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Re: [PATCH 1/2] Revert "mm: make faultaround produce old ptes"

From "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 1/2] Revert "mm: make faultaround produce old ptes"
Date 2016-06-16 14:30 +0200
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On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 02:20:02PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Tue 14-06-16 11:42:29, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > This reverts commit 5c0a85fad949212b3e059692deecdeed74ae7ec7.
> > 
> > The commit causes ~6% regression in unixbench.
> 
> Is the regression fully explained? My understanding from the email
> thread is that this is suspiciously too high. It is not like I would
> be against the revert but having an explanation would be really
> appreciated.

My understanding is that it's overhead on setting accessed bit:

http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160613125248.GA30109@black.fi.intel.com

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov

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[PATCH 0/2] Reverts to address unixbench regression "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2016-06-14 10:50 +0200
  [PATCH 1/2] Revert "mm: make faultaround produce old ptes" "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2016-06-14 10:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/2] Revert "mm: make faultaround produce old ptes" Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-06-16 14:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 1/2] Revert "mm: make faultaround produce old ptes" "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2016-06-16 14:30 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 1/2] Revert "mm: make faultaround produce old ptes" Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-06-16 17:20 +0200

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