On Sun, 2006-03-19 at 10:34 +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
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> (readahead-insert-cond_resched-calls.patch)
> Since the VM_MAX_READAHEAD is greatly enlarged and the algorithm become more
> complex, it becomes necessary to insert some cond_resched() calls in the
> read-ahead path.
>
> If desktop users still feel audio jitters with the new read-ahead code,
> please try one of the following ways to get rid of it:
>
> 1) compile kernel with CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY/CONFIG_PREEMPT
> 2) reduce the read-ahead request size by running
> blockdev --setra 256 /dev/hda # or whatever device you are using
Do you have any numbers on this (say, from Ingo's latency tracer)? Have
you confirmed it's not a latency regression with the default settings?
Lee
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