[PATCH 3/3] arm64: use runtime constant to optimize handle_arch_irq access
Leo Yan
leo.yan at arm.com
Fri Feb 20 08:47:38 PST 2026
On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 09:34:14PM +0800, Jisheng Zhang wrote:
[...]
> > > Run 3 iterations, and measures three metrics (messaging/pipe/seccomp)
> > > and results in seconds. Less is better.
> > >
> > > +---------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
> > > |Without change | run1 | run2 | run3 | avg |
> > > +---------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
> > > |messaging (sec) | 4.546 | 4.508 | 4.591 | 4.548 |
> > > |pipe (sec) | 24.258 | 24.224 | 24.017 | 24.166 |
> > > |seccomp-notify (sec) | 48.393 | 48.457 | 48.232 | 48.361 |
> > > +---------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
> > >
> > > +---------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
> > > |With change | run1 | run2 | run3 | avg | diff |
> > > +---------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
> > > |messaging (sec) | 4.493 | 4.523 | 4.556 | 4.524 | +0.52% |
> > > |pipe (sec) | 23.159 | 23.702 | 28.649 | 25.170 | -4.15% |
> >
> > If you check the result, this result variance is abnormal, it means
> > your OS is noiser.
>
> BTW: if you remove the abnormal run3 result, you'll find that the
> benchmark is improved by ~3.5% on CA73:
> (23.159 + 23.702) / 2 = 23.43
> (24.258 + 24.224) / 2 = 24.24
> (24.24 - 23.43)*100 / 23.43 = ~3.5
TBH, I don't think we should subjectively select data. But I agree a
clean test env is important to avoid noise, and I also agree that the
current results already show positive signals.
Thanks,
Leo
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