Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:22:46 +0900 | From | Yasunori Goto <> | Subject | Re: [Lhms-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/5] Reducing fragmentation using zones |
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Thanks! I'll try it next week. :-)
> On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, Yasunori Goto wrote: > > > > What sort of tests would you suggest? The tests I have been running to > > > date are > > > > > > "kbuild + aim9" for regression testing > > > > > > "updatedb + 7 -j1 kernel compiles + highorder allocation" for seeing how > > > easy it was to reclaim contiguous blocks > > > > BTW, is "highorder allocation test" your original test code? > > If so, just my curious, I would like to see it too. ;-). > > > > 1. Download http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/projects/vmregress/vmregress-0.20.tar.gz > 2. Extract it to /usr/src/vmregress (i.e. there should be a > /usr/src/vmregress/bin directory) > 3. Download linux-2.6.11.tar.gz to /usr/src > 4. Make a directory /usr/src/bench-stresshighalloc-test > 5. cd to /usr/src/vmregress and run 3. cd to the directory and run > ./configure --with-linux=/path/to/running/kernel > make > > 5. Run the test > bench-stresshighalloc.sh -z -k 6 --oprofile > > -z Will test using high memory > -k 6 will build 1 kernel + 6 additional ones > By default, it will try and allocate 275 order-10 pages. Specify the > number of pages with -c and the order with -s > > The paths above are default paths. They can all be overridden with command > line parameters like -t to specify a different kernel to use and -b to > specify a different path to build all the kernels in. > > By default, the results will be logged to a directory whose name is based > on the kernel being tested. For example, one result directory is > ~/vmregressbench-2.6.16-rc1-mm1-clean/highalloc-heavy/log.txt > > Comparisions between different runs can be analysed by using > diff-highalloc.sh. e.g. > > diff-highalloc.sh vmregressbench-2.6.16-rc1-mm1-clean vmregressbench-2.6.16-rc1-mm1-mbuddy-v22 > > If you want to test just high-order allocations while some other workload > is running, use bench-plainhighalloc.sh. See --help for a list of > available options. > > If you want to use bench-aim9.sh, download and build aim9 in /usr/src/aim9 > and edit the s9workfile to specify the tests you are interested in. Use > diff-aim9.sh to compare different runs of aim9. > > -- > Mel Gorman > Part-time Phd Student Linux Technology Center > University of Limerick IBM Dublin Software Lab > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Lhms-devel mailing list > Lhms-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lhms-devel
-- Yasunori Goto
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