Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 08 Nov 2001 23:16:08 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: speed difference between using hard-linked and modular drives? |
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"David S. Miller" wrote: > > From: Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au> > Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 22:54:30 -0800 > > I played with that earlier in the year. Shrinking the hash table > by a factor of eight made no measurable difference to anything on > a Pentium II. The hash distribution was all over the place though. > Lots of buckets with 1-2 pages, lots with 12-13. > > What is the distribution when you don't shrink the hash > table? >
Well on my setup, there are more hash buckets than there are pages in the system. So - basically empty. If memory serves me, never more than two pages in a bucket. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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