linux-kernel - Re: [vfs/vfs.all PATCH] writeback: use round_jiffies_relative for dirtytime

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Message-ID: <20260114-endet-umgewandelt-a639352d24d7@brauner>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:14:19 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Zhao Mengmeng <zhaomzhao@....com>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	zhaomengmeng@...inos.cn,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	jack@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [vfs/vfs.all PATCH] writeback: use round_jiffies_relative for dirtytime_work

On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:26:14 +0800, Zhao Mengmeng wrote:
> The dirtytime_work is a background housekeeping task that flushes dirty
> inodes, using round_jiffies_relative() will allow kernel to batch this
> work with other aligned system tasks, reducing power consumption.
> 
> 

Applied to the vfs.fixes branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.fixes branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.fixes

[1/1] writeback: use round_jiffies_relative for dirtytime_work
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/e93b31d08162