Thanks Patrick. This is a great change!! Sent from my iPhone
> On May 31, 2016, at 8:33 AM, Patrick Mooney <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would like to add one item to the release highlights: > Dramatic speed increase for clock_gettime() > > This release features the addition of the "comm page", a mechanism similar in > function to the OSX facility of the same name and the Linux vDSO. On native > SmartOS, it enables clock_gettime(2) to be performed entirely in userspace > using the x86 TSC. The comm page is also leveraged by the LX vDSO emulation, > similarly accelerating calls to gettimeofday(2), clock_gettime(2), time(2), > and getcpu(2). On typical server-class hardware, I observed a 5X speedup for > clock_gettime(2) calls. (From ~250ns to ~40ns) > >> On 27 May 2016 at 16:48, Trent Mick <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> The latest bi-weekly "release" branch build of SmartOS is up: >> >> curl -C - -O >> https://us-east.manta.joyent.com/Joyent_Dev/public/SmartOS/smartos-latest.iso >> curl -C - -O >> https://us-east.manta.joyent.com/Joyent_Dev/public/SmartOS/smartos-latest-USB.img.bz2 >> curl -C - -O >> https://us-east.manta.joyent.com/Joyent_Dev/public/SmartOS/smartos-latest.vmwarevm.tar.bz2 >> >> A generated changelog is here: >> >> >> https://us-east.manta.joyent.com/Joyent_Dev/public/SmartOS/smartos.html#20160527T033529Z >> >> The full build bits directory, for those interested, is here in Manta: >> >> /Joyent_Dev/public/SmartOS/20160527T033529Z >> >> >> # Highlights >> >> DTrace security fixes. >> >> >> # General Info >> >> Every second Thursday we roll a "release-YYYYMMDD" release branch and >> builds for SmartOS (and SmartDataCenter and Manta, as well). >> >> Cheers, >> Trent, on behalf of the SmartOS developers >> https://smartos.org >> > > smartos-discuss | Archives | Modify Your Subscription ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
