pmap and mtx scalability problem

Slawa Olhovchenkov slw at zxy.spb.ru
Tue Apr 24 20:36:34 UTC 2012


On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 09:27:30PM +0200, K. Macy wrote:

> Known problem. There is an open disagreement about how to improve the
> granularity of locking in pmap.

split locking to process-specific information and global information?
use lock-free lists (i see TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL in pmap_enter)?

sorry for stupidity, if any.


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