X-Git-Url: https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fblock%2Fdeadline-iosched.txt;h=2d82c80322cbb225313778dafb3df989cf2a52fa;hb=f27884aeadff9654f4a1e8a05dd92f4b140afe29;hp=72576769e0f4976fead6933727edc02f2704092e;hpb=9649745c8670eacc671e9cff72c5c1e346e13036;p=pandora-kernel.git diff --git a/Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt b/Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt index 72576769e0f4..2d82c80322cb 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ same criteria as reads. front_merges (bool) ------------ -Sometimes it happens that a request enters the io scheduler that is contigious +Sometimes it happens that a request enters the io scheduler that is contiguous with a request that is already on the queue. Either it fits in the back of that request, or it fits at the front. That is called either a back merge candidate or a front merge candidate. Due to the way files are typically laid out,