Re: [PATCH 2/2 block/for-linus] writeback: don't drain bdi_writeback_congested on bdi destruction

From: Jon Christopherson
Date: Wed Jul 01 2015 - 23:02:25 EST




On 07/01/2015 07:53 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
52ebea749aae ("writeback: make backing_dev_info host cgroup-specific
bdi_writebacks") made bdi (backing_dev_info) host per-cgroup wb's
(bdi_writeback's). As the congested state needs to be per-wb and
referenced from blkcg side and multiple wbs, the patch made all
non-root cong's (bdi_writeback_congested's) reference counted and
indexed on bdi.

<snip>

Thanks Tejun,

I have applied your patches and no longer see the behavior mentioned in the bug report. All is well!

-Jon
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