The patch titled
Subject: ext4: warn if direct reclaim tries to writeback pages
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
ext4-warn-if-direct-reclaim-tries-to-writeback-pages.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Subject: ext4: warn if direct reclaim tries to writeback pages
Direct reclaim should never writeback pages. Warn if an attempt is made.
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <jweiner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Alex Elder <aelder@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/inode.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN fs/ext4/inode.c~ext4-warn-if-direct-reclaim-tries-to-writeback-pages fs/ext4/inode.c
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c~ext4-warn-if-direct-reclaim-tries-to-writeback-pages
+++ a/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1811,8 +1811,12 @@ static int ext4_writepage(struct page *p
* We don't want to do block allocation, so redirty
* the page and return. We may reach here when we do
* a journal commit via journal_submit_inode_data_buffers.
- * We can also reach here via shrink_page_list
+ * We can also reach here via shrink_page_list but it
+ * should never be for direct reclaim so warn if that
+ * happens
*/
+ WARN_ON_ONCE((current->flags & (PF_MEMALLOC|PF_KSWAPD)) ==
+ PF_MEMALLOC);
goto redirty_page;
}
if (commit_write)
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from mgorman@xxxxxxx are
origin.patch
mm-page-writebackc-make-determine_dirtyable_memory-static-again.patch
thp-tail-page-refcounting-fix-5.patch
powerpc-remove-superfluous-pagetail-checks-on-the-pte-gup_fast.patch
powerpc-get_hugepte-dont-put_page-the-wrong-page.patch
powerpc-gup_hugepte-avoid-to-free-the-head-page-too-many-times.patch
powerpc-gup_hugepte-support-thp-based-tail-recounting.patch
powerpc-gup_huge_pmd-return-0-if-pte-changes.patch
s390-gup_huge_pmd-support-thp-tail-recounting.patch
s390-gup_huge_pmd-return-0-if-pte-changes.patch
sparc-gup_pte_range-support-thp-based-tail-recounting.patch
thp-share-get_huge_page_tail.patch
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