Add a tuning knob so we can adjust the dirtytime expiration timeout, which is very useful for testing lazytime.
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] --- fs/fs-writeback.c | 11 +++++++++++ include/linux/writeback.h | 3 +++ kernel/sysctl.c | 8 ++++++++ 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c index ae13fba..d6fa722 100644 --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -1188,6 +1188,17 @@ static int __init start_dirtytime_writeback(void) } __initcall(start_dirtytime_writeback); +int dirtytime_interval_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, + void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos) +{ + int ret; + + ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos); + if (ret == 0 && write) + mod_delayed_work(system_wq, &dirtytime_work, 0); + return ret; +} + static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode) { if (inode->i_ino || strcmp(inode->i_sb->s_id, "bdev")) { diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h index 0004833..b2dd371e 100644 --- a/include/linux/writeback.h +++ b/include/linux/writeback.h @@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ extern int vm_dirty_ratio; extern unsigned long vm_dirty_bytes; extern unsigned int dirty_writeback_interval; extern unsigned int dirty_expire_interval; +extern unsigned int dirtytime_expire_interval; extern int vm_highmem_is_dirtyable; extern int block_dump; extern int laptop_mode; @@ -146,6 +147,8 @@ extern int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, extern int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos); +int dirtytime_interval_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, + void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos); struct ctl_table; int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(struct ctl_table *, int, diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index 88ea2d6..ce410bb 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -1228,6 +1228,14 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = { .extra1 = &zero, }, { + .procname = "dirtytime_expire_seconds", + .data = &dirtytime_expire_interval, + .maxlen = sizeof(dirty_expire_interval), + .mode = 0644, + .proc_handler = dirtytime_interval_handler, + .extra1 = &zero, + }, + { .procname = "nr_pdflush_threads", .mode = 0444 /* read-only */, .proc_handler = pdflush_proc_obsolete, -- 2.3.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
