Andrea,
Changing vm_mapped_ratio from 50 to 9 improved the time on the mmap001
test by 11%.
Backing out the 2 patches and changing vm_mapped_ratio to 9 improved the
time on the memfill tests by 28% and improved mp3 playtime as well. :)
2.4.15-pre6-vm_scan_rate=9
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played 360 seconds of mp3 in 453 second test (79%)
Averages for 10 mtest01 runs
bytes allocated: 1665138688
User time (seconds): 7.605
System time (seconds): 3.139
Elapsed (wall clock) time: 45.214
Percent of CPU this job got: 23.30
Major (requiring I/O) page faults: 144.6
Minor (reclaiming a frame) faults: 407313.4
played 808 seconds of mp3 in 813 second test (99%)
Average for 5 mmap001 runs
bytes allocated: 2048000000
User time (seconds): 3.530
System time (seconds): 23.138
Elapsed (wall clock seconds) time: 162.60
Percent of CPU this job got: 15.80
Major (requiring I/O) page faults: 500191.8
Minor (reclaiming a frame) faults: 30.2
2.4.15-pre6-vm_scan_rate=9
without: 10_vm-14-no-anonlru-1-simple-cache-1 10_vm-14-no-anonlru-1
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played 318 seconds of mp3 in 356 second test (89%)
Averages for 10 mtest01 runs
bytes allocated: 1668179558
User time (seconds): 7.672
System time (seconds): 3.322
Elapsed (wall clock) time: 35.637
Percent of CPU this job got: 30.50
Major (requiring I/O) page faults: 154.4
Minor (reclaiming a frame) faults: 408058.2
played 796 seconds of mp3 in 806 second test (99%)
Average for 5 mmap001 runs
bytes allocated: 2048000000
User time (seconds): 3.402
System time (seconds): 23.298
Elapsed (wall clock seconds) time: 161.46
Percent of CPU this job got: 15.80
Major (requiring I/O) page faults: 500190.4
Minor (reclaiming a frame) faults: 31.6
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