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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.4.20] alloc_kiovec performance improvement
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On Llu, 2003-05-05 at 17:54, Mikael Starvik wrote:
> alloc_kiovec always allocates 1024 buffer heads which is a waste 
> with performance in the cases when the buffers aren't used.

See the patches in -ac that came from tuning Oracle performance.