linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] writeback: elevate queue_io() into wb

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Date:	Wed, 4 May 2011 19:15:47 +0800
From:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	Itaru Kitayama <kitayama@...bb4u.ne.jp>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] writeback: elevate queue_io() into wb_writeback()

On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 07:08:49PM +0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> >  	return 1;
> >  }
> >  
> > -void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
> > -		struct writeback_control *wbc)
> > +static void __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
> > +				  struct writeback_control *wbc)
> >  {
> >  	int ret = 0;
> >  
> >  	if (!wbc->wb_start)
> >  		wbc->wb_start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
> 
> This should move to writeback_inodes_wb and be unconditional as
> wb_writeback already always initializes it.

Never mind :) wbc->wb_start has been killed in a later patch named
"writeback: avoid extra sync work at enqueue time".

Thanks,
Fengguang
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