On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 07:52:51AM -0700, Jaegeuk Kim wrote: > commit dd6b9bf5883c3ca9c17bac80ccd8615fe5a452a3 upstream. You mean 2743f865543c0c4a5e12fc13edb2bf89a6e9687c, right? thanks, greg k-h > > 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. > > Reported-by: Brian Chadwick <brianchad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/f2fs/node.c | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c > index a9c0495..5696bde 100644 > --- a/fs/f2fs/node.c > +++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c > @@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ 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); > } > -- > 2.0.1.472.g6f92e5f > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- 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