[Linux-cachefs] (no subject)

gaurav gaurav1207 at gmail.com
Wed Jan 17 14:40:25 UTC 2007


i couldnt understand.."it depends"... depends on what??
there is no such circumstances... the question is simple...
for every process whether the kernel allocates new buffer pool for the data
knowing that the processes want to access the same data block....
or on other hand the processes use only a single copy of data to access


On 1/17/07, David Howells <dhowells at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> gaurav <gaurav1207 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > i wanted to know what exact mechanism takes place at file system level
> when
> > two or more processes try to access the same data from the same disk in
> > linux 2.6.18 kernel ...
> > My query is that for every incoming process new buffer is allocated for
> the
> > data or the same buffer is used again and again.
>
> The answer is: it depends...  Can you clarify the circumstances you're
> asking
> about?  Is this involving FS-Cache?
>
> David
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Gaurav....



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