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Fix VOP_PUTPAGES(9) in regards to the use of VM_PAGER_CLUSTER_OK
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Authored by khng on Jun 19 2019, 8:04 AM.
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Summary

By reading the implementation of vnode_pager_putpages_ioflags() and
vnode_pager_generic_putpages(), if VM_PAGER_CLUSTER_OK is not set write
may be performed asynchronously.

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Doing asynchronous writes prevents clustering. The correct fix is to say:

If
.Dv VM_PAGER_CLUSTER_OK
is set, writes may be delayed so that related writes
can be coalesced for efficiency, e.g.,
This revision now requires changes to proceed.Jun 27 2019, 9:09 PM
  • Updated according to @mckusick 's suggestion
This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jun 29 2019, 2:49 AM

I'll take care of this and also bump the .Dd field.