linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] Don't bump up LLONG_MAX nr_to

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Message-ID: <20100913212501.GD5827@thunk.org>
Date:	Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:25:01 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't bump up LLONG_MAX nr_to_write by a factor of 8

On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 02:03:37PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> I'm uneasy with lots of stuff going on in ext4_da_writepages(),
> but bumping nr_to_write from LLONG_MAX to -8 clearly isn't
> making anything better, so avoid the multiplier in that case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>

Added to the ext4 tree, thanks.

						- Ted
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