[PATCH 5/6] xfs: convert the xfsaild threads to a workqueue

Sun Apr 3 05:59:57 CDT 2011

On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 10:38:47AM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> FWIW, we already have an implicit delay for frequent callers when
> the AIL is busy - the uninterruptible sleep for  sleeps of <= 20ms.
> That was implemented specifically to rate-limit wakeups while the
> xfsaild was busy pushing. This is essentially a different
> implementation of the same mechanism.

In that cases maybe the minum delay of the delayed work should stay
at 20ms?