FYI, we noticed that fsmark.time.involuntary_context_switches +56.4% change with your commit: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master commit 9be4fd2c7723a3057b0b39676fe4c8d5fd7118a4 ("cpufreq: governor: Replace timers with utilization update callbacks") ========================================================================================= compiler/disk/filesize/fs2/fs/iterations/kconfig/nr_directories/nr_files_per_directory/nr_threads/rootfs/sync_method/tbox_group/test_size/testcase: gcc-4.9/1HDD/8K/nfsv4/ext4/1x/x86_64-rhel/16d/256fpd/32t/debian-x86_64-2015-02-07.cgz/fsyncBeforeClose/lkp-ws02/400M/fsmark commit: a4675fbc4a7abe072ac6ba38c252f22a91ebcd94 9be4fd2c7723a3057b0b39676fe4c8d5fd7118a4 a4675fbc4a7abe07 9be4fd2c7723a3057b0b39676f ---------------- -------------------------- %stddev %change %stddev \ | \ 70792 ± 0% +56.4% 110713 ± 1% fsmark.time.involuntary_context_switches 108756 ± 2% -10.4% 97492 ± 6% meminfo.DirectMap4k 70792 ± 0% +56.4% 110713 ± 1% time.involuntary_context_switches 21.50 ± 57% +48.8% 32.00 ± 2% turbostat.Avg_MHz 92879 ± 1% -12.2% 81528 ± 2% softirqs.RCU 107180 ± 1% -19.4% 86414 ± 0% softirqs.SCHED 7477 ± 0% +7.5% 8036 ± 0% vmstat.system.cs 710.75 ± 0% +92.2% 1366 ± 2% vmstat.system.in 1.165e+09 ± 0% -12.3% 1.022e+09 ± 3% cpuidle.C3-NHM.time 266839 ± 1% -20.5% 212259 ± 2% cpuidle.C3-NHM.usage 58012774 ± 4% +26.7% 73508891 ± 2% cpuidle.POLL.time lkp-ws02: Westmere-EP Memory: 16G fsmark.time.involuntary_context_switches 115000 ++-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | OOOO O OOO | 110000 ++ O OO O O | 105000 +O O O O O O O OO OOO O O O OO | O OO O O OO O O O O O O O O | 100000 ++ | 95000 ++ | | | 90000 ++ | 85000 ++ | | | 80000 ++ | 75000 ++ | | *.***.* **. .***.****.***. | 70000 **-***-------*---***-****-***--------------****-***-****-***-****-** time.involuntary_context_switches 115000 ++-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | OOOO O OOO | 110000 ++ O OO O O | 105000 +O O O O O O O OO OOO O O O OO | O OO O O OO O O O O O O O O | 100000 ++ | 95000 ++ | | | 90000 ++ | 85000 ++ | | | 80000 ++ | 75000 ++ | | *.***.* **. .***.****.***. | 70000 **-***-------*---***-****-***--------------****-***-****-***-****-** vmstat.system.in 1500 ++-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | 1400 ++ OOO OO OOO O | 1300 +O OO O O OO O OO OOO OOO OOOO O O OO | O O OOO O O OO O | 1200 ++ OO | | | 1100 ++ | | | 1000 ++ | 900 ++ | | | 800 ++.* .** .* .** * .* *. ** .* *. *. * | ** ** * ** *.* *.*** **.** * * * ** ***.* *.***.***.* | 700 ++---------------------------------------------------------------**-** [*] bisect-good sample [O] bisect-bad sample To reproduce: git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wfg/lkp-tests.git cd lkp-tests bin/lkp install job.yaml # job file is attached in this email bin/lkp run job.yaml Disclaimer: Results have been estimated based on internal Intel analysis and are provided for informational purposes only. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. Thanks, Xiaolong Ye.