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Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 14:23:30 UTC
The branch main has been updated by olce:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=1935cc945642424bb223b570f4be5c4af8e33806
commit 1935cc945642424bb223b570f4be5c4af8e33806
Author: Olivier Certner <olce@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-05-12 11:20:01 +0000
Commit: Olivier Certner <olce@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-05-15 14:22:58 +0000
vfs: vntblinit(): Rework comments on the computation of 'kern.maxvnodes'
Remove the parts that describe what is already in the code formula. Add
hints about which of 'physvnodes'/'virtvnodes' takes precedence, and
when 'desiredvnodes' becomes smaller than 'maxfiles'. These were both
computed analytically and verified experimentally.
Reviewed by: kib (older version)
MFC after: 3 days
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D50130
---
sys/kern/vfs_subr.c | 18 +++++++++---------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c b/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
index 5fdd4b6c2474..769586ad0d6b 100644
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
@@ -757,15 +757,15 @@ vntblinit(void *dummy __unused)
int cpu, physvnodes, virtvnodes;
/*
- * Desiredvnodes is a function of the physical memory size and the
- * kernel's heap size. Generally speaking, it scales with the
- * physical memory size. The ratio of desiredvnodes to the physical
- * memory size is 1:16 until desiredvnodes exceeds 98,304.
- * Thereafter, the
- * marginal ratio of desiredvnodes to the physical memory size is
- * 1:64. However, desiredvnodes is limited by the kernel's heap
- * size. The memory required by desiredvnodes vnodes and vm objects
- * must not exceed 1/10th of the kernel's heap size.
+ * 'desiredvnodes' is the minimum of a function of the physical memory
+ * size and another of the kernel heap size (UMA limit, a portion of the
+ * KVA).
+ *
+ * Currently, on 64-bit platforms, 'desiredvnodes' is set to
+ * 'virtvnodes' up to a physical memory cutoff of ~1674MB, after which
+ * 'physvnodes' applies instead. With the current automatic tuning for
+ * 'maxfiles' (32 files/MB), 'desiredvnodes' becomes smaller than it at
+ * ~5136MB.
*/
physvnodes = maxproc + pgtok(vm_cnt.v_page_count) / 64 +
3 * min(98304 * 16, pgtok(vm_cnt.v_page_count)) / 64;