Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Oct 2002 11:37:18 -0400 (EDT) | From | Gerhard Mack <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] O_STREAMING - flag for optimal streaming I/O |
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On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Erik Andersen wrote:
> On Thu Oct 10, 2002 at 12:20:02AM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote: > > Mark Mielke wrote: > > > 2) Pages should not be candidates for dropping if the pages belong > > > to the first few pages of a file. (First = 2? 4? 8?) The theory > > > being, that somebody could begin reading the file again from the > > > beginning. > > > > This breaks the benefit of using O_STREAMING to read a lot of small > > files once, as you might do when grepping the kernel tree for example. > > I don't think grep is a very good candidate for O_STREAMING. I > usually want the stuff I grep to stay in cache. O_STREAMING is > much better suited to applications like ogle, vlc, xine, xmovie, > xmms etc since there is little reason for the OS to cache things > like songs and movies you aren't likely to hear/see again any > time soon.
Personally I would settle for updatedb being converted.
Gerhard
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<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
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