From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 19 16:05:09 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C204051F; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:05:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alfred@ixsystems.com) Received: from mail.iXsystems.com (newknight.ixsystems.com [206.40.55.70]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9995127B1; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:05:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (mail.ixsystems.com [10.2.55.1]) by mail.iXsystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBC1A64967; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 09:05:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.iXsystems.com ([10.2.55.1]) by localhost (mail.ixsystems.com [10.2.55.1]) (maiad, port 10024) with ESMTP id 15999-04; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 09:05:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.242.161.58] (127.sub-174-240-2.myvzw.com [174.240.2.127]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.iXsystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6E91464955; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 09:05:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=ixsystems.com; s=newknight0; t=1376928305; bh=hV52Tozg84qBVa1TuYokWrEz2nXVckoFaxrMi934N9s=; h=References:In-Reply-To:Cc:From:Subject:Date:To; b=uNtx2bCC/3EJj2lFc71/c4y6qD+Whk2hb7Zo1EeFbeXJtTWjlbo1i19LKlQX1S2ID oXC+yol5XL7F/qhiH+4upefs6m15ttyoWFaPI3BVlfCJ0xivQOAhe2Y/QZA5OP/GRU S+Wg9uxOo76nWdmLVKi3Ye64sLs9tiCoCsBFJHmk= References: <51D90B9B.9080209@ixsystems.com> <51D92826.1070707@freebsd.org> <51D9B24B.8070303@ixsystems.com> <51DACE93.9050608@freebsd.org> <520DC77C.1070003@ixsystems.com> <520DE306.4080004@freebsd.org> <5211EAD0.1060404@freebsd.org> <19B7F957-EF1D-4452-986A-3F4C51CA647E@ixsystems.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <60A37C45-B4BA-4F25-8A43-F09FE0A44453@ixsystems.com> X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (10B329) From: Alfred Perlstein Subject: Re: status of autotuning freebsd for 9.2 Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 09:05:02 -0700 To: Outback Dingo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: "re@freebsd.org" , "stable@freebsd.org" , Andre Oppermann , "nonesuch@longcount.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:05:09 -0000 Performance is bad for large memory requirements period.=20 Vnodes and mbufs on a machine with 24gb ram is limited to the same amount as= a machine with less than 4GB ram.=20 This was fixed in head but not merged back in time.=20 This results in poor out of the box performance on 10gige and servers with h= igh vnode requirements. =20 Sent from my iPhone On Aug 19, 2013, at 7:30 AM, Outback Dingo wrote: >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Alfred Perlstein w= rote: >>=20 >>=20 >> On Aug 19, 2013, at 2:52 AM, Andre Oppermann wrote: >>=20 >> > On 16.08.2013 10:29, Andre Oppermann wrote: >> >> On 16.08.2013 08:32, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >> >>> Andre, I'm kind of bummed out this didn't make it into 9.2, I'm wonde= ring can I commit this to >> >>> 9-stable now? (or is it already in?) >> >> >> >> It didn't make it because there was only sparse feedback after the >> >> call for testers. There were a couple of replies that it is being >> >> tested but no statements either way if it was good or not. Hence >> >> I erred on the side of caution and refrained from committing it. >> > >> > Revisiting the history of this after vacation absence actually shows >> > that we straddled the release code freeze deadline and you had provided= >> > good testing feedback. However the MFC got rejected by RE on the fear >> > of introducing unknown regressions into the release process. >> > >> >>> Would you do the honors? >> >> >> >> Yes, will do later today. >> > >> > Committed to stable/9 as r254515. >> > >> > Let me know if there are any issues. >>=20 >> Thanks Andre. >>=20 >> Maybe we can do a point release/patch release with this in a few weeks f= or 9.2.1 or 9.2p1 because 9.2 out of the box performance is abysmal not only= in networking but also disk as maxvnodes is clipped way too small even with= plenty of ram. >=20 > So your saying, 9.2-RELEASE performance suffers degradation against say 9.= 1 ?? are you referring to with this patch enabled? or just in general 9.2-RE= LEASE > =20 >> > >> > -- >> > Andre >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"= >=20