[PATCH 2/3] writeback: introduce dirty_volatile_interval
Introduce dirty_volatile_interval for the minimal dirty time. Inodes dirtied less than dirty_volatile_interval will not be considered for syncing by kupdate-style writeback. This new parameter will be used in clustered writeback. The old dirty_expire_interval is still(but less) respected. Cc: Chris Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Jens Axboe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: David Chinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Ken Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Michael Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- include/linux/writeback.h |1 + kernel/sysctl.c |7 +++ mm/page-writeback.c |5 + 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+) --- linux-2.6.23-rc3-mm1.orig/include/linux/writeback.h +++ linux-2.6.23-rc3-mm1/include/linux/writeback.h @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ extern int dirty_background_ratio; extern int vm_dirty_ratio; extern int dirty_writeback_interval; extern int dirty_expire_interval; +extern int dirty_volatile_interval; extern int block_dump; extern int laptop_mode; --- linux-2.6.23-rc3-mm1.orig/mm/page-writeback.c +++ linux-2.6.23-rc3-mm1/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ int dirty_writeback_interval = 5 * HZ; int dirty_expire_interval = 30 * HZ; /* + * The shortest number of jiffies for which data should remain dirty + */ +int dirty_volatile_interval = 5 * HZ; + +/* * Flag that makes the machine dump writes/reads and block dirtyings. */ int block_dump; --- linux-2.6.23-rc3-mm1.orig/kernel/sysctl.c +++ linux-2.6.23-rc3-mm1/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -837,6 +837,13 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = { .proc_handler = _dointvec_userhz_jiffies, }, { + .procname = "dirty_volatile_centisecs", + .data = _volatile_interval, + .maxlen = sizeof(dirty_volatile_interval), + .mode = 0644, + .proc_handler = _dointvec_userhz_jiffies, + }, + { .ctl_name = VM_NR_PDFLUSH_THREADS, .procname = "nr_pdflush_threads", .data = _pdflush_threads, -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[PATCH 2/3] writeback: introduce dirty_volatile_interval
Introduce dirty_volatile_interval for the minimal dirty time. Inodes dirtied less than dirty_volatile_interval will not be considered for syncing by kupdate-style writeback. This new parameter will be used in clustered writeback. The old dirty_expire_interval is still(but less) respected. Cc: Chris Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Jens Axboe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: David Chinner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Ken Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Michael Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- include/linux/writeback.h |1 + kernel/sysctl.c |7 +++ mm/page-writeback.c |5 + 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+) --- linux-2.6.23-rc3-mm1.orig/include/linux/writeback.h +++ linux-2.6.23-rc3-mm1/include/linux/writeback.h @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ extern int dirty_background_ratio; extern int vm_dirty_ratio; extern int dirty_writeback_interval; extern int dirty_expire_interval; +extern int dirty_volatile_interval; extern int block_dump; extern int laptop_mode; --- linux-2.6.23-rc3-mm1.orig/mm/page-writeback.c +++ linux-2.6.23-rc3-mm1/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ int dirty_writeback_interval = 5 * HZ; int dirty_expire_interval = 30 * HZ; /* + * The shortest number of jiffies for which data should remain dirty + */ +int dirty_volatile_interval = 5 * HZ; + +/* * Flag that makes the machine dump writes/reads and block dirtyings. */ int block_dump; --- linux-2.6.23-rc3-mm1.orig/kernel/sysctl.c +++ linux-2.6.23-rc3-mm1/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -837,6 +837,13 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = { .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies, }, { + .procname = dirty_volatile_centisecs, + .data = dirty_volatile_interval, + .maxlen = sizeof(dirty_volatile_interval), + .mode = 0644, + .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies, + }, + { .ctl_name = VM_NR_PDFLUSH_THREADS, .procname = nr_pdflush_threads, .data = nr_pdflush_threads, -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/