Now with the patch [1] applied, it is back to normal. $ dpkg -s libc6 | grep Version: Version: 2.35-0ubuntu3.8+gd47c5e4db792
Without per-CPU affinity (average: 63ms) -- no regression $ ./test-glibc-malloc 56 false false nr_cpu: 56 pin: no fix: no thread average (ms): 69.927953 $ ./test-glibc-malloc 56 false false nr_cpu: 56 pin: no fix: no thread average (ms): 60.017631 $ ./test-glibc-malloc 56 false false nr_cpu: 56 pin: no fix: no thread average (ms): 63.712696 $ ./test-glibc-malloc 56 false false nr_cpu: 56 pin: no fix: no thread average (ms): 61.139623 $ ./test-glibc-malloc 56 false false nr_cpu: 56 pin: no fix: no thread average (ms): 63.322566 With per-CPU affinity (average: 58ms) -- improvement, back to normal $ ./test-glibc-malloc 56 true false nr_cpu: 56 pin: yes fix: no thread average (ms): 63.215897 $ ./test-glibc-malloc 56 true false nr_cpu: 56 pin: yes fix: no thread average (ms): 58.465390 $ ./test-glibc-malloc 56 true false nr_cpu: 56 pin: yes fix: no thread average (ms): 55.773076 $ ./test-glibc-malloc 56 true false nr_cpu: 56 pin: yes fix: no thread average (ms): 57.536929 $ ./test-glibc-malloc 56 true false nr_cpu: 56 pin: yes fix: no thread average (ms): 55.459689 [1] https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=472894d2cfee5751b44c0aaa71ed87df81c8e62e -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2089789 Title: malloc performance degradation with CPU affinity masks To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/+bug/2089789/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs