Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 21:26:06 -0500 From: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS ARC and mmap/page cache coherency question Message-ID: <7e00af5a-86cd-25f8-a4c6-2d946b507409@denninger.net> In-Reply-To: <155b84da0aa.ad3af0e6139335.8627172617037605875@nextbsd.org> References: <20160630140625.3b4aece3@splash.akips.com> <CALXu0UfxRMnaamh%2Bpo5zp=iXdNUNuyj%2B7e_N1z8j46MtJmvyVA@mail.gmail.com> <20160703123004.74a7385a@splash.akips.com> <155afb8148f.c6f5294d33485.2952538647262141073@nextbsd.org> <45865ae6-18c9-ce9a-4a1e-6b2a8e44a8b2@denninger.net> <155b84da0aa.ad3af0e6139335.8627172617037605875@nextbsd.org>
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This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. --------------ms050507020202060509060304 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 7/4/2016 18:45, Matthew Macy wrote: > > > ---- On Sun, 03 Jul 2016 08:43:19 -0700 Karl Denninger <karl@denninger= =2Enet> wrote ----=20 > > =20 > > On 7/3/2016 02:45, Matthew Macy wrote:=20 > > > =20 > > > Cedric greatly overstates the intractability of resolv= ing it. Nonetheless, since the initial import very little has been done t= o improve integration, and I don't know of anyone who is up to the task t= aking an interest in it. Consequently, mmap() performance is likely "doom= ed" for the foreseeable future.-M---- =20 > > =20 > > Wellllll....=20 > > =20 > > I've done a fair bit of work here (see=20 > > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D187594) and the = > > political issues are at least as bad as the coding ones.=20 > > =20 > =20 > > Strictly speaking, the root of the problem is the ARC. Not ZFS per se. = Have you ever tried disabling MFU caching to see how much worse LRU only = is? I'm not really convinced the ARC's benefits justify its cost. > > -M > The ARC is very useful when it gets a hit as it avoid an I/O that would otherwise take place. Where it sucks is when the system evicts working set to preserve ARC.=20 That's always wrong in that you're trading a speculative I/O (if the cache is hit later) for a *guaranteed* one (to page out) and maybe *two* (to page back in.) --=20 Karl Denninger karl@denninger.net <mailto:karl@denninger.net> /The Market Ticker/ /[S/MIME encrypted email preferred]/ --------------ms050507020202060509060304 Content-Type: application/pkcs7-signature; name="smime.p7s" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smime.p7s" Content-Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature MIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAqCAMIACAQExDzANBglghkgBZQMEAgMFADCABgkqhkiG9w0BBwEAAKCC Bl8wggZbMIIEQ6ADAgECAgEpMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMIGQMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEQMA4G A1UECBMHRmxvcmlkYTESMBAGA1UEBxMJTmljZXZpbGxlMRkwFwYDVQQKExBDdWRhIFN5c3Rl bXMgTExDMRwwGgYDVQQDExNDdWRhIFN5c3RlbXMgTExDIENBMSIwIAYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFhND dWRhIFN5c3RlbXMgTExDIENBMB4XDTE1MDQyMTAyMjE1OVoXDTIwMDQxOTAyMjE1OVowWjEL MAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxEDAOBgNVBAgTB0Zsb3JpZGExGTAXBgNVBAoTEEN1ZGEgU3lzdGVtcyBM TEMxHjAcBgNVBAMTFUthcmwgRGVubmluZ2VyIChPQ1NQKTCCAiIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQAD ggIPADCCAgoCggIBALmEWPhAdphrWd4K5VTvE5pxL3blRQPyGF3ApjUjgtavqU1Y8pbI3Byg XDj2/Uz9Si8XVj/kNbKEjkRh5SsNvx3Fc0oQ1uVjyCq7zC/kctF7yLzQbvWnU4grAPZ3IuAp 3/fFxIVaXpxEdKmyZAVDhk9az+IgHH43rdJRIMzxJ5vqQMb+n2EjadVqiGPbtG9aZEImlq7f IYDTnKyToi23PAnkPwwT+q1IkI2DTvf2jzWrhLR5DTX0fUYC0nxlHWbjgpiapyJWtR7K2YQO aevQb/3vN9gSojT2h+cBem7QIj6U69rEYcEDvPyCMXEV9VcXdcmW42LSRsPvZcBHFkWAJqMZ Myiz4kumaP+s+cIDaXitR/szoqDKGSHM4CPAZV9Yh8asvxQL5uDxz5wvLPgS5yS8K/o7zDR5 vNkMCyfYQuR6PAJxVOk5Arqvj9lfP3JSVapwbr01CoWDBkpuJlKfpQIEeC/pcCBKknllbMYq yHBO2TipLyO5Ocd1nhN/nOsO+C+j31lQHfOMRZaPQykXVPWG5BbhWT7ttX4vy5hOW6yJgeT/ o3apynlp1cEavkQRS8uJHoQszF6KIrQMID/JfySWvVQ4ksnfzwB2lRomrdrwnQ4eG/HBS+0l eozwOJNDIBlAP+hLe8A5oWZgooIIK/SulUAsfI6Sgd8dTZTTYmlhAgMBAAGjgfQwgfEwNwYI KwYBBQUHAQEEKzApMCcGCCsGAQUFBzABhhtodHRwOi8vY3VkYXN5c3RlbXMubmV0Ojg4ODgw CQYDVR0TBAIwADARBglghkgBhvhCAQEEBAMCBaAwCwYDVR0PBAQDAgXgMCwGCWCGSAGG+EIB DQQfFh1PcGVuU1NMIEdlbmVyYXRlZCBDZXJ0aWZpY2F0ZTAdBgNVHQ4EFgQUxRyULenJaFwX RtT79aNmIB/u5VkwHwYDVR0jBBgwFoAUJHGbnYV9/N3dvbDKkpQDofrTbTUwHQYDVR0RBBYw FIESa2FybEBkZW5uaW5nZXIubmV0MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAA4ICAQBPf3cYtmKowmGIYsm6 eBinJu7QVWvxi1vqnBz3KE+HapqoIZS8/PolB/hwiY0UAE1RsjBJ7yEjihVRwummSBvkoOyf G30uPn4yg4vbJkR9lTz8d21fPshWETa6DBh2jx2Qf13LZpr3Pj2fTtlu6xMYKzg7cSDgd2bO sJGH/rcvva9Spkx5Vfq0RyOrYph9boshRN3D4tbWgBAcX9POdXCVfJONDxhfBuPHsJ6vEmPb An+XL5Yl26XYFPiODQ+Qbk44Ot1kt9s7oS3dVUrh92Qv0G3J3DF+Vt6C15nED+f+bk4gScu+ JHT7RjEmfa18GT8DcT//D1zEke1Ymhb41JH+GyZchDRWtjxsS5OBFMzrju7d264zJUFtX7iJ 3xvpKN7VcZKNtB6dLShj3v/XDsQVQWXmR/1YKWZ93C3LpRs2Y5nYdn6gEOpL/WfQFThtfnat HNc7fNs5vjotaYpBl5H8+VCautKbGOs219uQbhGZLYTv6okuKcY8W+4EJEtK0xB08vqr9Jd0 FS9MGjQE++GWo+5eQxFt6nUENHbVYnsr6bYPQsZH0CRNycgTG9MwY/UIXOf4W034UpR82TBG 1LiMsYfb8ahQJhs3wdf1nzipIjRwoZKT1vGXh/cj3gwSr64GfenURBxaFZA5O1acOZUjPrRT n3ci4McYW/0WVVA3lDGCBRMwggUPAgEBMIGWMIGQMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEQMA4GA1UECBMH RmxvcmlkYTESMBAGA1UEBxMJTmljZXZpbGxlMRkwFwYDVQQKExBDdWRhIFN5c3RlbXMgTExD MRwwGgYDVQQDExNDdWRhIFN5c3RlbXMgTExDIENBMSIwIAYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFhNDdWRhIFN5 c3RlbXMgTExDIENBAgEpMA0GCWCGSAFlAwQCAwUAoIICTTAYBgkqhkiG9w0BCQMxCwYJKoZI hvcNAQcBMBwGCSqGSIb3DQEJBTEPFw0xNjA3MDUwMjI2MDZaME8GCSqGSIb3DQEJBDFCBEB1 WHQWd/psHthhOmx/UBbTVc/rRuUJykgCh15FTom2W0LKTiXE9vmkdvRia04S+F+p55k/9neE 8y9/BNIXfflYMGwGCSqGSIb3DQEJDzFfMF0wCwYJYIZIAWUDBAEqMAsGCWCGSAFlAwQBAjAK BggqhkiG9w0DBzAOBggqhkiG9w0DAgICAIAwDQYIKoZIhvcNAwICAUAwBwYFKw4DAgcwDQYI KoZIhvcNAwICASgwgacGCSsGAQQBgjcQBDGBmTCBljCBkDELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxEDAOBgNV BAgTB0Zsb3JpZGExEjAQBgNVBAcTCU5pY2V2aWxsZTEZMBcGA1UEChMQQ3VkYSBTeXN0ZW1z IExMQzEcMBoGA1UEAxMTQ3VkYSBTeXN0ZW1zIExMQyBDQTEiMCAGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYTQ3Vk YSBTeXN0ZW1zIExMQyBDQQIBKTCBqQYLKoZIhvcNAQkQAgsxgZmggZYwgZAxCzAJBgNVBAYT AlVTMRAwDgYDVQQIEwdGbG9yaWRhMRIwEAYDVQQHEwlOaWNldmlsbGUxGTAXBgNVBAoTEEN1 ZGEgU3lzdGVtcyBMTEMxHDAaBgNVBAMTE0N1ZGEgU3lzdGVtcyBMTEMgQ0ExIjAgBgkqhkiG 9w0BCQEWE0N1ZGEgU3lzdGVtcyBMTEMgQ0ECASkwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQAEggIAXmPT56G/ zjai5XBUmaTMX9oWvJ8MVZbiI7QZkjTW9daqQKWw2zmCuzWn3LanfCeFahHiCnGjl+N+mmdg tcdM59FD0wG0zEgU84n4fk3A3IowIg7iijKPB7B5lIJ7rby2jZ0ZJalJDePhhZBQAUwhC17t OaJ5bVrC0qGkwZLbbUqRZwWaH0ADCLav41CrXyVq1JwN+AJcMnq650Hr9m8Jj39rHR1S4r42 fmFz2QGKlE5E9JcfnOWg/RJnMe2KrpMUbwTMVHihyVm60Gi3ovOu73tuawHTgE83Wk/kB02R GrFc844M9HQm5FZ/jsOk+XxeK925HoK7ifocSHILrGmX3TRb7DYE+QpUVBACtu0RupzB/c8Q GNNB4MzwJX33x0eAVqRodHqG59F5GKpQWka3/KYMHzInk8jokKd6uxsvrRJ4TzGfOLypYyw2 MJ+qAyw3zGfyJDRh+ii9K+H3F7sK2R+vOUD4n5DrGUUtRYR7udk0TKI5/QS0x37qW3GWepRh exSAeWBiJSwVKc8NoMDjNgDQPLUwuhL2k4hlPD9osFCXn78m4s/rHMPaxNgqrGmu8JNwRONL +fJsdHWC2BEHvVFv/BHaRo2Ku0ZBE70e4Wk9R7jqDL+lbqEyricLKbqpxRxC7PxmkOrX7xB+ rK9jJU0+bA6IOhqqwK5SzAEqXEMAAAAAAAA= --------------ms050507020202060509060304--
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