linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/13] buffer: switch do_emergency_thaw() away from pdflush

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Message-ID: <20090408130832.GA5178@kernel.dk>
Date:	Wed, 8 Apr 2009 15:08:32 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	chris.mason@...cle.com, david@...morbit.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jack@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/13] buffer: switch do_emergency_thaw() away from
	pdflush_operation()

On Wed, Apr 08 2009, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 02:00:04PM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > This is (again) a preparatory patch similar to commit
> > a2a9537ac0b37a5da6fbe7e1e9cb06c524d2a9c4. It open codes a simple
> > async way of executing do_thaw_all() out of context, so we can get
> > rid of pdflush.
> 
> Any good reason this isn't pushed upstream for 2.6.30 yet?

The previous ones ARE in 2.6.30-rc1, but this one got added after 2.6.29
was released. I'll push this one, too.

> And if someone is inclined to clean up this area some generic way to
> run sysrq tasks in user context would be great, as a lot of them need
> to.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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