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Date:      Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:45:33 +0400
From:      Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru>
To:        "K. Macy" <kmacy@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-performance@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pmap and mtx scalability problem
Message-ID:  <20120424204533.GS32749@zxy.spb.ru>
In-Reply-To: <CAHM0Q_Pso4iFXt5afBSxxK2kywm=dpm_2W29EUosJtc0XDkR_g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:43:08PM +0200, K. Macy wrote:

> No. I developed a patch from Jeffr that pushed the vm_page_lock array
> down in to the machine dependent code, replacing most of the uses of
> the single vm_page_queue_lock. However, alc doesn't like the design
> and has not proposed an alternative.

can i test this?

> -Kip
> 
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru> wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 09:27:30PM +0200, K. Macy wrote:
> >
> >> Known problem. There is an open disagreement about how to improve the
> >> granularity of locking in pmap.
> >
> > split locking to process-specific information and global information?
> > use lock-free lists (i see TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL in pmap_enter)?
> >
> > sorry for stupidity, if any.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> š š?The real damage is done by those millions who want to 'get by.'
> The ordinary men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don?t
> want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves.
> Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won?t take measure of
> their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those
> who don?t like to make waves?or enemies.
> 
> š šThose for whom freedom, honour, truth, and principles are only
> literature. Those who live small, love small, die small. It?s the
> reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you?ll keep it
> under control. If you don?t make any noise, the bogeyman won?t find
> you.
> 
> š šBut it?s all an illusion, because they die too, those people who
> roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe. Safe?!
> >From what? Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to
> the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out
> just like a flaming torch does.
> 
> š šI choose my own way to burn.?
> 
> š šSophie Scholl



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