Re: [PATCH 0/6] IO context sharing

David Chinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 10:49:15AM +0100, Jens Axboe wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Today io contexts are per-process and define the (surprise) io context > > of that process. In some situations it would be handy if several > > processes share an IO context. >

Re: [PATCH 0/6] IO context sharing

On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 10:49:15AM +0100, Jens Axboe wrote: > Hi, > > Today io contexts are per-process and define the (surprise) io context > of that process. In some situations it would be handy if several > processes share an IO context. I think that the nfsd threads should probably share as w

Re: [PATCH 0/6] IO context sharing

On Tue, Jan 22 2008, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 10:49 +0100, Jens Axboe wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Today io contexts are per-process and define the (surprise) io context > > of that process. In some situations it would be handy if several > > processes share an IO context. With s

Re: [PATCH 0/6] IO context sharing

On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 10:49 +0100, Jens Axboe wrote: > Hi, > > Today io contexts are per-process and define the (surprise) io context > of that process. In some situations it would be handy if several > processes share an IO context. With syslets it's especially crucial that > the threads working

[PATCH 0/6] IO context sharing

Hi, Today io contexts are per-process and define the (surprise) io context of that process. In some situations it would be handy if several processes share an IO context. With syslets it's especially crucial that the threads working on behalf of the parent process are seen as the same IO context.