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Date:      Mon, 17 Nov 2003 12:55:53 -0800 (PST)
From:      Don Lewis <truckman@FreeBSD.org>
To:        kmarx@vicor.com
Cc:        mckusick@beastie.mckusick.com
Subject:   Re: 4.8 ffs_dirpref problem
Message-ID:  <200311172055.hAHKtreF088763@gw.catspoiler.org>
In-Reply-To: <3FB911D8.5080300@vicor.com>

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On 17 Nov, Ken Marx wrote:
> 
> Don Lewis wrote:

>> Since I probably won't have time to get anything different tested before
>> the -CURRENT code freeze, do you have any objections if I just MFC the
>> code that I previously committed to -CURRENT?  It certainly seems to
>> perform better than the original code which is still in 4-STABLE.

> Don, any fine points you put on our corse level of testing here
> are fine with us. I belive any of the versions you suggest will
> keep us well out of the crippling behavior that originally brought
> this up.

Ok, I'll do the commit as soon as I can do some testing on my -STABLE
box.

> I was able to run a couple more tests here, and *belive* that the
> fix to the hash table in vfs_bio.c will provide some relief
> for cg block searches when things do fall into the linear search case.

I'll see about cranking out patch to use a Fibonacci hash.  It'll
probably be a little while before I can find sufficient time, though.



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