Re: Can ZFS ARC be run with roundrobin policy?

From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 06:52:28 UTC
On 15/07/2024 12:23, Peter wrote:

> Hi,
>    from what I perceive, the ZFS ARC allocates in firsttouch
> policy, …

> … not always to my liking. I would prefer roundrobin
> allocations here. But, I didn't easily find a switch, and, reading
> into the UMA allocator, it states that it can do roundrobin, but it is
> not so easily figured how that be made happen in practice.
>
> Pointers on where I might look into, are welcome.


Does <https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/pull/14437> (closed in 2023) help 
to shape your thoughts?

> Specify a balanced NUMA policy for kernel buffers on FreeBSD by 
> markjdb · Pull Request #14437 · openzfs/zfs