Re: [NFS] Re: Fix knfsd readahead cache in 2.4.15

From: Trond Myklebust (trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no)
Date: Tue Nov 27 2001 - 10:44:30 EST


>>>>> " " == Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com> writes:

> Sorry for not being clear, but what I was referring to is
> making the decision about how to read ahead by what is already
> in the page cache. It has a number of benefits that database
> people are after as it allows multiple threads using
> pread/pwrite to obtain the benefits of readahead.

Ah, OK. Sorry for being so dense ;-)

Yeah, that would be an improvement for knfsd too. The current scheme
can only manage readahead for 1 reader per inode.
Are there any records of a more detailed discussion of how to go about
implementing such a readahead strategy for Linux?

Cheers,
   Trond
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