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Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 00:54:04 +0100
From: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de>
To: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>
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Subject: Re: ll_rw_block/submit_bh and request limits
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On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 07:44:11PM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> The global limit on top of the per-queue limit sounds good. 

Probably.

> Since you're talking about the "total_ram / 3" hardcoded value... it
> should be /proc tunable IMO. (Andi Kleen already suggested this)

Yes, IIRC Andi also proposed that a few weeks ago.

Andrea
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