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| author | Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com> | 2009-06-15 15:50:49 +0200 |
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| committer | Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com> | 2009-06-15 15:50:49 +0200 |
| commit | 722f2a6c87f34ee0fd0130a8cf45f81e0705594a (patch) | |
| tree | 50b054df34d2731eb0ba0cf1a6c27e43e7eed428 /Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt | |
| parent | 7a0aeb14e18ad59394bd9bbc6e57fb345819e748 (diff) | |
| parent | 45e3e1935e2857c54783291107d33323b3ef33c8 (diff) | |
Merge commit 'linus/master' into HEAD
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Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt b/Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt index 72576769e0f..2d82c80322c 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ same criteria as reads. front_merges (bool) ------------ -Sometimes it happens that a request enters the io scheduler that is contigious +Sometimes it happens that a request enters the io scheduler that is contiguous with a request that is already on the queue. Either it fits in the back of that request, or it fits at the front. That is called either a back merge candidate or a front merge candidate. Due to the way files are typically laid out, |