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-rw-r--r--include/linux/backing-dev.h1
-rw-r--r--mm/backing-dev.c15
-rw-r--r--mm/page-writeback.c1
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index ff8bac6..e6e0cb5 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct super_block *sb,
long nr_pages, int sb_locked);
int bdi_writeback_task(struct bdi_writeback *wb);
int bdi_has_dirty_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
+void bdi_arm_supers_timer(void);
extern spinlock_t bdi_lock;
extern struct list_head bdi_list;
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 707d0dc..660a87a 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ static struct timer_list sync_supers_timer;
static int bdi_sync_supers(void *);
static void sync_supers_timer_fn(unsigned long);
-static void arm_supers_timer(void);
static void bdi_add_default_flusher_task(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
@@ -252,7 +251,7 @@ static int __init default_bdi_init(void)
init_timer(&sync_supers_timer);
setup_timer(&sync_supers_timer, sync_supers_timer_fn, 0);
- arm_supers_timer();
+ bdi_arm_supers_timer();
err = bdi_init(&default_backing_dev_info);
if (!err)
@@ -374,10 +373,13 @@ static int bdi_sync_supers(void *unused)
return 0;
}
-static void arm_supers_timer(void)
+void bdi_arm_supers_timer(void)
{
unsigned long next;
+ if (!dirty_writeback_interval)
+ return;
+
next = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10) + jiffies;
mod_timer(&sync_supers_timer, round_jiffies_up(next));
}
@@ -385,7 +387,7 @@ static void arm_supers_timer(void)
static void sync_supers_timer_fn(unsigned long unused)
{
wake_up_process(sync_supers_tsk);
- arm_supers_timer();
+ bdi_arm_supers_timer();
}
static int bdi_forker_task(void *ptr)
@@ -428,7 +430,10 @@ static int bdi_forker_task(void *ptr)
spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
wait = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
- schedule_timeout(wait);
+ if (wait)
+ schedule_timeout(wait);
+ else
+ schedule();
try_to_freeze();
continue;
}
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 53b2fcf..0d7bbe8 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -690,6 +690,7 @@ int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
{
proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
+ bdi_arm_supers_timer();
return 0;
}
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