Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:33:58 +0100 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Rong-en Fan <grafan@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysconf(3) extensions. Message-ID: <20061214143358.GB1729@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <6eb82e0612131702o178bc054qdebf0b3e69a74534@mail.gmail.com> References: <20061101190606.GQ15861@garage.freebsd.pl> <20061101192457.GA56970@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <20061101194618.GT15861@garage.freebsd.pl> <20061101195952.GB56970@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <20061101202252.GX15861@garage.freebsd.pl> <6eb82e0612131702o178bc054qdebf0b3e69a74534@mail.gmail.com>
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--s/l3CgOIzMHHjg/5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 09:02:40AM +0800, Rong-en Fan wrote: > On 11/2/06, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@freebsd.org> wrote: > >On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 01:59:52PM -0600, Brooks Davis wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 08:46:18PM +0100, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > >> > On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 01:24:57PM -0600, Brooks Davis wrote: > >> > > On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 08:06:06PM +0100, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrot= e: > >> > > > Hi. > >> > > > > >> > > > I'd like to add two non-standard value to the sysconf(3) functio= ns, > >> > > > which can be found in both Solaris and Linux: _SC_PHYS_PAGES and > >> > > > _SC_AVPHYS_PAGES. > >> > > > > >> > > > The patch is here: > >> > > > > >> > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~pjd/patches/sysconf.patch > >> > > > > >> > > > Can someone review it? Thanks. > >> > > > >> > > What are they for? My concern is that _SC_AVPHYS_PAGES isn't goin= g to > >> > > semantically match other platforms since in a steady state the fre= e count > >> > > is small on FreeBSD, but on other systems it swings quite a bit ba= sed on > >> > > load. > >> > > >> > _SC_PHYS_PAGES is used by libzpool (a part of the ZFS file system). > >> > _SC_AVPHYS_PAGES I used more for completness. > >> > >> OK. I'd be somewhat inclined to leave _SC_AVPHYS_PAGES out in that > >> case, but I don't feel strongly about it. > > > >I've no opinion, I can remove it. >=20 > What's the status of _SC_PHYS_PAGES? I'm porting mbuffer [1], which > uses _SC_PHYS_PAGES. I just committed it to HEAD. --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl pjd@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --s/l3CgOIzMHHjg/5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFgWDWForvXbEpPzQRAolSAJ93dPki0X9Ood/ZKIPRV+QensLXHACg488v 5eMnSkzeKDPSGb5qMMpQcoI= =SAHI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --s/l3CgOIzMHHjg/5--
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