Re: [PATCH] Fix queueing work if !bdi_cap_writeback_dirty()

[OGAWA Hirofumi]

Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> writes:

>> Duplicate flusher - many FSes has own task to flush.  Odd behavior in
>> the case of partition - agree, but I'm not sure why metadata is ok, and
>> it is not odd behavior.
>   Well, because there is much more of data pages then there is metadata. So
> when you do strange things (like refuse to write / reclaim) with metadata,
> it usually ends up in the noise. But when you start doing similar things
> with data pages, people will notice.

Could you explain more. So, you are thinking we have to fix current
behavior for metadata intensive applications? And what will people
notice?

>> Sorry, I'm not sure your point in latest comment. You are just saying FS
>> must flush pages on writepages()?
>   Yes.
>
>> And if alternative plan is acceptable, maybe I will not have interest to
>> this anymore.
>   Yes, the alternative plan looks better to me. But all in all I don't want
> to stop you from your experiments :) I mostly just wanted to point out that
> disabling flusher thread for a filesystem has a complex consequences which
> IMHO bring more bad than good.

OK, thanks.
-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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