[PATCH] remove no longer use of pdflush interface

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From: Wanpeng Li <liwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

remove no longer use of pdflush interface nr_pdflush_threads.

Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <liwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt |   11 -----------
 fs/fs-writeback.c           |    5 -----
 include/linux/writeback.h   |    5 -----
 kernel/sysctl.c             |    7 -------
 4 files changed, 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index 96f0ee8..71c17d2 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm:
 - mmap_min_addr
 - nr_hugepages
 - nr_overcommit_hugepages
-- nr_pdflush_threads
 - nr_trim_pages         (only if CONFIG_MMU=n)
 - numa_zonelist_order
 - oom_dump_tasks
@@ -426,16 +425,6 @@ See Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
 
 ==============================================================
 
-nr_pdflush_threads
-
-The current number of pdflush threads.  This value is read-only.
-The value changes according to the number of dirty pages in the system.
-
-When necessary, additional pdflush threads are created, one per second, up to
-nr_pdflush_threads_max.
-
-==============================================================
-
 nr_trim_pages
 
 This is available only on NOMMU kernels.
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 539f36c..30ddb8a 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ struct wb_writeback_work {
 	struct completion *done;	/* set if the caller waits */
 };
 
-/*
- * We don't actually have pdflush, but this one is exported though /proc...
- */
-int nr_pdflush_threads;
-
 /**
  * writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress
  * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure.
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index a2b84f5..13b5df7 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -193,9 +193,4 @@ void tag_pages_for_writeback(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 void account_page_redirty(struct page *page);
 
-/* pdflush.c */
-extern int nr_pdflush_threads;	/* Global so it can be exported to sysctl
-				   read-only. */
-
-
 #endif		/* WRITEBACK_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 4ab1187..e257b61 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1095,13 +1095,6 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.extra1		= &zero,
 	},
 	{
-		.procname	= "nr_pdflush_threads",
-		.data		= &nr_pdflush_threads,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof nr_pdflush_threads,
-		.mode		= 0444 /* read-only*/,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
-	},
-	{
 		.procname	= "swappiness",
 		.data		= &vm_swappiness,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(vm_swappiness),
-- 
1.7.9.5

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