From: Phillip Susi <psusi-GeWIH/nMZzLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)"
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Corrado Zoccolo
<czoccolo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
"Gregory P. Smith" <gps-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
Zhu Yanhai <zhu.yanhai-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] readahead.2: don't claim the call blocks until all data has been read
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:22:09 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53247E31.7060002@ubuntu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <532417CA.1040300-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
On 03/15/2014 05:05 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> I've tweaked your text a bit to make some details clearer (I hope):
>
> readahead() initiates readahead on a file so that subsequent
> reads from that file will, be satisfied from the cache, and not
> block on disk I/O (assuming the readahead was initiated early
> enough and that other activity on the system did not in the
> meantime flush pages from the cache).
Slight grammatical error there: there's an extra comma in "file will, be".
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-15 16:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-14 15:54 [PATCH] readahead.2: don't claim the call blocks until all data has been read Phillip Susi
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2014-03-15 9:05 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2014-03-15 9:24 ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-03-15 12:31 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
[not found] ` <532417CA.1040300-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-15 16:22 ` Phillip Susi [this message]
2014-03-15 16:25 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2014-03-15 23:26 ` Phillip Susi
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