Subject: + mm-writeback-dont-check-force_wait-to-handle-bdi-work_list.patch added to -mm tree To: liwanp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx,tj@xxxxxxxxxx From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:23:47 -0700 The patch titled Subject: mm/writeback: don't check force_wait to handle bdi->work_list has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-writeback-dont-check-force_wait-to-handle-bdi-work_list.patch 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/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Wanpeng Li <liwanp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/writeback: don't check force_wait to handle bdi->work_list After 839a8e86 ("writeback: replace custom worker pool implementation with unbound workqueue"), bdi_writeback_workfn runs off bdi_writeback->dwork, on each execution, it processes bdi->work_list and reschedules if there are more things to do instead of flush any work that race with us existing. It is unecessary to check force_wait in wb_do_writeback since it is always 0 after the mentioned commit. This patch remove the force_wait in wb_do_writeback. Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <liwanp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/fs-writeback.c | 10 ++-------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/fs-writeback.c~mm-writeback-dont-check-force_wait-to-handle-bdi-work_list fs/fs-writeback.c --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c~mm-writeback-dont-check-force_wait-to-handle-bdi-work_list +++ a/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ static long wb_check_old_data_flush(stru /* * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe */ -static long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait) +static long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb) { struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi; struct wb_writeback_work *work; @@ -967,12 +967,6 @@ static long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_w set_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &wb->bdi->state); while ((work = get_next_work_item(bdi)) != NULL) { - /* - * Override sync mode, in case we must wait for completion - * because this thread is exiting now. - */ - if (force_wait) - work->sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL; trace_writeback_exec(bdi, work); @@ -1021,7 +1015,7 @@ void bdi_writeback_workfn(struct work_st * rescuer as work_list needs to be drained. */ do { - pages_written = wb_do_writeback(wb, 0); + pages_written = wb_do_writeback(wb); trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written); } while (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list)); } else { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from liwanp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-memory-hotplug-fix-lowmem-count-overflow-when-offline-pages.patch mm-memory-hotplug-fix-lowmem-count-overflow-when-offline-pages-fix.patch mm-pageblock-remove-get-set_pageblock_flags.patch mm-hugetlb-remove-hugetlb_prefault.patch mm-hugetlb-use-already-exist-interface-huge_page_shift.patch mm-writeback-remove-wb_reason_name.patch mm-writeback-dont-check-force_wait-to-handle-bdi-work_list.patch mm-writeback-commit-reason-of-wb_reason_forker_thread-mismatch-name.patch mm-page_alloc-fix-doc-for-numa_zonelist_order.patch mm-thp-fix-doc-for-transparent-huge-zero-page.patch mm-pgtable-dont-accumulate-addr-during-pgd-prepopulate-pmd.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