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Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 07:18:57 -1000
From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@huaweicloud.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/10] writeback: factor out wb_dirty_freerun to remove
 more repeated freerun code
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On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 11:47:35AM +0800, Kemeng Shi wrote:
..
> +static void wb_dirty_freerun(struct dirty_throttle_control *dtc,
> +			     bool strictlimit)
> +{
..
> +	/*
> +	 * LOCAL_THROTTLE tasks must not be throttled when below the per-wb
> +	 * freerun ceiling.
> +	 */
> +	if (!(current->flags & PF_LOCAL_THROTTLE))
> +		return;

Shouldn't this set free_run to true?

Also, wouldn't it be better if these functions return bool instead of
recording the result in dtc->freerun?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun