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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2011-09-22 03:23:13 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2011-09-22 03:23:13 -0400
commit8decf868790b48a727d7e7ca164f2bcd3c1389c0 (patch)
treeb759a5f861f842af7ea76f9011b579d06e9d5508 /mm/page-writeback.c
parent3fc72370186be2f9d4d6ef06d99e1caa5d92c564 (diff)
parentd93dc5c4478c1fd5de85a3e8aece9aad7bbae044 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:davem330/net
Conflicts: MAINTAINERS drivers/net/Kconfig drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-pci.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-trans-tx-pcie.c drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/page-writeback.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/page-writeback.c15
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index d1960744f88..0e309cd1b5b 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -754,21 +754,10 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
* 200ms is typically more than enough to curb heavy dirtiers;
* (b) the pause time limit makes the dirtiers more responsive.
*/
- if (nr_dirty < dirty_thresh +
- dirty_thresh / DIRTY_MAXPAUSE_AREA &&
+ if (nr_dirty < dirty_thresh &&
+ bdi_dirty < (task_bdi_thresh + bdi_thresh) / 2 &&
time_after(jiffies, start_time + MAX_PAUSE))
break;
- /*
- * pass-good area. When some bdi gets blocked (eg. NFS server
- * not responding), or write bandwidth dropped dramatically due
- * to concurrent reads, or dirty threshold suddenly dropped and
- * the dirty pages cannot be brought down anytime soon (eg. on
- * slow USB stick), at least let go of the good bdi's.
- */
- if (nr_dirty < dirty_thresh +
- dirty_thresh / DIRTY_PASSGOOD_AREA &&
- bdi_dirty < bdi_thresh)
- break;
/*
* Increase the delay for each loop, up to our previous