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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 07:15:25 -0800 (PST) From: Martin Knoblauch <spamtrap@...bisoft.de> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Fengguang Wu <wfg@...l.ustc.edu.cn> Subject: Likley stupid question on "throttle_vm_writeout" Hi, (please CC me on replies) I have a likely stupid question on the function "throttle_vm_writeout". Looking at the code I find: if (global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) + global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK) <= dirty_thresh) break; congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10); Shouldn't the NR_FILE_DIRTY pages be considered as well? Cheers Martin ------------------------------------------------------ Martin Knoblauch email: k n o b i AT knobisoft DOT de www: http://www.knobisoft.de -- 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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