Re: [PATCH 0/9] mmap read-around and readahead

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Sun Dec 16 2007 - 18:36:47 EST




On Sun, 16 Dec 2007, Fengguang Wu wrote:
>
> Here are the mmap read-around related patches initiated by Linus.
> They are for linux-2.6.24-rc4-mm1. The one major new feature -
> auto detection and early readahead for mmap sequential reads - runs
> as expected on my desktop :-)

Just out of interest - did you check to see if it makes any difference to
any IO patterns (or even timings)?

Linus
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