linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm: bdi: Initialize bdi_min

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Message-ID: <YXFWmo9v65kJWVWC@casper.infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 21 Oct 2021 13:01:30 +0100
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     Manjong Lee <mj0123.lee@...sung.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        seunghwan.hyun@...sung.com, sookwan7.kim@...sung.com,
        nanich.lee@...sung.com, yt0928.kim@...sung.com,
        junho89.kim@...sung.com, jisoo2146.oh@...sung.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm: bdi: Initialize bdi_min_ratio when bdi unregister

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 04:16:52AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 01:19:43AM +0900, Manjong Lee wrote:
> > Because when sdcard is removed, bdi_min_ratio value will remain.
> > Currently, the only way to reset bdi_ min_ratio is to reboot.
> 
> But bdis that are unregistered are never re-registered.  What is
> the problem you're trying to solve?

The global bdi_min_ratio needs to be adjusted.  See
bdi_set_min_ratio() in mm/page-writeback.c.