FYI, we noticed the below changes on https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs dev-test commit b9d777b85ff1ff79a1173190317b25bebc404ab4 ("f2fs: check inline_data flag at converting time") ========================================================================================= compiler/disk/filesize/fs/iterations/kconfig/nr_directories/nr_files_per_directory/nr_threads/rootfs/sync_method/tbox_group/test_size/testcase: gcc-4.9/1HDD/16MB/f2fs/1x/x86_64-rhel/16d/256fpd/32t/debian-x86_64-2015-02-07.cgz/NoSync/nhm4/60G/fsmark commit: 74fd8d9927ef08db30a85f131a124152aeba66c7 b9d777b85ff1ff79a1173190317b25bebc404ab4 74fd8d9927ef08db b9d777b85ff1ff79a117319031 ---------------- -------------------------- %stddev %change %stddev \ | \ 10.00 ± 0% -10.0% 9.00 ± 0% fsmark.time.percent_of_cpu_this_job_got 10.00 ± 0% -10.0% 9.00 ± 0% time.percent_of_cpu_this_job_got 2.35 ± 0% -3.7% 2.26 ± 0% turbostat.%Busy 67.30 ± 0% -4.5% 64.30 ± 0% turbostat.Avg_MHz 2116 ± 1% -98.7% 27.20 ±110% proc-vmstat.kswapd_inodesteal 191431 ± 0% +18.2% 226316 ± 0% proc-vmstat.slabs_scanned 56566 ± 0% +21.3% 68612 ± 0% proc-vmstat.workingset_nodereclaim 1176917 ± 2% -100.0% 0.00 ± -1% latency_stats.avg.call_rwsem_down_read_failed.f2fs_convert_inline_inode.[f2fs].f2fs_write_begin.[f2fs].generic_perform_write.__generic_file_write_iter.generic_file_write_iter.f2fs_file_write_iter.[f2fs].__vfs_write.vfs_write.SyS_write.entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath 62312 ± 55% +1577.8% 1045503 ± 11% latency_stats.avg.call_rwsem_down_read_failed.f2fs_write_begin.[f2fs].generic_perform_write.__generic_file_write_iter.generic_file_write_iter.f2fs_file_write_iter.[f2fs].__vfs_write.vfs_write.SyS_write.entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath 11969 ± 8% -100.0% 0.00 ± -1% latency_stats.hits.call_rwsem_down_read_failed.get_node_info.[f2fs].read_node_page.[f2fs].get_node_page.[f2fs].f2fs_convert_inline_inode.[f2fs].f2fs_write_begin.[f2fs].generic_perform_write.__generic_file_write_iter.generic_file_write_iter.f2fs_file_write_iter.[f2fs].__vfs_write.vfs_write 1773702 ± 7% -100.0% 0.00 ± -1% latency_stats.max.call_rwsem_down_read_failed.f2fs_convert_inline_inode.[f2fs].f2fs_write_begin.[f2fs].generic_perform_write.__generic_file_write_iter.generic_file_write_iter.f2fs_file_write_iter.[f2fs].__vfs_write.vfs_write.SyS_write.entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath 3.041e+08 ± 2% -100.0% 0.00 ± -1% latency_stats.sum.call_rwsem_down_read_failed.f2fs_convert_inline_inode.[f2fs].f2fs_write_begin.[f2fs].generic_perform_write.__generic_file_write_iter.generic_file_write_iter.f2fs_file_write_iter.[f2fs].__vfs_write.vfs_write.SyS_write.entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath 163413 ±112% +165.9% 434477 ±147% latency_stats.sum.call_rwsem_down_read_failed.f2fs_wait_on_page_writeback.[f2fs].f2fs_wait_on_page_writeback.[f2fs].get_dnode_of_data.[f2fs].f2fs_reserve_block.[f2fs].f2fs_get_block.[f2fs].f2fs_write_begin.[f2fs].generic_perform_write.__generic_file_write_iter.generic_file_write_iter.f2fs_file_write_iter.[f2fs].__vfs_write 788095 ±164% -60.4% 312194 ±122% latency_stats.sum.call_rwsem_down_read_failed.f2fs_wait_on_page_writeback.[f2fs].f2fs_wait_on_page_writeback.[f2fs].update_inode.[f2fs].sync_inode_page.[f2fs].reserve_new_block.[f2fs].f2fs_reserve_block.[f2fs].f2fs_get_block.[f2fs].f2fs_write_begin.[f2fs].generic_perform_write.__generic_file_write_iter.generic_file_write_iter 1743538 ± 56% +18023.3% 3.16e+08 ± 3% latency_stats.sum.call_rwsem_down_read_failed.f2fs_write_begin.[f2fs].generic_perform_write.__generic_file_write_iter.generic_file_write_iter.f2fs_file_write_iter.[f2fs].__vfs_write.vfs_write.SyS_write.entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath 1677147 ± 9% -100.0% 0.00 ± -1% latency_stats.sum.call_rwsem_down_read_failed.get_node_info.[f2fs].read_node_page.[f2fs].get_node_page.[f2fs].f2fs_convert_inline_inode.[f2fs].f2fs_write_begin.[f2fs].generic_perform_write.__generic_file_write_iter.generic_file_write_iter.f2fs_file_write_iter.[f2fs].__vfs_write.vfs_write nhm4: Nehalem Memory: 4G 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, Ying Huang