Re: unfsd scalability issues

[Boris Epstein <borepstein@xxxxxxxxx>]

> A process implemented in the userland may not be as efficient as one
> > implemented as part of the kernel - but that doesn't mean it can't scale
> > well, does it?
>
> Anything that needs atomic operations is difficult to scale.  Throw in
> distributed components and an extra user/kernel layer and there are
> lots of ways to go wrong.
>
> --
>   Les Mikesell
>     lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
Les, what doesn't need atomic operations? And how doing things in kernel
makes your program more scalable - it is the algorithm that matters, not
the execution space, IMO.

Boris.
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