On 2/5/25 23:03, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
On Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 05:18:20PM +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
One wonders: shouldn't we use plugging here to make I/O more efficient?
Should we plug at a higher level?
Opposite question: What if getblk() needs to do a read (ie ext2 indirect
block)?
Ah, that. Yes, plugging on higher level would be a good idea.
(And can we check for nested plugs? _Should_ we check for nested plugs?)
Cheers,
Hannes
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