On 11/18/10 11:10 AM, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:55:18 -0600 Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> Can we just delete writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle() and >>> writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle()? The changelog for 17bd55d037a02 is >>> pretty handwavy - do we know that deleting these things would make a >>> jot of difference? >> >> Really? I thought it was pretty decent ;) >> >> Anyway, xfstests 204, "Test out ENOSPC flushing on small filesystems." >> shows the problem clearly, IIRC. I should have included that in the >> changelog, I suppose, sorry. > > Your email didn't really impart any information :( > > I suppose I could accidentally delete those nasty little functions in a > drivers/parport patch then wait and see if anyone notices. > Um, ok, then, to answer the question directly : No, please don't delete those functions, it will break ENOSPC handling in ext4 as shown by xfstests regression test #204 ... -Eric -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
