Re: [NFS] Re: Fix knfsd readahead cache in 2.4.15

Trond Myklebust
2001-11-27T15:45:19Z

>>>>> " " == Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com> writes:

> Sorry for not being clear, but what I was referring to is
> making the decision about how to read ahead by what is already
> in the page cache. It has a number of benefits that database
> people are after as it allows multiple threads using
> pread/pwrite to obtain the benefits of readahead.

Ah, OK. Sorry for being so dense ;-)

Yeah, that would be an improvement for knfsd too. The current scheme
can only manage readahead for 1 reader per inode.
Are there any records of a more detailed discussion of how to go about
implementing such a readahead strategy for Linux?

Cheers,
Trond