linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/12] bdi: remove BDI_CAP_CGROUP

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Message-ID: <20200916092809.GJ1791@twin.jikos.cz>
Date:   Wed, 16 Sep 2020 11:28:09 +0200
From:   David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Song Liu <song@...nel.org>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, dm-devel@...hat.com,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        drbd-dev@...n.linbit.com, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/12] bdi: remove BDI_CAP_CGROUP_WRITEBACK

On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 04:48:27PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Just checking SB_I_CGROUPWB for cgroup writeback support is enough.
> Either the file system allocates its own bdi (e.g. btrfs), in which case
> it is known to support cgroup writeback, or the bdi comes from the block
> layer, which always supports cgroup writeback.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@....com>

Acked-by: David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>