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From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
Subject: Re: readahead on directories
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:02:43 +0100
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To: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net>
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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