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Re: swapin_readahead
> This means that in the time of one disk seek, a disk
> can read 400 kB. Disk seeks are so much more
expensive
> than linear reads that reading extra data is worth
it, even if some of that data is not used at all...
>
Thanks Rik.
But is this swap_readahead justified by spacial
locality?
And is the read_ahead amount dynamically adjusted
according to the locality property exhibited?
And in situations when the memory is already under
pressure, would read ahead activity cause more
swapping?
regards
jean
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