Intel MDS Mitigations Haswell Xeon

MDS / Zombie Load mitigation impact tests by Michael Larabel.

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May 22 2019
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Intel MDS Mitigations Haswell XeonOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Xeon E5-1680 v3 @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads)ASUS X99-A (3902 BIOS)Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon16384MB60GB Patriot TorcheVGA NVIDIA NVE7 1GBRealtek ALC1150VE228Intel I218-VUbuntu 18.044.18.0-20-generic (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.28.3X Server 1.20.1modesetting 1.20.14.3 Mesa 18.2.8GCC 7.4.0ext41920x1080ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionIntel MDS Mitigations Haswell Xeon BenchmarksSystem Logs- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v - CFQ / errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.3+7-Ubuntu-1ubuntu218.04.1)- Python 2.7.15rc1 + Python 3.6.7- E5-1680 v3: MDS Mitigated: KPTI + l1tf: Mitigation of PTE Inversion + mds: Mitigation of Clear buffers; SMT vulnerable + meltdown: Mitigation of PTI + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Full generic retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling - E5-1680 v3: MDS Vulnerable: KPTI + l1tf: Mitigation of PTE Inversion + mds: Vulnerable; SMT vulnerable + meltdown: Mitigation of PTI + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Full generic retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling

pgbench: Buffer Test - Normal Load - Read Writecompilebench: Initial Createbuild-llvm: Time To Compilebuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilemcperf: Sethackbench: 32 - Processpgbench: Buffer Test - Normal Load - Read Onlysockperf: Latency Under Loadgimp: unsharp-maskpostmark: Disk Transaction Performancebork: File Encryption Timesockperf: Latency Ping Pongsockperf: Throughputethr: TCP - Latency - 1stress-ng: System V Message Passingstress-ng: Context Switchingstress-ng: Socket Activitystress-ng: Semaphoresredis: SETethr: TCP - Latency - 32gimp: rotategimp: auto-levelsopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancemcperf: Getosbench: Create Threadsgimp: resizet-test1: 2glibc-bench: pthread_onceglibc-bench: ffsllglibc-bench: ffsosbench: Create Filesosbench: Memory Allocationsosbench: Launch Programsctx-clock: Context Switch TimeE5-1680 v3 MDS Mitigated MDS Vulnerable254833556696.9453033122.8015855424.3449.6453579.084.3942391920.037084539349341850203429392153708620.1426.0322.1212759639416.6911.9211.612.052.312.0515.3684.7231.261103251736255495.715488090.4716585422.6447.0057698.924.1546510419.279299319443249458883652852161258619.2924.6021.05127410292015.6011.089.761.882.141.8814.6983.6729.68546OpenBenchmarking.org

PostgreSQL pgbench

This is a simple benchmark of PostgreSQL using pgbench. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 10.3Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read WriteMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated5001000150020002500SE +/- 50.29, N = 15SE +/- 38.64, N = 15251725481. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O2 -lpgcommon -lpgport -lpq -lpthread -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm

Compile Bench

Compilebench tries to age a filesystem by simulating some of the disk IO common in creating, compiling, patching, stating and reading kernel trees. It indirectly measures how well filesystems can maintain directory locality as the disk fills up and directories age. This current test is setup to use the makej mode with 10 initial directories Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated80160240320400SE +/- 5.04, N = 15SE +/- 3.17, N = 3362335

Timed LLVM Compilation

This test times how long it takes to build the LLVM compiler. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1Time To CompileMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated120240360480600554566

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

This test times how long it takes to build the Linux kernel in a default configuration. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18Time To CompileMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated20406080100SE +/- 1.47, N = 3SE +/- 1.15, N = 595.7196.94

Memcached mcperf

This is a test of twmperf/mcperf with memcached. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgOperations Per Second, More Is BetterMemcached mcperf 1.5.10Method: SetMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated12K24K36K48K60KSE +/- 1162.80, N = 15SE +/- 1267.93, N = 1554880530331. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lm -rdynamic

Hackbench

This is a benchmark of Hackbench, a test of the Linux kernel scheduler. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterHackbenchCount: 32 - Type: ProcessMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated306090120150SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 390.47122.801. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread

PostgreSQL pgbench

This is a simple benchmark of PostgreSQL using pgbench. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 10.3Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read OnlyMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated40K80K120K160K200KSE +/- 406.46, N = 3SE +/- 303.90, N = 31658541585541. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O2 -lpgcommon -lpgport -lpq -lpthread -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm

Sockperf

This is a network socket API performance benchmark. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgusec, Fewer Is BetterSockperf 3.4Test: Latency Under LoadMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated612182430SE +/- 1.13, N = 20SE +/- 0.87, N = 2022.6424.341. (CXX) g++ options: --param -O3 -rdynamic -ldl -lpthread

GIMP

GIMP is an open-source image manipulaton program. This test profile will use the system-provided GIMP program otherwise on Windows relys upon a pre-packaged Windows binary from upstream GIMP.org. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGIMP 2.8.22Test: unsharp-maskMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated1122334455SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 347.0049.64

PostMark

This is a test of NetApp's PostMark benchmark designed to simulate small-file testing similar to the tasks endured by web and mail servers. This test profile will set PostMark to perform 25,000 transactions with 500 files simultaneously with the file sizes ranging between 5 and 512 kilobytes. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction PerformanceMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated12002400360048006000SE +/- 44.00, N = 3SE +/- 38.33, N = 3576953571. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Bork File Encrypter

Bork is a small, cross-platform file encryption utility. It is written in Java and designed to be included along with the files it encrypts for long-term storage. This test measures the amount of time it takes to encrypt a sample file. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBork File Encrypter 1.4File Encryption TimeMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated3691215SE +/- 0.27, N = 15SE +/- 0.15, N = 158.929.08

Sockperf

This is a network socket API performance benchmark. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgusec, Fewer Is BetterSockperf 3.4Test: Latency Ping PongMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated0.98781.97562.96343.95124.939SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.06, N = 254.154.391. (CXX) g++ options: --param -O3 -rdynamic -ldl -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgMessages Per Second, More Is BetterSockperf 3.4Test: ThroughputMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated100K200K300K400K500KSE +/- 5314.36, N = 25SE +/- 3479.11, N = 54651044239191. (CXX) g++ options: --param -O3 -rdynamic -ldl -lpthread

Ethr

Ethr is a cross-platform Golang-written network performance measurement tool developed by Microsoft that is capable of testing multiple protocols and different measurements. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMicroseconds, Fewer Is BetterEthr 2019-01-02Server Address: localhost - Protocol: TCP - Test: Latency - Threads: 1MDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated510152025SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 319.2720.03MIN: 15.76 / MAX: 43.62MIN: 16.17 / MAX: 46.57

Stress-NG

Stress-NG is a Linux stress tool developed by Colin King of Canonical. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgBogo Ops/s, More Is BetterStress-NG 0.07.26Test: System V Message PassingMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated2M4M6M8M10MSE +/- 6464.96, N = 3SE +/- 6619.31, N = 3929931970845391. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -std=gnu99 -lm -lcrypt -lrt -lpthread -lc

OpenBenchmarking.orgBogo Ops/s, More Is BetterStress-NG 0.07.26Test: Context SwitchingMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated900K1800K2700K3600K4500KSE +/- 73577.73, N = 3SE +/- 44873.87, N = 3443249434934181. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -std=gnu99 -lm -lcrypt -lrt -lpthread -lc

OpenBenchmarking.orgBogo Ops/s, More Is BetterStress-NG 0.07.26Test: Socket ActivityMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated13002600390052006500SE +/- 43.72, N = 3SE +/- 65.25, N = 3588850201. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -std=gnu99 -lm -lcrypt -lrt -lpthread -lc

OpenBenchmarking.orgBogo Ops/s, More Is BetterStress-NG 0.07.26Test: SemaphoresMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated800K1600K2400K3200K4000KSE +/- 4609.44, N = 3SE +/- 12163.61, N = 3365285234293921. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -std=gnu99 -lm -lcrypt -lrt -lpthread -lc

Redis

Redis is an open-source data structure server. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 4.0.8Test: SETMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated300K600K900K1200K1500KSE +/- 21068.93, N = 3SE +/- 36088.19, N = 12161258615370861. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -ldl -pthread

Ethr

Ethr is a cross-platform Golang-written network performance measurement tool developed by Microsoft that is capable of testing multiple protocols and different measurements. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMicroseconds, Fewer Is BetterEthr 2019-01-02Server Address: localhost - Protocol: TCP - Test: Latency - Threads: 32MDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated510152025SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 319.2920.14MIN: 15.75 / MAX: 44.01MIN: 16.53 / MAX: 46.01

GIMP

GIMP is an open-source image manipulaton program. This test profile will use the system-provided GIMP program otherwise on Windows relys upon a pre-packaged Windows binary from upstream GIMP.org. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGIMP 2.8.22Test: rotateMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated612182430SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 324.6026.03

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGIMP 2.8.22Test: auto-levelsMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated510152025SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 321.0522.12

OpenSSL

OpenSSL is an open-source toolkit that implements SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocols. This test measures the RSA 4096-bit performance of OpenSSL. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.1.1RSA 4096-bit PerformanceMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated30060090012001500SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3127412751. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

Memcached mcperf

This is a test of twmperf/mcperf with memcached. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgOperations Per Second, More Is BetterMemcached mcperf 1.5.10Method: GetMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated20K40K60K80K100KSE +/- 812.32, N = 3SE +/- 1055.98, N = 3102920963941. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lm -rdynamic

OSBench

OSBench is a collection of micro-benchmarks for measuring operating system primitives like time to create threads/processes, launching programs, creating files, and memory allocation. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgus Per Event, Fewer Is BetterOSBenchTest: Create ThreadsMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated48121620SE +/- 0.17, N = 15SE +/- 0.12, N = 315.6016.691. (CC) gcc options: -lm

GIMP

GIMP is an open-source image manipulaton program. This test profile will use the system-provided GIMP program otherwise on Windows relys upon a pre-packaged Windows binary from upstream GIMP.org. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGIMP 2.8.22Test: resizeMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated3691215SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 311.0811.92

t-test1

This is a test of t-test1 for basic memory allocator benchmarks. Note this test profile is currently very basic and the overall time does include the warmup time of the custom t-test1 compilation. Improvements welcome. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is Bettert-test1 2017-01-13Threads: 2MDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated3691215SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 39.7611.611. (CC) gcc options: -pthread

glibc bench

The GNU C Library project provides the core libraries for the GNU system and GNU/Linux systems, as well as many other systems that use Linux as the kernel. These libraries provide critical APIs including ISO C11, POSIX.1-2008, BSD, OS-specific APIs and more. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgnanoseconds, Fewer Is Betterglibc bench 1.0Benchmark: pthread_onceMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated0.46130.92261.38391.84522.3065SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31.882.05

OpenBenchmarking.orgnanoseconds, Fewer Is Betterglibc bench 1.0Benchmark: ffsllMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated0.51981.03961.55942.07922.599SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 32.142.31

OpenBenchmarking.orgnanoseconds, Fewer Is Betterglibc bench 1.0Benchmark: ffsMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated0.46130.92261.38391.84522.3065SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31.882.05

OSBench

OSBench is a collection of micro-benchmarks for measuring operating system primitives like time to create threads/processes, launching programs, creating files, and memory allocation. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgus Per Event, Fewer Is BetterOSBenchTest: Create FilesMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated48121620SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 314.6915.361. (CC) gcc options: -lm

OpenBenchmarking.orgNs Per Event, Fewer Is BetterOSBenchTest: Memory AllocationsMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated20406080100SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 383.6784.721. (CC) gcc options: -lm

OpenBenchmarking.orgus Per Event, Fewer Is BetterOSBenchTest: Launch ProgramsMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated714212835SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 329.6831.261. (CC) gcc options: -lm

ctx_clock

Ctx_clock is a simple test program to measure the context switch time in clock cycles. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgClocks, Fewer Is Betterctx_clockContext Switch TimeMDS VulnerableMDS Mitigated2004006008001000SE +/- 5.00, N = 35461103