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rwhron@earthlink.net wrote:
> 
> > Does this patch get the throughput back?
> 
> That makes all the difference to dbench.  Throughput
> for dbench 128 up over 40% compared to vanilla 2.5.21.

ho hum.  Now we need to work out why a larger request queue
whacks dbench, whether it penalises workloads which we actually
care about and if so, what the appropriate size really should be.
If indeed that algorithms are optimal.  urgh.

Thanks again, Randy.

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