linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/5] writeback livelock fixes v2

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Date:	Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:35:00 +0800
From:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 0/5] writeback livelock fixes v2

Andrew,

Here are the writeback livelock fixes (patch 3, 4) from Jan Kara.

changes from v1:

- collect the various changelog and comment changes from email discussions


 [PATCH 1/5] writeback: integrated background writeback work
 [PATCH 2/5] writeback: trace wakeup event for background writeback
 [PATCH 3/5] writeback: stop background/kupdate works from livelocking other works
 [PATCH 4/5] writeback: avoid livelocking WB_SYNC_ALL writeback
 [PATCH 5/5] writeback: check skipped pages on WB_SYNC_ALL

 fs/fs-writeback.c                |  105 +++++++++++++++++++++++------
 include/trace/events/writeback.h |    1 
 2 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

Thanks,
Fengguang

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