In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alan Cox writes: >alc 2008-06-06 18:38:43 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sys/vm vm_page.c > Log: > SVN rev 179623 on 2008-06-06 18:38:43Z by alc > > Essentially, neither madvise(..., MADV_DONTNEED) nor madvise(..., MADV_FREE) > work. (Moreover, I don't believe that they have ever worked as intended.)
I remember they did have a measurable but minor impact on performance in systems which paged a lot, back when they were introduced, sort of 1995-ish. But with the subsequent plunge in RAM prices they never saw much use. Thanks for fixing them. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
