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From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
To: Thomas Maier <balagi@justmail.de>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"petero2@telia.com" <petero2@telia.com>,
	"akpm@osdl.org" <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/11] 2.6.18-mm3 pktcdvd: bio write congestion control
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 17:29:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061003152859.GQ7778@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <op.tguqidxpiudtyh@master>

On Tue, Oct 03 2006, Thomas Maier wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> this patch adds the ability to control the size of the drivers
> bio write queue.

imho, this should not be a configuration option. The driver is perfectly
capable of sizing this queue appropriately (determined by the device)
without user interaction. Basically the option just needs to prevent the
system from falling over, just choose some low sane value.

-- 
Jens Axboe


  reply	other threads:[~2006-10-03 15:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-10-03 15:26 [PATCH 8/11] 2.6.18-mm3 pktcdvd: bio write congestion control Thomas Maier
2006-10-03 15:29 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2006-10-09 10:05   ` Thomas Maier

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