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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Wu Fengguang <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>,
	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>,
	Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com>,
	Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@linuxmail.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>
Subject: Re: [RFC] kernel facilities for cache prefetching
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 21:10:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060502191000.GA1776@elf.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060502075049.GA5000@mail.ustc.edu.cn>

Hi!

> SOC PROPOSAL
> 
> 	Rapid linux desktop startup through pre-caching

Looks nice me...

> SCHEME/GOAL
> 	2) kernel module to query the file cache
> 		- on loading: create /proc/filecache
> 		- setting up: echo "param value" > /proc/filecache
> 		- info query: cat /proc/filecache
> 		- sample sessions:
> 
> 		# modprobe filecache
> 		$ cat /proc/filecache
> 		# file ALL
> 		# mask 0
> 		#
> 		# ino	size	cached	status	refcnt	name
> 		0	2929846	3181	D	1	/dev/hda1
> 		81455	9	9	_	1	/sbin/init
> 		......
> 	
> 		$ echo "file /dev/hda1" > /proc/filecache
> 		$ cat /proc/filecache
> 		# file /dev/hda1
> 		# mask 0
> 		#
> 		# idx	len
> 		0	24
> 		48	2
> 		53	5
> 		......

Could we use this instead of blockdev freezing/big suspend image
support? It should permit us to resume quickly (with small image), and
then do readahead. ... that will give us usable machine quickly, still
very responsive desktop after resume?

								Pavel
-- 
Thanks for all the (sleeping) penguins.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-05-02 19:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20060502075049.GA5000@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-02  7:50 ` [RFC] kernel facilities for cache prefetching Wu Fengguang
2006-05-02 12:46   ` Diego Calleja
     [not found]     ` <20060502144203.GA10594@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-02 14:42       ` Wu Fengguang
2006-05-02 16:07         ` Diego Calleja
     [not found]           ` <20060503064503.GA4781@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-03  6:45             ` Wu Fengguang
2006-05-03 18:14               ` Diego Calleja
2006-05-03 23:39                 ` Zan Lynx
2006-05-04  1:37                   ` Diego Calleja
2006-05-02 15:55   ` Linus Torvalds
2006-05-02 16:35     ` Andi Kleen
     [not found]     ` <20060503041106.GC5915@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-03  4:11       ` Wu Fengguang
2006-05-03 17:28       ` Badari Pulavarty
     [not found]         ` <346733486.30800@ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-04 15:03           ` Linus Torvalds
2006-05-04 16:57             ` Badari Pulavarty
     [not found]             ` <20060505144451.GA6134@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-05 14:44               ` Wu Fengguang
     [not found]     ` <20060503071325.GC4781@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-03  7:13       ` Wu Fengguang
2006-05-03 12:59     ` Nikita Danilov
2006-05-03 22:20     ` Rik van Riel
     [not found]       ` <20060506011125.GA9099@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-06  1:11         ` Wu Fengguang
2006-05-04  0:28     ` Linda Walsh
2006-05-04  1:31       ` Linus Torvalds
2006-05-04  7:08         ` Ph. Marek
2006-05-04  7:33           ` Arjan van de Ven
     [not found]             ` <20060504121454.GB6008@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-04 12:14               ` Wu Fengguang
2006-05-04 12:34               ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-05-03 21:45   ` Linda Walsh
     [not found]     ` <20060504121212.GA6008@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-04 12:12       ` Wu Fengguang
2006-05-04 18:57         ` Linda Walsh
     [not found]           ` <20060505152007.GB6134@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-05 15:20             ` Wu Fengguang
2006-05-04  9:02   ` Helge Hafting
2006-05-02  7:58 ` Arjan van de Ven
     [not found]   ` <20060502080619.GA5406@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-02  8:06     ` Wu Fengguang
2006-05-02  8:30     ` Arjan van de Ven
     [not found]       ` <20060502085325.GA9190@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-02  8:53         ` Wu Fengguang
2006-05-06  6:49           ` Denis Vlasenko
2006-05-02  8:55         ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-05-02 11:39           ` Jan Engelhardt
     [not found]           ` <20060502114853.GA9983@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-02 11:48             ` Wu Fengguang
2006-05-02 22:03       ` Dave Jones
2006-05-02  8:09 ` Jens Axboe
     [not found]   ` <20060502082009.GA9038@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-02  8:20     ` Wu Fengguang
2006-05-03 22:05   ` Benjamin LaHaise
2006-05-02 19:10 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2006-05-02 23:36   ` Nigel Cunningham
     [not found]     ` <20060503023505.GB5915@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-03  2:35       ` Wu Fengguang
     [not found]   ` <20060503023223.GA5915@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-03  2:32     ` Wu Fengguang
     [not found]   ` <20060503071948.GD4781@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-03  7:19     ` Wu Fengguang
     [not found]   ` <20060504122830.GA6205@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
2006-05-04 12:28     ` Wu Fengguang

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