This seems a bit strange.  What's the workload, and also, what's the
output for:

> ARC_mru::print size lsize
> ARC_mfu::print size lsize
and
> ARC_anon::print size

For obvious reasons, the ARC can't evict buffers that are in use.
Buffers that are available to be evicted should be on the mru or mfu
list, so this output should be instructive.

-j

On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 02:08:37PM -0400, Jim Mauro wrote:
> 
> FYI - After a few more runs, ARC size hit 10GB, which is now 10X c_max:
> 
> 
> > arc::print -tad
> {
> . . .
>    ffffffffc02e29e8 uint64_t size = 0t10527883264
>    ffffffffc02e29f0 uint64_t p = 0t16381819904
>    ffffffffc02e29f8 uint64_t c = 0t1070318720
>    ffffffffc02e2a00 uint64_t c_min = 0t1070318720
>    ffffffffc02e2a08 uint64_t c_max = 0t1070318720
> . . .
> 
> Perhaps c_max does not do what I think it does?
> 
> Thanks,
> /jim
> 
> 
> Jim Mauro wrote:
> >Running an mmap-intensive workload on ZFS on a X4500, Solaris 10 11/06
> >(update 3). All file IO is mmap(file), read memory segment, unmap, close.
> >
> >Tweaked the arc size down via mdb to 1GB. I used that value because
> >c_min was also 1GB, and I was not sure if c_max could be larger than
> >c_min....Anyway, I set c_max to 1GB.
> >
> >After a workload run....:
> >> arc::print -tad
> >{
> >. . .
> >  ffffffffc02e29e8 uint64_t size = 0t3099832832
> >  ffffffffc02e29f0 uint64_t p = 0t16540761088
> >  ffffffffc02e29f8 uint64_t c = 0t1070318720
> >  ffffffffc02e2a00 uint64_t c_min = 0t1070318720
> >  ffffffffc02e2a08 uint64_t c_max = 0t1070318720
> >. . .
> >
> >"size" is at 3GB, with c_max at 1GB.
> >
> >What gives? I'm looking at the code now, but was under the impression
> >c_max would limit ARC growth. Granted, it's not a factor of 10, and
> >it's certainly much better than the out-of-the-box growth to 24GB
> >(this is a 32GB x4500), so clearly ARC growth is being limited, but it
> >still grew to 3X c_max.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >/jim
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