Re: [PATCH RFC] mm: Implement balance_dirty_pages() through waiting for flusher thread

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On Fri 18-06-10 12:21:37, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 20:04 +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > +               if (bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITTEN) >= bdi->wb_written_head)
> > +                       bdi_wakeup_writers(bdi); 
> 
> For the paranoid amongst us you could make wb_written_head s64 and write
> the above as:
> 
>   if (bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITTEN) - bdi->wb_written_head > 0)
> 
> Which, if you assume both are monotonic and wb_written_head is always
> within 2^63 of the actual bdi_stat() value, should give the same end
> result and deal with wrap-around.
> 
> For when we manage to create a device that can write 2^64 pages in our
> uptime :-)
  OK, the fix is simple enough so I've changed it, although I'm not
paranoic enough ;) (I actually did the math before writing that test).

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
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