[PATCH] Config option for enabling gzip bigmem

[Denys Vlasenko]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Ian Wienand <ianw at vmware.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We've been carrying a patch to enable gzip big memory options, as it
> makes a significant difference to the speed and ESXi is not memory
> constrained (well, compared to some tiny embedded system :)
>
> Enabling the config option on my standard linux box and zipping a
> random 250mb file shows an example
>
> --- small mem ---
> 21.85user 0.44system 0:22.35elapsed 99%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 3872maxresident)k
> 0inputs+512320outputs (0major+287minor)pagefaults 0swaps
>
> --- big mem --
> 13.45user 0.46system 0:13.94elapsed 99%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 4208maxresident)k
> 0inputs+512088outputs (0major+307minor)pagefaults 0swaps
>
> Obviously not for everyone, but I think it is a useful config option.

Applied, thanks.

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