linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Adding four writeback files in /proc/sys/vm

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Message-ID: <AANLkTikXWJCde+rQ6W7v8N_HhT62p0wa50Ca+Xez4EoV@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 4 Aug 2010 17:18:46 -0700
From:	Michael Rubin <mrubin@...gle.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, jack@...e.cz, david@...morbit.com, hch@....de,
	axboe@...nel.dk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Adding four writeback files in /proc/sys/vm

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> For pages_dirtied and pages_entered_writeback: it's hard to see how any
> reimplementation of writeback would have any problem implementing
> these, so OK.

>
> But dirty_threshold_kbytes and dirty_background_threshold_kbytes are
> closely tied to the implementation-of-the-day and so I don't think they
> should be presented in /proc.

OK I will resend patch without threshold and then look for the write
place in debugfs to put them in a subsequent patch.

Thanks,

mrubin
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