From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761393AbZE0M2c (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 May 2009 08:28:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752852AbZE0M2X (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 May 2009 08:28:23 -0400 Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.122.230]:17569 "EHLO mgw-mx03.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751734AbZE0M2X (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 May 2009 08:28:23 -0400 Message-ID: <4A1D31BA.6060903@nokia.com> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 15:27:38 +0300 From: Artem Bityutskiy Reply-To: Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com Organization: Nokia OYJ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090320) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Arnd Bergmann CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" , Christoph Hellwig , Jens Axboe Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/19] periodic write-back timer optimization References: <20090527130503.4913.62042.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain> <200905271323.29818.arnd@arndb.de> In-Reply-To: <200905271323.29818.arnd@arndb.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 May 2009 12:27:42.0963 (UTC) FILETIME=[885FA430:01C9DEC6] X-Nokia-AV: Clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ext Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Wednesday 27 May 2009, Artem Bityutskiy wrote: >> Hi, >> >> This is the second attempt. The first one was here: >> http://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=124301072305588&w=2 >> It was very hacky and got no comments. > > How does this relate to the per-BDI writeback patches that > Jens is working on? Doesn't that require a completely different > (probably simpler) implementation of your patch? At a quick glance, our works do not intersect. He seems to be changing the guts of write-back, while I only touch the timer which wakes up the periodic write-back thread, nothing else. I'll try to take Jens' patches and see. -- Best Regards, Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)