Re: [PATCH 1/4] writeback: integrated background work

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Hi Wu,

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Check background work whenever the flusher thread wakes up.  The page
> reclaim code may lower the soft dirty limit immediately before sending
> some work to the flusher thread.

I looked over this series. First impression is the approach is good. :)
But let me have a question.
I can't find things about soft dirty limit.
Maybe it's a thing based on your another patch series.
But at least, could you explain it in this series if it is really
related to this series?

>
> This is also the prerequisite of next patch.

I can't understand why is the prerequisite of next patch.
Please specify it.

>
> Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>




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