From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
To: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net>
Cc: Phillip Susi <psusi@cfl.rr.com>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
Linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: readahead on directories
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:02:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100421200243.GU27575@shareable.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100421185657.GA21249@ioremap.net>
Evgeniy Polyakov wrote:
> > But if it does, go on, try FIEMAP and blockdev reading, you know you
> > want to :-)
>
> Well, it requires substantial underlying fs knowledge and is not simple
> and, well, appropriate to do in some cases.
FIEMAP might not be the answer, but what part of it requires fs
knowledge? It's supposed to be fs-independent. I agree it's not
always appropriate to use, and I don't know if it would be effective
anyway.
-- Jamie
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-21 20:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-19 15:51 readahead on directories Phillip Susi
2010-04-21 0:44 ` Jamie Lokier
2010-04-21 14:57 ` Phillip Susi
2010-04-21 16:12 ` Jamie Lokier
2010-04-21 18:10 ` Phillip Susi
2010-04-21 20:22 ` Jamie Lokier
2010-04-21 20:59 ` Phillip Susi
2010-04-21 22:06 ` Jamie Lokier
2010-04-22 7:01 ` Brad Boyer
2010-04-22 14:26 ` Phillip Susi
2010-04-22 17:53 ` Jamie Lokier
2010-04-22 19:23 ` Phillip Susi
2010-04-22 20:35 ` Jamie Lokier
2010-04-22 21:22 ` Phillip Susi
2010-04-22 22:43 ` Jamie Lokier
2010-04-23 4:13 ` Phillip Susi
2010-04-21 18:38 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2010-04-21 18:51 ` Jamie Lokier
2010-04-21 18:56 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2010-04-21 20:02 ` Jamie Lokier [this message]
2010-04-21 20:21 ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2010-04-21 20:39 ` Jamie Lokier
2010-04-21 19:23 ` Phillip Susi
2010-04-21 20:01 ` Jamie Lokier
2010-04-21 20:13 ` Phillip Susi
2010-04-21 20:37 ` Jamie Lokier
2010-05-07 13:38 ` unified page and buffer cache? (was: readahead on directories) Phillip Susi
2010-05-07 13:53 ` Matthew Wilcox
2010-05-07 15:45 ` unified page and buffer cache? Phillip Susi
2010-05-07 18:30 ` Matthew Wilcox
2010-05-08 0:50 ` Phillip Susi
2010-05-08 0:46 ` tytso
2010-05-08 0:54 ` Phillip Susi
2010-05-08 12:52 ` tytso
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