[PATCH 02/27] xfs: re-enable non-blocking behaviour in xfs_map_blocks
Alex Elder
aelder at sgi.com
Wed Jul 6 08:36:01 CDT 2011
On Wed, 2011-07-06 at 02:37 -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 05:35:19PM -0500, Alex Elder wrote:
> > On Fri, 2011-07-01 at 05:43 -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > The non-blockig behaviour in xfs_map_blocks currently is conditional on
> > > having both the WB_SYNC_NONE sync_mode and the nonblocking flag set.
> > > The latter used to be used by both pdflush, kswapd and a few other places
> > > in older kernels, but has been fading out starting with the introduction
> > > of the per-bdi flusher threads.
> > >
> > > Enable the non-blocking behaviour for all WB_SYNC_NONE calls to get back
> > > the behaviour we want.
> >
> > The subject line should refer to xfs_vm_writepage()
> > (not xfs_map_blocks()). Unless I hear otherwise I
> > will plan to change that for you.
>
> Well, the actual xfs_ilock_nowait call is in xfs_map_blocks, the logic
> controlling it in xfs_vm_writepage, so either one is fine.
You're right. Nevermind. -Alex
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