Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC] mm: implement write-behind policy for sequential file writes | From | Florian Weimer <> | Date | Mon, 2 Oct 2017 13:23:18 +0200 |
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On 10/02/2017 11:54 AM, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote: > This patch implements write-behind policy which tracks sequential writes > and starts background writeback when have enough dirty pages in a row.
Does this apply to data for files which have never been written to disk before?
I think one of the largest benefits of the extensive write-back caching in Linux is that the cache is discarded if the file is deleted before it is ever written to disk. (But maybe I'm wrong about this.)
Thanks, Florian
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