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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