linux-kernel - [PATCH 05/12] writeback: switch wakeup_flusher

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Date:   Wed, 27 Sep 2017 14:13:52 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     hannes@...xchg.org, jack@...e.cz, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: [PATCH 05/12] writeback: switch wakeup_flusher_threads() to cyclic writeback

We're writing back the full range of dirty pages on the devices,
there's no point in making this special and not do normal range
cyclic writeback.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
---
 fs/fs-writeback.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index bb6148dc6d24..65e6992d8719 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1971,7 +1971,7 @@ void wakeup_flusher_threads(enum wb_reason reason)
 
 		list_for_each_entry_rcu(wb, &bdi->wb_list, bdi_node)
 			wb_start_writeback(wb, wb_split_bdi_pages(wb, nr_pages),
-					   false, reason);
+						true, reason);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
-- 
2.7.4