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    Subject[PATCHv6 01/15] writeback: harmonize writeback threads naming
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    From: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>

    The write-back code mixes words "thread" and "task" for the same things. This
    is not a big deal, but still an inconsistency.

    hch: a convention I tend to use and I've seen in various places
    is to always use _task for the storage of the task_struct pointer,
    and thread everywhere else. This especially helps with having
    foo_thread for the actual thread and foo_task for a global
    variable keeping the task_struct pointer

    This patch renames:
    * 'bdi_add_default_flusher_task()' -> 'bdi_add_default_flusher_thread()'
    * 'bdi_forker_task()' -> 'bdi_forker_thread()'

    because bdi threads are 'bdi_writeback_thread()', so these names are more
    consistent.

    This patch also amends commentaries and makes them refer the forker and bdi
    threads as "thread", not "task".

    Also, while on it, make 'bdi_add_default_flusher_thread()' declaration use
    'static void' instead of 'void static' and make checkpatch.pl happy.

    Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
    Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
    ---
    fs/fs-writeback.c | 2 +-
    include/linux/backing-dev.h | 2 +-
    mm/backing-dev.c | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
    3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

    diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
    index bf10cbf..5e6b7fc 100644
    --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
    +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
    @@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)

    /*
    * Longest period of inactivity that we tolerate. If we
    - * see dirty data again later, the task will get
    + * see dirty data again later, the thread will get
    * recreated automatically.
    */
    max_idle = max(5UL * 60 * HZ, wait_jiffies);
    diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
    index e536f3a..f0936f5 100644
    --- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
    +++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
    @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct bdi_writeback {

    unsigned long last_old_flush; /* last old data flush */

    - struct task_struct *task; /* writeback task */
    + struct task_struct *task; /* writeback thread */
    struct list_head b_dirty; /* dirty inodes */
    struct list_head b_io; /* parked for writeback */
    struct list_head b_more_io; /* parked for more writeback */
    diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
    index ac78a33..4e9ed2a 100644
    --- a/mm/backing-dev.c
    +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
    @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static struct timer_list sync_supers_timer;
    static int bdi_sync_supers(void *);
    static void sync_supers_timer_fn(unsigned long);

    -static void bdi_add_default_flusher_task(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
    +static void bdi_add_default_flusher_thread(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);

    #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
    #include <linux/debugfs.h>
    @@ -279,10 +279,10 @@ static void bdi_flush_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
    }

    /*
    - * kupdated() used to do this. We cannot do it from the bdi_forker_task()
    + * kupdated() used to do this. We cannot do it from the bdi_forker_thread()
    * or we risk deadlocking on ->s_umount. The longer term solution would be
    * to implement sync_supers_bdi() or similar and simply do it from the
    - * bdi writeback tasks individually.
    + * bdi writeback thread individually.
    */
    static int bdi_sync_supers(void *unused)
    {
    @@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static void sync_supers_timer_fn(unsigned long unused)
    bdi_arm_supers_timer();
    }

    -static int bdi_forker_task(void *ptr)
    +static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr)
    {
    struct bdi_writeback *me = ptr;

    @@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static int bdi_forker_task(void *ptr)
    !bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi))
    continue;

    - bdi_add_default_flusher_task(bdi);
    + bdi_add_default_flusher_thread(bdi);
    }

    set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
    @@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ static int bdi_forker_task(void *ptr)

    /*
    * This is our real job - check for pending entries in
    - * bdi_pending_list, and create the tasks that got added
    + * bdi_pending_list, and create the threads that got added
    */
    bdi = list_entry(bdi_pending_list.next, struct backing_dev_info,
    bdi_list);
    @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static int bdi_forker_task(void *ptr)
    wb->task = kthread_run(bdi_writeback_thread, wb, "flush-%s",
    dev_name(bdi->dev));
    /*
    - * If task creation fails, then readd the bdi to
    + * If thread creation fails, then readd the bdi to
    * the pending list and force writeout of the bdi
    * from this forker thread. That will free some memory
    * and we can try again.
    @@ -430,10 +430,10 @@ static void bdi_add_to_pending(struct rcu_head *head)
    }

    /*
    - * Add the default flusher task that gets created for any bdi
    + * Add the default flusher thread that gets created for any bdi
    * that has dirty data pending writeout
    */
    -void static bdi_add_default_flusher_task(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
    +static void bdi_add_default_flusher_thread(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
    {
    if (!bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi))
    return;
    @@ -445,10 +445,10 @@ void static bdi_add_default_flusher_task(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
    }

    /*
    - * Check with the helper whether to proceed adding a task. Will only
    + * Check with the helper whether to proceed adding a thread. Will only
    * abort if we two or more simultanous calls to
    - * bdi_add_default_flusher_task() occured, further additions will block
    - * waiting for previous additions to finish.
    + * bdi_add_default_flusher_thread() occured, further additions will
    + * block waiting for previous additions to finish.
    */
    if (!test_and_set_bit(BDI_pending, &bdi->state)) {
    list_del_rcu(&bdi->bdi_list);
    @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ int bdi_register(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct device *parent,
    if (bdi_cap_flush_forker(bdi)) {
    struct bdi_writeback *wb = &bdi->wb;

    - wb->task = kthread_run(bdi_forker_task, wb, "bdi-%s",
    + wb->task = kthread_run(bdi_forker_thread, wb, "bdi-%s",
    dev_name(dev));
    if (IS_ERR(wb->task)) {
    wb->task = NULL;
    --
    1.7.1.1


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