Fix a bug that current->nr_dirtied_pause += current->nr_dirtied_pause >> 5; does not effectively increase nr_dirtied_pause when it's less than 32. Thus nr_dirtied_pause may never grow up. Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang --- mm/page-writeback.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- linux-next.orig/mm/page-writeback.c 2010-12-08 22:44:27.000000000 +0800 +++ linux-next/mm/page-writeback.c 2010-12-08 22:44:28.000000000 +0800 @@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ pause: if (pause == 0 && nr_dirty < background_thresh) current->nr_dirtied_pause = ratelimit_pages(bdi); else if (pause == 1) - current->nr_dirtied_pause += current->nr_dirtied_pause >> 5; + current->nr_dirtied_pause += current->nr_dirtied_pause / 32 + 1; else if (pause >= HZ/10) /* * when repeated, writing 1 page per 100ms on slow devices, -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/