Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 22:50:37 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Bob Van Valzah <Bob@Talarian.Com> Cc: Jorge Aldana <jorge@salk.edu>, Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>, smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Performance vs. Stable Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020226224905.38595O-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <1014781427.15635.10.camel@Relent.Bob.WhiteBarn.Com>
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On 26 Feb 2002, Bob Van Valzah wrote: > I'm surprised by the results here. (Maybe I'm misinterpreting them?) It > looks like -CURRENT is over 6x faster than -STABLE on null system calls. > Forks and mmap seem about 2x faster but context switches are slower. > > It's interesting to note that WITNESS and friends slowed down null > system calls by 11x and other kernel operations by about 3-5x. What is the 'null system call'? Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project robert@fledge.watson.org NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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