linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] writeback: IO-less balance_dirty

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Date:	Tue, 9 Aug 2011 14:15:43 -0400
From:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
To:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Andrea Righi <arighi@...eler.com>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] writeback: IO-less balance_dirty_pages()

On Sat, Aug 06, 2011 at 04:44:52PM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:

[..]
> -		trace_balance_dirty_start(bdi);
> -		if (bdi_nr_reclaimable > task_bdi_thresh) {
> -			pages_written += writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi->wb,
> -							     write_chunk);
> -			trace_balance_dirty_written(bdi, pages_written);
> -			if (pages_written >= write_chunk)
> -				break;		/* We've done our duty */
> +		if (unlikely(!writeback_in_progress(bdi)))
> +			bdi_start_background_writeback(bdi);
> +
> +		base_bw = bdi->dirty_ratelimit;
> +		bw = bdi_position_ratio(bdi, dirty_thresh, nr_dirty,
> +					bdi_thresh, bdi_dirty);

For the sake of consistency of usage of varibale naming how about using

pos_ratio = bdi_position_ratio()?

> +		if (unlikely(bw == 0)) {
> +			pause = MAX_PAUSE;
> +			goto pause;
>  		}
> +		bw = (u64)base_bw * bw >> BANDWIDTH_CALC_SHIFT;

So far bw had pos_ratio as value now it will be replaced with actual
bandwidth as value. It makes code confusing. So using pos_ratio will
help.

		bw = (u64)base_bw * pos_ratio >> BANDWIDTH_CALC_SHIFT;

Thanks
Vivek
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