Re: [PREVIEW] Large Rock and Collapsed Forwarding

On 07/02/2013 05:05 PM, Alex Rousskov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The attached patch implements Large Rock and Collapsed Forwarding
> support. The following Launchpad branch contains detailed commit
> messages, most of which would be good for merging back into trunk:

https://code.launchpad.net/~measurement-factory/squid/collapsed-fwd

Alex.

> This email summarizes what works and what does not. What works in our
> lab tests:
>
> * Large Rock support (caching of arbitrary large files using rock
> cache_dirs).
>
> * Collapsed Forwarding support when the response is [eventually] cached
> in memory.
>
>
> What has not been tested and probably needs more work or at least polishing:
>
> * Collapsed Forwarding support when the response is [eventually] cached
> on disk.
>
> * 32-bit OS support (there is one 64bit Atomic -- swap_file_sz).
>
> * I need to check that all new declarations have descriptions and resync
> with trunk.
>
> I do not expect significant changes going forward, but I am
> uncomfortable calling this a "[PATCH]" at this time because of the above
> caveats.
>
> The above features were initially tested in non-SMP mode (and worked
> OK), but all recent work and tests were focusing on SMP configurations.
>
>
> HTH,
>
> Alex.
>
Received on Tue Jul 02 2013 - 23:28:25 MDT