On thu, 8 Dec 2011 10:04:34 -0800, Kamal Mostafa wrote: > /** > - * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway > + * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr - start writeback if none underway > * @sb: the superblock > * @nr: the number of pages to write > * > * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway. > * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not. > */ > -int writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle(struct super_block *sb, > +int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *sb, > unsigned long nr, > enum wb_reason reason) > { > if (!writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi)) { > down_read(&sb->s_umount); > - writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, nr, reason); > + if (nr == 0) > + writeback_inodes_sb(sb, reason); > + else > + writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, nr, reason); > up_read(&sb->s_umount); > return 1; > } else > return 0; The comment said "Returns 1 if writeback was started", so if writeback_in_progress() return true, I think this function also should return 1. BTW: Does anyone know when this patchset will be merged into the main tree? Thanks Miao -- 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