Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 15 Dec 2012 22:34:48 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fadvise: perform WILLNEED readahead in a workqueue |
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On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:54:48 +0000 Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> wrote:
> Applications streaming large files may want to reduce disk spinups and > I/O latency by performing large amounts of readahead up front
How does it compare benchmark wise with a user thread or using the readahead() call ?
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