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Brian Behlendorf 0c5493d470 Add zfs_arc_memory_throttle_disable module option
The way in which virtual box ab(uses) memory can throw off the
free memory calculation in arc_memory_throttle().  The result is
the txg_sync thread will effectively spin waiting for memory to
be released even though there's lots of memory on the system.

To handle this case I'm adding a zfs_arc_memory_throttle_disable
module option largely for virtual box users.  Setting this option
disables free memory checks which allows the txg_sync thread to
make progress.

By default this option is disabled to preserve the current
behavior.  However, because Linux supports direct memory reclaim
it's doubtful throttling due to perceived memory pressure is ever
a good idea.  We should enable this option by default once we've
done enough real world testing to convince ourselve there aren't
any unexpected side effects.

Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
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Native ZFS for Linux! ZFS is an advanced file system and volume manager which was originally developed for Solaris. It has been successfully ported to FreeBSD and now there is a functional Linux ZFS kernel port too. The port currently includes a fully functional and stable SPA, DMU, and ZVOL with a ZFS Posix Layer (ZPL) on the way!

$ ./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 ZFS can be found at: http://zfsonlinux.org