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To: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] PAGE_SIZE IO for RAW (RAW VARY)
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From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Date: 09 Jan 2002 19:15:27 +0100
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Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com> writes:

> On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 09:41:10AM -0800, Badari Pulavarty wrote:
> > Could you please consider this for 2.4.18 release ? If you need the
> > patch on 2.4.18-preX, I can make one quickly.
> 
> Do not apply.  This breaks the majority of databases that run under linux.

It could be done after a check for proper alignment of the user buffer; 
e.g. if buffer aligned to 2^N, submit in 2^N chunks. 

-Andi
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