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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page-writeback.c | 5 |
2 files changed, 1 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index b920423f88cb..5025ff9307e6 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -158,10 +158,6 @@ Note: the minimum value allowed for dirty_bytes is two pages (in bytes); any value lower than this limit will be ignored and the old configuration will be retained. -Note: the value of dirty_bytes also must be set greater than -dirty_background_bytes or the amount of memory corresponding to -dirty_background_ratio. - ============================================================== dirty_expire_centisecs @@ -181,9 +177,6 @@ generating disk writes will itself start writing out dirty data. The total available memory is not equal to total system memory. -Note: dirty_ratio must be set greater than dirty_background_ratio or -ratio corresponding to dirty_background_bytes. - ============================================================== dirty_writeback_centisecs diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index e7095030aa1f..586f31261c83 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -433,11 +433,8 @@ static void domain_dirty_limits(struct dirty_throttle_control *dtc) else bg_thresh = (bg_ratio * available_memory) / PAGE_SIZE; - if (unlikely(bg_thresh >= thresh)) { - pr_warn("vm direct limit must be set greater than background limit.\n"); + if (bg_thresh >= thresh) bg_thresh = thresh / 2; - } - tsk = current; if (tsk->flags & PF_LESS_THROTTLE || rt_task(tsk)) { bg_thresh += bg_thresh / 4 + global_wb_domain.dirty_limit / 32; |