linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] remove throttle_vm

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Message-Id: <E1IdjOa-0002qg-00@dorka.pomaz.szeredi.hu>
Date:	Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:22:56 +0200
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, miklos@...redi.hu, wfg@...l.ustc.edu.cn,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove throttle_vm_writeout()

> So how do we end up with more writeback pages than that? should we teach
> pdflush about these limits as well?

Ugh.

I think we should rather fix vmscan to not spin when all pages of a
zone are already under writeout.  Which is the _real_ problem,
according to Andrew.

Miklos
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