Messages in this thread |  | | From | Ed Tomlinson <> | Subject | Re: test13-pre7... | Date | Sun, 31 Dec 2000 10:00:07 -0500 |
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Chris Evans wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Steven Cole wrote: > > > > > > It looks like 2.4.0-test13-pre7 is a clear winner when running dbench > > > 48 on my somewhat slow test machine (450 Mhz P-III, 192MB, IDE). > > > > This is almost certainly purely due to changing (some would say > > "fixing") the bdflush synchronous wait point. > > Nice:) > > Did Rik's drop_behind performance fix make it in or can we look forward to > another jump in the dbench benchmarks?
And please do not forget marcello's swap clustering patch. I get a 13% improvement on dbench with reiserfs when patched with it. From conversations on kernelnewbies, Riel likes this one too.
Ed Tomlinson
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