Re: [rfc][patch] remove racy sync_page?

[Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>]

On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, Nick Piggin wrote:
>
> If this wasn't clear: I don't mean per-task plugs as in "the task
> explicitly plugs and unplugs the block device"[*]; I mean really
> per-task plugs.

That would be insane. It would mean that you'd have to unplug whether you 
wanted to or not. Ie you've now made "sys_readahead()" impossible to do 
well, and doing read-ahead across multiple files.

You're ignoring all the _reasons_ for plugging in the first place.

		Linus
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