From owner-freebsd-current Tue Nov 3 14:38:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA25192 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 14:38:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from baerenklau.de.freebsd.org (baerenklau.de.freebsd.org [195.185.195.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA25183 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 14:38:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from w@panke.de.freebsd.org) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by baerenklau.de.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id XAA19065; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 23:38:24 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from w@panke.de.freebsd.org) Received: (from w@localhost) by campa.panke.de.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA10957; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 20:41:00 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from w) Message-ID: <19981103204058.A10945@panke.de.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 20:40:59 +0100 From: Wolfram Schneider To: dg@root.com, "William S. Duncanson" Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Err...something fishy going on in top. References: <4.1.19981102235947.052f0100@fire.starkreality.com> <199811030905.BAA13428@implode.root.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.1i In-Reply-To: <199811030905.BAA13428@implode.root.com>; from David Greenman on Tue, Nov 03, 1998 at 01:05:58AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 1998-11-03 01:05:58 -0800, David Greenman wrote: > between depending on their priority. A change was made recently so that > cached file pages are always put onto the inactive queue rather than just > some of the time (they previously would also be put onto the cache queue). > This actually improves performance because it keeps the pages better LRU > sorted. When memory becomes short, the pagedaemon will move the pages to > the cache queue (and then to the free queue) as needed. This will not > significantly increase CPU usage and will increase overall system > performance by a measurable amount. Make world is now a little bit faster on my machine, from in average 95 min real time down to 93 min real time. user and system time did not changed. Wolfram To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message