linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Allow increasing the buffer-head per-CPU LRU size

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Message-ID: <53BE40E3.6000101@bull.net>
Date:	Thu, 10 Jul 2014 09:29:39 +0200
From:	Sebastien Buisson <sebastien.buisson@...l.net>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	<linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow increasing the buffer-head per-CPU LRU size


Le 10/07/2014 09:07, Andrew Morton a écrit :
> This hardwires 16 if ext4&quota and 8 otherwise.  There's no way for
> anyone to alter this decision if they think it will be helpful (or
> harmful) in their setup.

In fact I do not know how to let experienced people alter the value 
without confusing the others with yet another obscure config option 
(Andi's comment). I would welcome any suggestion to achieve this.

Many thanks,
Sebastien.
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