Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757530AbYHKV6a (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:58:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752122AbYHKV6T (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:58:19 -0400 Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:29990 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751019AbYHKV6S (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:58:18 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.32,191,1217833200"; d="scan'208";a="369797362" Message-ID: <48A0B571.7010903@intel.com> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:56:01 -0700 From: "Kok, Auke" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080626) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Miller CC: cl@linux-foundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Rick Jones Subject: Re: tbench regression on each kernel release from 2.6.22 -> 2.6.28 References: <48A086B6.2000901@linux-foundation.org> <20080811.141501.01468546.davem@davemloft.net> <48A0B037.501@linux-foundation.org> <20080811.145047.105665450.davem@davemloft.net> In-Reply-To: <20080811.145047.105665450.davem@davemloft.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Aug 2008 21:58:17.0252 (UTC) FILETIME=[5C37D640:01C8FBFD] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 693 Lines: 19 David Miller wrote: > From: Christoph Lameter > Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:33:43 -0500 > >> Maybe what we are seeing is general bloat in kernel execution paths >> due to the growth in complexity? > > It could be, and any kind of analysis into this would be great. perhaps Rick Jones who maintains netperf could enlighten us on some historic numbers? he usually seems to be happy to prop up new netperf numbers :) Auke -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/