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authordyson <dyson@FreeBSD.org>1996-06-26 05:39:27 +0000
committerdyson <dyson@FreeBSD.org>1996-06-26 05:39:27 +0000
commit9f0819bc54b2152ee968fc72f9a450d2b4ff862e (patch)
tree48f770f322cba924e42b174cb8cb3f34755ab4ff /sys/vm/vm_param.h
parent9ca4dee9f50d3922b026ecabfc5169f84c89ae72 (diff)
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This commit does a couple of things:
Re-enables the RSS limiting, and the routine is now tail-recursive, making it much more safe (eliminates the possiblity of kernel stack overflow.) Also, the RSS limiting is a little more intelligent about finding the likely objects that are pushing the process over the limit. Added some sysctls that help with VM system tuning. New sysctl features: 1) Enable/disable lru pageout algorithm. vm.pageout_algorithm = 0, default algorithm that works well, especially using X windows and heavy memory loading. Can have adverse effects, sometimes slowing down program loading. vm.pageout_algorithm = 1, close to true LRU. Works much better than clock, etc. Does not work as well as the default algorithm in general. Certain memory "malloc" type benchmarks work a little better with this setting. Please give me feedback on the performance results associated with these. 2) Enable/disable swapping. vm.swapping_enabled = 1, default. vm.swapping_enabled = 0, useful for cases where swapping degrades performance. The config option "NO_SWAPPING" is still operative, and takes precedence over the sysctl. If "NO_SWAPPING" is specified, the sysctl still exists, but "vm.swapping_enabled" is hard-wired to "0". Each of these can be changed "on the fly."
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/vm/vm_param.h')
-rw-r--r--sys/vm/vm_param.h8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_param.h b/sys/vm/vm_param.h
index 7f05ebf..118ea66 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_param.h
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_param.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
* any improvements or extensions that they make and grant Carnegie the
* rights to redistribute these changes.
*
- * $Id: vm_param.h,v 1.4 1995/01/09 16:05:57 davidg Exp $
+ * $Id: vm_param.h,v 1.5 1995/12/10 02:34:29 bde Exp $
*/
/*
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ extern int page_shift;
#define VM_V_CACHE_MIN 7 /* cnt.v_cache_max */
#define VM_V_CACHE_MAX 8 /* cnt.v_cache_min */
#define VM_V_PAGEOUT_FREE_MIN 9 /* cnt.v_pageout_free_min */
-#define VM_MAXID 10 /* number of valid vm ids */
+#define VM_PAGEOUT_ALGORITHM 10 /* pageout algorithm */
+#define VM_SWAPPING_ENABLED 11 /* swapping enabled */
+#define VM_MAXID 12 /* number of valid vm ids */
#define CTL_VM_NAMES { \
{ 0, 0 }, \
@@ -129,6 +131,8 @@ extern int page_shift;
{ "v_cache_min", CTLTYPE_INT }, \
{ "v_cache_max", CTLTYPE_INT }, \
{ "v_pageout_free_min", CTLTYPE_INT}, \
+ { "pageout_algorithm", CTLTYPE_INT}, \
+ { "swapping_enabled", CTLTYPE_INT},\
}
/*
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