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Subject: Re: ZFS arc_reclaim_needed: better cooperation with pagedaemon
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On 08/23/2010 03:28, Artem Belevich wrote:
> Can anyone test the patch on a system with mix of UFS/ZFS filesystems
> and see if the change mitigates or solves the issue with inactive
> memory excessively backpressuring ARC.

I have a system currently patched up to ZFSv15 and mm@'s metaslab patch
running that I can test this on. Throw me a patch and some specific
tests and I can have the results back to you in the next 2 days.

Regards,

-- 

 jhell,v