Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:35:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Fengguang Wu <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] mmap read-around and readahead
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On Sun, 16 Dec 2007, Fengguang Wu wrote:
> 
> Here are the mmap read-around related patches initiated by Linus.
> They are for linux-2.6.24-rc4-mm1.  The one major new feature -
> auto detection and early readahead for mmap sequential reads - runs
> as expected on my desktop :-)

Just out of interest - did you check to see if it makes any difference to 
any IO patterns (or even timings)?

		Linus
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