The patch titled congestion_wait(): don't wait when there are no pages under writeback has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was congestion-wait-dont-wait-when-there-are-no-pages-under-writeback.patch This patch was dropped because it is obsolete ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: congestion_wait(): don't wait when there are no pages under writeback From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- mm/backing-dev.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff -puN mm/backing-dev.c~congestion-wait-dont-wait-when-there-are-no-pages-under-writeback mm/backing-dev.c --- a/mm/backing-dev.c~congestion-wait-dont-wait-when-there-are-no-pages-under-writeback +++ a/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -1,9 +1,11 @@ +#include <linux/mm.h> #include <linux/wait.h> #include <linux/backing-dev.h> #include <linux/fs.h> #include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/module.h> +#include <linux/vmstat.h> static wait_queue_head_t congestion_wqh[2] = { __WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_INITIALIZER(congestion_wqh[0]), @@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ long congestion_wait(int rw, long timeou DEFINE_WAIT(wait); wait_queue_head_t *wqh = &congestion_wqh[rw]; + if (rw == WRITE && global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK) == 0) + return timeout; prepare_to_wait(wqh, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); ret = io_schedule_timeout(timeout); finish_wait(wqh, &wait); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxx are git-powerpc.patch git-ia64.patch git-ieee1394.patch sata_nv-add-back-some-verbosity-into-adma-error_handler.patch git-ubi.patch git-netdev-all.patch update-smc91x-driver-with-arm-versatile-board-info.patch drivers-net-ns83820c-add-paramter-to-disable-auto.patch git-ioat-vs-git-md-accel.patch ioat-warning-fix.patch drivers-scsi-mca_53c9xc-save_flags-cli-removal.patch scsi-cover-up-bugs-fix-up-compiler-warnings-in-megaraid-driver.patch git-ipwireless_cs.patch lumpy-reclaim-v4.patch deprecate-smbfs-in-favour-of-cifs.patch block_write_full_page-handle-enospc.patch filesystem-disk-errors-at-boot-time-caused-by-probe.patch merge-sys_clone-sys_unshare-nsproxy-and-namespace.patch epoll-optimizations-and-cleanups-tidy.patch sync_sb_inodes-propagate-errors.patch mips-convert-to-use-shared-apm-emulation-fix.patch schedule_on_each_cpu-use-preempt_disable.patch implement-flush_work-sanity.patch implement-flush_work_keventd.patch flush_workqueue-use-preempt_disable-to-hold-off-cpu-hotplug.patch aio-use-flush_work.patch kblockd-use-flush_work.patch relayfs-use-flush_keventd_work.patch tg3-use-flush_keventd_work.patch e1000-use-flush_keventd_work.patch libata-use-flush_work.patch phy-use-flush_work.patch extend-notifier_call_chain-to-count-nr_calls-made.patch eliminate-lock_cpu_hotplug-in-kernel-schedc.patch move-page-writeback-acounting-out-of-macros.patch ext2-reservations.patch aio-is-unlikely.patch mm-implement-swap-prefetching.patch readahead-kconfig-options.patch readahead-minmax_ra_pages.patch readahead-sysctl-parameters.patch readahead-context-based-method.patch readahead-call-scheme.patch readahead-nfsd-case.patch make-copy_from_user_inatomic-not-zero-the-tail-on-i386-vs-reiser4.patch reiser4.patch nr_blockdev_pages-in_interrupt-warning.patch device-suspend-debug.patch slab-leaks3-default-y.patch vdso-print-fatal-signals-use-ctl_unnumbered.patch restore-rogue-readahead-printk.patch put_bh-debug.patch acpi_format_exception-debug.patch kmap_atomic-debugging.patch shrink_slab-handle-bad-shrinkers.patch squash-ipc-warnings.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html