Re: TAKE 904196 - update split patches

[Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxx>]

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