PF_FLUSHER is only ever set, not tested, remove it. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Jens Axboe --- fs/fs-writeback.c | 2 +- include/linux/sched.h | 1 - mm/backing-dev.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/fs/fs-writeback.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ linux-2.6/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data) struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi; long pages_written; - current->flags |= PF_FLUSHER | PF_SWAPWRITE; + current->flags |= PF_SWAPWRITE; set_freezable(); wb->last_active = jiffies; Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/sched.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/sched.h +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/sched.h @@ -1702,7 +1702,6 @@ extern void thread_group_times(struct ta #define PF_DUMPCORE 0x00000200 /* dumped core */ #define PF_SIGNALED 0x00000400 /* killed by a signal */ #define PF_MEMALLOC 0x00000800 /* Allocating memory */ -#define PF_FLUSHER 0x00001000 /* responsible for disk writeback */ #define PF_USED_MATH 0x00002000 /* if unset the fpu must be initialized before use */ #define PF_FREEZING 0x00004000 /* freeze in progress. do not account to load */ #define PF_NOFREEZE 0x00008000 /* this thread should not be frozen */ Index: linux-2.6/mm/backing-dev.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/backing-dev.c +++ linux-2.6/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr) { struct bdi_writeback *me = ptr; - current->flags |= PF_FLUSHER | PF_SWAPWRITE; + current->flags |= PF_SWAPWRITE; set_freezable(); /* -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/