytes  4.96 Gbits/sec
> [SUM]  0.0-300.0 sec    172 GBytes  4.93 Gbits/sec
> 
> Numbers from fresh pull today
> 
> 2.6.23-smp-d-hrt
> (re-enable PREEMPT_RESTRICT)

Ah, but HRTICK is not compatible with PREEMPT_RESTRICT, it will be
similar to !WAKEUP_PREEMPT.

> [SUM]  0.0-300.1 sec    181 GBytes  5.19 Gbits/sec
> [SUM]  0.0-300.0 sec    182 GBytes  5.22 Gbits/sec
> [SUM]  0.0-300.1 sec    182 GBytes  5.22 Gbits/sec
> 
> 2.6.23-smp-d
> [SUM]  0.0-300.1 sec    174 GBytes  4.97 Gbits/sec
> [SUM]  0.0-300.1 sec    173 GBytes  4.95 Gbits/sec
> [SUM]  0.0-300.1 sec    173 GBytes  4.96 Gbits/sec
> 
> 

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