linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: April 27 (mm/page-writeback)

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Message-Id: <20100427110807.d8641ace.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:08:07 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Linux-Next <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: April 27 (mm/page-writeback)

On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:19:30 -0700 (PDT)
Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> wrote:

> When CONFIG_BLOCK is not enabled:
> 
> mm/page-writeback.c:707: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> mm/page-writeback.c:708: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> 

Subject: "laptop-mode: Make flushes per-device" fix
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>

When CONFIG_BLOCK is not enabled:

mm/page-writeback.c:707: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
mm/page-writeback.c:708: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type

Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---

 block/blk-core.c          |   15 +++++++++++++++
 include/linux/writeback.h |    1 -
 mm/page-writeback.c       |   15 ---------------
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff -puN block/blk-core.c~laptop-mode-make-flushes-per-device-fix block/blk-core.c
--- a/block/blk-core.c~laptop-mode-make-flushes-per-device-fix
+++ a/block/blk-core.c
@@ -488,6 +488,21 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue(gf
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_alloc_queue);
 
+static void laptop_mode_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
+{
+	struct request_queue *q = (struct request_queue *)data;
+	int nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
+		global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
+
+	/*
+	 * We want to write everything out, not just down to the dirty
+	 * threshold
+	 */
+
+	if (bdi_has_dirty_io(&q->backing_dev_info))
+		bdi_start_writeback(&q->backing_dev_info, NULL, nr_pages);
+}
+
 struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q;
diff -puN mm/page-writeback.c~laptop-mode-make-flushes-per-device-fix mm/page-writeback.c
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c~laptop-mode-make-flushes-per-device-fix
+++ a/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -693,21 +693,6 @@ int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(ct
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void laptop_mode_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
-{
-	struct request_queue *q = (struct request_queue *)data;
-	int nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
-		global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
-
-	/*
-	 * We want to write everything out, not just down to the dirty
-	 * threshold
-	 */
-
-	if (bdi_has_dirty_io(&q->backing_dev_info))
-		bdi_start_writeback(&q->backing_dev_info, NULL, nr_pages);
-}
-
 /*
  * We've spun up the disk and we're in laptop mode: schedule writeback
  * of all dirty data a few seconds from now.  If the flush is already scheduled
diff -puN include/linux/writeback.h~laptop-mode-make-flushes-per-device-fix include/linux/writeback.h
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h~laptop-mode-make-flushes-per-device-fix
+++ a/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ static inline void inode_sync_wait(struc
 void laptop_io_completion(struct backing_dev_info *info);
 void laptop_sync_completion(void);
 void laptop_mode_sync(struct work_struct *work);
-void laptop_mode_timer_fn(unsigned long data);
 void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask);
 
 /* These are exported to sysctl. */
_

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