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Re: patch for 2.1.102 swap code

To: Rik van Riel <H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl>
Subject: Re: patch for 2.1.102 swap code
From: "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@dcs.ed.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 23:21:03 +0100
Cc: "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@dcs.ed.ac.uk>, Bill Hawes <whawes@star.net>, Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>, linux-mm@kvack.org
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Hi Rik,

On Tue, 26 May 1998 23:46:35 +0200 (MET DST), Rik van Riel
<H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl> said:

> Hmm, could read_swap_cache_async() be used to implement swap
> readahead?

Absolutely, it was designed with that in mind.  It's a bit close to
2.1 to actually use it, but I'll be doing a lot of work to tighten
things up in 2.3 around the swap code, and readahead will be one
component of that.

--Stephen

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