2022-09-09 03:05:35

by Miaohe Lin

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Subject: [PATCH] writeback: remove unused macro DIRTY_FULL_SCOPE

It's introduced but never used. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <[email protected]>
---
include/linux/writeback.h | 8 --------
1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 3f045f6d6c4f..06f9291b6fd5 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -17,20 +17,12 @@ struct bio;
DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, dirty_throttle_leaks);

/*
- * The 1/4 region under the global dirty thresh is for smooth dirty throttling:
- *
- * (thresh - thresh/DIRTY_FULL_SCOPE, thresh)
- *
- * Further beyond, all dirtier tasks will enter a loop waiting (possibly long
- * time) for the dirty pages to drop, unless written enough pages.
- *
* The global dirty threshold is normally equal to the global dirty limit,
* except when the system suddenly allocates a lot of anonymous memory and
* knocks down the global dirty threshold quickly, in which case the global
* dirty limit will follow down slowly to prevent livelocking all dirtier tasks.
*/
#define DIRTY_SCOPE 8
-#define DIRTY_FULL_SCOPE (DIRTY_SCOPE / 2)

struct backing_dev_info;

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2.23.0


2022-09-09 09:51:32

by Jan Kara

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] writeback: remove unused macro DIRTY_FULL_SCOPE

On Fri 09-09-22 10:57:11, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> It's introduced but never used. Remove it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <[email protected]>

Looks good. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>

Honza

> ---
> include/linux/writeback.h | 8 --------
> 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
> index 3f045f6d6c4f..06f9291b6fd5 100644
> --- a/include/linux/writeback.h
> +++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
> @@ -17,20 +17,12 @@ struct bio;
> DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, dirty_throttle_leaks);
>
> /*
> - * The 1/4 region under the global dirty thresh is for smooth dirty throttling:
> - *
> - * (thresh - thresh/DIRTY_FULL_SCOPE, thresh)
> - *
> - * Further beyond, all dirtier tasks will enter a loop waiting (possibly long
> - * time) for the dirty pages to drop, unless written enough pages.
> - *
> * The global dirty threshold is normally equal to the global dirty limit,
> * except when the system suddenly allocates a lot of anonymous memory and
> * knocks down the global dirty threshold quickly, in which case the global
> * dirty limit will follow down slowly to prevent livelocking all dirtier tasks.
> */
> #define DIRTY_SCOPE 8
> -#define DIRTY_FULL_SCOPE (DIRTY_SCOPE / 2)
>
> struct backing_dev_info;
>
> --
> 2.23.0
>
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Jan Kara <[email protected]>
SUSE Labs, CR

2022-09-10 12:47:55

by Jens Axboe

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] writeback: remove unused macro DIRTY_FULL_SCOPE

On 9/8/22 8:57 PM, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> It's introduced but never used. Remove it.

Acked-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>

Andrew, would you mind queueing this one up?

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Jens Axboe