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From: David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se>
To: Zlatko Calusic <Zlatko.Calusic@CARNet.hr>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
	Linux-MM List <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MM fix & improvement
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 15:45:38 +0100 (MET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.A41.4.05.9901101543290.10784-100000@lenin.acc.umu.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k8yw295p.fsf@atlas.CARNet.hr>

On 9 Jan 1999, Zlatko Calusic wrote:

> OK, here it goes. Patch is unbelievably small, and improvement is
> BIG.

[Snip]

> pre6 + MM cleanup (needed for swap cache hit rate)
>  
>     hogmem 100 3	-	10.75 MB/sec
> 2 x hogmem 50 3		-	2.01 + 1.97 MB/sec (disk thrashing)
> swap cache		-	add 194431 find 13315/194300 (6.9% hit rate)
> 
> pre6 + MM cleanup + patch below
> 
>     hogmem 100 3	-	13.27 MB/sec
> 2 x hogmem 50 3		-	6.15 + 5.77 MB/sec (perfect)
> swap cache		-	add 175887 find 76003/237711 (32% hit rate)
> 
> Notice how swap cache done it's job much better with changes applied!!!

Looks REALLY nice...

> Both tests were run in single user mode, after reboot, on 64MB
> machine. Don't be disappointed if you get smaller numbers, I have two
> swap partitions on different disks and transports (IDE + SCSI). :)

Have you tried your patch on a low-memory machine and/or a low-capacity
processor, ie a 386 with say 4 MB's of memory?!

/David Weinehall
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      parent reply	other threads:[~1999-01-10 14:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-01-09  7:32 Zlatko Calusic
1999-01-09  7:43 ` Zlatko Calusic
1999-01-09  7:53 ` Linus Torvalds
1999-01-09  8:05   ` Zlatko Calusic
1999-01-11  5:05   ` Dax Kelson
1999-01-09  9:55 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
1999-01-10 14:45 ` David Weinehall [this message]

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