The patch titled Subject: mm: add knob /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/strict_limit has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-add-knob-sys-class-bdi-bdi-strict_limit.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-add-knob-sys-class-bdi-bdi-strict_limit.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Stefan Roesch <shr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm: add knob /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/strict_limit Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 16:51:57 -0800 Add a new knob to /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/strict_limit. This new knob allows to set/unset the flag BDI_CAP_STRICTLIMIT in the bdi capabilities. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221119005215.3052436-3-shr@xxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Stefan Roesch <shr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Chris Mason <clm@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/backing-dev.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) --- a/mm/backing-dev.c~mm-add-knob-sys-class-bdi-bdi-strict_limit +++ a/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -209,11 +209,40 @@ static ssize_t stable_pages_required_sho } static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(stable_pages_required); +static ssize_t strict_limit_store(struct device *dev, + struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count) +{ + struct backing_dev_info *bdi = dev_get_drvdata(dev); + unsigned int strict_limit; + ssize_t ret; + + ret = kstrtouint(buf, 10, &strict_limit); + if (ret < 0) + return ret; + + ret = bdi_set_strict_limit(bdi, strict_limit); + if (!ret) + ret = count; + + return ret; +} + +static ssize_t strict_limit_show(struct device *dev, + struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf) +{ + struct backing_dev_info *bdi = dev_get_drvdata(dev); + + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", + !!(bdi->capabilities & BDI_CAP_STRICTLIMIT)); +} +static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(strict_limit); + static struct attribute *bdi_dev_attrs[] = { &dev_attr_read_ahead_kb.attr, &dev_attr_min_ratio.attr, &dev_attr_max_ratio.attr, &dev_attr_stable_pages_required.attr, + &dev_attr_strict_limit.attr, NULL, }; ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(bdi_dev); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from shr@xxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-add-bdi_set_strict_limit-function.patch mm-add-knob-sys-class-bdi-bdi-strict_limit.patch mm-document-sys-class-bdi-bdi-strict_limit-knob.patch mm-use-part-per-1000000-for-bdi-ratios.patch mm-add-bdi_get_max_bytes-function.patch mm-split-off-__bdi_set_max_ratio-function.patch mm-add-bdi_set_max_bytes-function.patch mm-add-knob-sys-class-bdi-bdi-max_bytes.patch mm-document-sys-class-bdi-bdi-max_bytes-knob.patch mm-add-bdi_get_min_bytes-function.patch mm-split-off-__bdi_set_min_ratio-function.patch mm-add-bdi_set_min_bytes-function.patch mm-add-sys-class-bdi-bdi-min_bytes-knob.patch mm-document-sys-class-bdi-bdi-min_bytes-knob.patch mm-add-bdi_set_max_ratio_no_scale-function.patch mm-add-sys-class-bdi-bdi-max_ratio_fine-knob.patch mm-document-sys-class-bdi-bdi-max_ratio_fine-knob.patch mm-add-bdi_set_min_ratio_no_scale-function.patch mm-add-sys-class-bdi-bdi-min_ratio_fine-knob.patch mm-document-sys-class-bdi-bdi-min_ratio_fine-knob.patch