On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:58:38 +0900 Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If we don't check the current backing device status, balance_dirty_pages can > fall into infinite pausing routine. > > This can be occurred when a lot of directories make a small number of dirty > dentry pages including files. > > ... > > --- a/fs/f2fs/node.c > +++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c > @@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ bool available_free_memory(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type) > mem_size = (nm_i->nat_cnt * sizeof(struct nat_entry)) >> 12; > res = mem_size < ((val.totalram * nm_i->ram_thresh / 100) >> 2); > } else if (type == DIRTY_DENTS) { > + if (sbi->sb->s_bdi->dirty_exceeded) > + return false; > mem_size = get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DENTS); > res = mem_size < ((val.totalram * nm_i->ram_thresh / 100) >> 1); > } err, filesystems should not be playing around with this. Perhaps VFS changes are needed. Please tell us much much more about what is going on here. -- 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