[PATCH] dnotify_parent speedup
From: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Directory notify code was showing up in a dd bs=1024k from 2 raid arrays on an emulex FC adapter: 3635 69.4896 vmlinux-2.6.5 .default_idle 332 6.3468 vmlinux-2.6.5 .__copy_tofrom_user 112 2.1411 vmlinux-2.6.5 .save_remaining_regs 76 1.4529 vmlinux-2.6.5 .scsi_dispatch_cmd 64 1.2235 vmlinux-2.6.5 .dnotify_parent 61 1.1661 vmlinux-2.6.5 .do_generic_mapping_read We already have a sysctl to enable/disable it, the patch below uses it in dnotify_parent. dnotify_parent disappears and idle time goes up: 4508 70.8582 vmlinux-2.6.5 .default_idle 253 3.9767 vmlinux-2.6.5 .__copy_tofrom_user 142 2.2320 vmlinux-2.6.5 .save_remaining_regs 88 1.3832 vmlinux-2.6.5 .shrink_zone 84 1.3203 vmlinux-2.6.5 .elx_drvr_unlock 75 1.1789 vmlinux-2.6.5 .scsi_dispatch_cmd 69 1.0846 vmlinux-2.6.5 .do_generic_mapping_read Of course, to gain this small speedup isers need to know to set /proc/sys/fs/dir-notify-enable to zero. Nobody does that.
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