Re: NFS client latencies

Orion Poplawski
2005-04-01T16:19:06Z

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com> wrote:
>>This fixes all the NFS related latency problems I was seeing. Now the
>>longest latency from an NFS kernel compile with "make -j64" is 391
>>usecs in get_swap_page.
>
>
> great! The latest patches (-42-08 and later) have the reworked
> nfs_scan_list() lock-breaker, which should perform similarly.
>
> i bet these NFS patches also improve generic NFS performance on fast
> networks. I've attached the full patchset with all fixes and
> improvements included - might be worth a try in -mm?
>

Just a question - would these changes be expected to improve NFS client
*read* access at all, or just write?

Thanks!