From Linux NFS
36: Linux 2.6.36
36NORC: Linux 2.6.36 (without readdir cap)
38: Linux 2.6.38
38RC: Linux 2.6.38 (with readdir cap added back)
38NB: Linux 2.6.38 (with Neil Brown's patch and loop detection)
100 Files
=========
time ls -f --color=none /nfs/test/dir.100 > ls.txt
kernel | 36 | 36NORC | 38 | 38RC | 38NB
--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------
real | 0m0.011s | 0m0.079s | 0m0.129s | 0m0.045s | 0m0.016s
user | 0m0.007s | 0m0.000s | 0m0.000s | 0m0.000s | 0m0.000s
sys | 0m0.003s | 0m0.007s | 0m0.007s | 0m0.043s | 0m0.010s
getattr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
lookup | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2
access | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3
readdir | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
time ls -lU --color=none /nfs/test/dir.100 > ls.txt
kernel | 36 | 36NORC | 38 | 38RC | 38NB
--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------
real | 0m0.151s | 0m0.123s | 0m0.059s | 0m0.065s | 0m0.056s
user | 0m0.007s | 0m0.007s | 0m0.003s | 0m0.007s | 0m0.007s
sys | 0m0.023s | 0m0.017s | 0m0.017s | 0m0.023s | 0m0.013s
getattr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
lookup | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102
access | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3
readdir | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
time ls -U --color=none /nfs/test/dir.100 > ls.txt
kernel | 36 | 36NORC | 38 | 38RC | 38NB
--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------
real | 0m0.011s | 0m0.056s | 0m0.013s | 0m0.014s | 0m0.031s
user | 0m0.000s | 0m0.003s | 0m0.003s | 0m0.000s | 0m0.003s
sys | 0m0.007s | 0m0.010s | 0m0.000s | 0m0.010s | 0m0.013s
getattr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
lookup | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2
access | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3
readdir | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
time rm -rf /nfs/test/dir.100 > ls.txt
kernel | 36 | 36NORC | 38 | 38RC | 38NB
--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------
real | 0m0.032s | 0m0.033s | 0m0.040s | 0m0.056s | 0m0.066s
user | 0m0.000s | 0m0.000s | 0m0.000s | 0m0.000s | 0m0.000s
sys | 0m0.013s | 0m0.013s | 0m0.020s | 0m0.017s | 0m0.017s
getattr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
lookup | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 102
access | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3
remove | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100
rmdir | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
readdir | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
fsstat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
1,000 Files
===========
time ls -f --color=none /nfs/test/dir.1000 > ls.txt
kernel | 36 | 36NORC | 38 | 38RC | 38NB
--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------
real | 0m0.014s | 0m0.029s | 0m0.035s | 0m0.017s | 0m0.014s
user | 0m0.000s | 0m0.000s | 0m0.003s | 0m0.000s | 0m0.007s
sys | 0m0.007s | 0m0.010s | 0m0.007s | 0m0.013s | 0m0.003s
getattr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
lookup | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2
access | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3
readdir | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10
time ls -lU --color=none /nfs/test/dir.1000 > ls.txt
kernel | 36 | 36NORC | 38 | 38RC | 38NB
--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------
real | 0m0.327s | 0m0.395s | 0m0.320s | 0m0.288s | 0m0.247s
user | 0m0.020s | 0m0.017s | 0m0.007s | 0m0.007s | 0m0.017s
sys | 0m0.103s | 0m0.247s | 0m0.133s | 0m0.213s | 0m0.090s
getattr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
lookup | 1002 | 1002 | 1002 | 1002 | 1002
access | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3
readdir | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10
time ls -U --color=none /nfs/test/dir.1000 > ls.txt
kernel | 36 | 36NORC | 38 | 38RC | 38NB
--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------
real | 0m0.027s | 0m0.016s | 0m0.032s | 0m0.018s | 0m0.024s
user | 0m0.003s | 0m0.000s | 0m0.003s | 0m0.007s | 0m0.003s
sys | 0m0.003s | 0m0.013s | 0m0.007s | 0m0.010s | 0m0.017s
getattr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
lookup | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2
access | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3
readdir | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10
time rm -rf /nfs/test/dir.1000 > ls.txt
kernel | 36 | 36NORC | 38 | 38RC | 38NB
--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------
real | 0m0.287s | 0m0.264s | 0m0.319s | 0m0.264s | 0m0.270s
user | 0m0.010s | 0m0.000s | 0m0.007s | 0m0.003s | 0m0.000s
sys | 0m0.073s | 0m0.083s | 0m0.173s | 0m0.120s | 0m0.147s
getattr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
lookup | 1002 | 1002 | 1002 | 1002 | 1002
access | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3
remove | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000
rmdir | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
readdir | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10
fsstat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
10,000 Files
============
time ls -f --color=none /nfs/test/dir.10000 > ls.txt
kernel | 36 | 36NORC | 38 | 38RC | 38NB
--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------
real | 0m0.090s | 0m0.108s | 0m0.077s | 0m0.058s | 0m0.059s
user | 0m0.017s | 0m0.000s | 0m0.010s | 0m0.003s | 0m0.007s
sys | 0m0.003s | 0m0.043s | 0m0.027s | 0m0.050s | 0m0.050s
getattr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
lookup | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2
access | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3
readdir | 89 | 89 | 99 | 99 | 99
time ls -lU --color=none /nfs/test/dir.10000 > ls.txt
kernel | 36 | 36NORC | 38 | 38RC | 38NB
--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------
real | 0m2.753s | 0m2.812s | 0m2.719s | 0m2.450s | 0m2.392s
user | 0m0.097s | 0m0.093s | 0m0.097s | 0m0.140s | 0m0.110s
sys | 0m1.113s | 0m1.237s | 0m0.910s | 0m0.930s | 0m0.880s
getattr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
lookup | 10002 | 10002 | 10002 | 10002 | 10002
access | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3
readdir | 89 | 89 | 99 | 99 | 99
time ls -U --color=none /nfs/test/dir.10000 > ls.txt
kernel | 36 | 36NORC | 38 | 38RC | 38NB
--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------
real | 0m0.097s | 0m0.061s | 0m0.120s | 0m0.061s | 0m0.057s
user | 0m0.033s | 0m0.003s | 0m0.040s | 0m0.010s | 0m0.007s
sys | 0m0.017s | 0m0.017s | 0m0.013s | 0m0.043s | 0m0.047s
getattr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
lookup | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2
access | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3
readdir | 89 | 89 | 99 | 99 | 99
time rm -rf /nfs/test/dir.10000 > ls.txt
kernel | 36 | 36NORC | 38 | 38RC | 38NB
--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------
real | 0m2.698s | 0m2.439s | 0m2.777s | 0m2.570s | 0m2.550s
user | 0m0.013s | 0m0.010s | 0m0.007s | 0m0.027s | 0m0.017s
sys | 0m0.810s | 0m0.790s | 0m0.873s | 0m0.853s | 0m0.793s
getattr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
lookup | 10002 | 10002 | 10002 | 10002 | 10002
access | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3
remove | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000
rmdir | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
readdir | 89 | 89 | 99 | 99 | 99
fsstat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
100,000 Files
=============
time ls -f --color=none /nfs/test/dir.100000 > ls.txt
kernel | 36 | 36NORC | 38 | 38RC | 38NB
--------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------
real | 0m0.666s | 0m0.682s | 0m0.618s | 0m0.481s | 0m0.524s
user | 0m0.037s | 0m0.017s | 0m0.030s | 0m0.040s | 0m0.053s
sys | 0m0.173s | 0m0.207s | 0m0.133s | 0m0.247s | 0m0.397s
getattr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
lookup | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2
access | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3
readdir | 885 | 885 | 981 | 981 | 981
time ls -lU --color=none /nfs/test/dir.100000 > ls.txt
kernel | 36 | 36NORC | 38 | 38RC | 38NB
--------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------
real | 0m29.040s | 0m29.681s | 0m27.115s | 0m23.544s | 0m23.818s
user | 0m01.037s | 0m01.107s | 0m01.060s | 0m01.063s | 0m00.095s
sys | 0m01.113s | 0m11.843s | 0m09.133s | 0m08.626s | 0m09.016s
getattr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
lookup | 100002 | 100002 | 100002 | 100002 | 100002
access | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3
readdir | 885 | 885 | 981 | 981 | 981
time ls -U --color=none /nfs/test/dir.100000 > ls.txt
kernel | 36 | 36NORC | 38 | 38RC | 38NB
--------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------
real | 0m1.585s | 0m0.493s | 0m0.990s | 0m0.518s | 0m0.476s
user | 0m0.537s | 0m0.040s | 0m0.523s | 0m0.047s | 0m0.023s
sys | 0m0.220s | 0m0.187s | 0m0.183s | 0m0.039s | 0m0.317s
getattr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
lookup | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2
access | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3
readdir | 885 | 885 | 981 | 981 | 981
time rm -rf /nfs/test/dir.100000 > ls.txt
kernel | 36 | 36NORC | 38 | 38RC | 38NB
--------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------
real | 0m28.312s | 0m27.197s | 0m32.711s | 0m27.093s | 0m26.746s
user | 0m00.213s | 0m00.200s | 0m00.237s | 0m00.243s | 0m00.193s
sys | 0m07.500s | 0m07.420s | 0m08.679s | 0m07.789s | 0m07.673s
getattr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
lookup | 100002 | 100002 | 100002 | 100002 | 100002
access | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3
remove | 100000 | 100000 | 100000 | 100000 | 100000
rmdir | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
readdir | 885 | 885 | 981 | 981 | 981
fsstat | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2
1,000,000 Files
===============
time ls -f --color=none /nfs/test/dir.1000000 > ls.txt
kernel | 36 | 36NORC | 38 | 38RC | 38NB
--------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-----------
real | 0m52.432s | 0m51.730s | | | 0m0.171s
user | 0m00.283s | 0m00.333s | | | 0m0.017s
sys | 0m09.843s | 0m09.629s | Looping | Looping | 0m0.153s
getattr | 1 | 1 | readdir | readdir | 1
lookup | 2 | 2 | bug | bug | 2
access | 3 | 3 | | | 3
readdir | 8850 | 8850 | | | 323
Readdir loop
detected
time ls -lU --color=none /nfs/test/dir.1000000 > ls.txt
kernel | 36 | 36NORC | 38 | 38RC | 38NB
--------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-----------
real | 6m45.724s | 5m36.690s | 1m14.123s | | 0m7.851s
user | 0m10.613s | 0m10.763s | 0m03.456s | | 0m0.927s
sys | 1m58.756s | 2m01.479s | 0m25.532s | ls: memory | 0m3.003s
getattr | 1 | 1 | 4 | exhausted | 1
lookup | 1000002 | 1000002 | 32946 | | 32946
access | 23 | 20 | 6 | | 3
readdir | 8850 | 8850 | 323 | | 323
Out of memory Readdir loop
detected
time ls -U --color=none /nfs/test/dir.1000000 > ls.txt
kernel | 36 | 36NORC | 38 | 38RC | 38NB
--------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-----------
real | 0m19.982s | 0m12.819s | 0m12.621s | | 0m0.175s
user | 0m07.110s | 0m00.307s | 0m00.947s | | 0m0.020s
sys | 0m10.313s | 0m09.809s | 0m03.076s | Looping | 0m0.153s
getattr | 1 | 1 | 1 | readdir | 1
lookup | 2 | 2 | 2 | bug | 2
access | 3 | 3 | 3 | | 3
readdir | 8850 | 8850 | 2902 | | 323
Out of memory Readdir loop
detected
time rm -rf /nfs/test/dir.1000000 > ls.txt
kernel | 36 | 36NORC | 38 | 38RC | 38NB
--------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-----------
real | 33m57.591s | 32m54.279s | | 0m18.350s | 0m57.887s
user | 00m02.357s | 00m02.543s | | 0m00.827s | 0m00.133s
sys | 03m17.380s | 03m24.627s | | 0m02.780s | 0m07.933s
getattr | 1 | 2 | Looping | 1 | 1
lookup | 1000005 | 1000005 | readdir | 2 | 32946
access | 35 | 33 | bug | 3 | 6
remove | 1000000 | 1000000 | | 0 | 32944
rmdir | 1 | 1 | | 0 | 1
readdir | 8850 | 8850 | | 721 | 323
fsstat | 2 | 2 | | 0 | 2
Out of memory Readdir loop
detected
