Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 01 Aug 2002 02:02:13 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: Linux v2.4.19-rc5 |
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Jens Axboe wrote: > > ... > > Anyway, lets wait for the numbers. > > It just 'feels' like the sort of change that might have odd side > effects.
It's almost impossible to get READA to do anything. For example, in current 2.5, if a READA attempt is actually aborted, end_buffer_io_sync reports a "buffer I/O error". Every time. And nobody has reported this.
It _is_ possible to hit this in 2.5, because of ext2_preread_inode().
Probably, also it's possible to hit it in 2.4 with hundreds of processes all issuing ext3 directory readahead. But it's pretty remote. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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