On Sat, 2022-05-14 at 08:50 +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Together, these two patches fix the performance regression induced by
> QemuSemaphore; individually they don't though.
>
> The third patch is a small cleanup on top, that was enabled by the
> recent introduction of min_threads/max_threads knobs for the
> thread pool.
>
> 6.2:
> iops : min=58051, max=62260, avg=60282.57, stdev=1081.18, samples=30
> clat percentiles (usec): 1.00th=[ 490], 99.99th=[ 775]
> iops : min=59401, max=61290, avg=60651.27, stdev=468.24, samples=30
> clat percentiles (usec): 1.00th=[ 490], 99.99th=[ 717]
> iops : min=59583, max=60816, avg=60353.43, stdev=282.69, samples=30
> clat percentiles (usec): 1.00th=[ 490], 99.99th=[ 701]
> iops : min=58099, max=60713, avg=59739.53, stdev=755.49, samples=30
> clat percentiles (usec): 1.00th=[ 494], 99.99th=[ 717]
>
> patched:
> iops : min=60616, max=62522, avg=61654.37, stdev=555.67, samples=30
> clat percentiles (usec): 1.00th=[ 474], 99.99th=[ 1303]
> iops : min=61841, max=63600, avg=62878.47, stdev=442.40, samples=30
> clat percentiles (usec): 1.00th=[ 465], 99.99th=[ 685]
> iops : min=62976, max=63910, avg=63531.60, stdev=261.05, samples=30
> clat percentiles (usec): 1.00th=[ 461], 99.99th=[ 693]
> iops : min=60803, max=63623, avg=62653.37, stdev=808.76, samples=30
> clat percentiles (usec): 1.00th=[ 465], 99.99th=[ 685]
>
> Paolo
>
> v1->v2: support min_threads/max_threads
>
> v2->v3: fix NULL pointer dereference [Nicolas]
>
> Paolo Bonzini (3):
> thread-pool: optimize scheduling of completion bottom half
> thread-pool: replace semaphore with condition variable
> thread-pool: remove stopping variable
>
> util/thread-pool.c | 74 +++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
> 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
For the whole series:
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzju@redhat.com>
Thanks,
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Nicolás Sáenz