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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH v2 6/6] x86/entry/pti: don't switch PGD on when pti_disable is set
On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 07:34:31PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 13:26:01 -0600
> Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 08:19:35PM +0100, Olivier Galibert wrote:
> > > Wouldn't the time taken by an easy syscall like getuid be a clear indicator?
> >
> > I think only if you had a baseline measurement to compare against.
>
> getuid can also be cached by a smart libc. getppid() is what micro
> benchmarks seem to favour.

I initially tried getpid() which I found to be cached by glibc, but I
switched to write(-1, "a", 1) in the example in the cover letter and
the test for 3 million runs roughly climbs from 200 ms to 900 ms under
kvm (with PCID this time, I didn't retest without).

Willy

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