Re: [PATCH] readahead.2: don't claim the call blocks until all data has been read

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On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 10:05:14AM +0100, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>>        However, it may block while  it  reads
>>        the  filesystem metadata needed to locate the requested blocks.
>>        This occurs frequently with ext[234] on large files using indi???
>>        rect  blocks instead of extents, giving the appearence that the
>>        call blocks until the requested data has been read.
>>
>> Okay?
>
> The part above is something that should be in the BUGS section.

Good call. Done. Thanks, Christoph.

Cheers,

Michael




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