set improves performance and fixes the following problems (description
from John Dyson):
1. Growing swap space problem in both static usage and
in situations with lots of fork/execs in heavy paging
situations.
2. Sparse swap space allocation (internal fragmentation.)
3. General swap_pager slowness.
Additionally, the new swap_pager also provides hooks for multi-page
I/O that is currently being developed (in early testing phases.)
Problem #1 is a result of a problem where objects cannot be collapsed
once a pager has been allocated for them. This problem has been solved
by relaxing the restriction by allowing the pages contained in a shadow
object's pager be copied to the parent object's pager. The copy is
afforded by manipulating pointers to the disk blocks on the swap space.
Since an improved swap_pager has already been developed with the data
structures to support the copy operation, this new swap_pager has been
introduced. Also, shadow object bypass in the collapse code has been
enhanced to support checking for pages on disk. The vm_pageout daemon
has also been modified to defer creation of an object's pager when the
object's shadow is paging. This allows efficient immediate collapsing
of a shadow into a parent object under many circumstances without the
creation of an intermediate pager.
Problem #2 is solved by the allocation data structures and algorithms
in the new swap_pager. Additionally, a newer version of this new swap_pager
is being tested that permits multiple page I/O and mitigation of the
fragmentation problems associated with allocation of large contiguous blocks
of swap space.
Problem #3 is addressed by better algorithms and a fix of a couple of bugs
in the swap_pager. Additionally, this new pager has a growth path allowing
multi-page inputs from disk. Approximately 50% performance improvement can
be expected under certain circumstances when using this pager in the standard
single page mode.
(Actually, I've seen more like twice the speed in my tests. -DLG)
are used or not.
Add .verions to the CLEANFILES+= on those Makefiles that create a version.c
file.
Remove reference to nonexistent file ref_omega.c in one Makefile.
Fix copy of authdes.c.expot so that it works with or without obj directories.
No compiles both with and without obj directories.
can actually write a sane netif device to support one of these. Note that it
was necessary to steal a netisr bit from another protocol; I took the one for
PF_DATAKIT (no great loss).
a binary link-kit. Make all non-optional options (pagers, procfs) standard,
and update LINT to reflect new symtab requirements.
NB: -Wtraditional will henceforth be forgotten. This editing pass was
primarily intended to detect any constructions where the old code might
have been relying on traditional C semantics or syntax. These were all
fixed, and the result of fixing some of them means that -Wall is now a
realistic possibility within a few weeks.
Entries for 800 and 820 fixed.
From vak@kiae.su:
incorporate Joerg Wunsch formatting code
correct handle timeouted operations
fixed entry for 720 media
GAP values changed suitable for possible format code addition.
Read/write GAP always 2 now.
Interleave parameter added for possible format code addition.
Many logical formats added.
720K physical drive added.
Problems: still can't read 720..820 media in 1.44 drive.
800K in HD 5.25in (maximum for DD diskettes)
1.44M in HD 5.25in (for easy distributions)
1.46M in HD 5.25in (maximum for 5.25)
Some cosmetique changes.
