sched_lock && thread_lock()

[Alan Cox]

Attilio Rao wrote:

> Attilio Rao wrote:
>
>> Bruce Evans wrote:
>>
>>> 4 more translation errors breaking 8 counters altogether (v_vnodepgsin
>>> is broken twice):
>>
>>
>> Thanks a lot for the revision, there will be a pending patch in the 
>> next hour.
>
>
> Hello,
> Let me know if this patch is right for you and if you have feedbacks, 
> comments, etc:
> http://users.gufi.org/~rookie/works/patches/schedlock/vmmeter3.diff
>
> This should fix translation errors Bruce has found and switching the 
> _SET() method in order to being a simple assignment (as Bruce has 
> suggested).


Let me offer a simple rule of thumb for VMCNT_ADD() vs. PCPU_LAZY_INC(): 
If the field is NOT under the section labeled "Distribution of page 
usages." in vmmeter, then PCPU_LAZY_INC() is preferable to VMCNT_ADD() 
implemented with an atomic op.

Alan