The patch titled Subject: writeback-factor-out-balance_wb_limits-to-remove-repeated-code-v3 has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is writeback-factor-out-balance_wb_limits-to-remove-repeated-code-v3.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/writeback-factor-out-balance_wb_limits-to-remove-repeated-code-v3.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: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: writeback-factor-out-balance_wb_limits-to-remove-repeated-code-v3 Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2024 11:35:47 +0800 add comment Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240606033547.344376-1-shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page-writeback.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) --- a/mm/page-writeback.c~writeback-factor-out-balance_wb_limits-to-remove-repeated-code-v3 +++ a/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -1783,6 +1783,10 @@ static inline void wb_dirty_exceeded(str ((dtc->dirty > dtc->thresh) || strictlimit); } +/* + * The limits fileds dirty_exceeded and pos_ratio won't be updated if wb is + * in freerun state. Please don't use these invalid fileds in freerun case. + */ static void balance_wb_limits(struct dirty_throttle_control *dtc, bool strictlimit) { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are writeback-factor-out-wb_bg_dirty_limits-to-remove-repeated-code.patch writeback-add-general-function-domain_dirty_avail-to-calculate-dirty-and-avail-of-domain.patch writeback-factor-out-domain_over_bg_thresh-to-remove-repeated-code.patch writeback-factor-out-code-of-freerun-to-remove-repeated-code.patch writeback-factor-out-wb_dirty_freerun-to-remove-more-repeated-freerun-code.patch writeback-factor-out-balance_domain_limits-to-remove-repeated-code.patch writeback-factor-out-wb_dirty_exceeded-to-remove-repeated-code.patch writeback-factor-out-balance_wb_limits-to-remove-repeated-code.patch writeback-factor-out-balance_wb_limits-to-remove-repeated-code-v3.patch