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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/cache-policies.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/cache-policies.txt index d3ca8af21a31..86786d87d9a8 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/cache-policies.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/cache-policies.txt @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Memory usage: The mq policy used a lot of memory; 88 bytes per cache block on a 64 bit machine. -smq uses 28bit indexes to implement it's data structures rather than +smq uses 28bit indexes to implement its data structures rather than pointers. It avoids storing an explicit hit count for each block. It has a 'hotspot' queue, rather than a pre-cache, which uses a quarter of the entries (each hotspot block covers a larger area than a single @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ resulting in better promotion/demotion decisions. Adaptability: The mq policy maintained a hit count for each cache block. For a -different block to get promoted to the cache it's hit count has to +different block to get promoted to the cache its hit count has to exceed the lowest currently in the cache. This meant it could take a long time for the cache to adapt between varying IO patterns. |