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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux v2.4.19-rc5
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 02:02:13 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D48F915.3FADA08F@zip.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20020801081010.GA1096@suse.de

Jens Axboe wrote:
> 
> ...
> > Anyway, lets wait for the numbers.
> 
> It just 'feels' like the sort of change that might have odd side
> effects.

It's almost impossible to get READA to do anything.  For example, in
current 2.5, if a READA attempt is actually aborted, end_buffer_io_sync
reports a "buffer I/O error".  Every time. And nobody has reported this.

It _is_ possible to hit this in 2.5, because of ext2_preread_inode().

Probably, also it's possible to hit it in 2.4 with hundreds of processes
all issuing ext3 directory readahead.  But it's pretty remote.

  reply	other threads:[~2002-08-01  8:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-08-01  6:38 Linux v2.4.19-rc5 Marcelo Tosatti
2002-08-01  7:49 ` Jens Axboe
2002-08-01  7:14   ` Marcelo Tosatti
2002-08-01  8:10     ` Jens Axboe
2002-08-01  9:02       ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2002-08-01  8:58         ` Jens Axboe
2002-08-01 14:45         ` Steven Cole
2002-08-01 18:57           ` Andrew Morton
2002-08-01 20:15     ` Steven Cole
2002-08-06  3:46       ` Bill Davidsen
2002-08-06  4:30         ` Andrew Morton
2002-08-06 14:07           ` Steven Cole
2002-08-06 14:20             ` Rik van Riel
2002-08-06 17:12             ` Andrew Morton
2002-08-06  5:42         ` Jens Axboe
2002-08-06  8:30           ` Adrian Bunk
2002-08-06  8:48             ` Jens Axboe
2002-08-06 10:31           ` Lincoln Dale
2002-08-06 12:59         ` Rik van Riel
2002-08-07  1:09           ` Bill Davidsen
2002-08-07  2:54             ` Steven Cole
2002-08-07 22:30               ` Bill Davidsen
2002-08-07 22:39                 ` Rik van Riel
2002-08-07 23:44                   ` Bill Davidsen
2002-08-07 23:53                     ` Rik van Riel
2002-08-09 17:46                       ` Bill Davidsen
2002-08-09 19:27                         ` Rik van Riel
2002-08-01  7:55 ` Keith Owens
2002-08-01  8:10   ` Jens Axboe
2002-08-04  6:50   ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-08-01 11:32 ` Willy TARREAU
2002-08-01 13:54   ` Alan Cox
2002-08-01 12:48     ` Willy TARREAU
2002-08-01 12:12 ` Linux v2.4.19-rc5 - APM bug Willy TARREAU
2002-08-01 13:32   ` [PANIC] APM bug with -rc4 and -rc5 Willy TARREAU
2002-08-01 14:55     ` Alan Cox
2002-08-01 13:56       ` Willy Tarreau
2002-08-01 15:24         ` Willy Tarreau
2002-08-01 16:53           ` Alan Cox
2002-08-01 16:41             ` Willy Tarreau
2002-08-01 20:35             ` [PATCH] solved APM bug with -rc5 Willy TARREAU
2002-08-01 20:52               ` Richard Gooch
2002-08-01 20:54                 ` Richard Gooch
2002-08-01 21:17                   ` Willy TARREAU
2002-08-01 22:37                     ` Alan Cox
2002-08-01 20:58                 ` Dave Jones
2002-08-01 22:16               ` Alan Cox
2002-08-01 21:07                 ` Willy Tarreau
2002-08-01 21:47                   ` Linus Torvalds
2002-08-02  0:12                 ` [PATCH] solved APM bug with -rc5 (take 2) Willy TARREAU
2002-08-02  1:47 ` [PATCH] pdc20265 problem Nick Orlov
2002-08-02  2:29   ` Nick Orlov
2002-08-02 12:27   ` Alan Cox
2002-08-02 12:52     ` Nick Orlov
2002-08-02 14:00       ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2002-08-02 14:45         ` Nick Orlov
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-08-06  4:36 Linux v2.4.19-rc5 rwhron
2002-08-07  3:00 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-08-06 20:12 Peter Wong

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