From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
axboe@kernel.dk, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] writeback: fix writeback completion notifications
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:30:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100615173023.GA6893@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100615172515.GF3347@quack.suse.cz>
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 07:25:15PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > Also rename bdi_wait_on_work_clear to bdi_wait_on_work_done and inline
> What I find slightly misleading on bdi_wait_on_work_done is that work
> isn't always "done" when this returns. For WB_SYNC_NONE writeback this
> function returns as soon as writeback thread starts the work... But I don't
> have a better name.
Well, the "work" actually is done. For WB_SYNC_NONE that is just
kicking off the writeback, not waiting for it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-15 17:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-08 16:14 [PATCH 0/6] writeback fixes - slow unmount and others Christoph Hellwig
2010-06-08 16:14 ` [PATCH 1/6] writeback: fix writeback completion notifications Christoph Hellwig
2010-06-08 19:50 ` Jens Axboe
2010-06-15 17:25 ` Jan Kara
2010-06-15 17:30 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2010-06-08 16:14 ` [PATCH 2/6] writeback: queue work on stack in writeback_inodes_sb Christoph Hellwig
2010-06-08 19:51 ` Jens Axboe
2010-06-08 16:14 ` [PATCH 3/6] writeback: enforce s_umount locking " Christoph Hellwig
2010-06-15 17:54 ` Jan Kara
2010-06-15 17:59 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-06-15 18:04 ` Jan Kara
2010-06-08 16:14 ` [PATCH 4/6] writeback: fix writeback_inodes_wb from writeback_inodes_sb Christoph Hellwig
2010-06-08 19:51 ` Jens Axboe
2010-06-09 12:25 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-06-09 12:29 ` Jens Axboe
2010-06-08 16:15 ` [PATCH 5/6] writeback: simplify wakeup_flusher_threads Christoph Hellwig
2010-06-08 19:51 ` Jens Axboe
2010-06-08 16:15 ` [PATCH 6/6] writeback: simplify and split bdi_start_writeback Christoph Hellwig
2010-06-08 19:52 ` Jens Axboe
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