Re: [PATCH 0/4] use write_cache_pages

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On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 08:55:46AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Replace our own handcrafted I/O clustering with the generic write_cache_pages
> helper.  While the old code would add any additional page in an existing
> mapping, the new code iterates over the pages, either adding them to
> a previous mapping if it fits or otherwise gets a new one.
> 
> This has survived xfsqa for small and 4k blocksize on x86.

I've had a quick look at the patches, and I can't see anything
obvious that jumps out at me with a big red flag. It look slike a
very neat optimisation and simplification. I'll do some testing on
them before doing a more robust review, though....

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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