Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 00:12:33 +0100
From: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
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On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:58:52PM +0100, Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
> I think a body of *empirical* evidence should provide the justification
> for this particular change, and until such evidence is forthcoming we
> should keep the status quo.
 
What I'm trying to say is, by all means, let's continue to clean up this
patch set, but then give it some serious performance testing under
different regimes, compare it against the status quo, do whatever
tuning seems appropriate then let the results guide us.

Alasdair

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