linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH, RFC] vm: Add an tuning knob for vm.max_writeback

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20090831155441.GB23535@mit.edu>
Date:	Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:54:41 -0400
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, chris.mason@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC] vm: Add an tuning knob for vm.max_writeback_pages

At the risk of asking a stupid question, what *is* range_cyclic and
what is it trying to do?  I've been looking at the code and am I'm
getting myself very confused about what the code is trying to do and
what was its original intent.

					- Ted
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html