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-rw-r--r--mm/page-writeback.c31
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 55c2776ae699..e59c523aed1a 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1628,6 +1628,19 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
}
/*
+ * In laptop mode, we wait until hitting the higher threshold
+ * before starting background writeout, and then write out all
+ * the way down to the lower threshold. So slow writers cause
+ * minimal disk activity.
+ *
+ * In normal mode, we start background writeout at the lower
+ * background_thresh, to keep the amount of dirty memory low.
+ */
+ if (!laptop_mode && nr_reclaimable > gdtc->bg_thresh &&
+ !writeback_in_progress(wb))
+ wb_start_background_writeback(wb);
+
+ /*
* Throttle it only when the background writeback cannot
* catch-up. This avoids (excessively) small writeouts
* when the wb limits are ramping up in case of !strictlimit.
@@ -1657,6 +1670,7 @@ free_running:
break;
}
+ /* Start writeback even when in laptop mode */
if (unlikely(!writeback_in_progress(wb)))
wb_start_background_writeback(wb);
@@ -1823,23 +1837,6 @@ pause:
if (!dirty_exceeded && wb->dirty_exceeded)
wb->dirty_exceeded = 0;
-
- if (writeback_in_progress(wb))
- return;
-
- /*
- * In laptop mode, we wait until hitting the higher threshold before
- * starting background writeout, and then write out all the way down
- * to the lower threshold. So slow writers cause minimal disk activity.
- *
- * In normal mode, we start background writeout at the lower
- * background_thresh, to keep the amount of dirty memory low.
- */
- if (laptop_mode)
- return;
-
- if (nr_reclaimable > gdtc->bg_thresh)
- wb_start_background_writeback(wb);
}
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, bdp_ratelimits);