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From: "Ted Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: [patch]ext4: add block plug for .writepages
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On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:09:40AM +0800, Shaohua Li wrote:
> I searched a little bit, looks only ext4 need it. here is the patch.
> 
> 
> Add block plug for ext4 .writepages. Though ext4 .writepages
> already handles request merge very well, block plug is still
> helpful to reduce block lock contention.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted