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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/2] arm64: cpuidle: make arm_cpuidle_suspend() more efficient
Hi Will,

On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 11:15:07 +0000 Will Deacon wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 01:08:48PM +0800, Jisheng Zhang wrote:
> > This series is to improve the arm_cpuidle_suspend() a bit by removing/moving
> > out checks from this hot path.
> >
> > Jisheng Zhang (2):
> > arm64: cpuidle: remove cpu_ops check from arm_cpuidle_suspend()
> > arm64: cpuidle: make arm_cpuidle_suspend() a bit more efficient
> >
> > arch/arm64/kernel/cpuidle.c | 9 ++-------
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> These look fine to me, but do you have any rough numbers showing what
> sort of improvement we get from this change?

Good question. Here it is:

I measured the 4096 * time from arm_cpuidle_suspend entry point to the
cpu_psci_cpu_suspend entry point. HW platform is Marvell BG4CT STB board.

1. only one shell, no other process, hot-unplug secondary cpus, execute the
following cmd

while true
do
sleep 0.2
done

before the patch: 1581220ns

after the patch: 1579630ns

reduced by 0.1%

2. only one shell, no other process, hot-unplug secondary cpus, execute the
following cmd

while true
do
md5sum /tmp/testfile
sleep 0.2
done

NOTE the testfile size should be larger than L1+L2 cache size

before the patch: 1961960ns
after the patch: 1912500ns

reduced by 2.5%

So the more complex the system load, the bigger the improvement.

Thanks,
Jisheng

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