Re: [PATCH] PAGE_SIZE IO for RAW (RAW VARY)

Andi Kleen
2002-01-09T18:15:46Z

Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com> writes:

> On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 09:41:10AM -0800, Badari Pulavarty wrote:
> > Could you please consider this for 2.4.18 release ? If you need the
> > patch on 2.4.18-preX, I can make one quickly.
>
> Do not apply. This breaks the majority of databases that run under linux.

It could be done after a check for proper alignment of the user buffer;
e.g. if buffer aligned to 2^N, submit in 2^N chunks.

-Andi