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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-09-25 20:27:30 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-09-25 20:27:30 +0400
commit6d7f18f6ea3a13af95bdf507fc54d42b165e1712 (patch)
tree8f6f3a6d46835aa767823fa7049609408a87afc2 /mm/vmscan.c
parent53cddfcc0e760d2b364878b6dadbd0c6d087cfae (diff)
parent56a131dcf7ed36c3c6e36bea448b674ea85ed5bb (diff)
downloadlinux-6d7f18f6ea3a13af95bdf507fc54d42b165e1712.tar.xz
Merge branch 'writeback' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block
* 'writeback' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: writeback: writeback_inodes_sb() should use bdi_start_writeback() writeback: don't delay inodes redirtied by a fast dirtier writeback: make the super_block pinning more efficient writeback: don't resort for a single super_block in move_expired_inodes() writeback: move inodes from one super_block together writeback: get rid to incorrect references to pdflush in comments writeback: improve readability of the wb_writeback() continue/break logic writeback: cleanup writeback_single_inode() writeback: kupdate writeback shall not stop when more io is possible writeback: stop background writeback when below background threshold writeback: balance_dirty_pages() shall write more than dirtied pages fs: Fix busyloop in wb_writeback()
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diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 1219ceb8a9b2..64e438898832 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1709,10 +1709,10 @@ static void shrink_zones(int priority, struct zonelist *zonelist,
*
* If the caller is !__GFP_FS then the probability of a failure is reasonably
* high - the zone may be full of dirty or under-writeback pages, which this
- * caller can't do much about. We kick pdflush and take explicit naps in the
- * hope that some of these pages can be written. But if the allocating task
- * holds filesystem locks which prevent writeout this might not work, and the
- * allocation attempt will fail.
+ * caller can't do much about. We kick the writeback threads and take explicit
+ * naps in the hope that some of these pages can be written. But if the
+ * allocating task holds filesystem locks which prevent writeout this might not
+ * work, and the allocation attempt will fail.
*
* returns: 0, if no pages reclaimed
* else, the number of pages reclaimed