Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:55:16 +0800 | From | Wu Fengguang <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/5] writeback: stop background/kupdate works from livelocking other works |
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Jan, the below comment is also updated, please double check.
> > /* > + * Background writeout and kupdate-style writeback may > + * run forever. Stop them if there is other work to do > + * so that e.g. sync can proceed. They'll be restarted > + * after the other works are all done. > + */ > + if ((work->for_background || work->for_kupdate) && > + !list_empty(&wb->bdi->work_list)) > + break; > + > + /* > * For background writeout, stop when we are below the > * background dirty threshold > */ >
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