Re: [PATCH][RFT] simple deadline I/O scheduler

Mark Hahn (hahn@physics.mcmaster.ca)
Mon, 7 Jan 2002 14:31:53 -0500 (EST)


> Would it be possible to introduce concept of I/O priority? I.e. I want
> updatedb not to load disk if I need it for something else?

makes sense to me. actually, VM is another place where priority
could be quite useful - for instance, how hard the VM scavenges
a proc's pages. oops, there I go advocating a tunable...

VM_SWAP_ME_HARDER anyone?

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