linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: add config for readahead window

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Date:   Fri, 16 Mar 2018 14:33:06 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Wei Wang <wvw@...gle.com>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, toddpoynor@...gle.com,
        wei.vince.wang@...il.com, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Sherry Cheung <SCheung@...dia.com>,
        "Oliver O'Halloran" <oohall@...il.com>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>,
        Dennis Zhou <dennisz@...com>,
        Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: add config for readahead window

On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 11:25:08 -0700 Wei Wang <wvw@...gle.com> wrote:

> Change VM_MAX_READAHEAD value from the default 128KB to a configurable
> value. This will allow the readahead window to grow to a maximum size
> bigger than 128KB during boot, which could benefit to sequential read
> throughput and thus boot performance.

You can presently run ioctl(BLKRASET) against the block device?