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SubjectRe: [PATCHv4 14/14] writeback: add new tracepoints
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On Fri, 2010-07-23 at 12:29 -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 06:05:54PM +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> > From: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
> >
> > Add 2 new trace points to the periodic write-back wake up case, just like we do
> > in the 'bdi_queue_work()' function. Namely, introduce:
> >
> > 1. trace_writeback_wakeup(bdi)
> > 2. trace_writeback_wakeup_nothread(bdi)
> >
> > The first event is triggered every time we wake up a bdi thread to start
> > periodic background write-out. The second event is triggered only when the bdi
> > thread does not exist and should be created by the forker thread.
> >
> > This patch was suggested by Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
>
> As mentioned before doing the wakeup just for the case where we
> really wake up the flusher thead is much better. It's not 100%
> clear for bdi_queue_work as we queue the work in either case, but
> I'd prefer to fix that one up as well (not in your series anyway)

OK, I'll do it your way. Many thanks for review!

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)

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