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1 files changed, 30 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 1eea4fa0d41..d99664e8607 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -155,37 +155,37 @@ static void update_completion_period(void)
}
int dirty_background_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
- struct file *filp, void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+ void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
loff_t *ppos)
{
int ret;
- ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, filp, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+ ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
if (ret == 0 && write)
dirty_background_bytes = 0;
return ret;
}
int dirty_background_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
- struct file *filp, void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+ void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
loff_t *ppos)
{
int ret;
- ret = proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, filp, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+ ret = proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
if (ret == 0 && write)
dirty_background_ratio = 0;
return ret;
}
int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
- struct file *filp, void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+ void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
loff_t *ppos)
{
int old_ratio = vm_dirty_ratio;
int ret;
- ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, filp, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+ ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
if (ret == 0 && write && vm_dirty_ratio != old_ratio) {
update_completion_period();
vm_dirty_bytes = 0;
@@ -195,13 +195,13 @@ int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
- struct file *filp, void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+ void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
loff_t *ppos)
{
unsigned long old_bytes = vm_dirty_bytes;
int ret;
- ret = proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, filp, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+ ret = proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
if (ret == 0 && write && vm_dirty_bytes != old_bytes) {
update_completion_period();
vm_dirty_ratio = 0;
@@ -380,7 +380,8 @@ static unsigned long highmem_dirtyable_memory(unsigned long total)
struct zone *z =
&NODE_DATA(node)->node_zones[ZONE_HIGHMEM];
- x += zone_page_state(z, NR_FREE_PAGES) + zone_lru_pages(z);
+ x += zone_page_state(z, NR_FREE_PAGES) +
+ zone_reclaimable_pages(z);
}
/*
* Make sure that the number of highmem pages is never larger
@@ -404,7 +405,7 @@ unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void)
{
unsigned long x;
- x = global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES) + global_lru_pages();
+ x = global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES) + global_reclaimable_pages();
if (!vm_highmem_is_dirtyable)
x -= highmem_dirtyable_memory(x);
@@ -485,6 +486,7 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping)
unsigned long bdi_thresh;
unsigned long pages_written = 0;
unsigned long write_chunk = sync_writeback_pages();
+ unsigned long pause = 1;
struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
@@ -561,7 +563,15 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping)
if (pages_written >= write_chunk)
break; /* We've done our duty */
- schedule_timeout(1);
+ schedule_timeout_interruptible(pause);
+
+ /*
+ * Increase the delay for each loop, up to our previous
+ * default of taking a 100ms nap.
+ */
+ pause <<= 1;
+ if (pause > HZ / 10)
+ pause = HZ / 10;
}
if (bdi_nr_reclaimable + bdi_nr_writeback < bdi_thresh &&
@@ -676,9 +686,9 @@ static DEFINE_TIMER(laptop_mode_wb_timer, laptop_timer_fn, 0, 0);
* sysctl handler for /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs
*/
int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
- struct file *file, void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
+ void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
{
- proc_dointvec(table, write, file, buffer, length, ppos);
+ proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
return 0;
}
@@ -1139,6 +1149,13 @@ int redirty_page_for_writepage(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct page *page)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(redirty_page_for_writepage);
/*
+ * Dirty a page.
+ *
+ * For pages with a mapping this should be done under the page lock
+ * for the benefit of asynchronous memory errors who prefer a consistent
+ * dirty state. This rule can be broken in some special cases,
+ * but should be better not to.
+ *
* If the mapping doesn't provide a set_page_dirty a_op, then
* just fall through and assume that it wants buffer_heads.
*/