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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com,
	joel.becker@oracle.com, jack@suse.cz, mfasheh@suse.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/56] mm: Export pdflush_operation()
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:01:04 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081222160104.6633cd77.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1229982517-3455-20-git-send-email-mfasheh@suse.com>

On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:48:00 -0800
Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com> wrote:

> OCSF2 will need to queue up work for periodic syncing of quotas
> among nodes in the cluster. pdflush() is good thread for this so
> export it's controlling function so that OCFS2 can use it.

I trust that nothing will explode if pdflush_operation() fails
to do anything and returns -1?

  reply	other threads:[~2008-12-23  0:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-12-22 21:47 [git patches] Ocfs2 patches for merge window, batch 2/3 Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:47 ` [PATCH 01/56] quota: Add callbacks for allocating and destroying dquot structures Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:47 ` [PATCH 02/56] quota: Increase size of variables for limits and inode usage Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:47 ` [PATCH 03/56] quota: Remove bogus 'optimization' in check_idq() and check_bdq() Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:47 ` [PATCH 04/56] quota: Make _SUSPENDED just a flag Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:47 ` [PATCH 05/56] quota: Allow to separately enable quota accounting and enforcing limits Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:47 ` [PATCH 06/56] ext3: Use sb_any_quota_loaded() instead of sb_any_quota_enabled() Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:47 ` [PATCH 07/56] ext4: " Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:47 ` [PATCH 08/56] reiserfs: " Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:47 ` [PATCH 09/56] quota: Remove compatibility function sb_any_quota_enabled() Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:47 ` [PATCH 10/56] quota: Introduce DQUOT_QUOTA_SYS_FILE flag Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:47 ` [PATCH 11/56] quota: Move quotaio_v[12].h from include/linux/ to fs/ Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:47 ` [PATCH 12/56] quota: Split off quota tree handling into a separate file Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:47 ` [PATCH 13/56] quota: Convert union in mem_dqinfo to a pointer Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:47 ` [PATCH 14/56] quota: Allow negative usage of space and inodes Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:47 ` [PATCH 15/56] quota: Keep which entries were set by SETQUOTA quotactl Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:47 ` [PATCH 16/56] quota: Update version number Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:47 ` [PATCH 17/56] quota: Add helpers to allow ocfs2 specific quota initialization, freeing and recovery Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:47 ` [PATCH 18/56] quota: Implement function for scanning active dquots Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 19/56] mm: Export pdflush_operation() Mark Fasheh
2008-12-23  0:01   ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2008-12-25  1:05     ` Mark Fasheh
2008-12-31 19:28       ` Mark Fasheh
2008-12-31 22:17         ` Joel Becker
2008-12-31 23:09           ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Mark Fasheh
2009-01-05 13:27             ` Jan Kara
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 20/56] ocfs2: Support nested transactions Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 21/56] ocfs2: Assign feature bits and system inodes to quota feature and quota files Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 22/56] ocfs2: Mark system files as not subject to quota accounting Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 23/56] ocfs2: Implementation of local and global quota file handling Mark Fasheh
2008-12-23  0:11   ` Andrew Morton
2008-12-25  0:29     ` Mark Fasheh
2008-12-26  2:29       ` Andrew Morton
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 24/56] ocfs2: Add quota calls for allocation and freeing of inodes and space Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 25/56] ocfs2: Implement quota syncing thread Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 26/56] ocfs2: Implement quota recovery Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 27/56] ocfs2: Enable quota accounting on mount, disable on umount Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 28/56] jbd2: Add BH_JBDPrivateStart Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 29/56] ocfs2: Use BH_JBDPrivateStart instead of BH_Unshadow Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 30/56] ocfs2: Add missing initialization Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 31/56] ocfs2: Fix ocfs2_read_quota_block() error handling Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 32/56] ocfs2: Fix oops when extending quota files Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 33/56] ocfs2: Make ocfs2_get_quota_block() consistent with ocfs2_read_quota_block() Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 34/56] ocfs2: Fix build warnings (64-bit types vs long long) Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 35/56] quota: Unexport dqblk_v1.h and dqblk_v2.h Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 36/56] quota: Export dquot_alloc() and dquot_destroy() functions Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 37/56] reiserfs: Add default allocation routines for quota structures Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 38/56] ext3: " Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 39/56] ext4: " Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 40/56] ocfs2: fix indendation in ocfs2_dquot_drop_slow Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 41/56] ocfs2/quota: sparse fixes for quota Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 42/56] ocfs2: Dirty the entire bucket in ocfs2_bucket_value_truncate() Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 43/56] ocfs2: Narrow the transaction for deleting xattrs from a bucket Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 44/56] ocfs2: Dirty the entire first bucket in ocfs2_extend_xattr_bucket() Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 45/56] ocfs2: Dirty the entire first bucket in ocfs2_cp_xattr_cluster() Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 46/56] ocfs2: Explain t_is_new " Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 47/56] ocfs2: Use ocfs2_cp_xattr_bucket() in ocfs2_mv_xattr_bucket_cross_cluster() Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 48/56] ocfs2: Rename ocfs2_cp_xattr_cluster() to ocfs2_mv_xattr_buckets() Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 49/56] ocfs2: ocfs2_mv_xattr_buckets() can handle a partial cluster now Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 50/56] ocfs2: Use ocfs2_mv_xattr_buckets() in ocfs2_mv_xattr_bucket_cross_cluster() Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 51/56] ocfs2: Start using buckets in ocfs2_adjust_xattr_cross_cluster() Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 52/56] ocfs2: Pass buckets into ocfs2_mv_xattr_bucket_cross_cluster() Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 53/56] ocfs2: Move buckets up into ocfs2_add_new_xattr_cluster() Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 54/56] ocfs2: Move buckets up into ocfs2_add_new_xattr_bucket() Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 55/56] ocfs2: Pass xs->bucket " Mark Fasheh
2008-12-22 21:48 ` [PATCH 56/56] ocfs2/quota: Add QUOTA in mlog_attribute Mark Fasheh

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