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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2011-09-17 17:29:49 +0400
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2011-09-17 17:29:49 +0400
commit7577911244c437f4a4abac5e4b67b059c06dbe9d (patch)
tree4f0078ddacff226e26b03fa4f6cf185d48633124 /mm/page-writeback.c
parent418d93ac0be6d4a410731b80af4e836614ffe73e (diff)
parentb6fd41e29dea9c6753b1843a77e50433e6123bcb (diff)
downloadlinux-7577911244c437f4a4abac5e4b67b059c06dbe9d.tar.xz
Merge tag 'v3.1-rc6' into staging/for_v3.2
* tag 'v3.1-rc6': (1902 commits) Linux 3.1-rc6 ioctl: register LTTng ioctl fuse: fix memory leak fuse: fix flock breakage Btrfs: add dummy extent if dst offset excceeds file end in Btrfs: calc file extent num_bytes correctly in file clone btrfs: xattr: fix attribute removal Btrfs: fix wrong nbytes information of the inode Btrfs: fix the file extent gap when doing direct IO Btrfs: fix unclosed transaction handle in btrfs_cont_expand Btrfs: fix misuse of trans block rsv Btrfs: reset to appropriate block rsv after orphan operations Btrfs: skip locking if searching the commit root in csum lookup btrfs: fix warning in iput for bad-inode Btrfs: fix an oops when deleting snapshots [media] vp7045: fix buffer setup [media] nuvoton-cir: simplify raw IR sample handling [media] [Resend] viacam: Don't explode if pci_find_bus() returns NULL [media] v4l2: Fix documentation of the codec device controls [media] gspca - sonixj: Fix the darkness of sensor om6802 in 320x240 ...
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/page-writeback.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/page-writeback.c15
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index d1960744f881..0e309cd1b5b9 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -754,21 +754,10 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
* 200ms is typically more than enough to curb heavy dirtiers;
* (b) the pause time limit makes the dirtiers more responsive.
*/
- if (nr_dirty < dirty_thresh +
- dirty_thresh / DIRTY_MAXPAUSE_AREA &&
+ if (nr_dirty < dirty_thresh &&
+ bdi_dirty < (task_bdi_thresh + bdi_thresh) / 2 &&
time_after(jiffies, start_time + MAX_PAUSE))
break;
- /*
- * pass-good area. When some bdi gets blocked (eg. NFS server
- * not responding), or write bandwidth dropped dramatically due
- * to concurrent reads, or dirty threshold suddenly dropped and
- * the dirty pages cannot be brought down anytime soon (eg. on
- * slow USB stick), at least let go of the good bdi's.
- */
- if (nr_dirty < dirty_thresh +
- dirty_thresh / DIRTY_PASSGOOD_AREA &&
- bdi_dirty < bdi_thresh)
- break;
/*
* Increase the delay for each loop, up to our previous