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Re: COPY_DELAY could perform worse than COPY_NONE


From: Sergio López
Subject: Re: COPY_DELAY could perform worse than COPY_NONE
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 01:55:42 +0200

More on this subject:

 - MEMORY_OBJECT_COPY_DELAY is actually needed to be able to provide
private mmaps without copying the entire object at once.
 - This attribute only changes the behavior of
vm_object_copy_strategically, between doing a delayed copy
(COPY_DELAY) or copying the pages for real (COPY_NONE).
 - A single object can be accessed with both strategies without conflicts.

Nowadays, the copy strategy is decided per-object, but I think the
desired type of access to an object should also be considered. For
instance, the operation generated by vm_copy should almost always use
COPY_NONE, while vm_map, when doing things such as providing a private
map, should use COPY_DELAY.

I'm testing a patch which does this distinction. I'll post the results.



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