linux-kernel - Re: Copying large files eats all of the RAM

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Message-ID: <20131130130417.GA21857@khazad-dum.debian.net>
Date:	Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:04:17 -0200
From:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
To:	venkata koppula <vmrkoppula@...il.com>
Cc:	Austin S Hemmelgarn <ahferroin7@...il.com>,
	Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Copying large files eats all of the RAM

On Sat, 30 Nov 2013, venkata koppula wrote:
> Yeah, I understand that we need to utilize the resources as much as we
> can. At the same time user should not
> feel that system is slow and user should never wait for the copying
> operation should complete to launch another
> application meanwhile.

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.mm/108708/focus=1588604

Can also help when you have a mix of slow-as-heck and fast devices.

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