Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Apr 2002 15:46:05 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [patch] writeback daemons |
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Pavel Machek wrote: > > Hi! > > > > > The number of threads is dynamically managed by a simple > > > > demand-driven algorithm. > > > > > > So... when we are low on free memory, we try to create more threads... Possible > > > deadlock? > > > > Nope. The number of threads is never allowed to fall below two, > > for this very reason. > > I thought this was the case. BTW do you need *two* threads for > reliable operation, or is one enough?
I chose two because we used to have two - kupdate and bdflush. But yes, surely one is sufficient. Added to the todo file.
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