* David Laight <David.Laight@btinternet.com> [011212 16:15] wrote:
> > 
> > Or does MADV_WILLNEED not trigger pageins?
> > 
> > > I didnt dare try an ffs with 1meg blocks and 128k fragments and
> > > 2-block readahead: would that have worked?
> > 
> > Ooo.  You're twisted.  I love it.
> 
> How about using a separate thread to fault in the required pages
> (in advance of the main process).  Maybe need to map shared and
> use a child process...

hence "team" which has been around for ages.

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 start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
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