Re: [PATCH v2] Make VM_MAX_READAHEAD a kernel parameter

From: Ankit Jain
Date: Thu Feb 11 2010 - 06:15:31 EST


> +static int __init readahead(char *str)
> +{
> +       if (!str)
> +               return -EINVAL;
> +       vm_max_readahead_kb = memparse(str, &str) / 1024ULL;

Just wondering, shouldn't you check whether the str had a valid value
[memparse (str, &next); next > str ..] and if it didn't, then use the
DEFAULT_VM_MAX_READAHEAD ? Otherwise, incase of a invalid
value, the readahead value will become zero.

> +       default_backing_dev_info.ra_pages = vm_max_readahead_kb
> +                                               * 1024 / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
> +early_param("readahead", readahead);
> +

-Ankit
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