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Diffstat (limited to 'miscutils/readahead.c')
-rw-r--r-- | miscutils/readahead.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/miscutils/readahead.c b/miscutils/readahead.c index eb966b0f0..972302a18 100644 --- a/miscutils/readahead.c +++ b/miscutils/readahead.c | |||
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@ | |||
15 | //config: depends on LFS | 15 | //config: depends on LFS |
16 | //config: select PLATFORM_LINUX | 16 | //config: select PLATFORM_LINUX |
17 | //config: help | 17 | //config: help |
18 | //config: Preload the files listed on the command line into RAM cache so that | 18 | //config: Preload the files listed on the command line into RAM cache so that |
19 | //config: subsequent reads on these files will not block on disk I/O. | 19 | //config: subsequent reads on these files will not block on disk I/O. |
20 | //config: | 20 | //config: |
21 | //config: This applet just calls the readahead(2) system call on each file. | 21 | //config: This applet just calls the readahead(2) system call on each file. |
22 | //config: It is mainly useful in system startup scripts to preload files | 22 | //config: It is mainly useful in system startup scripts to preload files |
23 | //config: or executables before they are used. When used at the right time | 23 | //config: or executables before they are used. When used at the right time |
24 | //config: (in particular when a CPU bound process is running) it can | 24 | //config: (in particular when a CPU bound process is running) it can |
25 | //config: significantly speed up system startup. | 25 | //config: significantly speed up system startup. |
26 | //config: | 26 | //config: |
27 | //config: As readahead(2) blocks until each file has been read, it is best to | 27 | //config: As readahead(2) blocks until each file has been read, it is best to |
28 | //config: run this applet as a background job. | 28 | //config: run this applet as a background job. |
29 | 29 | ||
30 | //applet:IF_READAHEAD(APPLET(readahead, BB_DIR_USR_SBIN, BB_SUID_DROP)) | 30 | //applet:IF_READAHEAD(APPLET(readahead, BB_DIR_USR_SBIN, BB_SUID_DROP)) |
31 | 31 | ||