On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 11:35:12AM +1100, David Chinner wrote: > Improve metadata I/O merging in the elevator > > Change all async metadata buffers to use [READ|WRITE]_META I/O types > so that the I/O doesn't get issued immediately. This allows merging > of adjacent metadata requests but still prioritises them over bulk > data. This shows a 10-15% improvement in sequential create speed of > small files. > > Don't include the log buffers in this classification - leave them > as sync types so they are issued immediately.
Looks good, and just including the trivial fs.h addition here might be okay aswell. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/