There are two aspects to the sequential access optimization: (1) read ahead
of pages that are expected to be accessed in the near future and (2) unmap
and cache behind of pages that are not expected to be accessed again. This
revision changes both aspects.
The read ahead optimization is now more effective. It starts with the same
initial read window as before, but arithmetically grows the window on
sequential page faults. This can yield increased read bandwidth. For
example, on one of my machines, a program using mmap() to read a file that
is several times larger than the machine's physical memory takes about 17%
less time to complete.
The unmap and cache behind optimization is now more selectively applied.
The read ahead window must grow to its maximum size before unmap and cache
behind is performed. This significantly reduces the number of times that
pages are unmapped and cached only to be reactivated a short time later.
The unmap and cache behind optimization now clears each page's referenced
flag. Previously, in the case of dirty pages, if the containing file was
still mapped at the time that the page daemon examined the dirty pages,
they would be reactivated.
From a stylistic standpoint, this revision also cleanly separates the
implementation of the read ahead and unmap/cache behind optimizations.
Glanced at: kib
MFC after: 2 weeks
ataraid(4) previously was present there and having GEOM RAID is convinient.
Unlike other classes GEOM RAID can be set up from BIOS before install and
users are expecting it to be detected automatically.
2703 add mechanism to report ZFS send progress
If the zfs send command is used with the -v flag, the amount of bytes
transmitted is reported in per second updates.
References:
https://www.illumos.org/issues/2703
Obtained from: illumos (issue #2703)
MFC after: 2 weeks
as possible when using more than one igb(4) adapter. This
means that queues will not be bound to the same CPUs if
there are more CPUs availble.
This is only applicable to a system that has multiple interfaces.
Obtained from: Yahoo! Inc.
MFC after: 3 days
Place the arguments at a fixed offset of 0x800 withing the argument area
(of size 0x1000). Allow variable size extended arguments first of which
should be a size of the extended arguments (including the size
parameter).
Consolidate all related definitions in a new i386/common/bootargs.h header.
Many thanks to jhb and bde for their guidance and reviews.
Reviewed by: jhb, bde
Approved by: jhb
MFC after: 1 month
controller to perform MDIO type accesses to a remote transceiver
using message pages defined through MRBE(multirate backplane
ethernet). It's used in blade systems(e.g Dell Blade m610) which
are connected to pass-through blades rather than traditional
switches.
This change directly manipulates firmware's mailboxes to control
remote PHY such that it does not use mii(4). Alternatively, as
David said, it could be implemented in brgphy(4) by creating a fake
PHY and let brgphy(4) do necessary mii accesses and bce(4) can
implement mailbox accesses based on the type of brgphy(4)'s mii
accesses. Personally, I think it would make brgphy(4) hard to
maintain since it would have to access many bce(4) registers in
brgphy(4). Given that there are users who are suffering from lack
of remote PHY support, it would be better to get working system
rather than waiting for complete/perfect implementation.
Tested by: Jan Winter ( jan.winter <> kantarmedia dot de )
Reviewed by: davidch (initial version)
MFC after: 2 weeks
64 bits platforms. Let rtld(1) decide if it needs to honor it
or not.
While here, fix a small bug in error reporting when asprintf(3)
returns an error.
Submitted by: kib
Reviewed by: kib (mentor)
MFC after: 1 week
TX and RX PCU stop/drain routines have been thoroughly debugged.
It's also very likely that I should add hooks back up to the
interface glue (if_ath_pci / if_ath_ahb) to do any relevant
bus flushes that are required. A WMAC DDR flush may be required
for the AR9130 SoC.
