Re: [PATCH] Configurable reclaim batch size

2007-09-17 Thread Christoph Lameter
On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Balbir Singh wrote: > Please do let me know if someone finds a good standard test for it or a > way to stress reclaim. I've heard AIM7 come up often, but never been > able to push it much. I should retry. AIM7 does small computing loads reflecting an earlier time. I wish ther

Re: [PATCH] Configurable reclaim batch size

2007-09-17 Thread Balbir Singh
Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:54:59 -0700 (PDT) Christoph Lameter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Peter Zijlstra wrote: >> >>> It increases the lock hold times though. Otoh it might work out with the >>> lock placement. >> Yeah may be good for NUMA. > > Mig

Re: [PATCH] Configurable reclaim batch size

2007-09-17 Thread Christoph Lameter
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > Tried to run AIM7 but the improvements are in the noise. I need a tests > > that really does large memory allocation and stresses the LRU. I could > > code something up but then Lee's patch addresses some of the same issues. > > Is there any standar

Re: [PATCH] Configurable reclaim batch size

2007-09-17 Thread Peter Zijlstra
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:54:59 -0700 (PDT) Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > It increases the lock hold times though. Otoh it might work out with the > > lock placement. > > Yeah may be good for NUMA. Might, I'd just like a _little_ ju

Re: [PATCH] Configurable reclaim batch size

2007-09-17 Thread Christoph Lameter
On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > It increases the lock hold times though. Otoh it might work out with the > lock placement. Yeah may be good for NUMA. > Do you have any numbers that show this is worthwhile? Tried to run AIM7 but the improvements are in the noise. I need a tests th

Re: [PATCH] Configurable reclaim batch size

2007-09-14 Thread Peter Zijlstra
On Fri, 2007-09-14 at 15:23 -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote: > This patch allows a configuration of the basic reclaim unit for reclaim in > vmscan.c. As memory sizes increase so will the frequency of running > reclaim. Configuring the reclaim unit higher will reduce the number of > times reclaim