On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 10:14 +0800, Zhang, Yanmin wrote:

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> > Subject: mm: speed up writeback ramp-up on clean systems
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> I tested kernel 2.6.23, 2,6,24-rc2, 2.6.24-rc2_peter(2.6.24-rc2+this patc=
h).
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> 1) Compare among first/second/following running
> 2.6.23: second run of iozone will get about 28% improvement than first ru=
n.
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> 	Following run is very stable like 2nd run.
> 2.6.24-rc2: second run of iozone will get about 170% improvement than fir=
st run. 3rd run
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> 	will get about 80% improvement than 2nd. Following run is very stable li=
ke 3rd run.
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> 2.6.24-rc2_peter: second run of iozone will get about 14% improvement tha=
n first run. Following
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> 	run is mostly stable like 2nd run.
> So the new patch really improves the first run result. Comparing wiht 2.6=
.24-rc2, 2.6.24-rc2_peter
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> has 330% improvement on the first run.
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> 2) Compare among different kernels(based on the stable highest result):
> 2.6.24-rc2 has about 50% regression than 2.6.23.
> 2.6.24-rc2_peter has the same result like 2.6.24-rc2.
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> From this point of view, above patch has no improvement. :)

Drad, still good test results though.

Could you describe you system in detail, that is, you have 8GB of memory
and 8 cpus (2*quad?). How many disks does it have and are those
aggregated using md or dm? What filesystem do you use?