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Improvements in the block layer - More Simpsons

Improvements in the block layer - More Simpsons

Posted Oct 8, 2017 13:59 UTC (Sun) by pr1268 (guest, #24648)
Parent article: Improvements in the block layer

[...] starts repeatedly asking it whether it's done yet — a behavior that will be familiar to any parent of small children on car journeys.

This, and the Homer Simpson eating donuts reference come together with:

for (;;)
{
    Bart & Lisa:    "Are we there yet?"
    Homer:          "NO!"
}

:-)


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Improvements in the block layer - More Simpsons

Posted Oct 9, 2017 16:38 UTC (Mon) by axboe (subscriber, #904) [Link]

> "Are we there yet?"

That comment is perfect for the discussion of IO polling, since that's basically how that works. Missed opportunity on my part. :-)


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