#9221: (super!) linear slowdown of parallel builds on 40 core machine -------------------------+------------------------------------------------- Reporter: | Owner: carter | Status: new Type: bug | Milestone: Priority: high | Version: 7.8.2 Component: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Compiler | Type of failure: Compile-time performance bug Keywords: | Test Case: Architecture: | Blocking: Unknown/Multiple | Difficulty: | Unknown | Blocked By: | Related Tickets: | -------------------------+------------------------------------------------- im seeing slowdowns in parallel builds of a (simple!!) 6 module project when I build it on a 40 core server i'm using for work. for any given ghc invocation with -jn, once n>10, i start to see a super linear slow down as a function of n heres some basic numbers at -j1 0m2.693s at -j4 0m2.507s at -j10 0m2.763s at -j25 0m12.634s at -j30 : 0m39.154s at -j40 : 0m57.511s at -j60 : 2m21.821s these timings are another 2-4x worse if ghc is invoked indirectly via cabal-install / setup.hs according to the linux utility latencytop, 100% of ghc's cpu time was spent on user-space lock contention when I did the -j40 invocation. the timing in the -j40 case stayed the same even when ghc was also passed -O0 (and -fforce-recomp to ensure it did the same ) a bit of experimentation makes me believe that in *ANY* cabalized project on a 40 core machine will exhibit this perf issue. cabal clean ; cabal configure --ghc-options="-j" ; cabal build -j1 should be enough to trigger the lock contention. That said, I'll try to cook up a minimal repro that i can share the source for post haste. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9221 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler