linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/3] Skip I/O merges when disabled

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Message-ID: <20080429073704.GB12774@kernel.dk>
Date:	Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:37:04 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	"Alan D. Brunelle" <Alan.Brunelle@...com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/3] Skip I/O merges when disabled

On Mon, Apr 28 2008, Alan D. Brunelle wrote:
> Jens -
> 
> Would you consider taking in a patch set that had the tunable + enabled
> one-hit cache tries only? I don't see where the back-merge attempts add
> anything in a truly random case.
> 

Yep, I'm fine with that. Back merging wont help on truly random of
course, but it may make the switch more appealing to half-random cases
as well. But lets just go with a switch that turns off all search
merging and only keeps the one-hit cache.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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