Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:54:31 -0400 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] writeback: Don't wait for completion in writeback_inodes_sb_nr |
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On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 02:30:17PM -0700, Curt Wohlgemuth wrote: > I can definitely see how tagging with the start of sync would be > helpful; also how going from three to two passes seems like a > no-brainer. > > But what's the real point of doing even two passes -- one SYNC_NONE > followed by one SYNC_ALL? Is it try to get through as many inodes as > possible before we potentially lock up by waiting on an inode on an > unavailable device?
Yes. Or at least that's the idea, I'd love to see an actual prove for it.
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