From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 22 14:31:37 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 544A616A4CE for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:31:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from avout3.midco.net (avout3.midco.net [24.220.0.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C626543D54 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:31:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pmes@bis.midco.net) Received: (qmail 23350 invoked by uid 1009); 22 Nov 2004 14:31:36 -0000 Received: from pmes@bis.midco.net by avout3 by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.22 (f-prot: 4.4.2/3.14.11. Clear:RC:1(24.220.219.219):. Processed in 0.011838 secs); 22 Nov 2004 14:31:36 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: pmes@bis.midco.net via avout3 X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.22 (Clear:RC:1(24.220.219.219):. Processed in 0.011838 secs) Received: from host-219-219-220-24.midco.net (HELO [24.220.219.219]) ([24.220.219.219]) (envelope-sender ) by avout3.midco.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 22 Nov 2004 14:31:36 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20041122141552.GC960@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> References: <20041120000743.G18094@mail.chesapeake.net> <41A1C3BD.4010903@fer.hr> <20041122064318.Y18094@mail.chesapeake.net> <20041122141552.GC960@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <3457D9D4-3C93-11D9-BAB4-000D936BE398@bis.midco.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Peter Schultz Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 08:31:32 -0600 To: Jeremie Le Hen X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) cc: Jeff Roberson cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Giantless VFS. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:31:37 -0000 On Nov 22, 2004, at 8:15 AM, Jeremie Le Hen wrote: >> I haven't received any feedback from the list though. I hope people >> are >> testing it. Perhaps the silence indicates universal success? :-) > > Would it be interesting to try your patch on a UP system ? To > anticipate an hypotetical affirmative answer, I'm already recompiling > my > UP kernel with it. > > Reducing contention over the kernel is beneficial for any number of processors. Pete...