Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:03:26 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 6/9] writeback: allow sleepy exit of default writeback task |
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On Wed, Aug 05 2009, Jan Kara wrote: > On Thu 30-07-09 23:24:01, Jens Axboe wrote: > > Since we do lazy create of default writeback tasks for a bdi, we can > > allow sleepy exit if it has been completely idle for 5 minutes. > Maybe there should be a sysfs tunable to this?
Not sure, and when in doubt I prefer not to do that. But we could easily add one, if people think it will be useful. What would the reason for turning it off be?
-- Jens Axboe
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