linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 7/7] zram: writeback throttle

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Date:   Mon, 3 Dec 2018 15:11:48 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
To:     Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Joey Pabalinas <joeypabalinas@...il.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 7/7] zram: writeback throttle

On (12/03/18 15:02), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> Seems like I misread writeback_limit_store() a bit.
> 
> So, if I want to, say, let only 10M of writteback pages, I need to
> do
> 
> 	echo 0 > writeback_limit
> 	echo 10M > writeback_limit_store	// memparse format is for
> 						// simplicity only; I know
> 						// it should be in 4K units.
> 
> every day. How about dropping the "echo 0" and ->stop_writeback?

Ah, this breaks the unlimited writeback.
So, nevermind my comment.

	-ss