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Date:      Mon, 11 Dec 2017 18:03:36 +0700
From:      Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>
To:        Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
Cc:        Conrad Meyer <cem@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r326758 - in head/sys/i386: conf include
Message-ID:  <5A2E6608.5090205@grosbein.net>
In-Reply-To: <20171211105242.GH2272@kib.kiev.ua>
References:  <201712110432.vBB4WbnE021090@repo.freebsd.org> <20171211091943.GF2272@kib.kiev.ua> <5A2E5D44.9030904@grosbein.net> <20171211105242.GH2272@kib.kiev.ua>

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On 11.12.2017 17:52, Konstantin Belousov wrote:

>> I still wonder if there is really such load pattern that creates "enough threads"
>> for i386 to make 4-pages stack troublesome.
> Yes, there is such load pattern, it is when you do create threads. Your
> load, as described, is static. Peter' stress2 includes some tests which
> will highlight the change.
> 
> I am quite impressed by your ability to make generalization from single data
> point.  Moving issues around because you care about your load, and do not
> care about other usage patterns, is certainly the way to go.

I do not try to contradict other usage patterns. In fact, I'm eager to know
a practical example of such pattern: a task, an application, anything real?

I already know how to bring FreeBSD down to its kneels using stress tests
but that's not what I'm looking for in this case of kstack_pages.





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