* 1<<zfs_vdev_cache_bshift byte reads by the vdev_cache (aka software
* track buffer). At most zfs_vdev_cache_size bytes will be kept in each
* vdev's vdev_cache.
+ *
+ * TODO: Note that with the current ZFS code, it turns out that the
+ * vdev cache is not helpful, and in some cases actually harmful. It
+ * is better if we disable this. Once some time has passed, we should
+ * actually remove this to simplify the code. For now we just disable
+ * it by setting the zfs_vdev_cache_size to zero. Note that Solaris 11
+ * has made these same changes.
*/
int zfs_vdev_cache_max = 1<<14; /* 16KB */
-int zfs_vdev_cache_size = 10ULL << 20; /* 10MB */
+int zfs_vdev_cache_size = 0;
int zfs_vdev_cache_bshift = 16;
#define VCBS (1 << zfs_vdev_cache_bshift) /* 64KB */
vdc_ksp = NULL;
}
}
+
+#if defined(_KERNEL) && defined(HAVE_SPL)
+module_param(zfs_vdev_cache_max, int, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(zfs_vdev_cache_max, "Inflate reads small than max");
+
+module_param(zfs_vdev_cache_size, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(zfs_vdev_cache_size, "Total size of the per-disk cache");
+
+module_param(zfs_vdev_cache_bshift, int, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(zfs_vdev_cache_bshift, "Shift size to inflate reads too");
+#endif