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| From | Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | [PATCH 3/8] writeback: use WRITE_SYNC for reclaim or sync writeback |
| Date | 2016-03-23 16:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <rfSTo-5lq-35@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <rfSTn-5lq-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
If we're doing reclaim or sync IO, use WRITE_SYNC to inform the lower
levels of the importance of this IO.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
---
include/linux/writeback.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 719c255e105a..b2c75b8901da 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct writeback_control {
static inline int wbc_to_write(struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
- if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
+ if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->for_reclaim || wbc->for_sync)
return WRITE_SYNC;
return WRITE;
--
2.4.1.168.g1ea28e1
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(none) Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com> - 2016-03-23 16:30 +0100
[PATCH 8/8] writeback: throttle buffered writeback Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com> - 2016-03-23 16:30 +0100
[PATCH 6/8] sd: inform block layer of write cache state Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com> - 2016-03-23 16:30 +0100
[PATCH 3/8] writeback: use WRITE_SYNC for reclaim or sync writeback Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com> - 2016-03-23 16:30 +0100
[PATCHSET v2][RFC] Make background writeback not suck Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com> - 2016-03-23 16:40 +0100
Re: [PATCHSET v2][RFC] Make background writeback not suck Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com> - 2016-03-24 18:50 +0100
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