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The way in which virtual box ab(uses) memory can throw off the free memory calculation in arc_memory_throttle(). The result is the txg_sync thread will effectively spin waiting for memory to be released even though there's lots of memory on the system. To handle this case I'm adding a zfs_arc_memory_throttle_disable module option largely for virtual box users. Setting this option disables free memory checks which allows the txg_sync thread to make progress. By default this option is disabled to preserve the current behavior. However, because Linux supports direct memory reclaim it's doubtful throttling due to perceived memory pressure is ever a good idea. We should enable this option by default once we've done enough real world testing to convince ourselve there aren't any unexpected side effects. Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov> Closes #938
Native ZFS for Linux! ZFS is an advanced file system and volume manager which was originally developed for Solaris. It has been successfully ported to FreeBSD and now there is a functional Linux ZFS kernel port too. The port currently includes a fully functional and stable SPA, DMU, and ZVOL with a ZFS Posix Layer (ZPL) on the way!
$ ./configure
$ make pkg
To copy the kernel code inside your kernel source tree for builtin compilation:
$ ./configure --enable-linux-builtin --with-linux=/usr/src/linux-...
$ ./copy-builtin /usr/src/linux-...
Full documentation for building, configuring, and using ZFS can be found at: http://zfsonlinux.org