Subject: Re: comparing raid-like filesystems
To: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/02/2003 10:15:56
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 11:52:00AM -0500, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> 2) genfs_getpages() won't read ahead more than 16 pages at a time
>
> And the larger of those two limits just _happens_ to = MAXPHYS.
You have the causality backwards.. MAX_READ_AHEAD was chosen to be ==
MAXPHYS, IIRC.
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>