linux-kernel - Re: [SUGGESTION]: drop virtual merge accounting in I/O requests

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Message-Id: <20080714.183116.121978835.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:31:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mpatocka@...hat.com
Cc:	andi@...stfloor.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jens.axboe@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [SUGGESTION]: drop virtual merge accounting in I/O requests

From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:16:17 -0400 (EDT)

> So the question is: to reduce number of requests by 12% on an outdated 
> SCSI card, it is sensible to maintain complicated merge accounting logic 
> in the core block layer? To me, it doesn't seem sensible.

Rip out the code if you like, then.  I really don't have time to
work on this myself.  So if you do, by all means do whatever
you think is appropriate.

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