Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> Interesting. That doesn't reflect my own tests, even on rotating media,
> at all. I wonder if it's related to:
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=23d0127096cb91cb6d354bdc71bd88a7bae3a1d5
> If you use your 12.04 kernel, that'd not be fixed. Which might be a
> reason to do it as you suggest.
Hmm ... that kernel commit is less than 4 months old. Would it be
reflected in *any* production kernels yet?
regards, tom lane