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-rw-r--r--fs/fs-writeback.c14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 4b37f7c..760dc8d 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -852,6 +852,12 @@ static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
unsigned long expired;
long nr_pages;
+ /*
+ * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
+ */
+ if (!dirty_writeback_interval)
+ return 0;
+
expired = wb->last_old_flush +
msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
if (time_before(jiffies, expired))
@@ -947,8 +953,12 @@ int bdi_writeback_task(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
break;
}
- wait_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
- schedule_timeout_interruptible(wait_jiffies);
+ if (dirty_writeback_interval) {
+ wait_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
+ schedule_timeout_interruptible(wait_jiffies);
+ } else
+ schedule();
+
try_to_freeze();
}
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