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Tim Chase 5074bfe8ad Allocate zfs_znode_cache on the Linux slab
The Linux slab, in general, performs better than the SPl slab in cases
where a lot of objects are allocated and fragmentation is likely present.

This patch fixes pathologically bad behavior in cases where the ARC is
filled with mostly metadata and a user program needs to allocate and
dirty enough memory which would require an insignificant amount of the
ARC to be reclaimed.

If zfs_znode_cache is on the SPL slab, the system may spin for a very
long time trying to reclaim sufficient memory.  If it is on the Linux
slab, the behavior has been observed to be much more predictible; the
memory is reclaimed more efficiently.

Signed-off-by: Tim Chase <tim@chase2k.com>
Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Issue #3283
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cmd Illumos 5695 - dmu_sync'ed holes do not retain birth time 2015-03-27 14:51:34 -07:00
config Add RHEL style kmod packages 2015-03-27 14:41:48 -07:00
contrib Add bash completions by Aneurin Price. 2014-08-06 15:03:28 -07:00
dracut Execute udevadm settle before trying to import pools 2015-03-24 13:38:55 -07:00
etc Actually source /etc/sysconfig/zfs instead of /etc/default/zfs 2015-03-09 17:13:04 -07:00
include Mark all ZPL and ioctl functions as PF_FSTRANS 2015-04-03 11:38:59 -07:00
lib zpool import should honor overlay property 2015-03-27 14:46:58 -07:00
man Update zfs_pd_bytes_max default in zfs(8) 2015-03-31 11:55:28 -07:00
module Allocate zfs_znode_cache on the Linux slab 2015-04-14 12:19:22 -07:00
rpm Tag zfs-0.6.4 2015-04-08 20:16:45 -07:00
scripts Set zfs_autoimport_disable default value to 1 2015-02-17 16:09:41 -08:00
udev Open pools asynchronously after module load 2013-07-03 09:24:38 -07:00
.gitignore Ignore *.{deb,rpm,tar.gz} files in the top directory. 2013-04-24 16:18:59 -07:00
.gitmodules Add zimport.sh compatibility test script 2014-02-21 12:10:31 -08:00
AUTHORS Add a missing > to AUTHORS 2014-09-02 14:18:53 -07:00
autogen.sh build: do not call boilerplate ourself 2013-04-02 10:55:20 -07:00
configure.ac Add RHEL style kmod packages 2015-03-27 14:41:48 -07:00
copy-builtin Consistent menuconfig name 2012-08-26 13:49:37 -07:00
COPYRIGHT Refresh links to web site 2013-03-06 15:46:41 -08:00
DISCLAIMER Fix minor typos and update marketing copy. 2013-03-21 12:51:06 -07:00
Makefile.am Kernel header installation should respect --prefix 2014-10-28 09:37:06 -07:00
META Tag zfs-0.6.4 2015-04-08 20:16:45 -07:00
OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE Add CDDL license file 2008-12-01 14:49:34 -08:00
README.markdown Fix minor typos and update marketing copy. 2013-03-21 12:51:06 -07:00
zfs-script-config.sh.in Initial implementation of zed (ZFS Event Daemon) 2014-04-02 13:10:03 -07:00
zfs.release.in Move zfs.release generation to configure step 2012-07-12 12:22:51 -07:00

Native ZFS for Linux!

ZFS is an advanced file system and volume manager which was originally developed for Solaris and is now maintained by the Illumos community.

ZFS on Linux, which is also known as ZoL, is currently feature complete. It includes fully functional and stable SPA, DMU, ZVOL, and ZPL layers.

Full documentation for installing ZoL on your favorite Linux distribution can be found at: http://zfsonlinux.org