Re: [patch][rfc][rft] vm throughput 2.4.2-ac4

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 1 Mar 2001 22:36:29 +0000 (GMT)

> Except that your code throws the random junk at the elevator all
> the time, while my code only bothers the elevator every once in
> a while. This should make it possible for the disk reads to
> continue with less interruptions.

Think about it this way, throwing the stuff at the I/O layer is saying
'please make this go away'. Thats the VM decision. Scheduling the I/O is an
I/O and driver layer decision.

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