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* [PATCH 00/11] writeback bug fixes and simplifications
@ 2007-12-28 13:41 ` Fengguang Wu
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 21+ messages in thread
From: Fengguang Wu @ 2007-12-28 13:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: Peter Zijlstra, Michael Rubin, linux-kernel

Andrew,

Here are some writeback bug fixes and code cleanups, based on 2.6.24-rc6-mm1.

The detailed description can be found in the first patch, which introduces the
new facility for the following patches to use.

The first two patches combined should fix the "slow writes for concurrent large
and small file writes" bug which Michael Rubin tries to fix.

[PATCH 01/11] writeback: introduce s_more_io_wait for inodes to be re-synced af
[PATCH 02/11] writeback: requeue_io_wait() on blocked kupdate
[PATCH 03/11] writeback: replace redirty_tail() on more-pages-to-sync
[PATCH 04/11] writeback: requeue_io_wait() on locked inode
[PATCH 05/11] writeback: requeue_io_wait() on congested blockdev
[PATCH 06/11] writeback: requeue_io_wait() on locked buffers
[PATCH 07/11] writeback: requeue_io() on redirtied inode

More code cleanups:

[PATCH 08/11] writeback: introduce queue_dirty()
[PATCH 09/11] writeback: replace redirty_tail() on memory-backed bdi
[PATCH 10/11] writeback: remove redirty_tail()
[PATCH 11/11] writeback: __sync_single_inode() code cleanup


Diffstat:

 fs/fs-writeback.c         |  125 +++++++++++++-----------------------
 fs/super.c                |    1
 include/linux/fs.h        |    1
 include/linux/writeback.h |    1
 mm/page-writeback.c       |   56 +++++++++-------
 5 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 102 deletions(-)

Thank you,
Fengguang
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* Re: [PATCH 00/11] writeback bug fixes and simplifications
@ 2008-01-11 19:05 Martin Knoblauch
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 21+ messages in thread
From: Martin Knoblauch @ 2008-01-11 19:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: WU Fengguang, Hans-Peter Jansen
  Cc: Sascha Warner, Andrew Morton, linux-kernel, Peter Zijlstra

----- Original Message ----
> From: WU Fengguang <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
> To: Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj@urpla.net>
> Cc: Sascha Warner <prx@cinatas.ath.cx>; Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 9, 2008 4:33:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] writeback bug fixes and simplifications
> 
> On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 03:56:59PM +0100, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote:
> > Am Freitag, 28. Dezember 2007 schrieb Sascha Warner:
> > > Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:08:40 +0100 Sascha
> Warner
> 
  
> > wrote:
> > > >> Hi,
> > > >>
> > > >> I applied your patches to 2.6.24-rc6-mm1, but now I am
> faced
> 
 with one
> > > >> pdflush often using 100% CPU for a long time. There seem to
> be
> 
 some
> > > >> rare pauses from its 100% usage, however.
> > > >>
> > > >> On ~23 minutes uptime i have ~19 minutes pdflush runtime.
> > > >>
> > > >> This is on E6600, x86_64, 2 Gig RAM, SATA HDD, running on gentoo
> > > >> ~x64_64
> > > >>
> > > >> Let me know if you need more info.
> > > >
> > > > (some) cc's restored.  Please, always do reply-to-all.
> > >
> > > Hi Wu,
> > 
> > Sascha, if you want to address Fengguang by his first name, note
> that
> 
 
> > chinese and bavarians (and some others I forgot now, too)
> typically
> 
 use the 
> > order:
> >   
> >   lastname firstname 
> > 
> > when they spell their names. Another evidence is, that the name Wu
> is
> 
 a 
> > pretty common chinese family name.
> > 
> > Fengguang, if it's the other way around, correct me please (and
> I'm
> 
 going to 
> > wear a big brown paper bag for the rest of the day..). 
> 
> You are right. We normally do "Fengguang" or "Mr. Wu" :-)
> For LKML the first name is less ambiguous.
> 
> Thanks,
> Fengguang
> 

 Just cannot resist. Hans-Peter mentions Bavarian using Lastname-Givenname as well. This is only true in a folklore context (or when you are very deep in the countryside). Officially the bavarians use the usual German Given/Lastname. Although they will never admit to be Germans, of course :-)


Cheers
Martin


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* Re: [PATCH 00/11] writeback bug fixes and simplifications
@ 2007-12-27 22:08 Sascha Warner
  2007-12-28 23:01 ` Andrew Morton
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 21+ messages in thread
From: Sascha Warner @ 2007-12-27 22:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

Hi,

I applied your patches to 2.6.24-rc6-mm1, but now I am faced with one
pdflush often using 100% CPU for a long time. There seem to be some rare
pauses from its 100% usage, however.

On ~23 minutes uptime i have ~19 minutes pdflush runtime.

This is on E6600, x86_64, 2 Gig RAM, SATA HDD, running on gentoo ~x64_64

Let me know if you need more info.


Prost,
Sascha Warner



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2007-12-28 13:41 [PATCH 00/11] writeback bug fixes and simplifications Fengguang Wu
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2007-12-28 13:41 ` [PATCH 01/11] writeback: introduce s_more_io_wait for inodes to be re-synced after a while Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41   ` Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41 ` [PATCH 02/11] writeback: requeue_io_wait() on blocked kupdate Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41   ` Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41 ` [PATCH 03/11] writeback: replace redirty_tail() on more-pages-to-sync Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41   ` Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41 ` [PATCH 04/11] writeback: requeue_io_wait() on locked inode Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41   ` Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41 ` [PATCH 05/11] writeback: requeue_io_wait() on congested blockdev Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41   ` Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41 ` [PATCH 06/11] writeback: requeue_io_wait() on locked buffers Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41   ` Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41 ` [PATCH 07/11] writeback: requeue_io() on redirtied inode Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41   ` Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41 ` [PATCH 08/11] writeback: introduce queue_dirty() Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41   ` Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41 ` [PATCH 09/11] writeback: replace redirty_tail() on memory-backed bdi Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41   ` Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41 ` [PATCH 10/11] writeback: remove redirty_tail() Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41   ` Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41 ` [PATCH 11/11] writeback: __sync_single_inode() code cleanup Fengguang Wu
2007-12-28 13:41   ` Fengguang Wu
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-01-11 19:05 [PATCH 00/11] writeback bug fixes and simplifications Martin Knoblauch
2007-12-27 22:08 Sascha Warner
2007-12-28 23:01 ` Andrew Morton
2007-12-28  4:27   ` Sascha Warner
2007-12-29  6:50     ` Sam Ravnborg
2007-12-29 10:17     ` WU Fengguang
2007-12-29 10:17       ` WU Fengguang
2007-12-29 14:56     ` Hans-Peter Jansen
2008-01-09  3:33       ` WU Fengguang
2008-01-09  3:33         ` WU Fengguang
2007-12-29  2:37   ` WU Fengguang
2007-12-29  2:37     ` WU Fengguang

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