From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750737AbWDZTU2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:20:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750821AbWDZTU2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:20:28 -0400 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:53860 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750737AbWDZTU1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:20:27 -0400 Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:21:07 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, npiggin@suse.de, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: Re: Lockless page cache test results Message-ID: <20060426192106.GB9211@suse.de> References: <20060426135310.GB5083@suse.de> <20060426095511.0cc7a3f9.akpm@osdl.org> <20060426174235.GC5002@suse.de> <20060426111054.2b4f1736.akpm@osdl.org> <20060426182323.GI5002@suse.de> <20060426114649.5a0e0dea.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060426114649.5a0e0dea.akpm@osdl.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 26 2006, Andrew Morton wrote: > Jens Axboe wrote: > > > > Are there cases where the lockless page cache performs worse than the > > current one? > > Yeah - when human beings try to understand and maintain it. > > The usual tradeoffs apply ;) Ah ok, thanks for clearing that up :-) -- Jens Axboe