linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/17] writeback: sync expired inodes first in background writeback

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Date:	Fri, 06 May 2011 15:02:27 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/17] writeback: sync expired inodes first in background
 writeback

On 05/05/2011 11:08 PM, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> A background flush work may run for ever. So it's reasonable for it to
> mimic the kupdate behavior of syncing old/expired inodes first.
>
> At each queue_io() time, first try enqueuing only newly expired inodes.
> If there are zero expired inodes to work with, then relax the rule and
> enqueue all dirty inodes.
>
> CC: Dave Chinner<david@...morbit.com>
> CC: Jan Kara<jack@...e.cz>
> CC: Rik van Riel<riel@...hat.com>
> Acked-by: Mel Gorman<mel@....ul.ie>
> Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang<fengguang.wu@...el.com>

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

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