cai <[email protected]> writes:
>>Can't we use mpage_readpage() always? IIRC, that should work fine
>>without disadvantage.
>>
> it should work, but maybe some performance loses if the
> cluster size is not page-alignment, for example, 4 sector/cluster
> in a 4KB/page system.
> because it will fall back to the block_read_full_page when
> non-adjacent block found in do_mpage_readpage, i think.
> the same applies to mpage_readpages too.
Ah, yes.
But if cluster is not fragmented it shouldn't fall back, and rather it
will get advantage. And I guess, even if it fall back to
block_read_full_page(), it would be very trivial.
What do you think? We may need benchmark...
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OGAWA Hirofumi <[email protected]>
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