On Mon, Nov 05 2001, Jens Axboe wrote:
> Interesting, the 2.5 design prevents this since it doesn't account
> merges as a penalty (like a seek). I can do something like that for 2.4
> too, I'll do a patch for you to test.

Ok here it is. It's not as efficient as the 2.5 version since it
proceeds to scan the entire queue for a merge, but it should suffice for
your testing.

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Jens Axboe