This is dead code because no bdi flush thread will be started for
!bdi_cap_writeback_dirty bdi.
CC: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/fs-writeback.c | 18 ------------------
1 file changed, 18 deletions(-)
--- linux.orig/fs/fs-writeback.c 2009-11-27 18:54:50.000000000 +0800
+++ linux/fs/fs-writeback.c 2009-11-27 18:55:11.000000000 +0800
@@ -614,7 +614,6 @@ static void writeback_inodes_wb(struct b
struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
struct super_block *sb = wbc->sb, *pin_sb = NULL;
- const int is_blkdev_sb = sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb);
const unsigned long start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
spin_lock(&inode_lock);
@@ -635,23 +634,6 @@ static void writeback_inodes_wb(struct b
continue;
}
- if (!bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(wb->bdi)) {
- redirty_tail(inode);
- if (is_blkdev_sb) {
- /*
- * Dirty memory-backed blockdev: the ramdisk
- * driver does this. Skip just this inode
- */
- continue;
- }
- /*
- * Dirty memory-backed inode against a filesystem other
- * than the kernel-internal bdev filesystem. Skip the
- * entire superblock.
- */
- break;
- }
-
if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_WILL_FREE)) {
requeue_io(inode);
continue;
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