There's a somewhat dated paper about the Linux NFS implementation, from
a talk I gave at the 1997 Linux Expo. You'll find it, as well as the
slides, on
ftp://linux.mathematik.tu-darmstadt.de/pub/linux/people/okir/expo97*
> The other : how will knfsd
> share CPU time ? I mean if there is a server which is mounted by many
> clients through NFS, kernel will stay more and more time in kernel mode
> beacuse of the kernel based NFS implementation. This will decrease
> the usable CPU resources by user processes. But what can I do if (for
> example) interactive performance is much important than NFS' on a busy
> server ? Is there any document on new kernel features ? I'd like to get
> closer with kernel hacking but I've got major problems like this one.
knfsd is just another process, so it's subject to scheduling just as
any other process.
Olaf
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