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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/pdflush.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/pdflush.c | 31 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/mm/pdflush.c b/mm/pdflush.c index 235ac44..f2caf96 100644 --- a/mm/pdflush.c +++ b/mm/pdflush.c @@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pdflush_lock); int nr_pdflush_threads = 0; /* + * The max/min number of pdflush threads. R/W by sysctl at + * /proc/sys/vm/nr_pdflush_threads_max/min + */ +int nr_pdflush_threads_max __read_mostly = MAX_PDFLUSH_THREADS; +int nr_pdflush_threads_min __read_mostly = MIN_PDFLUSH_THREADS; + + +/* * The time at which the pdflush thread pool last went empty */ static unsigned long last_empty_jifs; @@ -68,7 +76,7 @@ static unsigned long last_empty_jifs; * Thread pool management algorithm: * * - The minimum and maximum number of pdflush instances are bound - * by MIN_PDFLUSH_THREADS and MAX_PDFLUSH_THREADS. + * by nr_pdflush_threads_min and nr_pdflush_threads_max. * * - If there have been no idle pdflush instances for 1 second, create * a new one. @@ -134,14 +142,13 @@ static int __pdflush(struct pdflush_work *my_work) * To throttle creation, we reset last_empty_jifs. */ if (time_after(jiffies, last_empty_jifs + 1 * HZ)) { - if (list_empty(&pdflush_list)) { - if (nr_pdflush_threads < MAX_PDFLUSH_THREADS) { - last_empty_jifs = jiffies; - nr_pdflush_threads++; - spin_unlock_irq(&pdflush_lock); - start_one_pdflush_thread(); - spin_lock_irq(&pdflush_lock); - } + if (list_empty(&pdflush_list) && + nr_pdflush_threads < nr_pdflush_threads_max) { + last_empty_jifs = jiffies; + nr_pdflush_threads++; + spin_unlock_irq(&pdflush_lock); + start_one_pdflush_thread(); + spin_lock_irq(&pdflush_lock); } } @@ -153,7 +160,7 @@ static int __pdflush(struct pdflush_work *my_work) */ if (list_empty(&pdflush_list)) continue; - if (nr_pdflush_threads <= MIN_PDFLUSH_THREADS) + if (nr_pdflush_threads <= nr_pdflush_threads_min) continue; pdf = list_entry(pdflush_list.prev, struct pdflush_work, list); if (time_after(jiffies, pdf->when_i_went_to_sleep + 1 * HZ)) { @@ -259,9 +266,9 @@ static int __init pdflush_init(void) * Pre-set nr_pdflush_threads... If we fail to create, * the count will be decremented. */ - nr_pdflush_threads = MIN_PDFLUSH_THREADS; + nr_pdflush_threads = nr_pdflush_threads_min; - for (i = 0; i < MIN_PDFLUSH_THREADS; i++) + for (i = 0; i < nr_pdflush_threads_min; i++) start_one_pdflush_thread(); return 0; } |