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SubjectRe: [RFC] - Some notions that I would like comments on
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>This is done already and automatically -- it's called readahead.
>The kernel detects when you're reading sequentially and then
>reads ahead.
>
>We don't do it on mmaped areas yet though.

Page faults occur for 4k blocks, which provides readahead for
sequential access of memory regions.

Carl

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