Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:25:54 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Jeff Wheelhouse <jdw@wheelhouse.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Major SMP problems with lstat/namei Message-ID: <48DAA252.2050406@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <BB3B0E55-9B43-4DB8-8954-C18FF0D29C35@wheelhouse.org> References: <8185F68B-C443-4891-BEC2-5E3D453DDC93@wheelhouse.org> <gbd3pu$i3l$1@ger.gmane.org> <BB3B0E55-9B43-4DB8-8954-C18FF0D29C35@wheelhouse.org>
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Jeff Wheelhouse wrote: > > On Sep 24, 2008, at 6:12 AM, Ivan Voras wrote: >> There is nothing that can be done within the 6.x branch. 7.x contains >> many improvements but I think only 8.x will directly change the lockmgr >> and the namei cache. The best things you can try right now is to use >> 7-STABLE (or soon to be released 7.1; you might need tuning with >> 7.0-RELEASE) or try 8-CURRENT (it's quite stable). > > Really? Nothing? > > We get lockmgr-related panics on FreeBSD 7.0, as detailed elsewhere on > this list. > > Stability issues aside, what else would we need to tune on 7.0, besides > enabling the ULE scheduler, and how much benefit would we really get? > > These servers are in production, so 8-CURRENT is not an option. I've > already had my knuckles rapped by a customer for trying 7.1-PRERELEASE > on one of their machines. You are supposed to edit the uname info back to 7.0 before installing experimental 7.1 systems! Didn't you get the memo? > > Thanks, > Jeff > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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