From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030396AbWFVUZb (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:25:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030397AbWFVUZb (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:25:31 -0400 Received: from rtr.ca ([64.26.128.89]:46984 "EHLO mail.rtr.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030396AbWFVUZa (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:25:30 -0400 Message-ID: <449AFCB8.4030608@rtr.ca> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:25:28 -0400 From: Mark Lord User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Morton Cc: js@linuxtv.org, pavel@ucw.cz, p.lundkvist@telia.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rjw@sisk.pl Subject: Re: [PATCH] Page writeback broken after resume: wb_timer lost References: <20060520130326.GA6092@localhost> <20060520103728.6f3b3798.akpm@osdl.org> <20060520225018.GC8490@elf.ucw.cz> <20060520171244.4399bc54.akpm@osdl.org> <20060616212410.GA6821@linuxtv.org> <4496C5AC.3030809@rtr.ca> <4498BF51.5090204@rtr.ca> <20060620205415.d808ace9.akpm@osdl.org> <4498C6CF.3080206@rtr.ca> <20060620211905.c7307b9f.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <20060620211905.c7307b9f.akpm@osdl.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andrew Morton wrote: > > Is that after a suspend/resume, or does it happen after a reboot? Definitely after a suspend/resume (RAM). It's been too long for me to remember about after a reboot. > Are you sure all the dirty memory doesn't get autocleaned after 30-60 > seconds? No, it does not get autocleaned (without this patch) after 30-60 *minutes*, let alone 30-60 seconds. Nor with or without laptop-mode enabled/disabled. Nor anything else suggested. Except for this patch. Cheers