FYI, we noticed a -25.3% regression of aim7.jobs-per-min due to commit: commit 3bdad3c7ee72a76ec87be3477eb958ed7ca304fc ("f2fs: skip to check the block address of node page") https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master in testcase: aim7 on test machine: 48 threads Ivytown Ivy Bridge-EP with 64G memory with following parameters: disk=1BRD_48G/fs=f2fs/load=3000/test=disk_cp 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. Details are as below: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> 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 ========================================================================================= compiler/disk/fs/kconfig/load/rootfs/tbox_group/test/testcase: gcc-4.9/1BRD_48G/f2fs/x86_64-rhel/3000/debian-x86_64-2015-02-07.cgz/ivb44/disk_cp/aim7 commit: 2555a2d558 ("f2fs: shrink critical region in spin_lock") 3bdad3c7ee ("f2fs: skip to check the block address of node page") 2555a2d55822c9b2 3bdad3c7ee72a76ec87be3477e ---------------- -------------------------- %stddev %change %stddev \ | \ 163989 ± 1% -25.3% 122533 ± 3% aim7.jobs-per-min 110.02 ± 1% +33.9% 147.30 ± 3% aim7.time.elapsed_time 110.02 ± 1% +33.9% 147.30 ± 3% aim7.time.elapsed_time.max 140571 ± 1% +166.6% 374804 ± 5% aim7.time.involuntary_context_switches 153474 ± 1% +172.8% 418682 ± 1% aim7.time.minor_page_faults 1683 ± 2% +214.5% 5292 ± 4% aim7.time.system_time 15776849 ± 1% -95.8% 670202 ± 3% aim7.time.voluntary_context_switches Thanks, Xiaolong