Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] do_generic_file_read / readahead adjustments | Date | Wed, 16 Oct 2002 19:08:59 +0100 | From | David Howells <> |
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> David Howells wrote: > > > > This patch is the alternative: make a function (do_generic_mapping_read()) > > that I can pass an inode or an address_space to, and make > > do_generic_file_read() call that. This allows me to make use of readahead > > semantics without having to reinvent them for myself. > > > > OK. The current readahead and mpage code is really designed just > for ext2-style filesystems. It was always expected that it would > have to grow as more sophisticated filesytems put demands upon it. > > Your change is a perfectly sensible generalisation. The reiserfs > team have been making noises about lower-level readahead hooks as well, > and I think your patch largely addresses those. I shall ping them.
I'd just finished sending the patch to Linus. If you want to divert or stall it, can you tell him.
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