Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 22:10:04 +0000 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Cc: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD belly up with big config Message-ID: <20000807221004.U24886@hand.dotat.at> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1000807170600.3282A-100000@fledge.watson.org> References: <200008051708.NAA00486@etinc.com> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1000807170600.3282A-100000@fledge.watson.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> wrote: > >I'd made some similar observations about the current lack of scalability >both in management of (struct ifnet) chains, and mountpoints in the file >system. When I had a brief look at the way mount points are handled I concluded that most of the time they were found via the vnode tree which is independent of the number of mounted filesystems. The list of mountpoints is only scanned rarely, when you are doing heavy stuff like mounting or unmounting a filesystem. Tony. -- en oeccget g mtcaa f.a.n.finch v spdlkishrhtewe y dot@dotat.at eatp o v eiti i d. fanf@covalent.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20000807221004.U24886>