linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] writeback: merely wakeup flusher thread if work allocation fails for WB_SYNC

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Date:	Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:39:29 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	chris.mason@...cle.com, hch@...radead.org, tytso@....edu,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, trond.myklebust@....uio.no
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] writeback: merely wakeup flusher thread if work
	allocation fails for WB_SYNC_NONE

On Mon, Sep 14 2009, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Mon 14-09-09 11:36:28, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
> > 
> > Since it's an opportunistic writeback and not a data integrity action,
> > don't punt to blocking writeback. Just wakeup the thread and it will
> > flush old data.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
>   Looks good. Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

Thanks!

>  BTW, don't we miss Christoph's Signed-off-by?

We do, he didn't include one.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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