From d583f0f96691a3edcddef92a6066ee9f191610d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:19:54 +0200 Subject: open_issues/performance: Configuration required for huge pages and CPU sets. --- open_issues/performance.mdwn | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'open_issues') diff --git a/open_issues/performance.mdwn b/open_issues/performance.mdwn index 64b245f2..ab08dd11 100644 --- a/open_issues/performance.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/performance.mdwn @@ -241,13 +241,26 @@ call|/glibc/fork]]'s case. <teythoon> i especially like how general it is -# Measurement +# <a name="measure">Measure</a> + +On some pages, we're filing information about performace measurements. + + +## kepler.SCHWINGE + +Debian GNU/Linux, x86. Running as a Xen domU, the system is not reserved +exclusively for measurement purposes, so it's a best-effort service. + + +## laplace.SCHWINGE + +Debian GNU/Hurd, x86. Running as a QEMU/KVM instance, the system is not +reserved exclusively for measurement purposes, so it's a best-effort service. -## coulomb ### [[!message-id "87wqghouoc.fsf@schwinge.name"]] -## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-02-27 +### IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-02-27 <braunr> tschwinge: about your concern with regard to performance measurements, you could run kvm with hugetlbfs and cpuset @@ -257,4 +270,10 @@ call|/glibc/fork]]'s case. <braunr> hugetlbs reduces the overhead of page faults, and also implies locked memory while cpuset isolates the vm from global scheduling <braunr> hugetlbfs* - <tschwinge> Thanks, will look into that. + + +### 2014-07-25, tschwinge + +Support for [huge pages](https://wiki.debian.org/Hugepages) as well as [CPU +sets](https://code.google.com/p/cpuset/) requires special setup; not doing that +at the moment. -- cgit v1.2.3