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Bug ID 6692267
Synopsis pcf mutex contention in page_create_wait
State 11-Closed:Verified (Closed)
Category:Subcategory kernel:vm
Keywords opl-perf | rtiq_reviewed | spbc_s10uX | sps-scale | triaged
Responsible Engineer David Valin
Reported Against s10 , snv_86
Duplicate Of
Introduced In solaris_2.5
Commit to Fix snv_93
Fixed In snv_93
Release Fixed solaris_nevada(snv_93) , solaris_10u8(s10u8_01) (Bug ID:2170702)
Related Bugs 6658818 , 6666035 , 2165440 , 6807818 , 4987774
Submit Date 22-April-2008
Last Update Date 2-March-2009
Description
When many processes with large memory usage are started at the same 
time, %sys may be high until the working sets are page faulted in, due 
to contention on the pcf mutex in page_create_wait.  This was observed
when starting hundreds of processes on a M9000-64.  lockstat -kW shows:

Count indv cuml rcnt     nsec Hottest Lock           Caller
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1170899  68%  68% 0.00 11444141 pcf                    page_create_wait
202679  12%  80% 0.00   332996 pcf+0x380              page_free
86959   5%  85% 0.00  8840242 pcf                    page_reclaim
Work Around
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Comments
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