linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] IO context sharing

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Message-ID: <20080123035001.GL155259@sgi.com>
Date:	Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:50:01 +1100
From:	David Chinner <dgc@....com>
To:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, knikanth@...ell.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] IO context sharing

On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 10:49:15AM +0100, Jens Axboe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Today io contexts are per-process and define the (surprise) io context
> of that process. In some situations it would be handy if several
> processes share an IO context.

I think that the nfsd threads should probably share as
well. It should probably provide an io context per thread
pool....

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
Principal Engineer
SGI Australian Software Group
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