Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 31 May 2006 09:41:50 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [rfc][patch] remove racy sync_page? |
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On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, Nick Piggin wrote: > > If this wasn't clear: I don't mean per-task plugs as in "the task > explicitly plugs and unplugs the block device"[*]; I mean really > per-task plugs.
That would be insane. It would mean that you'd have to unplug whether you wanted to or not. Ie you've now made "sys_readahead()" impossible to do well, and doing read-ahead across multiple files.
You're ignoring all the _reasons_ for plugging in the first place.
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