linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] writeback: remove the internal 5% low bound on dirty

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Message-ID: <4C6DFA78.10800@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:46:00 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, david@...morbit.com, hch@....de,
	axboe@...nel.dk, Michael Rubin <mrubin@...gle.com>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] writeback: remove the internal 5% low bound on dirty_ratio

On 08/19/2010 11:25 PM, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> The dirty_ratio was silently limited to>= 5%. This is not a user
> expected behavior. Let's rip it.
>
> It's not likely the user space will depend on the old behavior.
> So the risk of breaking user space is very low.
>
> CC: Jan Kara<jack@...e.cz>
> CC: Neil Brown<neilb@...e.de>
> Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang<fengguang.wu@...el.com>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>

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