Re: io_request_lock/queue_lock patch

From: Jonathan Lahr (lahr@us.ibm.com)
Date: Fri Aug 31 2001 - 09:52:01 EST


Jens,

Please elaborate on "no, no, no". Are you suggesting that no further
improvements can be made or should be attempted on the 2.4 i/o subsystem?

Jonathan

Jens Axboe [axboe@suse.de] wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 30 2001, Jonathan Lahr wrote:
> >
> > Included below is a snapshot of a patch I am developing to reduce
> > io_request_lock contention in 2.4.
>
> No no no, you are opening a serious can of worms. No offense, but did
> you really think this would fly?! This is already being taken care of
> for 2.5, lets leave 2.4 alone in this regard.
>
> --
> Jens Axboe

-- 
Jonathan Lahr
IBM Linux Technology Center
Beaverton, Oregon
lahr@us.ibm.com
503-578-3385

- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Aug 31 2001 - 21:00:34 EST