On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 04:52:33PM -0800, Sonny Rao wrote:
> The system uses global_dirtyable_memory() to calculate
> number of dirtyable pages/pages that can be allocated
> to the page cache. A bug causes an underflow thus making
> the page count look like a big unsigned number. This in turn
>
The system uses global_dirtyable_memory() to calculate
number of dirtyable pages/pages that can be allocated
to the page cache. A bug causes an underflow thus making
the page count look like a big unsigned number. This in turn
confuses the dirty writeback throttling to aggressively write
back
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Sonny Rao wrote:
> add apkm's suggestion
>
Oops, sorry, will add akpm's suggestion and re-post
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The system uses global_dirtyable_memory() to calculate
number of dirtyable pages/pages that can be allocated
to the page cache. A bug causes an underflow thus making
the page count look like a big unsigned number. This in turn
confuses the dirty writeback throttling to aggressively write
back
On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 04:52:33PM -0800, Sonny Rao wrote:
The system uses global_dirtyable_memory() to calculate
number of dirtyable pages/pages that can be allocated
to the page cache. A bug causes an underflow thus making
the page count look like a big unsigned number. This in turn
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