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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] writeback: dirty position control
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On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 19:26 +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> Now I get 3 figures. Test case is: run 1 dd write task for 300s, with
> a "disturber" dd read task during roughly 120-130s. 

Ah, but ideally the disturber task should run in bursts of 100ms
(<feedback period), otherwise your N is indeed mostly constant.