On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 01:59:40PM +0000, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > My feeling is that we should just treat every (REQ_SYNC | REQ_READ) > request the same and let them interrupt long-running writes, > independent of whether it's REQ_META or demand paging. It's funny that the CFQ scheduler used to boost metadata reads that have REQ_META set - in fact it still does for those filesystems using the now split out REQ_PRIO. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>