Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 25 Sep 2000 15:49:52 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: [patch] vmfixes-2.4.0-test9-B2 |
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On Mon, Sep 25 2000, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > If you think I should delay those fixes to do something else I don't > > agree sorry. > > no, i never ment it. I find it very good that those half-done changes are
The changes made were never half-done. The recent bug fixes have mainly been to remove cruft from the earlier elevator and fixing a bug where the elevator insert would screw up a bit. So I'd call that fine tuning or adjusting, not fixing half-done stuff.
> cleaned up and the remaining bugs / performance problems are eliminated -
Of course
> the first reports about bad write performance came right after the > original elevator patches went in, about 6 months ago.
And a new elevator was introduced some months ago to solve this.
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