Re: [PATCH] fix readahead pipeline break caused by block plug
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Date: 2012-02-01 09:18:17
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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Date: 2012-02-01 09:18:17
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On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 10:36:53PM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote:
I still see that IO is being submitted one page at a time. The only real difference seems to be that queue unplug happening at random times and many a times we are submitting much smaller requests (40 sectors, 48 sectors etc).
This is expected given that the block device node uses block_read_full_page, and not mpage_readpage(s). -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>