| To: | linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx |
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| Subject: | Re: TAKE 904196 - update split patches |
| From: | Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Mon, 9 Aug 2004 17:27:41 +1000 |
| In-reply-to: | <20040809062510.GA23859@plato.local.lan> |
| References: | <200408090421.i794LHJ12766@chook.melbourne.sgi.com> <20040809062510.GA23859@plato.local.lan> |
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Hi Ethan, On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 10:25:10PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 02:21:17PM +1000, Nathan Scott wrote: > > ... > > Modid: 2.4.x-xfs:linux:176622a > > split-patches/series - 1.8 > > split-patches/rwsem-backport - 1.2 > > split-patches/downgrade_write-backport - 1.2 > > how important are these particular patches? is there any serious > issue with using 2.4.27 mainline? They improve mrlock scalability at large CPU counts. Starts to get noticable at >16 CPUs and only for certain workloads where specific locks become highly contended. So, not important at all for most folks. cheers. -- Nathan |
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