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Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:15:18 +0200 From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com> To: Damien Wyart <damien.wyart@...e.fr> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, chris.mason@...cle.com, david@...morbit.com, hch@...radead.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jack@...e.cz, yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com, richard@....demon.co.uk, fweisbec@...il.com, Alan.Brunelle@...com Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] Per-bdi writeback flusher threads v13 On Fri, Jul 31 2009, Damien Wyart wrote: > Hello, > > > Here's the 13th version of the writeback patches. Changes since v12: > > > - Update to 2.6.31-rc4 ('ish, it's on top of current -git, but wil apply > > to -rc4 as well). > > - Drop the last patch in the series, it was a questionable optimization > > that needs to be tested and evaluated separately. > > fs/sync.c has changed some time ago and I think your patch needs this > (which I had lazyly added by hand in v12 without telling): > > --- a/fs/sync.c 2009-07-31 07:32:08.927926281 +0200 > +++ b/fs/sync.c.new 2009-07-31 07:31:52.499801359 +0200 > @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ restart: > */ > SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sync) > { > - wakeup_pdflush(0); > + wakeup_flusher_threads(0); > sync_filesystems(0); > sync_filesystems(1); > if (unlikely(laptop_mode)) Argh, I had fixed that long ago, but a branch problem yesterday caused it to be lost just before posting. How annoying. Thanks for the hint, I'll update the v13 branch and patch. -- Jens Axboe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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