linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] writeback: remove unused nonblocking and congestion checks (xfs)

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Message-ID: <20091127114014.GA5132@infradead.org>
Date:	Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:40:14 -0500
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] writeback: remove unused nonblocking and
	congestion checks (xfs)

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 06:59:12PM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> No one is calling wb_writeback and write_cache_pages with
> wbc.nonblocking=1 any more. And lumpy pageout will want to do
> nonblocking writeback without the congestion wait.

Please, just fold this into one big patch removing the flag.  Splitting
this into multiple patches is just a real pain in the neck.

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