Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 Nov 2003 20:03:25 +1100 | Subject | Re: [BIO] Bounce queue in bio_add_page | From | Herbert Xu <> |
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On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 09:49:30AM +0100, Jens Axboe wrote: > > That could work, but it breaks the rule that counts are always accurate.
Yes, it means that recount may return a higher value but it is never lower.
I think it should be safe though as recount is not always called (it is only called if the phys/hw segments exceed the limits). In the cases where it is not called you may be looking at an overestimate anyway.
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