Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 10:10:01 +1100 From: Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au> To: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems reclaiming VM cache = XFree86 startup annoyance Message-ID: <200312212310.KAA04764@lightning.itga.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat, 20 Dec 2003 22:32:22 -0500.
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paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu said: > Not being a Python programmer, I don't know exactly how BitTorrent is > accessing the files (e.g., using mmap), I'm no Matt Dillon when it comes to kernel guts, but I suspect if the system is saturating the disk, mmap() vs open()/read() is not going to make any difference. They all wind up at the same underlying VM machinery and banging on the same overloaded disk.
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