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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-09-25 09:27:30 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-09-25 09:27:30 -0700 |
| commit | 6d7f18f6ea3a13af95bdf507fc54d42b165e1712 (patch) | |
| tree | 8f6f3a6d46835aa767823fa7049609408a87afc2 /fs/buffer.c | |
| parent | 53cddfcc0e760d2b364878b6dadbd0c6d087cfae (diff) | |
| parent | 56a131dcf7ed36c3c6e36bea448b674ea85ed5bb (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'writeback' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block
* 'writeback' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block:
writeback: writeback_inodes_sb() should use bdi_start_writeback()
writeback: don't delay inodes redirtied by a fast dirtier
writeback: make the super_block pinning more efficient
writeback: don't resort for a single super_block in move_expired_inodes()
writeback: move inodes from one super_block together
writeback: get rid to incorrect references to pdflush in comments
writeback: improve readability of the wb_writeback() continue/break logic
writeback: cleanup writeback_single_inode()
writeback: kupdate writeback shall not stop when more io is possible
writeback: stop background writeback when below background threshold
writeback: balance_dirty_pages() shall write more than dirtied pages
fs: Fix busyloop in wb_writeback()
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/buffer.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/buffer.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c index 24afd7422ae8..6fa530256bfd 100644 --- a/fs/buffer.c +++ b/fs/buffer.c @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ void invalidate_bdev(struct block_device *bdev) EXPORT_SYMBOL(invalidate_bdev); /* - * Kick pdflush then try to free up some ZONE_NORMAL memory. + * Kick the writeback threads then try to free up some ZONE_NORMAL memory. */ static void free_more_memory(void) { @@ -1709,9 +1709,9 @@ static int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page, /* * If it's a fully non-blocking write attempt and we cannot * lock the buffer then redirty the page. Note that this can - * potentially cause a busy-wait loop from pdflush and kswapd - * activity, but those code paths have their own higher-level - * throttling. + * potentially cause a busy-wait loop from writeback threads + * and kswapd activity, but those code paths have their own + * higher-level throttling. */ if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE || !wbc->nonblocking) { lock_buffer(bh); @@ -3208,7 +3208,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_sync_page); * still running obsolete flush daemons, so we terminate them here. * * Use of bdflush() is deprecated and will be removed in a future kernel. - * The `pdflush' kernel threads fully replace bdflush daemons and this call. + * The `flush-X' kernel threads fully replace bdflush daemons and this call. */ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(bdflush, int, func, long, data) { |