> <Wolfgang.Oertl@uibk.ac.at> said:
>
> > as v2.2 is expected soon I better bring this topic up now. As you
> > know the "elevator algorihm" is employed for disk I/O, but -- it
> > *looks* broken to me.
>
> It isn't!
How long has it not been broken for?
I ask this because back aroun 2.1.26 I made a small char device which
allowed to to log and then dump the sequences of disk update produced
during a `sync' operation.
Anyhow, the net result of this was that they were not optimally
order, not even close.
-cw
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