Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 11:50:23 -0800 (PST) From: Alan Cox <alc@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_param.c sys_pipe.c src/sys/sys pipe.h Message-ID: <200403271950.i2RJoN9P033780@repoman.freebsd.org>
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alc 2004/03/27 11:50:23 PST
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Modified files:
sys/kern subr_param.c sys_pipe.c
sys/sys pipe.h
Log:
Revise the direct or optimized case to use uiomove_fromphys() by the reader
instead of ephemeral mappings using pmap_qenter() by the writer. The
writer is still, however, responsible for wiring the pages, just not
mapping them. Consequently, the allocation of KVA for the direct case is
unnecessary. Remove it and the sysctls limiting it, i.e.,
kern.ipc.maxpipekvawired and kern.ipc.amountpipekvawired. The number
of temporarily wired pages is still, however, limited by
kern.ipc.maxpipekva.
Note: On platforms lacking a direct virtual-to-physical mapping,
uiomove_fromphys() uses sf_bufs to cache ephemeral mappings. Thus,
the number of available sf_bufs can influence the performance of pipes
on platforms such i386. Surprisingly, I saw the greatest gain from this
change on such a machine: lmbench's pipe bandwidth result increased from
~1050MB/s to ~1850MB/s on my 2.4GHz, 400MHz FSB P4 Xeon.
Revision Changes Path
1.62 +1 -6 src/sys/kern/subr_param.c
1.171 +18 -60 src/sys/kern/sys_pipe.c
1.27 +0 -2 src/sys/sys/pipe.h
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