Re: Random file I/O regressions in 2.6

Ram Pai
2004-05-04T15:05:34Z

On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 23:29, Andrew Morton wrote:

>
> Putting a semaphore around do_generic_file_read() or maintaining the state
> as below fixes it up.
>
> I wonder if we should bother fixing this? I guess as long as the app is
> using pread() it is a legitimate thing to be doing, so I guess we should...
>
>
>
Yes this patch makes sense. I have setup sysbench on my lab machine. Let
me see how much improvement the patch provides.

RP