Linux Operating System Source Code: IBM Patches

 
break up pagemap_lru_lock in rmap
Description:
The pagemap_lru_lock is heavily contended on large rmap systems which is restricting scalability. This patch breaks up most uses of the lock into a per-page lock on the pte_chain. It's still in development.
Developer:
Martin J. Bligh
Status:
Submitted to project
Release Notes Date Files
20020304 Release Notes 2002-03-04  
  File Notes   pagemap_lru_lock.3.patch.gz