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authorJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2011-10-19 14:30:42 +0200
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2011-10-19 14:30:42 +0200
commit5c04b426f2e8b46cfc7969a35b2631063a3c646c (patch)
tree2d27d9f5d2fe5d5e8fbc01a467ec58bcb50235c1 /mm/page-writeback.c
parent499337bb6511e665a236a6a947f819d98ea340c6 (diff)
parent899e3ee404961a90b828ad527573aaaac39f0ab1 (diff)
Merge branch 'v3.1-rc10' into for-3.2/core
Conflicts: block/blk-core.c include/linux/blkdev.h Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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 d1960744f88..0e309cd1b5b 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