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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 /mm/vmscan.c | |
| parent | 53cddfcc0e760d2b364878b6dadbd0c6d087cfae (diff) | |
| parent | 56a131dcf7ed36c3c6e36bea448b674ea85ed5bb (diff) | |
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 'mm/vmscan.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmscan.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 1219ceb8a9b2..64e438898832 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -1709,10 +1709,10 @@ static void shrink_zones(int priority, struct zonelist *zonelist, * * If the caller is !__GFP_FS then the probability of a failure is reasonably * high - the zone may be full of dirty or under-writeback pages, which this - * caller can't do much about. We kick pdflush and take explicit naps in the - * hope that some of these pages can be written. But if the allocating task - * holds filesystem locks which prevent writeout this might not work, and the - * allocation attempt will fail. + * caller can't do much about. We kick the writeback threads and take explicit + * naps in the hope that some of these pages can be written. But if the + * allocating task holds filesystem locks which prevent writeout this might not + * work, and the allocation attempt will fail. * * returns: 0, if no pages reclaimed * else, the number of pages reclaimed |