Re: [PATCH] Revert "mm/page-writeback.c: print a warning if the vm dirtiness settings are illogical" (was: Re: [PATCH] mm: print a warning once the vm dirtiness settings is illogical)

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2017-11-28 11:11 GMT+08:00 Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi Michal,
>
> What about bellow change ?
> It makes the function  domain_dirty_limits() more clear.
> And the result will have a higher precision.
>
>
> diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
> index 8a15511..2b5e507 100644
> --- a/mm/page-writeback.c
> +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
> @@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ static void domain_dirty_limits(struct
> dirty_throttle_control *dtc)
>     unsigned long bytes = vm_dirty_bytes;
>     unsigned long bg_bytes = dirty_background_bytes;
>     /* convert ratios to per-PAGE_SIZE for higher precision */
> -   unsigned long ratio = (vm_dirty_ratio * PAGE_SIZE) / 100;
> -   unsigned long bg_ratio = (dirty_background_ratio * PAGE_SIZE) / 100;
> +   unsigned long ratio = vm_dirty_ratio;
> +   unsigned long bg_ratio = dirty_background_ratio;
>     unsigned long thresh;
>     unsigned long bg_thresh;
>     struct task_struct *tsk;
> @@ -416,28 +416,33 @@ static void domain_dirty_limits(struct
> dirty_throttle_control *dtc)
>          */
>         if (bytes)
>             ratio = min(DIV_ROUND_UP(bytes, global_avail),
> -                   PAGE_SIZE);
> +                   100);
>         if (bg_bytes)
>             bg_ratio = min(DIV_ROUND_UP(bg_bytes, global_avail),
> -                      PAGE_SIZE);
> +                      99);   /* bg_ratio should less than ratio */
>         bytes = bg_bytes = 0;
>     }


Errata:

        if (bytes)
-           ratio = min(DIV_ROUND_UP(bytes, global_avail),
-                   PAGE_SIZE);
+           ratio = min(DIV_ROUND_UP(bytes / PAGE_SIZE, global_avail),
+                   100);
        if (bg_bytes)
-           bg_ratio = min(DIV_ROUND_UP(bg_bytes, global_avail),
-                      PAGE_SIZE);
+           bg_ratio = min(DIV_ROUND_UP(bg_bytes / PAGE_SIZE, global_avail),
+                      100 - 1); /* bg_ratio should be less than ratio */
        bytes = bg_bytes = 0;

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