linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Fix pdflush thread creation upper bound.

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Message-ID: <495BE45A.2000900@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:30:02 -0500
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Peter W Morreale <pmorreale@...ell.com>
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, andi@...stfloor.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, spamtrap@...bisoft.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Fix pdflush thread creation upper bound.

Peter W Morreale wrote:
> This patch fixes a race on creating pdflush threads.  Without the patch,
> it is possible to create more than MAX_PDFLUSH_THREADS threads, and this
> has been observed in practice on IO loaded SMP machines.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter W Morreale <pmorreale@...ell.com>

Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>

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