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SubjectRe: RFC on io-stalls patch
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On Maw, 2003-07-15 at 06:26, Jens Axboe wrote:
> Sorry, but I think that is nonsense. This is the way we have always
> worked. You just have to maintain a decent queue length still (like we
> always have in 2.4) and there are no problems.

The memory pinning problem is still real - and always has been. It shows up
best not on IDE disks but large slow media like magneto opticals where you
can queue lots of I/O but you get 500K/second

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