linux-kernel - [PATCH 06/16] ext4: nuke pdflush from comments

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Date:	Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:12:04 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Maling List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux FS Maling List <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>
Subject: [PATCH 06/16] ext4: nuke pdflush from comments

From: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@...ux.intel.com>

The pdflush thread is long gone, so this patch removes references to pdflush
from ext4 comments.

Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@...ux.intel.com>
---

I expect this patch to be merged via Al Viro's VFS tree.

 fs/ext4/inode.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 2ff8b9f..854ca17 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1941,7 +1941,7 @@ static void ext4_end_io_buffer_write(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate);
  * This function can get called via...
  *   - ext4_da_writepages after taking page lock (have journal handle)
  *   - journal_submit_inode_data_buffers (no journal handle)
- *   - shrink_page_list via pdflush (no journal handle)
+ *   - shrink_page_list via the kswapd/direct reclaim (no journal handle)
  *   - grab_page_cache when doing write_begin (have journal handle)
  *
  * We don't do any block allocation in this function. If we have page with
-- 
1.7.10

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