Re: page_launder() on 2.4.9/10 issue

[Mike Fedyk]

On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 03:18:27PM +0200, Kurt Garloff wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 10:03:03AM -0300, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> > > On September 6, 2001 02:32 pm, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > > > Two words:  "IO clustering".
> > >
> > > Yes, *after* the IO queue is fully loaded that makes sense.  Leaving it
> > > partly or fully idle while waiting for it to load up makes no sense at all.
> > >
> > > IO clustering will happen naturally after the queue loads up.
> > 
> > Exactly, so we need to give the queue some time to load
> > up, right ?
> 
> Just use two limits:
> * Time: After some time (say two seconds), we can always afford to write it
>   out 
> * Queue filling: After it has a certain size, it's worth doing a writing.
> 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't these two settings tunable in bdflush?
If not, then how exactly does bdflush interact with this?