From: Chris Mason <mason@suse.com>
To: Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, torvalds@transmeta.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] using writepage to start io
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 22:05:41 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41340000.996631541@tiny> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <01080103011705.00303@starship>
On Wednesday, August 01, 2001 03:01:17 AM +0200 Daniel Phillips
<phillips@bonn-fries.net> wrote:
> Hi, Chris
>
> On Tuesday 31 July 2001 21:07, Chris Mason wrote:
>> I had to keep some of the flush_dirty_buffer calls as page_launder
>> wasn't triggering enough i/o on its own. What I'd like to do now is
>> experiment with changing bdflush to only write pages off the inactive
>> dirty lists.
>
> Will kupdate continue to enforce the "no dirty buffer older than
> XX" guarantee?
Yes, kupdate still calls flush_dirty_buffers(1). I'm curious to see how
your write early stuff interacts with it all though....
-chris
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From: Chris Mason <mason@suse.com>
To: Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, torvalds@transmeta.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] using writepage to start io
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 22:05:41 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41340000.996631541@tiny> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <01080103011705.00303@starship>
On Wednesday, August 01, 2001 03:01:17 AM +0200 Daniel Phillips
<phillips@bonn-fries.net> wrote:
> Hi, Chris
>
> On Tuesday 31 July 2001 21:07, Chris Mason wrote:
>> I had to keep some of the flush_dirty_buffer calls as page_launder
>> wasn't triggering enough i/o on its own. What I'd like to do now is
>> experiment with changing bdflush to only write pages off the inactive
>> dirty lists.
>
> Will kupdate continue to enforce the "no dirty buffer older than
> XX" guarantee?
Yes, kupdate still calls flush_dirty_buffers(1). I'm curious to see how
your write early stuff interacts with it all though....
-chris
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Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-07-28 16:01 [RFC] using writepage to start io Chris Mason
2001-07-28 16:18 ` Alexander Viro
2001-07-28 16:25 ` Chris Mason
2001-07-31 19:07 ` Chris Mason
2001-07-31 19:07 ` Chris Mason
2001-08-01 1:01 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-01 1:01 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-01 2:05 ` Chris Mason [this message]
2001-08-01 2:05 ` Chris Mason
2001-08-01 14:57 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-01 14:57 ` Daniel Phillips
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2001-08-05 18:34 Chris Mason
2001-08-05 18:34 ` Chris Mason
2001-08-05 22:38 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-05 22:38 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-05 23:32 ` Chris Mason
2001-08-05 23:32 ` Chris Mason
2001-08-06 5:39 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-06 5:39 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-06 13:24 ` Chris Mason
2001-08-06 13:24 ` Chris Mason
2001-08-06 16:13 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-06 16:13 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-06 16:51 ` Chris Mason
2001-08-06 16:51 ` Chris Mason
2001-08-06 19:45 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-06 19:45 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-06 20:12 ` Chris Mason
2001-08-06 20:12 ` Chris Mason
2001-08-06 21:18 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-06 21:18 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-07 11:02 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2001-08-07 11:02 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2001-08-07 11:39 ` Ed Tomlinson
2001-08-07 11:39 ` Ed Tomlinson
2001-08-07 18:36 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-07 18:36 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-07 12:07 ` Anton Altaparmakov
2001-08-07 12:07 ` Anton Altaparmakov
2001-08-07 12:02 ` Anton Altaparmakov
2001-08-07 12:02 ` Anton Altaparmakov
2001-08-07 13:29 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-07 13:29 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-07 13:31 ` Alexander Viro
2001-08-07 13:31 ` Alexander Viro
2001-08-07 15:52 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-07 15:52 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-07 14:23 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2001-08-07 14:23 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2001-08-07 15:51 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-07 15:51 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-08 14:49 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2001-08-08 14:49 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2001-08-06 15:13 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-08-06 15:13 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-08-07 15:19 Chris Mason
2001-08-07 15:19 ` Chris Mason
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