Re: Random file I/O regressions in 2.6

[Ram Pai]

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
 

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