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Date:      Mon, 1 Sep 2008 05:48:34 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Wes Morgan <morganw@chemikals.org>
To:        John Birrell <jb@what-creek.com>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ZFS performance issues (solved?!)
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.1.10.0809010539210.52681@ibyngvyr.purzvxnyf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <20080901021528.GB56694@what-creek.com>
References:  <20080901021528.GB56694@what-creek.com>

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On Mon, 1 Sep 2008, John Birrell wrote:

> For those people experiencing a performance degradation since the DTrace 
> import, please update your copy of 
> src/sys/cddl/compat/opensolaris/kern/opensolaris_kmem.c by either cvsup 
> of direct edit to remove "#define KMEM_DEBUG".
>
> You only need to rebuild the opensolaris kernel module after this 
> change. The code is shared between ZFS and DTrace via the opensolaris 
> kernel module.
>
> This is also the reason why you found it necessary to add KDB, DDB and 
> STACK to your kernel. After removing KMEM_DEBUG, you won't need those.
>
> Please confirm that this solves the problem you have been seeing.

8 or so hours later and everything is good here.

One other suggestion, the "opensolaris" module that is now required for 
zfs is not mentioned anywhere in UPDATING. Users of "MODULES_OVERRIDE" 
will likely find themselves with a system that will not boot without 
manual intervention, sometimes even requiring a live cd. A headsup or 
warning would probably be appreciated by other zfs'ers.



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