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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/fs-writeback.c | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/sync.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/writeback.h | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmscan.c | 2 |
4 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c index 245c430a2e41..bb6148dc6d24 100644 --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -1947,12 +1947,12 @@ void wb_workfn(struct work_struct *work) } /* - * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back - * the whole world. + * Wakeup the flusher threads to start writeback of all currently dirty pages */ -void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages, enum wb_reason reason) +void wakeup_flusher_threads(enum wb_reason reason) { struct backing_dev_info *bdi; + long nr_pages; /* * If we are expecting writeback progress we must submit plugged IO. @@ -1960,8 +1960,7 @@ void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages, enum wb_reason reason) if (blk_needs_flush_plug(current)) blk_schedule_flush_plug(current); - if (!nr_pages) - nr_pages = get_nr_dirty_pages(); + nr_pages = get_nr_dirty_pages(); rcu_read_lock(); list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) { diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c index a576aa2e6b09..09f96a18dd93 100644 --- a/fs/sync.c +++ b/fs/sync.c @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sync) { int nowait = 0, wait = 1; - wakeup_flusher_threads(0, WB_REASON_SYNC); + wakeup_flusher_threads(WB_REASON_SYNC); iterate_supers(sync_inodes_one_sb, NULL); iterate_supers(sync_fs_one_sb, &nowait); iterate_supers(sync_fs_one_sb, &wait); diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h index d5815794416c..1f9c6db5e29a 100644 --- a/include/linux/writeback.h +++ b/include/linux/writeback.h @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ bool try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *, enum wb_reason reason); bool try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *, unsigned long nr, enum wb_reason reason); void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *); -void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages, enum wb_reason reason); +void wakeup_flusher_threads(enum wb_reason reason); void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode); /* writeback.h requires fs.h; it, too, is not included from here. */ diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 13d711dd8776..42a7fdd52d87 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec, * also allow kswapd to start writing pages during reclaim. */ if (stat.nr_unqueued_dirty == nr_taken) { - wakeup_flusher_threads(0, WB_REASON_VMSCAN); + wakeup_flusher_threads(WB_REASON_VMSCAN); set_bit(PGDAT_DIRTY, &pgdat->flags); } |