Re: [PATCH] Remove BKL from NFS read/write code + SunRPC...

[Trond Myklebust]

>>>>> " " == Dave Hansen <[e-mail]> writes:

     > Trond Myklebust wrote:
    >> The following patch strongly reduces BKL contention within the
    >> NFS read/write code, and within the generic RPC layer.

     > Do you have any benchmarks which showed BKL contention in the
     > NFS code?
     >   I'm not trying to criticize, I think the patch is wonderful.
     >   I want
     > to have some more numbers to say, "Look!  The BKL _is_ bad!"

See Chuck's paper on

  http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfs-perf/results/cel/write-throughput.html

Cheers,
  Trond