Re: [Patch] shm bug introduced with pagecache in 2.3.11

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 13 Nov 1999 14:21:11 +0000 (GMT)

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> Yes, intentionally, that was the slowest disk I found:
> Linux single-threads the pageing-io, ie it cannot reorder the read
> operations.
> I wrote that this is a huge disadvantage, and the numbers show that.

Ok now I understand what you are trying to show. That would make sense.

Alan

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