- Stop using atomics to maniupulate v_usecount. It was a mistake to begin
with. It doesn't work as intended unless the XLOCK bit is incorporated in
v_usecount and we don't have that any more. When I introduced this 10+
years ago it was to reduce pressure on v_interlock but it doesn't do that,
it just makes stuff disappear from lockstat output and introduces problems
elsewhere. We could do atomic usecounts on vnodes but there has to be a
well thought out scheme.
- Resurrect LK_UPGRADE/LK_DOWNGRADE which will be needed to work effectively
when there is increased use of shared locks on vnodes.
- Allocate the vnode lock using rw_obj_alloc() to reduce false sharing of
struct vnode.
- Put all of the LRU lists into a single cache line, and do not requeue a
vnode if it's already on the correct list and was requeued recently (less
than a second ago).
Kernel build before and after:
119.63s real 1453.16s user 2742.57s system
115.29s real 1401.52s user 2690.94s system
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