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Brian Behlendorf 0936c3449f Add spl_kmem_cache_expire module option 
Cache aging was implemented because it was part of the default Solaris
kmem_cache behavior.  The idea is that per-cpu objects which haven't been
accessed in several seconds should be returned to the cache.  On the other
hand Linux slabs never move objects back to the slabs unless there is
memory pressure on the system.

This behavior is now configurable through the 'spl_kmem_cache_expire'
module option.  The value is a bit mask with the following meaning.

  0x1 - Solaris style cache aging eviction is enabled.
  0x2 - Linux style low memory eviction is enabled.

Both methods may be safely enabled simultaneously, but by default
both are disabled.  It has never been clear if the kmem cache aging
(which has been around from day one) actually does any good.  It has
however been the source of numerous bugs so I wouldn't mind retiring
it entirely.

Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Closes zfsonlinux/zfs#1227
Closes #210
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configure.ac Support building a spl-modules-dkms sub package 2012-08-08 13:49:40 -07:00
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COPYING Public Release Prep 2010-05-17 15:18:00 -07:00
DISCLAIMER Public Release Prep 2010-05-17 15:18:00 -07:00
dkms.conf.in Support building a spl-modules-dkms sub package 2012-08-08 13:49:40 -07:00
dkms.postinst Support building a spl-modules-dkms sub package 2012-08-08 13:49:40 -07:00
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Makefile.am Do not use KERNEL_DIR env var in Makefile.am 2012-12-17 10:59:12 -08:00
META SPL 0.6.0-rc13 2012-12-20 11:01:47 -08:00
PKGBUILD-spl-modules.in Add make rule for building Arch Linux packages 2011-12-14 16:44:10 -08:00
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README.markdown

The Solaris Porting Layer (SPL) is a Linux kernel module which provides many of the Solaris kernel APIs. This shim layer makes it possible to run Solaris kernel code in the Linux kernel with relatively minimal modification. This can be particularly useful when you want to track upstream Solaris development closely and don’t want the overhead of maintaining a large patch which converts Solaris primitives to Linux primitives.

To build packages for your distribution:

$ ./configure
$ make pkg

To copy the kernel code inside your kernel source tree for builtin compilation:

$ ./configure --enable-linux-builtin --with-linux=/usr/src/linux-...
$ ./copy-builtin /usr/src/linux-...

Full documentation for building, configuring, and using the SPL can be found at: http://zfsonlinux.org