linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/10] mm: per device dirty threshold

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Date:	Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:47:20 +0200
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl
CC:	miklos@...redi.hu, neilb@...e.de, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	dgc@....com, tomoki.sekiyama.qu@...achi.com, nikita@...sterfs.com,
	trond.myklebust@....uio.no, yingchao.zhou@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] mm: per device dirty threshold

> Ahh, now I see; I had totally blocked out these few lines:
> 
> 			pages_written += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
> 			if (pages_written >= write_chunk)
> 				break;		/* We've done our duty */
> 
> yeah, those look dubious indeed... And reading back Neil's comments, I
> think he agrees.
> 
> Shall we just kill those?

I think we should.

Athough I'm a little afraid, that Akpm will tell me again, that I'm a
stupid git, and that those lines are in fact vitally important ;)

Miklos
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