From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steven Pratt Subject: Re: Btrfs experimental branch updates Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:52:15 -0500 Message-ID: <49BAE39F.8050102@austin.ibm.com> References: <1236959774.17095.3.camel@think.oraclecorp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org To: Chris Mason Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1236959774.17095.3.camel@think.oraclecorp.com> List-ID: Chris Mason wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I've rebased the experimental branch to include most of the > optimizations I've been working on. > > The two major changes are doing all extent tree operations in delayed > processing queues and removing many of the blocking points with btree > locks held. > > In addition to smoothing out IO performance, these changes really cut > down on the amount of stack btrfs is using, which is especially > important for kernels with 4k stacks enabled (fedora). > > Well, no drastic changes. On Raid, creates got better, but random write got worse. Mail server was mixed. For single disk, pretty much the same story, although CPU savings is noticeable on write, although at the expense of performance. Raid graphs and links: http://btrfs.boxacle.net/repository/raid/history/History.html Single disk graphs and links: http://btrfs.boxacle.net/repository/single-disk/History/History.html Steve > -chris > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >