From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 27 23:56:10 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ECE637B401 for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2003 23:56:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from stoneport.math.uic.edu (stoneport.math.uic.edu [131.193.178.160]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 58B2743FDF for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2003 23:56:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from djb-dsn-1056783400.79231@cr.yp.to) Received: (qmail 79232 invoked by uid 1017); 28 Jun 2003 06:56:40 -0000 Date: 28 Jun 2003 06:56:40 -0000 Message-ID: <20030628065640.79231.qmail@cr.yp.to> Automatic-Legal-Notices: See http://cr.yp.to/mailcopyright.html. From: "D. J. Bernstein" To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org References: <20030626025029.71392.qmail@cr.yp.to> <200306260515.h5Q5FhPF020045@bitblocks.com> <20030626212659.51367.qmail@cr.yp.to> <3EFB6B75.3000705@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: ten thousand small processes X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 06:56:10 -0000 Chuck Swiger writes: > If you'd like to implement your suggested changes, generate a patch > (preferably via 'diff -duw'), you may either submit it as a PR via the > 'send-pr' command, or you can post it to this list. It would be nice if > you performed some regression testing to confirm that your change works and > is beneficial not just for your specific circumstances, but for the general > case as well. Does FreeBSD have a suite of regression tests and speed tests, or would I have to make them up as I go along? ---D. J. Bernstein, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago