Re: Graph of the FreeBSD memory fragmentation
Date: Wed, 08 May 2024 16:45:33 UTC
Hi, On 5/7/24 14:02, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Hi, > > I created some graphs of the memory fragmentation. > https://www.leidinger.net/blog/2024/05/07/plotting-the-freebsd-memory-fragmentation/ > > My goal was not comparing a specific change on a given benchmark, but > to "have something which visualizes memory fragmentation". As part of > that, Bojans commit > https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=7a79d066976149349ecb90240d02eed0c4268737 > was just in the middle of my data collection. I have the impression > that it made a positive difference in my non deterministic workload. Thank you for working on this, the plots look great! They provide a really clean visual overview of what's happening. I'm working on another type of memory visualization which might interest you, I'll share it with you once its done. One small nit - the fragmentation index does not quantify fragmentation for UMA buckets, but for page allocator freelists. > Is there anything which prevents https://reviews.freebsd.org/D40575 to > be committed? D40575 is closely tied to the compaction patch (D40772) which is currently on hold until another issue is solved (see D45046 and related revisions for more details). I didn't consider landing D40575 because of that, but I guess it could be useful on its own. Bojan