linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] writeback: Reporting dirty thresholds in /proc/vmstat

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Message-ID: <AANLkTikcsqnwwNjXPPTJ3xb981Z0hopWRLEYjrE3uvQ7@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:42:20 -0700
From:	Michael Rubin <mrubin@...gle.com>
To:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Cc:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
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	"npiggin@...nel.dk" <npiggin@...nel.dk>, "hch@....de" <hch@....de>,
	"axboe@...nel.dk" <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] writeback: Reporting dirty thresholds in /proc/vmstat

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com> wrote:
> Sorry for giving a wrong example. Hope this one is better:
>
> $ cat /debug/bdi/default/stats
> [...]
> DirtyThresh:       1838904 kB
> BackgroundThresh:   919452 kB
> [...]
>
> It's a trick to avoid messing with real devices :)

That's cool. And it's the exact code path :-)

mrubin
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