Re: [PATCH -mm] change anon_vma linking to fix multi-process serverscalability issue

[Rik van Riel]

On 02/11/2010 04:04 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:20:00 -0500
> Rik van Riel<riel@xxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>
> > The old anon_vma code can lead to scalability issues with heavily
> > forking workloads.  Specifically, each anon_vma will be shared
> > between the parent process and all its child processes.

Some test results:

Without the anon_vma changes, when AIM7 hits around 9.7k
users (on a test box with 16GB RAM and not quite enough IO),
the system ends up running >99% in system time, with every
CPU on the same anon_vma lock in the pageout code.

With these changes, AIM7 hits the cross-over point around
29.7k users.  This happens with ~99% IO wait time, there
never seems to be any spike in system time.  The anon_vma
lock contention appears to be resolved.

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