linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] writeback: dirty position control

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Message-ID: <20110812125952.GA16675@localhost>
Date:	Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:59:52 +0800
From:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <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>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	Andrea Righi <arighi@...eler.com>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] writeback: dirty position control

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 08:54:17PM +0800, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 00:56 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > 
> >                s - x 3
> >  f(x) :=  1 + (-----)
> >                  d
> > 
> btw, if you want steeper slopes for rampup and brake you can add another
> factor like:
> 
>                  s - x 3
>   f(x) :=  1 + a(-----)
>                    d
>  
> And solve the whole f(l)=0 thing again to determine d in l and a.
> 
> For 0 < a < 1 the slopes increase.

Yes, we can leave it as a future tuning option. For now I'm pretty
satisfied with the current function's shape :)

Thanks,
Fengguang
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