I'd like to see the QLogic 6.x driver in the Linus and Marcelo
trees. In the tests I've run, it has better throughput and
lower latency than the standard driver. The improvement
on journaled filesystems and synchronous I/O is where the 6.x
driver shines.
How about the latest final 6.x driver for 2.4.21-pre,
and the 6.x beta driver for 2.5.x? :)
For people who like numbers...
tiobench-0.3.3 is a multithreaded I/O benchmark.
Unit information
================
File size = 12888 megabytes
Blk Size = 4096 bytes
Num Thr = number of threads
Rate = megabytes per second
CPU% = percentage of CPU used during the test
Latency = milliseconds
Lat% = percent of requests that took longer than X seconds
CPU Eff = Rate divided by CPU% - throughput per cpu load
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 has QLogic 6.x driver
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql has old (standard) QLogic driver.
Ext3 fs has dramatic improvements in throughput and generally
much lower average and maximum latency with the QLogic 6.x driver.
Sequential Reads ext3
Num Avg Maximum Lat% Lat% CPU
Kernel Thr Rate (CPU%) Latency Latency 2s 10s Eff
-------------------- --- --------------------------------------------------------
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 1 50.34 28.23% 0.230 159.48 0.00000 0.00000 178
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 1 49.26 28.80% 0.235 305.75 0.00000 0.00000 171
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 32 7.24 4.34% 50.964 10279.10 1.72278 0.00000 167
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 32 5.00 2.90% 73.941 16359.07 1.99270 0.00000 173
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 64 7.13 4.32% 102.581 21062.55 2.13490 0.00000 165
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 64 4.79 2.78% 152.879 32394.43 2.12285 0.00318 172
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 128 6.92 4.20% 209.363 41943.96 2.22813 1.24283 165
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 128 4.56 2.68% 317.688 66597.95 2.25661 1.98520 170
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 256 6.82 4.09% 418.905 87535.80 2.27172 2.11080 167
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 256 4.43 2.62% 645.476 133976.17 2.30475 2.13893 169
Random Reads ext3
Num Avg Maximum Lat% Lat% CPU
Kernel Thr Rate (CPU%) Latency Latency 2s 10s Eff
-------------------- --- --------------------------------------------------------
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 1 0.64 0.73% 18.338 111.72 0.00000 0.00000 87
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 1 0.63 0.64% 18.482 99.78 0.00000 0.00000 100
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 32 2.38 2.58% 122.580 14073.47 0.65000 0.00000 92
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 32 1.60 1.64% 179.073 19904.25 0.75000 0.00000 98
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 64 2.36 3.05% 202.490 15891.16 3.04939 0.00000 78
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 64 1.60 2.00% 292.337 25545.70 3.20061 0.00000 80
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 128 2.38 2.72% 355.104 17775.10 6.07358 0.00000 88
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 128 1.56 2.25% 536.262 27685.78 6.95565 0.00000 69
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 256 2.39 3.66% 667.890 18035.51 13.02083 0.00000 65
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 256 1.59 2.19% 995.664 27016.55 15.13020 0.00000 73
Sequential Writes ext3
Num Avg Maximum Lat% Lat% CPU
Kernel Thr Rate (CPU%) Latency Latency 2s 10s Eff
-------------------- --- --------------------------------------------------------
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 1 44.19 56.57% 0.243 5740.37 0.00003 0.00000 78
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 1 36.93 47.25% 0.291 6984.53 0.00010 0.00000 78
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 32 20.07 130.9% 8.552 11636.29 0.04701 0.00000 15
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 32 18.21 120.4% 10.188 14347.38 0.09546 0.00000 15
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 64 17.02 115.5% 19.166 37065.25 0.30819 0.00019 15
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 64 14.64 102.4% 21.978 28398.20 0.42292 0.00000 14
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 128 14.50 100.8% 44.053 51945.59 0.87108 0.00175 14
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 128 11.34 86.43% 54.214 48119.96 1.15720 0.00410 13
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 256 11.70 78.84% 104.914 54905.07 2.27391 0.02009 15
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 256 9.13 60.18% 131.867 60897.68 2.84818 0.03341 15
Random Writes ext3
Num Avg Maximum Lat% Lat% CPU
Kernel Thr Rate (CPU%) Latency Latency 2s 10s Eff
-------------------- --- --------------------------------------------------------
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 1 4.42 4.14% 0.086 1.57 0.00000 0.00000 107
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 1 3.54 3.17% 0.086 1.17 0.00000 0.00000 112
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 32 4.24 11.74% 0.280 13.71 0.00000 0.00000 36
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 32 3.47 9.46% 0.294 69.40 0.00000 0.00000 37
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 64 4.25 12.05% 0.283 10.86 0.00000 0.00000 35
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 64 3.47 10.30% 0.356 41.28 0.00000 0.00000 34
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 128 4.38 105.7% 19.575 2590.92 0.75605 0.00000 4
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 128 3.48 11.37% 0.433 97.01 0.00000 0.00000 31
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 256 4.19 11.36% 0.269 9.55 0.00000 0.00000 37
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 256 3.44 10.09% 0.270 8.84 0.00000 0.00000 34
Sequential Reads ext2
Num Avg Maximum Lat% Lat% CPU
Kernel Thr Rate (CPU%) Latency Latency 2s 10s Eff
-------------------- --- --------------------------------------------------------
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 1 50.22 27.99% 0.231 916.73 0.00000 0.00000 179
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 1 49.31 28.56% 0.235 671.86 0.00000 0.00000 173
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 32 40.58 25.30% 8.851 14977.86 0.13511 0.00000 160
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 32 36.54 21.75% 9.534 33524.30 0.15471 0.00009 168
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 64 40.30 24.97% 17.409 29836.18 0.39867 0.00009 161
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 64 36.75 22.04% 18.318 66908.84 0.17503 0.07566 167
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 128 40.58 25.06% 33.476 59144.35 0.40223 0.03750 162
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 128 36.65 21.80% 35.286 116917.79 0.19392 0.16241 168
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 256 40.43 25.21% 64.505 116303.68 0.42705 0.36046 160
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 256 36.67 22.05% 66.686 247490.25 0.22520 0.19671 166
Random Reads ext2
Num Avg Maximum Lat% Lat% CPU
Kernel Thr Rate (CPU%) Latency Latency 2s 10s Eff
-------------------- --- --------------------------------------------------------
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 1 0.73 0.79% 16.139 122.84 0.00000 0.00000 92
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 1 0.74 0.71% 15.813 108.18 0.00000 0.00000 104
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 32 5.21 6.12% 65.858 263.66 0.00000 0.00000 85
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 32 3.49 3.65% 96.096 622.30 0.00000 0.00000 96
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 64 5.34 8.04% 124.586 1666.34 0.00000 0.00000 66
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 64 3.66 3.85% 161.338 9160.40 0.47883 0.00000 95
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 128 5.31 9.59% 188.362 6900.68 1.23488 0.00000 55
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 128 3.69 5.39% 256.389 10303.55 3.70464 0.00000 68
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 256 5.35 7.01% 321.321 7466.05 4.06250 0.00000 76
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 256 3.70 5.84% 445.043 11064.58 8.25521 0.00000 63
Sequential Writes ext2
Num Avg Maximum Lat% Lat% CPU
Kernel Thr Rate (CPU%) Latency Latency 2s 10s Eff
-------------------- --- --------------------------------------------------------
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 1 44.74 29.79% 0.237 10862.42 0.00022 0.00000 150
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 1 39.82 26.00% 0.266 12820.23 0.00136 0.00000 153
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 32 37.54 46.78% 8.435 12528.86 0.02540 0.00000 80
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 32 32.76 38.44% 9.718 12559.96 0.12649 0.00000 85
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 64 37.22 46.35% 16.613 21438.79 0.54842 0.00000 80
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 64 32.77 38.17% 18.967 29070.67 0.52241 0.00003 86
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 128 37.11 45.77% 32.377 48430.99 0.55281 0.00200 81
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 128 32.71 38.04% 37.046 56332.65 0.52779 0.00315 86
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 256 36.97 46.31% 62.846 84414.17 0.58346 0.42848 80
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 256 33.06 38.38% 70.013 93041.19 0.53021 0.45341 86
Random Writes ext2
Num Avg Maximum Lat% Lat% CPU
Kernel Thr Rate (CPU%) Latency Latency 2s 10s Eff
-------------------- --- --------------------------------------------------------
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 1 4.60 3.73% 0.071 11.32 0.00000 0.00000 123
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 1 3.71 2.38% 0.063 1.39 0.00000 0.00000 156
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 32 4.62 8.18% 0.183 17.48 0.00000 0.00000 56
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 32 3.85 6.81% 0.184 13.01 0.00000 0.00000 56
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 64 4.62 8.75% 0.179 11.23 0.00000 0.00000 53
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 64 3.83 6.01% 0.185 11.79 0.00000 0.00000 64
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 128 4.49 7.82% 0.181 11.25 0.00000 0.00000 57
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 128 3.90 7.64% 0.186 13.04 0.00000 0.00000 51
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 256 4.41 8.92% 0.180 10.56 0.00000 0.00000 49
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 256 3.70 7.32% 0.178 11.26 0.00000 0.00000 51
Sequential Reads reiserfs
Num Avg Maximum Lat% Lat% CPU
Kernel Thr Rate (CPU%) Latency Latency 2s 10s Eff
--------------------- --- --------------------------------------------------------
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 1 47.63 30.34% 0.244 150.93 0.00000 0.00000 157
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 1 47.99 30.42% 0.242 153.50 0.00000 0.00000 158
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 32 36.75 25.80% 9.761 12904.09 0.08792 0.00000 142
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 32 30.68 20.76% 11.026 47422.16 0.15427 0.00591 148
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 64 34.26 24.31% 20.720 22812.18 0.60685 0.00000 141
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 64 31.50 20.98% 20.887 74077.79 0.17828 0.09984 150
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 128 35.94 25.46% 37.882 50116.12 0.53921 0.00388 141
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 128 32.41 21.82% 39.056 137240.55 0.20548 0.17551 149
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 256 35.28 25.17% 74.221 102660.73 0.59475 0.48787 140
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 256 31.67 21.85% 73.905 248764.61 0.26824 0.23384 145
Random Reads reiserfs
Num Avg Maximum Lat% Lat% CPU
Kernel Thr Rate (CPU%) Latency Latency 2s 10s Eff
--------------------- --- --------------------------------------------------------
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 1 0.59 0.86% 19.727 129.29 0.00000 0.00000 69
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 1 0.60 0.75% 19.634 124.21 0.00000 0.00000 79
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 32 4.23 5.23% 80.588 363.42 0.00000 0.00000 81
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 32 2.98 3.50% 107.835 352.72 0.00000 0.00000 85
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 64 4.28 5.16% 139.187 7890.49 0.45363 0.00000 83
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 64 3.12 5.36% 184.145 10398.28 0.78125 0.00000 58
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 128 4.51 6.99% 213.281 8206.57 1.71370 0.00000 65
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 128 3.13 4.57% 296.529 12265.36 4.43549 0.00000 68
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 256 4.51 7.61% 378.383 8946.18 6.09375 0.00000 59
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 256 3.10 6.34% 539.497 13397.75 10.57291 0.00000 49
Sequential Writes reiserfs
Num Avg Maximum Lat% Lat% CPU
Kernel Thr Rate (CPU%) Latency Latency 2s 10s Eff
--------------------- --- --------------------------------------------------------
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 1 30.24 49.54% 0.373 33577.32 0.00201 0.00124 61
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 1 28.25 46.58% 0.400 37683.70 0.00204 0.00137 61
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 32 35.33 158.8% 8.978 27421.64 0.13778 0.00102 22
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 32 30.49 145.0% 10.526 48710.93 0.14690 0.00973 21
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 64 32.43 156.6% 19.320 88360.82 0.29164 0.02301 21
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 64 29.31 126.4% 21.320 75316.32 0.33388 0.01316 23
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 128 32.93 140.0% 35.576 95977.80 0.43586 0.11368 24
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 128 29.18 116.8% 40.995 92350.00 0.46883 0.15281 25
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 256 31.38 138.1% 68.583 175532.20 0.67412 0.22071 23
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 256 28.33 117.1% 79.807 128832.50 0.75308 0.32549 24
Random Writes reiserfs
Num Avg Maximum Lat% Lat% CPU
Kernel Thr Rate (CPU%) Latency Latency 2s 10s Eff
--------------------- --- --------------------------------------------------------
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 1 4.29 4.12% 0.094 0.26 0.00000 0.00000 104
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 1 3.47 3.33% 0.095 0.93 0.00000 0.00000 104
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 32 4.36 10.78% 0.256 107.72 0.00000 0.00000 40
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 32 3.51 8.38% 0.226 8.23 0.00000 0.00000 42
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 64 4.41 11.08% 0.231 7.93 0.00000 0.00000 40
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 64 3.52 8.87% 0.231 7.92 0.00000 0.00000 40
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 128 4.36 10.60% 0.244 55.45 0.00000 0.00000 41
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 128 3.61 9.54% 0.378 434.79 0.00000 0.00000 38
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 256 4.21 10.46% 0.857 494.67 0.00000 0.00000 40
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 256 3.40 8.78% 0.665 711.39 0.00000 0.00000 39
Dbench improves 4-15% with QLogic 6.x driver.
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 has QLogic 6.x driver.
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql has old qlogic driver.
dbench reiserfs 192 processes average (5 runs)
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 47.98
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 45.24
dbench reiserfs 64 processes average
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 65.19
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 61.84
dbench ext3 192 processes average
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 71.62
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 66.19
dbench ext3 64 processes Average
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 91.68
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 86.16
dbench ext2 192 processes Average
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 153.43
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 147.71
dbench ext2 64 processes Average
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 184.89
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 178.27
Bonnie++ average of 3 runs shows improvement in most metrics.
15% improvement in block writes on ext3.
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 has QLogic 6.x driver.
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql has old qlogic driver.
bonnie++-1.02a on ext2
-------- Sequential Output ---------- - Sequential Input - ----- Random -----
------ Block ----- ---- Rewrite ---- ----- Block ----- ----- Seeks -----
Kernel Size MB/sec %CPU Eff MB/sec %CPU Eff MB/sec %CPU Eff /sec %CPU Eff
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 8192 52.00 29.0 179 22.35 20.7 108 51.78 26.3 197 435.9 2.00 21797
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 8192 47.36 26.0 182 21.85 20.0 109 50.68 25.0 203 440.9 1.67 26452
---------Sequential ------------------ ------------- Random -----------------
----- Create ----- ---- Delete ---- ----- Create ---- ---- Delete ----
files /sec %CPU Eff /sec %CPU Eff /sec %CPU Eff /sec %CPU Eff
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 65536 174 99.0 175 87563 98.7 8874 170 99.0 172 574 99.0 580
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 65536 172 99.0 174 86867 99.0 8774 170 99.0 172 582 99.0 588
bonnie++-1.02a on ext3
-------- Sequential Output ---------- - Sequential Input - ----- Random -----
------ Block ----- ---- Rewrite ---- ----- Block ----- ----- Seeks -----
Kernel Size MB/sec %CPU Eff MB/sec %CPU Eff MB/sec %CPU Eff /sec %CPU Eff
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 8192 49.99 55.3 90 22.31 23.0 97 51.81 25.3 205 362.3 2.00 18115
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 8192 42.36 46.0 92 21.12 21.7 97 50.75 25.0 203 363.4 1.67 21806
---------Sequential ------------------ ------------- Random -----------------
----- Create ----- ---- Delete ---- ----- Create ---- ---- Delete ----
files /sec %CPU Eff /sec %CPU Eff /sec %CPU Eff /sec %CPU Eff
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 65536 127 99.0 128 27237 96.0 2837 129 99.0 130 481 96.3 499
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 65536 125 99.0 127 28173 96.3 2924 128 99.0 129 478 96.0 498
bonnie++-1.02a on reiserfs
-------- Sequential Output ---------- - Sequential Input - ----- Random -----
------ Block ----- ---- Rewrite ---- ----- Block ----- ----- Seeks -----
Kernel Size MB/sec %CPU Eff MB/sec %CPU Eff MB/sec %CPU Eff /sec %CPU Eff
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 8192 32.98 49.0 67 22.65 24.7 92 49.03 28.0 175 363.0 2.00 18152
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 8192 30.34 45.0 67 21.57 23.0 94 49.09 27.7 177 365.2 2.33 15650
---------Sequential ------------------ ------------- Random -----------------
----- Create ----- ---- Delete ---- ----- Create ---- ---- Delete ----
files /sec %CPU Eff /sec %CPU Eff /sec %CPU Eff /sec %CPU Eff
2.4.19-pre10-aa4 131072 3634 41.7 8722 2406 33.7 7147 3280 39.7 8270 977 18.3 5331
2.4.19-pre10-aa4-oql 131072 3527 40.3 8745 2295 32.0 7170 3349 40.7 8234 871 16.0 5446
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