linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/11] readahead: bump up the default readahead size

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Message-ID: <1265924254.15603.79.camel@calx>
Date:	Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:37:34 -0600
From:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
To:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Cc:	Christian Ehrhardt <ehrhardt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>,
	Olivier Galibert <galibert@...ox.com>,
	Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/11] readahead: bump up the default readahead size

On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 21:46 +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> Chris,
> 
> Firstly inform the linux-embedded maintainers :)
> 
> I think it's a good suggestion to add a config option
> (CONFIG_READAHEAD_SIZE). Will update the patch..

I don't have a strong opinion here beyond the nagging feeling that we
should be using a per-bdev scaling window scheme rather than something
static.

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