CVS commit: src/sys/kern

[Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Module Name:    src
Committed By:   tls
Date:           Wed Feb 11 17:36:31 UTC 2004

Modified Files:
        src/sys/kern: vfs_bio.c

Log Message:
Fix bug noted by yamt%netbsd.org@localhost: the UVM free target is in *pages*,
so the last change has us comparing pages to bytes instead of pages
to buffers!  The consequence was to try to free radically less memory
than UVM wanted us to -- though always at least one buffer, which is
probably why the results weren't dire.

This does suggest that buf_canrelease() could be a *lot* more
conservative about how much to release than "2 * page deficit".  In
fact, serious trouble seems to ensue if it's not -- when anything
else on the system demands enough pages, we slam down to the low
water mark nd stay there.  I've adjusted it to use min(page defecit,
buffer memory / 16), which still isn't quite right but seems better.

Another change: consider the case of an infinite loop that does
"tar xzf pkgsrc.tar.gz ; rm -rf pkgsrc".  Each time the rm runs,
all the dead metadata will go on the AGE list -- and, until we hit
the high-water mark, stay there, at which point it may be slowly
recycled.  Two adjustments seem to solve this:  1) whack buf_lotsfree()
to return 0 if there's anything on the AGE list; 2) whack buf_canrelease()
to count the memory used by the AGE list and always return at least
that much.

This basically turns the AGE list into a "delayed free" list, since we
can't entirely eliminate it as we can't free pool items from interrupt
context (e.g. from biodone()).

To consider: with the bookkeeping corrected, should buf_drain() move
back to the _end_ of the pagedaemon, and should the calculation then
try to give back at least the current defecit?


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -r1.114 -r1.115 src/sys/kern/vfs_bio.c

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