在两个相同的 Skylake Xeon Gold 6154 系统上测得的不同核心间延迟

ava*_*tli 5 c performance x86-64 intel avx512

我们一直使用两台相同的 Skylake 服务器,具有完全相同的软件、Centos 7 操作系统和 BIOS 设置。除了延迟性能之外,一切都一样。我们的软件使用的是AVX512。

在测试中,我注意到 AVX512 每次都会降低其中一个系统的性能(增加延迟)。存在显着的性能差异。我检查了一切,一切都一样。

我应该怎么做才能解决这个问题?哪个工具可以提供帮助?

提前致谢..

sudo lshw -class cpu
  *-cpu:0                   
       description: CPU
       product: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6154 CPU @ 3.00GHz
       vendor: Intel Corp.
       vendor_id: GenuineIntel
       physical id: 400
       bus info: cpu@0
       version: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6154 CPU @ 3.00GHz
       slot: CPU1
       size: 3GHz
       capacity: 4GHz
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 1010MHz
       capabilities: lm fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid dca sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch epb cat_l3 cdp_l3 intel_ppin intel_pt ssbd mba ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 hle avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid rtm cqm mpx rdt_a avx512f avx512dq rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb avx512cd avx512bw avx512vl xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 cqm_llc cqm_occup_llc cqm_mbm_total cqm_mbm_local dtherm ida arat pln pts pku ospke md_clear spec_ctrl intel_stibp flush_l1d
       configuration: cores=18 enabledcores=18 threads=18
  *-cpu:1 DISABLED
       description: CPU [empty]
       physical id: 401
       slot: CPU2
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更新:在彼得的评论之后,我添加了以下示例代码作为示例。

#include <emmintrin.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <immintrin.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#define CACHE_LINE_SIZE             64

/**
 * Copy 64 bytes from one location to another,
 * locations should not overlap.
 */
static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) void
mov64(uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src)
{
        __m512i zmm0;

        zmm0 = _mm512_load_si512((const void *)src);
        _mm512_store_si512((void *)dst, zmm0);
}

#define likely(x)    __builtin_expect((x), 1)
#define unlikely(x)  __builtin_expect((x), 0)

static inline uint64_t rdtsc(void)
{
    union {
        uint64_t tsc_64;
        __extension__
        struct {
            uint32_t lo_32;
            uint32_t hi_32;
        };
    } tsc;

    __asm__ volatile("rdtsc" :
            "=a" (tsc.lo_32),
            "=d" (tsc.hi_32));
    return tsc.tsc_64;
}
union levels {
    __m512i zmm0;
    struct {
        uint32_t x1;
        uint64_t x2;
        uint64_t x3;
        uint32_t x4;
        uint32_t x5;
        uint32_t x6;
        uint32_t x7;
    };
} __attribute__((aligned(CACHE_LINE_SIZE)));

union levels g_shared;

void *worker_loop(void *param)
{
    cpu_set_t cpuset;
    CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
    CPU_SET(16, &cpuset);

    pthread_t thread = pthread_self();

    pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, sizeof(cpu_set_t), &cpuset);

    union levels lshared;
    uint32_t old_x1 = 0;
    lshared.x1 = 0;
    while (1) {
        __asm__ ("" ::: "memory");

        lshared.zmm0 = _mm512_load_si512((const void *)&g_shared);

        if (unlikely(lshared.x1 <= old_x1)) {
            continue;
        } else if (unlikely(lshared.x1 != lshared.x7)) {
            // printf("%u %u %u %u %u %u\n", lshared.x1, lshared.x3, lshared.x4, lshared.x5, lshared.x6, lshared.x7);
            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        } else {
            uint64_t val = rdtsc();
            if (val > lshared.x2) {
                printf("> (%u) %lu - %lu = %lu\n", lshared.x1, val, lshared.x2, val - lshared.x2);
            } else {
                printf("< (%u) %lu - %lu = %lu\n", lshared.x1, lshared.x2, val, lshared.x2 - val);
            }
        }
        old_x1 = lshared.x1;

        _mm_pause();
    }

    return NULL;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    cpu_set_t cpuset;
    CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
    CPU_SET(15, &cpuset);

    pthread_t thread = pthread_self();

    memset(&g_shared, 0, sizeof(g_shared));

    pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, sizeof(cpu_set_t), &cpuset);

    pthread_t worker;
    pthread_create(&worker, NULL, worker_loop, NULL);

    uint32_t val = 1;
    union levels lshared;

    while (1) {
        lshared.x1 = val;
        lshared.x2 = rdtsc();
        lshared.x3 = val;
        lshared.x4 = val;
        lshared.x5 = val;
        lshared.x6 = val;
        lshared.x7 = val;
        _mm512_store_si512((void *)&g_shared, lshared.zmm0);
        __asm__ ("" ::: "memory");

        usleep(100000);

        val++;

        _mm_pause();
    }

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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较慢系统的输出:

> (1) 4582365777844442 - 4582365777792564 = 51878
> (2) 4582366077239290 - 4582366077238806 = 484
> (3) 4582366376674782 - 4582366376674346 = 436
> (4) 4582366676044526 - 4582366676041890 = 2636
> (5) 4582366975470562 - 4582366975470134 = 428
> (6) 4582367274899258 - 4582367274898828 = 430
> (7) 4582367574328446 - 4582367574328022 = 424
> (8) 4582367873757956 - 4582367873757532 = 424
> (9) 4582368173187886 - 4582368173187466 = 420
> (10) 4582368472618418 - 4582368472617958 = 460
> (11) 4582368772049720 - 4582368772049236 = 484
> (12) 4582369071481018 - 4582369071480594 = 424
> (13) 4582369370912760 - 4582369370912284 = 476
> (14) 4582369670344890 - 4582369670344212 = 678
> (15) 4582369969776826 - 4582369969776400 = 426
> (16) 4582370269209462 - 4582370269209024 = 438
> (17) 4582370568642626 - 4582370568642172 = 454
> (18) 4582370868076202 - 4582370868075764 = 438
> (19) 4582371167510016 - 4582371167509594 = 422
> (20) 4582371466944326 - 4582371466943892 = 434
> (21) 4582371766379206 - 4582371766378734 = 472
> (22) 4582372065814804 - 4582372065814344 = 460
> (23) 4582372365225608 - 4582372365223068 = 2540
> (24) 4582372664652112 - 4582372664651668 = 444
> (25) 4582372964080746 - 4582372964080314 = 432
> (26) 4582373263510732 - 4582373263510308 = 424
> (27) 4582373562940116 - 4582373562939676 = 440
> (28) 4582373862370284 - 4582373862369860 = 424
> (29) 4582374161800632 - 4582374161800182 = 450
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更快的系统输出:

> (1) 9222001841102298 - 9222001841045386 = 56912
> (2) 9222002140513228 - 9222002140512908 = 320
> (3) 9222002439970702 - 9222002439970330 = 372
> (4) 9222002739428448 - 9222002739428114 = 334
> (5) 9222003038886492 - 9222003038886152 = 340
> (6) 9222003338344884 - 9222003338344516 = 368
> (7) 9222003637803702 - 9222003637803332 = 370
> (8) 9222003937262776 - 9222003937262404 = 372
> (9) 9222004236649320 - 9222004236648932 = 388
> (10) 9222004536101876 - 9222004536101510 = 366
> (11) 9222004835554776 - 9222004835554378 = 398
> (12) 9222005135008064 - 9222005135007686 = 378
> (13) 9222005434461868 - 9222005434461526 = 342
> (14) 9222005733916416 - 9222005733916026 = 390
> (15) 9222006033370968 - 9222006033370640 = 328
> (16) 9222006332825872 - 9222006332825484 = 388
> (17) 9222006632280956 - 9222006632280570 = 386
> (18) 9222006931736548 - 9222006931736178 = 370
> (19) 9222007231192376 - 9222007231191986 = 390
> (20) 9222007530648868 - 9222007530648486 = 382
> (21) 9222007830105642 - 9222007830105270 = 372
> (22) 9222008129562750 - 9222008129562382 = 368
> (23) 9222008429020310 - 9222008429019944 = 366
> (24) 9222008728478336 - 9222008728477970 = 366
> (25) 9222009027936696 - 9222009027936298 = 398
> (26) 9222009327395716 - 9222009327395342 = 374
> (27) 9222009626854876 - 9222009626854506 = 370
> (28) 9222009926282324 - 9222009926281936 = 388
> (29) 9222010225734832 - 9222010225734442 = 390
> (30) 9222010525187748 - 9222010525187366 = 382
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更新2:在Peter的回答之后,我添加了以下示例代码作为示例来测量同一芯片上不同网状网络路径的延迟,并且答案的内容是正确的,不同的CPU具有不同的CPU间延迟。但在所有情况下,相同的系统之一仍然比另一个慢 25%。

另外我不知道它是否会影响它,但我刚刚意识到慢速CPU有额外的md_clear标志。

总之,我应该做什么来解决这个问题?哪个工具可以提供帮助?我如何理解性能差异?

#include <emmintrin.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <immintrin.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#define CACHE_LINE_SIZE             64

/**
 * Copy 64 bytes from one location to another,
 * locations should not overlap.
 */
static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) void
mov64(uint8_t *dst, const uint8_t *src)
{
        __m512i zmm0;

        zmm0 = _mm512_load_si512((const void *)src);
        _mm512_store_si512((void *)dst, zmm0);
}

#define likely(x)    __builtin_expect((x), 1)
#define unlikely(x)  __builtin_expect((x), 0)

static inline uint64_t rdtsc(void)
{
    union {
        uint64_t tsc_64;
        __extension__
        struct {
            uint32_t lo_32;
            uint32_t hi_32;
        };
    } tsc;

    __asm__ volatile("rdtsc" :
            "=a" (tsc.lo_32),
            "=d" (tsc.hi_32));
    return tsc.tsc_64;
}
union levels {
    __m512i zmm0;
    struct {
        uint32_t x1;
        uint64_t x2;
        uint64_t x3;
        uint32_t x4;
        uint32_t x5;
        uint32_t x6;
        uint32_t x7;
    };
} __attribute__((aligned(CACHE_LINE_SIZE)));

union levels g_shared;

uint32_t g_main_cpu;
uint32_t g_worker_cpu;

void *worker_loop(void *param)
{
    _mm_mfence();

    cpu_set_t cpuset;
    CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
    CPU_SET(g_worker_cpu, &cpuset);

    pthread_t thread = pthread_self();

    pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, sizeof(cpu_set_t), &cpuset);

    union levels lshared;
    uint32_t old_x1 = 1;

    uint64_t min = 10000, max = 0, sum = 0;

    int i = 0;
    while (i < 300) {
        __asm__ ("" ::: "memory");
        lshared.zmm0 = _mm512_load_si512((const void *)&g_shared);

        if (unlikely(lshared.x1 <= old_x1)) {
            continue;
        } else if (unlikely(lshared.x1 != lshared.x7)) {
            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        } else {
            uint64_t val = rdtsc();
            uint64_t diff = val - lshared.x2;
            sum += diff;
            if (min > diff)
                min = diff;

            if (diff > max)
                max = diff;

            i++;
        }
        old_x1 = lshared.x1;

        _mm_pause();
    }

    printf("(M=%u-W=%u) min=%lu max=%lu mean=%lu\n", g_main_cpu, g_worker_cpu, min, max, sum / 300);

    return NULL;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    for (int main_cpu = 2; main_cpu <= 17; ++main_cpu) {
        for (int worker_cpu = 2; worker_cpu <= 17; ++worker_cpu) {
            if (main_cpu == worker_cpu) {
                continue;
            }
            _mm_mfence();

            g_main_cpu = main_cpu;
            g_worker_cpu = worker_cpu;

            cpu_set_t cpuset;
            CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
            CPU_SET(g_main_cpu, &cpuset);

            pthread_t thread = pthread_self();

            memset(&g_shared, 0, sizeof(g_shared));

            pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, sizeof(cpu_set_t), &cpuset);

            pthread_t worker;
            pthread_create(&worker, NULL, worker_loop, NULL);

            uint32_t val = 0;
            union levels lshared;

            for (int i = 0; i < 350; ++i) {
                lshared.x1 = val;
                lshared.x2 = rdtsc();
                lshared.x3 = val;
                lshared.x4 = val;
                lshared.x5 = val;
                lshared.x6 = val;
                lshared.x7 = val;
                _mm512_store_si512((void *)&g_shared, lshared.zmm0);
                __asm__ ("" ::: "memory");

                usleep(100000);

                val++;

                _mm_pause();
            }

            pthread_join(worker, NULL);
        }
    }

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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两个系统的输出:(2-17是隔离的cpu)

            slow cpu    fast cpu
------------------------------------                

(M=2-W=3)   mean=580    mean=374
(M=2-W=4)   mean=463    mean=365
(M=2-W=5)   mean=449    mean=391
(M=2-W=6)   mean=484    mean=345
(M=2-W=7)   mean=430    mean=386
(M=2-W=8)   mean=439    mean=369
(M=2-W=9)   mean=445    mean=376
(M=2-W=10)  mean=480    mean=354
(M=2-W=11)  mean=440    mean=392
(M=2-W=12)  mean=475    mean=324
(M=2-W=13)  mean=453    mean=373
(M=2-W=14)  mean=474    mean=344
(M=2-W=15)  mean=445    mean=384
(M=2-W=16)  mean=468    mean=372
(M=2-W=17)  mean=462    mean=373
(M=3-W=2)   mean=447    mean=392
(M=3-W=4)   mean=556    mean=386
(M=3-W=5)   mean=418    mean=409
(M=3-W=6)   mean=473    mean=372
(M=3-W=7)   mean=397    mean=400
(M=3-W=8)   mean=408    mean=403
(M=3-W=9)   mean=412    mean=413
(M=3-W=10)  mean=447    mean=389
(M=3-W=11)  mean=412    mean=423
(M=3-W=12)  mean=446    mean=399
(M=3-W=13)  mean=427    mean=407
(M=3-W=14)  mean=445    mean=390
(M=3-W=15)  mean=417    mean=448
(M=3-W=16)  mean=438    mean=386
(M=3-W=17)  mean=435    mean=396
(M=4-W=2)   mean=463    mean=368
(M=4-W=3)   mean=433    mean=401
(M=4-W=5)   mean=561    mean=406
(M=4-W=6)   mean=468    mean=378
(M=4-W=7)   mean=416    mean=387
(M=4-W=8)   mean=425    mean=386
(M=4-W=9)   mean=425    mean=415
(M=4-W=10)  mean=464    mean=379
(M=4-W=11)  mean=424    mean=404
(M=4-W=12)  mean=456    mean=369
(M=4-W=13)  mean=441    mean=395
(M=4-W=14)  mean=460    mean=378
(M=4-W=15)  mean=427    mean=405
(M=4-W=16)  mean=446    mean=369
(M=4-W=17)  mean=448    mean=391
(M=5-W=2)   mean=447    mean=382
(M=5-W=3)   mean=418    mean=406
(M=5-W=4)   mean=430    mean=397
(M=5-W=6)   mean=584    mean=386
(M=5-W=7)   mean=399    mean=399
(M=5-W=8)   mean=404    mean=386
(M=5-W=9)   mean=408    mean=408
(M=5-W=10)  mean=446    mean=378
(M=5-W=11)  mean=411    mean=407
(M=5-W=12)  mean=440    mean=385
(M=5-W=13)  mean=424    mean=402
(M=5-W=14)  mean=442    mean=381
(M=5-W=15)  mean=411    mean=411
(M=5-W=16)  mean=433    mean=398
(M=5-W=17)  mean=429    mean=395
(M=6-W=2)   mean=486    mean=356
(M=6-W=3)   mean=453    mean=388
(M=6-W=4)   mean=471    mean=353
(M=6-W=5)   mean=452    mean=388
(M=6-W=7)   mean=570    mean=360
(M=6-W=8)   mean=444    mean=377
(M=6-W=9)   mean=450    mean=376
(M=6-W=10)  mean=485    mean=335
(M=6-W=11)  mean=451    mean=410
(M=6-W=12)  mean=479    mean=353
(M=6-W=13)  mean=463    mean=363
(M=6-W=14)  mean=479    mean=359
(M=6-W=15)  mean=450    mean=394
(M=6-W=16)  mean=473    mean=364
(M=6-W=17)  mean=469    mean=373
(M=7-W=2)   mean=454    mean=365
(M=7-W=3)   mean=418    mean=410
(M=7-W=4)   mean=443    mean=370
(M=7-W=5)   mean=421    mean=407
(M=7-W=6)   mean=456    mean=363
(M=7-W=8)   mean=527    mean=380
(M=7-W=9)   mean=417    mean=392
(M=7-W=10)  mean=460    mean=361
(M=7-W=11)  mean=421    mean=402
(M=7-W=12)  mean=447    mean=354
(M=7-W=13)  mean=430    mean=381
(M=7-W=14)  mean=449    mean=375
(M=7-W=15)  mean=420    mean=393
(M=7-W=16)  mean=442    mean=352
(M=7-W=17)  mean=438    mean=367
(M=8-W=2)   mean=463    mean=382
(M=8-W=3)   mean=434    mean=411
(M=8-W=4)   mean=452    mean=372
(M=8-W=5)   mean=429    mean=402
(M=8-W=6)   mean=469    mean=368
(M=8-W=7)   mean=416    mean=418
(M=8-W=9)   mean=560    mean=418
(M=8-W=10)  mean=468    mean=385
(M=8-W=11)  mean=429    mean=394
(M=8-W=12)  mean=460    mean=378
(M=8-W=13)  mean=439    mean=392
(M=8-W=14)  mean=459    mean=373
(M=8-W=15)  mean=429    mean=383
(M=8-W=16)  mean=452    mean=376
(M=8-W=17)  mean=449    mean=401
(M=9-W=2)   mean=440    mean=368
(M=9-W=3)   mean=410    mean=398
(M=9-W=4)   mean=426    mean=385
(M=9-W=5)   mean=406    mean=403
(M=9-W=6)   mean=447    mean=378
(M=9-W=7)   mean=393    mean=427
(M=9-W=8)   mean=408    mean=368
(M=9-W=10)  mean=580    mean=392
(M=9-W=11)  mean=408    mean=387
(M=9-W=12)  mean=433    mean=381
(M=9-W=13)  mean=418    mean=444
(M=9-W=14)  mean=441    mean=407
(M=9-W=15)  mean=408    mean=401
(M=9-W=16)  mean=427    mean=376
(M=9-W=17)  mean=426    mean=383
(M=10-W=2)  mean=478    mean=361
(M=10-W=3)  mean=446    mean=379
(M=10-W=4)  mean=461    mean=350
(M=10-W=5)  mean=445    mean=373
(M=10-W=6)  mean=483    mean=354
(M=10-W=7)  mean=428    mean=370
(M=10-W=8)  mean=436    mean=355
(M=10-W=9)  mean=448    mean=390
(M=10-W=11) mean=569    mean=350
(M=10-W=12) mean=473    mean=337
(M=10-W=13) mean=454    mean=370
(M=10-W=14) mean=474    mean=360
(M=10-W=15) mean=441    mean=370
(M=10-W=16) mean=463    mean=354
(M=10-W=17) mean=462    mean=358
(M=11-W=2)  mean=447    mean=384
(M=11-W=3)  mean=411    mean=408
(M=11-W=4)  mean=433    mean=394
(M=11-W=5)  mean=413    mean=428
(M=11-W=6)  mean=455    mean=383
(M=11-W=7)  mean=402    mean=395
(M=11-W=8)  mean=407    mean=418
(M=11-W=9)  mean=417    mean=424
(M=11-W=10) mean=452    mean=395
(M=11-W=12) mean=577    mean=406
(M=11-W=13) mean=426    mean=402
(M=11-W=14) mean=442    mean=412
(M=11-W=15) mean=408    mean=411
(M=11-W=16) mean=435    mean=400
(M=11-W=17) mean=431    mean=415
(M=12-W=2)  mean=473    mean=352
(M=12-W=3)  mean=447    mean=381
(M=12-W=4)  mean=461    mean=361
(M=12-W=5)  mean=445    mean=366
(M=12-W=6)  mean=483    mean=322
(M=12-W=7)  mean=431    mean=358
(M=12-W=8)  mean=438    mean=340
(M=12-W=9)  mean=448    mean=409
(M=12-W=10) mean=481    mean=334
(M=12-W=11) mean=447    mean=351
(M=12-W=13) mean=580    mean=383
(M=12-W=14) mean=473    mean=359
(M=12-W=15) mean=441    mean=385
(M=12-W=16) mean=463    mean=355
(M=12-W=17) mean=462    mean=358
(M=13-W=2)  mean=450    mean=385
(M=13-W=3)  mean=420    mean=410
(M=13-W=4)  mean=440    mean=396
(M=13-W=5)  mean=418    mean=402
(M=13-W=6)  mean=461    mean=385
(M=13-W=7)  mean=406    mean=391
(M=13-W=8)  mean=415    mean=382
(M=13-W=9)  mean=421    mean=402
(M=13-W=10) mean=457    mean=376
(M=13-W=11) mean=422    mean=409
(M=13-W=12) mean=451    mean=381
(M=13-W=14) mean=579    mean=375
(M=13-W=15) mean=430    mean=402
(M=13-W=16) mean=440    mean=408
(M=13-W=17) mean=439    mean=394
(M=14-W=2)  mean=477    mean=330
(M=14-W=3)  mean=449    mean=406
(M=14-W=4)  mean=464    mean=355
(M=14-W=5)  mean=450    mean=389
(M=14-W=6)  mean=487    mean=342
(M=14-W=7)  mean=432    mean=380
(M=14-W=8)  mean=439    mean=360
(M=14-W=9)  mean=451    mean=405
(M=14-W=10) mean=485    mean=356
(M=14-W=11) mean=447    mean=398
(M=14-W=12) mean=479    mean=338
(M=14-W=13) mean=455    mean=382
(M=14-W=15) mean=564    mean=383
(M=14-W=16) mean=481    mean=361
(M=14-W=17) mean=465    mean=351
(M=15-W=2)  mean=426    mean=409
(M=15-W=3)  mean=395    mean=424
(M=15-W=4)  mean=412    mean=427
(M=15-W=5)  mean=395    mean=425
(M=15-W=6)  mean=435    mean=391
(M=15-W=7)  mean=379    mean=405
(M=15-W=8)  mean=388    mean=412
(M=15-W=9)  mean=399    mean=432
(M=15-W=10) mean=432    mean=389
(M=15-W=11) mean=397    mean=432
(M=15-W=12) mean=426    mean=393
(M=15-W=13) mean=404    mean=407
(M=15-W=14) mean=429    mean=412
(M=15-W=16) mean=539    mean=391
(M=15-W=17) mean=414    mean=397
(M=16-W=2)  mean=456    mean=368
(M=16-W=3)  mean=422    mean=406
(M=16-W=4)  mean=445    mean=384
(M=16-W=5)  mean=427    mean=397
(M=16-W=6)  mean=462    mean=348
(M=16-W=7)  mean=413    mean=408
(M=16-W=8)  mean=419    mean=361
(M=16-W=9)  mean=429    mean=385
(M=16-W=10) mean=463    mean=369
(M=16-W=11) mean=426    mean=404
(M=16-W=12) mean=454    mean=391
(M=16-W=13) mean=434    mean=378
(M=16-W=14) mean=454    mean=412
(M=16-W=15) mean=424    mean=416
(M=16-W=17) mean=578    mean=378
(M=17-W=2)  mean=460    mean=402
(M=17-W=3)  mean=419    mean=381
(M=17-W=4)  mean=446    mean=394
(M=17-W=5)  mean=424    mean=422
(M=17-W=6)  mean=468    mean=369
(M=17-W=7)  mean=409    mean=401
(M=17-W=8)  mean=418    mean=405
(M=17-W=9)  mean=428    mean=414
(M=17-W=10) mean=459    mean=369
(M=17-W=11) mean=424    mean=387
(M=17-W=12) 

Pet*_*des 5

我的猜测:不同的Xeon Gold 6154芯片 (18c 36t) 具有不同的核心,因缺陷而被熔断,因此您固定的两个核心和/或您的缓存线最终所在的 L3 缓存切片之间有不同的网状网络路径映射到。这会影响这两个内核之间的内核间延迟。

根据 Wikichip 的说法,它基于 SKX 的“Extreme Core Count die” ,其上有 28 个物理核心,与基于同一芯片的Xeon Platinum 8176的核心数量相同。

因此,您的芯片上有 10 个核心被禁用,但可能是不同的 10 个。这可能意味着某些核心彼此之间的跳数更多(也许)?和/或这可能意味着核心以不同的顺序枚举,因此相同的硬编码核心编号意味着不同的网格位置。

https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/intel/mesh_interconnect_architecture


您的更新显示来自所有核心对的新数据。 对于大多数(但不是所有)对来说,似乎其中一个 CPU 速度较慢。(尽管如果您使用平均值而不丢弃异常值,我并不完全相信该数据。)这仍然可以通过不同的网格布局来解释,可能大多数核心之间的距离明显更差。

它是一个 2D 网格,大概反映了核心的物理布局。也许快速 CPU 的核心大多处于禁用状态,因此活动核心相当密集地排列在较小的网格中。但也许较慢的网格中更多“内部”核心存在缺陷。

我刚刚意识到慢速 CPU 有额外的md_clearCPU 功能标志。

根据https://software.intel.com/security-software-guidance/insights/deep-dive-intel-analysis-microarchitectural-data-sampling,该标志表示微代码支持通过指令md_clear进行 L1TF/微架构数据采样的解决方法verw, ETC。

也许较新的微代码版本还有另一个更改,该更改会损害该微基准测试(也许是整体性能)的性能。或者也许这是一个巧合。

来自更多具有较旧微代码与较新微代码的 Xeon Gold CPU 的更多数据可能会提供一些线索。如果即使具有相同的微代码,我们仍然看到 CPU 之间存在如此大的差异,这将支持我的假设,即这是物理核心被熔断以 28 核心芯片作为 18 工作核心 CPU 出售的结果。

此外,在基于较小芯片(例如启用所有 14 个内核的 14 核 HCC 芯片)的 Xeon 上进行测试可能会显示出更好的最坏情况对内核间延迟。可能需要控制不同的 RDTSC、turbo 和非核心频率,除非网格时钟与参考核心时钟成比例。


该解释根本不依赖于 AVX512。您是否看到标量载荷具有相同的效果?

此外,如果没有 ; ,一个小的时间差异可能会对一个人产生比另一个人更糟糕的影响_mm_pause;也许一个核心正在看到管道核武器(machine_clears.memory_ordering性能事件),而另一个核心却没有?

您的更新_mm_pause()主要排除了放大真实延迟的微小差异。不管原因是什么,差异似乎确实很大。


您的 CPU 足够新,可以安全地假设 TSC 在核心之间同步,并且可能两个核心都已经以最大睿频运行。(指定的 CPU 功能之一,constant_tscinvariant_tsc明确保证这一点,但我忘记了哪一个。另一个意味着无论核心时钟频率如何,它都会以固定的参考频率运行。 nonstop_tsc意味着当核心处于睡眠状态时它不会停止。)

(TL:DR:我认为你的微基准看起来很正常,并且你正在以合理的方式测量核心间延迟,没有巨大的测量误差。)


我应该怎么做才能解决这个问题?

你不能。

如果低核心间延迟对于某个应用程序至关重要,请尝试几种不同的 CPU,直到找到延迟低于平均水平的 CPU。

在 Xeon 上运行其他应用程序的延迟更差。

或者,如果我的假设正确,也许会获得基于高核心数芯片的 14 核 Xeon Gold。启用所有 14 个核心后,这应该是最好的情况。但那些 Xeon 只有 1 个 AVX512 FMA 单元。

哪个工具可以提供帮助?

如果只有少数线程需要紧密耦合,请在您拥有的 CPU 上找到彼此延迟最低的物理核心集群。将对延迟最敏感的线程固定到这些核心。

如果这适用于您的应用程序,可以考虑基于 4 个物理核心的 CCX 单元的 Zen 或 Zen2 微架构,该架构在该集群内具有低延迟,但跨集群的延迟明显更差。AMD 确实有一些多核芯片,但只有 Zen2 在其加载/存储和执行单元中具有完整的 256 位 SIMD 宽度。(它仍然不支持 AVX512,但如果您的应用程序可以大量使用 SIMD,那么至少全速 AVX2+FMA 可能是您想要的)。

我如何理解性能差异?

如果我的假设是正确的,那么它就是制造和销售的 CPU 的固有属性。英特尔设计了带有物理核心的芯片n。如果制造缺陷毁掉了其中一些核心,他们仍然可以将其作为较低核心数的 SKU 出售。(它们烧毁物理保险丝,因此禁用的核心不会浪费电力)。据推测,它的网格节点仍然必须工作,除非它们可以短路整个节点以收紧网格?

当产量高于最高核心数 SKU 的需求并以他们想要的价格出售时,他们将禁用芯片上的一些工作核心以及有缺陷的核心。但这通常是物理上的激光保险丝,而不仅仅是旧 GPU 中的固件,您有时可以破解固件来激活禁用的核心。所以你实际上对此无能为力。

购买芯片上所有核心都启用的芯片(例如“极限”核心数至强的 28 个核心)将意味着没有熔断核心。就核心间延迟的最坏情况对而言,这可能会给我们一些有趣的测试数据。

启用所有核心的较低核心数芯片也可能很有趣。 https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/Category:microprocessor_models_by_intel_based_on_skylake_high_core_count_die页面显示“高”核心数 (HCC) SKX 芯片有 14 个核心(ECC 芯片的一半)使用该芯片的顶级型号是Xeon Gold 5120,14c /28t 型号。(每个核心有 1 个 512 位 FMA 单元,而不是 2 个)。 英特尔方舟证实

如果 HCC 芯片每个核心只有 1 个 FMA 单元,我不会感到惊讶,这与包含额外端口 5 512 位 FMA 单元的 ECC 芯片不同。这将为英特尔销售的所有中档 SKU 节省芯片面积,而拥有第二个 FMA 单元仅对 AVX512 代码有帮助。很多代码没有使用 AVX512。(AVX2 和 AVX512 256 位 FMA 吞吐量在这些 CPU 上的端口 0/端口 1 上仍然是 2/时钟。)