mirror_zfs/module
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>
Closes #938
2013-02-01 11:17:14 -08:00
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avl Add script for builtin module building. 2012-07-26 13:45:09 -07:00
nvpair Illumos #2619 and #2747 2013-01-08 10:35:35 -08:00
unicode Add script for builtin module building. 2012-07-26 13:45:09 -07:00
zcommon Illumos #3035 LZ4 compression support in ZFS and GRUB 2013-01-29 09:28:20 -08:00
zfs Add zfs_arc_memory_throttle_disable module option 2013-02-01 11:17:14 -08:00
zpios call_usermodehelper() should wait for process 2013-01-09 16:54:52 -08:00
.gitignore Add .gitignore files to exclude build products 2010-01-08 11:35:17 -08:00
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