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The issue is that cv_timedwait() sleeps uninterruptibly to block signals and avoid waking up early. Under Linux this counts against the load average keeping it artificially high. This change allows the arc to sleep interruptibly which mean it may be woken up early due to a signal. Normally this means some extra care must be taken to handle a potential signal. But for the arcs usage of cv_timedwait() there is no harm in waking up before the timeout expires so no extra handling is required.
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
Full documentation for building, configuring, and using ZFS can be found at: http://zfsonlinux.org