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Fixing the vm or merging rmap into the official tree?

DISCUSSION Martin Knoblauch 1 participant 1 message Jan 11, 2002

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Fixing the vm or merging rmap into the official tree?

From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk ([email protected])
Date: Thu Jan 10 2002 - 04:55:39 EST

Hi all

After weeks of testing, knocking my head against all sorts of objects, trying out other potential OSes etc. etc. ad. infinitum, I got the hint of using the rmap patch to fix my problems with reading multiple large files at once (see prevois thread with subject "[BUG] Error reading multiple large files").

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Will this problem be addressed in 2.4 or perhaps 2.[56] ?

My testing shows that the current vm can't handle high/non-standards load efficiently. Isn't this something that clearly should be addressed?

Just my 2 EURO-ct on this. The VM in 2.4.x mainline is definitely
broken for a lot of loads, especially under high memory stress. This needs to be adressed and fixed ASAP. An I think most people here agree.

Now, the question is what is the correct fix. There is Andreas´s stuff,
which fixes some scenarios. There is Rick's stuff which fixes others. There is even the small few liner patch to vmscan.c by M.v.Leuwen, which fixes/reduces the swapout problem for *my* situation.

But frankly speaking, I personally don't care which solution goes in,
but it should be done quick. Patching up mainline every time just to get decent VM behaviour is unacceptable for serious use.

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roy

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Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk, MCSE, MCNE, CLS, LCA

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poor guy :-)

Martin

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