linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] writeback: introduce wbc.tagged_sync for the WB_SYNC

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Date:	Wed, 4 May 2011 23:00:59 +0200
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] writeback: introduce wbc.tagged_sync for the
 WB_SYNC_NONE sync stage

On Mon 02-05-11 11:17:51, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> sync(2) is performed in two stages: the WB_SYNC_NONE sync and the
> WB_SYNC_ALL sync. Tag the first stage with wbc.tagged_sync and do
> livelock prevention for it, too.
> 
> Note that writeback_inodes_sb() is called by not only sync(), they are
> treated the same because the other callers need also need livelock
> prevention.
  I was thinking about this and could not find any - which other callers
of writeback_inodes_sb() need the livelock prevention?

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR
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