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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/page-writeback.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page-writeback.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index 79c34419fadd..e7cb5ff6e53d 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -1136,14 +1136,11 @@ pause: __set_current_state(TASK_KILLABLE); io_schedule_timeout(pause); - dirty_thresh = hard_dirty_limit(dirty_thresh); /* - * max-pause area. If dirty exceeded but still within this - * area, no need to sleep for more than 200ms: (a) 8 pages per - * 200ms is typically more than enough to curb heavy dirtiers; - * (b) the pause time limit makes the dirtiers more responsive. + * This is typically equal to (nr_dirty < dirty_thresh) and can + * also keep "1000+ dd on a slow USB stick" under control. */ - if (nr_dirty < dirty_thresh) + if (task_ratelimit) break; if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) |