On Wed 09-09-09 22:51:43, Wu Fengguang wrote: > This was not a bug, since b_io is empty for kupdate writeback. > The next patch will do requeue_io() for non-kupdate writeback, > so let's fix it. But doesn't this patch also need your "anti-starvation" patch? Looking into the code, we put inode to b_more_io when nr_to_write drops to zero and this way we'd just start writing it again in the next round... Honza > > CC: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Martin Bligh <mbligh@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Michael Rubin <mrubin@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <wfg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/fs-writeback.c | 7 +++++-- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > --- linux.orig/fs/fs-writeback.c 2009-09-09 21:41:14.000000000 +0800 > +++ linux/fs/fs-writeback.c 2009-09-09 21:45:15.000000000 +0800 > @@ -313,11 +313,14 @@ static void move_expired_inodes(struct l > } > > /* > - * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first. > + * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first: > + * (newly dirtied) => b_dirty inodes > + * => b_more_io inodes > + * => remaining inodes in b_io => (dequeue for sync) > */ > static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long *older_than_this) > { > - list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, wb->b_io.prev); > + list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, &wb->b_io); > move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, older_than_this); > } > > > -- > -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html