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Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:41:45 -0500
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On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 08:29:32PM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> > Can you make balance_dirty_pages(_ratelimited) return an error instead
> > of opencoding the fatal signal che
> 
> Hmm that means a bigger change to the prototype of the _exported_
> balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr() which impacts out of tree FS... 

So what?  out of tree fses have always been entirely supported on their
own, and not a matter for keeping progress back.