Improve the queuing algorithms used by NFS' asynchronous i/o. The
existing mechanism uses a global queue for some buffers and the
vp->b_dirtyblkhd queue for others. This turns sequential writes into
randomly ordered writes to the server, affecting both read and write
performance. The existing mechanism also copes badly with hung
servers, tending to block accesses to other servers when all the iods
are waiting for a hung server.
The new mechanism uses a queue for each mount point. All asynchronous
i/o goes through this queue which preserves the ordering of requests.
A simple mechanism ensures that the iods are shared out fairly between
active mount points.
Reviewed/integrated/approved by Frank van der Linden <fvdl@netbsd.org>
(1) it's unnecessary
(2) it causes machines to hang (yup!)
(3) it'd be gone in a few days anyway (it'd been yanked out
of 4.4-Lite by macklem long ago)
It was only there because macklem couldn't originally decide if things
should be locked, or not...
kleink