From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx> There's only one caller of set_page_dirty_balance() and that will call it with page_mkwrite == 0. The page_mkwrite argument was unused since commit b827e496c893 "mm: close page_mkwrite races". Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx> --- include/linux/writeback.h | 2 +- mm/memory.c | 2 +- mm/page-writeback.c | 4 ++-- 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/include/linux/writeback.h +++ b/include/linux/writeback.h @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ int write_cache_pages(struct address_spa struct writeback_control *wbc, writepage_t writepage, void *data); int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc); -void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page, int page_mkwrite); +void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page); void writeback_set_ratelimit(void); void tag_pages_for_writeback(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end); --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -2752,7 +2752,7 @@ static int do_wp_page(struct mm_struct * */ if (!page_mkwrite) { wait_on_page_locked(dirty_page); - set_page_dirty_balance(dirty_page, page_mkwrite); + set_page_dirty_balance(dirty_page); /* file_update_time outside page_lock */ if (vma->vm_file) file_update_time(vma->vm_file); --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -1562,9 +1562,9 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct a bdi_start_background_writeback(bdi); } -void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page, int page_mkwrite) +void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page) { - if (set_page_dirty(page) || page_mkwrite) { + if (set_page_dirty(page)) { struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page); if (mapping) -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>