Re: [PATCH 10/11] VFS: Cache request_queue in struct block_device

[Andi Kleen]

> Is the performance gain because of this one less dereference really
> substantial.
Yes it is measurable on a large macro benchmark.

The gain is from doing the prefetch early enough, and that needs the 
additional pointer.

-Andi

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