From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Ankit Jain <radical@gmail.com>,
Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>,
Christian Ehrhardt <ehrhardt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] readahead: make default readahead size a kernel parameter
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:01:37 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111121100137.GC5084@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111121093846.251104145@intel.com>
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 05:18:21PM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> From: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de>
>
> Add new kernel parameter "readahead=", which allows user to override
> the static VM_MAX_READAHEAD=128kb.
Is a boot-time paramter really such a good idea? I would at least make
it a sysctl so that it's run-time controllable, including beeing able
to set it from initscripts.
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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Ankit Jain <radical@gmail.com>,
Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>,
Christian Ehrhardt <ehrhardt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] readahead: make default readahead size a kernel parameter
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:01:37 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111121100137.GC5084@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111121093846.251104145@intel.com>
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 05:18:21PM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> From: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de>
>
> Add new kernel parameter "readahead=", which allows user to override
> the static VM_MAX_READAHEAD=128kb.
Is a boot-time paramter really such a good idea? I would at least make
it a sysctl so that it's run-time controllable, including beeing able
to set it from initscripts.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-21 10:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 116+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-21 9:18 [PATCH 0/8] readahead stats/tracing, backwards prefetching and more Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` [PATCH 1/8] block: limit default readahead size for small devices Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 10:00 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-11-21 10:00 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-11-21 11:24 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 11:24 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 12:47 ` Andi Kleen
2011-11-21 12:47 ` Andi Kleen
2011-11-21 14:46 ` Jeff Moyer
2011-11-21 14:46 ` Jeff Moyer
2011-11-21 14:46 ` Jeff Moyer
2011-11-21 22:52 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-21 22:52 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-21 22:52 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-22 14:23 ` Jeff Moyer
2011-11-22 14:23 ` Jeff Moyer
2011-11-22 14:23 ` Jeff Moyer
2011-11-23 12:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-23 12:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` [PATCH 2/8] readahead: make default readahead size a kernel parameter Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 10:01 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2011-11-21 10:01 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-11-21 11:35 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 11:35 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-24 22:28 ` Jan Kara
2011-11-24 22:28 ` Jan Kara
2011-11-25 0:36 ` Dave Chinner
2011-11-25 0:36 ` Dave Chinner
2011-11-28 2:39 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-28 2:39 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-30 13:04 ` Christian Ehrhardt
2011-11-30 13:04 ` Christian Ehrhardt
2011-11-30 13:04 ` Christian Ehrhardt
2011-11-30 13:29 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-30 13:29 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-30 13:29 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-30 16:09 ` Jan Kara
2011-11-30 16:09 ` Jan Kara
2011-11-21 13:16 ` Namhyung Kim
2011-11-21 13:16 ` Namhyung Kim
2011-11-21 13:24 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 13:24 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` [PATCH 3/8] readahead: replace ra->mmap_miss with ra->ra_flags Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 11:04 ` Steven Whitehouse
2011-11-21 11:04 ` Steven Whitehouse
2011-11-21 11:42 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 11:42 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 23:01 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-21 23:01 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-21 23:01 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-23 12:47 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-23 12:47 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-23 20:31 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-23 20:31 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-29 3:42 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-29 3:42 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` [PATCH 4/8] readahead: record readahead patterns Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 23:19 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-21 23:19 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-21 23:19 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-29 2:40 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-29 2:40 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` [PATCH 5/8] readahead: add /debug/readahead/stats Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 14:17 ` Andi Kleen
2011-11-21 14:17 ` Andi Kleen
2011-11-22 14:14 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-22 14:14 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 23:29 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-21 23:29 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-21 23:32 ` Andi Kleen
2011-11-21 23:32 ` Andi Kleen
2011-11-29 3:23 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-29 3:23 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-29 4:49 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-29 4:49 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-29 6:41 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-29 6:41 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-29 12:29 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-29 12:29 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` [PATCH 6/8] readahead: add debug tracing event Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 14:01 ` Steven Rostedt
2011-11-21 14:01 ` Steven Rostedt
2011-11-21 9:18 ` [PATCH 7/8] readahead: basic support for backwards prefetching Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 23:33 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-21 23:33 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-21 23:33 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-29 3:08 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-29 3:08 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` [PATCH 8/8] readahead: dont do start-of-file readahead after lseek() Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 23:36 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-21 23:36 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-21 23:36 ` Andrew Morton
2011-11-22 14:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-22 14:18 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 9:56 ` [PATCH 0/8] readahead stats/tracing, backwards prefetching and more Christoph Hellwig
2011-11-21 9:56 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-11-21 12:00 ` Wu Fengguang
2011-11-21 12:00 ` Wu Fengguang
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