/* The following parameters are exported via /proc/sys/vm */
/*
- * Start background writeback (via pdflush) at this percentage
+ * Start background writeback (via writeback threads) at this percentage
*/
int dirty_background_ratio = 10;
}
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;
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;
* balance_dirty_pages() must be called by processes which are generating dirty
* data. It looks at the number of dirty pages in the machine and will force
* the caller to perform writeback if the system is over `vm_dirty_ratio'.
- * If we're over `background_thresh' then pdflush is woken to perform some
- * writeout.
+ * If we're over `background_thresh' then the writeback threads are woken to
+ * perform some writeout.
*/
static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
unsigned long write_chunk)
if (pages_written >= write_chunk)
break; /* We've done our duty */
- schedule_timeout_interruptible(pause);
+ __set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+ io_schedule_timeout(pause);
/*
* Increase the delay for each loop, up to our previous
bdi->dirty_exceeded = 0;
if (writeback_in_progress(bdi))
- return; /* pdflush is already working this queue */
+ return;
/*
* In laptop mode, we wait until hitting the higher threshold before
(!laptop_mode && ((global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY)
+ global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS))
> background_thresh)))
- bdi_start_writeback(bdi, 0);
+ bdi_start_writeback(bdi, NULL, 0);
}
void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page, int page_mkwrite)
* 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;
}
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.
*/