*
* Processes which are dirtying memory should call in here once for each page
* which was newly dirtied. The function will periodically check the system's
*
* Processes which are dirtying memory should call in here once for each page
* which was newly dirtied. The function will periodically check the system's
* limit we decrease the ratelimiting by a lot, to prevent individual processes
* from overshooting the limit by (ratelimit_pages) each.
*/
* limit we decrease the ratelimiting by a lot, to prevent individual processes
* from overshooting the limit by (ratelimit_pages) each.
*/
* Check the rate limiting. Also, we do not want to throttle real-time
* tasks in balance_dirty_pages(). Period.
*/
* Check the rate limiting. Also, we do not want to throttle real-time
* tasks in balance_dirty_pages(). Period.
*/
- if (get_cpu_var(ratelimits)++ >= ratelimit) {
- __get_cpu_var(ratelimits) = 0;
- put_cpu_var(ratelimits);
+ preempt_disable();
+ p = &__get_cpu_var(ratelimits);
+ *p += nr_pages_dirtied;
+ if (unlikely(*p >= ratelimit)) {
+ *p = 0;
+ preempt_enable();
* just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
* older than a specific point in time.
*
* just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
* older than a specific point in time.
*
- * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_centisecs. But if a writeback event
- * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_centisecs interval, then leave a
+ * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
+ * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
nr_to_write = wbs.nr_dirty + wbs.nr_unstable +
(inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused);
while (nr_to_write > 0) {
nr_to_write = wbs.nr_dirty + wbs.nr_unstable +
(inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused);
while (nr_to_write > 0) {
int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
struct file *file, void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
{
int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
struct file *file, void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
{
- proc_dointvec(table, write, file, buffer, length, ppos);
- if (dirty_writeback_centisecs) {
+ proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies(table, write, file, buffer, length, ppos);
+ if (dirty_writeback_interval) {
if (!TestSetPageDirty(page)) {
struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
struct address_space *mapping2;
if (!TestSetPageDirty(page)) {
struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
struct address_space *mapping2;