Re: [PATCH] Fixing address space lock contention in 2.6.11

2005-03-03 Thread Andrew Morton
Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Peter Chubb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > As part of the Gelato scalability focus group, we've been running > > OSDL's Re-AIM7 benchmark with an I/O intensive load with varying > > numbers of processors. The current kernel shows

Re: [PATCH] Fixing address space lock contention in 2.6.11

2005-03-03 Thread Andrew Morton
Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter Chubb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, As part of the Gelato scalability focus group, we've been running OSDL's Re-AIM7 benchmark with an I/O intensive load with varying numbers of processors. The current kernel shows severe contention

Re: [PATCH] Fixing address space lock contention in 2.6.11

2005-03-02 Thread Andrew Morton
Peter Chubb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > As part of the Gelato scalability focus group, we've been running > OSDL's Re-AIM7 benchmark with an I/O intensive load with varying > numbers of processors. The current kernel shows severe contention on > the tree_lock in the address

Re: [PATCH] Fixing address space lock contention in 2.6.11

2005-03-02 Thread Peter Chubb
Sorry, forgot the `signed-off-by'... Signed-off-by: Peter Chubb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au The technical we do immediately, the political takes *forever* - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

[PATCH] Fixing address space lock contention in 2.6.11

2005-03-02 Thread Peter Chubb
Hi, As part of the Gelato scalability focus group, we've been running OSDL's Re-AIM7 benchmark with an I/O intensive load with varying numbers of processors. The current kernel shows severe contention on the tree_lock in the address space structure when running on tmpfs or ext2 on a RAM

[PATCH] Fixing address space lock contention in 2.6.11

2005-03-02 Thread Peter Chubb
Hi, As part of the Gelato scalability focus group, we've been running OSDL's Re-AIM7 benchmark with an I/O intensive load with varying numbers of processors. The current kernel shows severe contention on the tree_lock in the address space structure when running on tmpfs or ext2 on a RAM

Re: [PATCH] Fixing address space lock contention in 2.6.11

2005-03-02 Thread Peter Chubb
Sorry, forgot the `signed-off-by'... Signed-off-by: Peter Chubb [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au The technical we do immediately, the political takes *forever* - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe

Re: [PATCH] Fixing address space lock contention in 2.6.11

2005-03-02 Thread Andrew Morton
Peter Chubb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, As part of the Gelato scalability focus group, we've been running OSDL's Re-AIM7 benchmark with an I/O intensive load with varying numbers of processors. The current kernel shows severe contention on the tree_lock in the address space