Re: fcntl() or ioctl() for fs readahead?

Marty Leisner (leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com)
Fri, 24 May 1996 11:39:40 PDT


I don't like reada...it adds complexity and is another problem
porting code...

I'm not sure what the readahead algorithm is, but the kernel should
be smart enough to guess:

I'm doing sequential reads, I may as well get more into the
buffer cache...

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marty
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