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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-05-15 08:05:37 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-05-15 08:05:37 -0700
commitc6538499814d8112c5d4d08570a7cf0758e5f8f5 (patch)
tree3c3574d8aea838d91372765847577772092f09bc /mm
parent662f11cf2aaedd3d5fe6afbec78ba3288fd0c4ca (diff)
parentcd17cbfda004fe5f406c01b318c6378d9895896f (diff)
downloadlinux-c6538499814d8112c5d4d08570a7cf0758e5f8f5.tar.bz2
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: Revert "mm: add /proc controls for pdflush threads" viocd: needs to depend on BLOCK block: fix the bio_vec array index out-of-bounds test
Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
-rw-r--r--mm/pdflush.c31
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/mm/pdflush.c b/mm/pdflush.c
index f2caf96993f8..235ac440c44e 100644
--- a/mm/pdflush.c
+++ b/mm/pdflush.c
@@ -58,14 +58,6 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pdflush_lock);
int nr_pdflush_threads = 0;
/*
- * The max/min number of pdflush threads. R/W by sysctl at
- * /proc/sys/vm/nr_pdflush_threads_max/min
- */
-int nr_pdflush_threads_max __read_mostly = MAX_PDFLUSH_THREADS;
-int nr_pdflush_threads_min __read_mostly = MIN_PDFLUSH_THREADS;
-
-
-/*
* The time at which the pdflush thread pool last went empty
*/
static unsigned long last_empty_jifs;
@@ -76,7 +68,7 @@ static unsigned long last_empty_jifs;
* Thread pool management algorithm:
*
* - The minimum and maximum number of pdflush instances are bound
- * by nr_pdflush_threads_min and nr_pdflush_threads_max.
+ * by MIN_PDFLUSH_THREADS and MAX_PDFLUSH_THREADS.
*
* - If there have been no idle pdflush instances for 1 second, create
* a new one.
@@ -142,13 +134,14 @@ static int __pdflush(struct pdflush_work *my_work)
* To throttle creation, we reset last_empty_jifs.
*/
if (time_after(jiffies, last_empty_jifs + 1 * HZ)) {
- if (list_empty(&pdflush_list) &&
- nr_pdflush_threads < nr_pdflush_threads_max) {
- last_empty_jifs = jiffies;
- nr_pdflush_threads++;
- spin_unlock_irq(&pdflush_lock);
- start_one_pdflush_thread();
- spin_lock_irq(&pdflush_lock);
+ if (list_empty(&pdflush_list)) {
+ if (nr_pdflush_threads < MAX_PDFLUSH_THREADS) {
+ last_empty_jifs = jiffies;
+ nr_pdflush_threads++;
+ spin_unlock_irq(&pdflush_lock);
+ start_one_pdflush_thread();
+ spin_lock_irq(&pdflush_lock);
+ }
}
}
@@ -160,7 +153,7 @@ static int __pdflush(struct pdflush_work *my_work)
*/
if (list_empty(&pdflush_list))
continue;
- if (nr_pdflush_threads <= nr_pdflush_threads_min)
+ if (nr_pdflush_threads <= MIN_PDFLUSH_THREADS)
continue;
pdf = list_entry(pdflush_list.prev, struct pdflush_work, list);
if (time_after(jiffies, pdf->when_i_went_to_sleep + 1 * HZ)) {
@@ -266,9 +259,9 @@ static int __init pdflush_init(void)
* Pre-set nr_pdflush_threads... If we fail to create,
* the count will be decremented.
*/
- nr_pdflush_threads = nr_pdflush_threads_min;
+ nr_pdflush_threads = MIN_PDFLUSH_THREADS;
- for (i = 0; i < nr_pdflush_threads_min; i++)
+ for (i = 0; i < MIN_PDFLUSH_THREADS; i++)
start_one_pdflush_thread();
return 0;
}