Re: cache buffer chains/where in code

  • From: Christo Kutrovsky <kutrovsky.oracle@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Greg Rahn <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:07:07 -0500

Is this what you asked for ?

showrev -a|head -12
Hostname: XXX_MASKED_XXX
Hostid: XXX_MASKED_XXX
Release: 5.10
Kernel architecture: sun4v
Application architecture: sparc
Hardware provider: Sun_Microsystems
Domain:
Kernel version: SunOS 5.10 Generic_137137-09

OpenWindows version:
Solaris X11 Version 6.6.2  5 June 2008



On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Greg Rahn <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> What Solaris release(s) was this problem observed on?
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Christo Kutrovsky
> <kutrovsky.oracle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I traced down the problem to a Solaris 10 BUG. bug_id 6642475, has to do
> > with kernel locks when trying to allocate contiguous memory. The code is
> > inefficient, and the workaround is to disable it via echo
> > "pg_contig_disable/W 1" | mdb -kw.
> >
> > I hope this helps someone out there. I don't know in what release it is
> > resolved.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Greg Rahn
> http://structureddata.org
>



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