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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:13:41 -0400 From: Josef Sipek <jsipek@....cs.sunysb.edu> To: lkml@...garu.com Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: rename() contention (BUG?) On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 03:56:34PM -0500, lkml@...garu.com wrote: > Hello, > > I have seen some scalability problems with Maildir-based mail systems running on > Linux (debian sarge, 2.6.8), and after much investigation I found a large part > of the problem was rename() contention. Just FYI, around 2.6.15 the i_sem was replace with i_mutex which is much better/faster. (And I would strongly suggest you upgrade.) I would actually like to know how much the lock contention decresed for your case. (I'm going to read the rest when I get back.) Josef "Jeff" Sipek. -- In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. - Linus Torvalds - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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