Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 10:22:16 -0500 (EST) From: John Dyson <dyson@dyson.iquest.net> To: dg@Root.COM Cc: heo@cslsun10.sogang.ac.kr, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vnode and cluster read-ahead Message-ID: <199610021522.KAA01068@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <199610021452.HAA07229@root.com> from "David Greenman" at Oct 2, 96 07:52:03 am
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> > Even if we did want to change it, there really isn't a way to do what > you're suggesting above - you don't have access to the file struct at the > level that the clustering decision is made. You'd have to change the code > to propagate clustering hints from the read/write system calls. Yuck. > I actually thought about doing it (and may have discussed it with you, David), and I think that was my conclusion also. The existing interfaces don't convieniently support it. John
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