From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 16 16:30:40 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EC401065673; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:30:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lacombar@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71C908FC22; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:30:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbdr11 with SMTP id dr11so6371922wgb.31 for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:30:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=5/cArYsjdM6kpusmLhCLeswP/2xGAu77ztNND69nTLs=; b=PLWlgjxgUj4kZvi0O0YfJbWBPqKffMuhFMOXqlT9zWuqrux+rmkjgcD26fVJkmebT3 Qvs9INeAkBQkOEgz9cfkrXU7LXV3mxsNEgYoaQDd6tU+o0LY045iiUve5J6+cMhjHKaQ b/1lP1Yp3Og7LTlFa8v24s7g6A5XM9/f9AdGw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.139.96 with SMTP id b74mr923397wej.10.1324053038541; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:30:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.180.99.226 with HTTP; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:30:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4EE1EAFE.3070408@m5p.com> <4EE2AE64.9060802@m5p.com> <4EE88343.2050302@m5p.com> <4EE933C6.4020209@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <20111215024249.GA13557@icarus.home.lan> <4EE9A2A0.80607@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:30:38 -0500 Message-ID: From: Arnaud Lacombe To: Attilio Rao Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List , freebsd-performance@freebsd.org, Current FreeBSD , "O. Hartmann" , Jeremy Chadwick Subject: Re: Benchmark (Phoronix): FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 vs. Oracle Linux 6.1 Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:30:40 -0000 Hi, [resend on the ml, my bad] On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 5:54 AM, Attilio Rao wrote: > 2011/12/16 Arnaud Lacombe : >> Hi, >> >> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 2:32 AM, O. Hartmann >> wrote: >>> Just saw this shot benchmark on Phoronix dot com today: >>> >>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=3Dnews_item&px=3DMTAyNzA >>> >> it might be worth highlighting that despite Oracle Linux 6.1 Server is >> using a kernel + compiler almost 2 years old, it still manages to >> out-perform the bleeding edge FreeBSD :-) >> >> Now, from what I've read so far in this thread, it seems that a lot of >> people are still in abnegation... >> >> my 0.2c, >> =A0- Arnaud > > Said by someone which really thinks passing __FILE__ and __LINE__ to > kernel function is going to give a mesaurable performance penalty is > really hilarious however :) > You are right, the rest of the kernel's subsystem are so sluggish, fragile and half baked that this would barely improve anything... That will be my last word in this thread. - Arnaud