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* [PATCH] MAX_PAUSE to be at least 4
@ 2013-01-21  3:07 paul.szabo
  2013-01-23  0:01 ` Jan Kara
  2013-01-23  0:04 ` Andrew Morton
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: paul.szabo @ 2013-01-21  3:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-mm; +Cc: 695182, linux-kernel

Ensure MAX_PAUSE is 4 or larger, so limits in
	return clamp_val(t, 4, MAX_PAUSE);
(the only use of it) are not back-to-front.

(This patch does not solve the PAE OOM issue.)

Paul Szabo   psz@maths.usyd.edu.au   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney    Australia

Reported-by: Paul Szabo <psz@maths.usyd.edu.au>
Reference: http://bugs.debian.org/695182
Signed-off-by: Paul Szabo <psz@maths.usyd.edu.au>

--- mm/page-writeback.c.old	2012-12-06 22:20:40.000000000 +1100
+++ mm/page-writeback.c	2013-01-21 13:57:05.000000000 +1100
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 /*
  * Sleep at most 200ms at a time in balance_dirty_pages().
  */
-#define MAX_PAUSE		max(HZ/5, 1)
+#define MAX_PAUSE		max(HZ/5, 4)
 
 /*
  * Estimate write bandwidth at 200ms intervals.

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* Re: [PATCH] MAX_PAUSE to be at least 4
  2013-01-21  3:07 [PATCH] MAX_PAUSE to be at least 4 paul.szabo
@ 2013-01-23  0:01 ` Jan Kara
  2013-01-23  0:04 ` Andrew Morton
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jan Kara @ 2013-01-23  0:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: paul.szabo; +Cc: linux-mm, 695182, linux-kernel

On Mon 21-01-13 14:07:34, paul.szabo@sydney.edu.au wrote:
> Ensure MAX_PAUSE is 4 or larger, so limits in
> 	return clamp_val(t, 4, MAX_PAUSE);
> (the only use of it) are not back-to-front.
> 
> (This patch does not solve the PAE OOM issue.)
> 
> Paul Szabo   psz@maths.usyd.edu.au   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
> School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney    Australia
  I guess this isn't needed in patch changelog?

  Also clamp_val(t, 4, MAX_PAUSE) doesn't seem to exist anymore?

								Honza
> Reported-by: Paul Szabo <psz@maths.usyd.edu.au>
> Reference: http://bugs.debian.org/695182
> Signed-off-by: Paul Szabo <psz@maths.usyd.edu.au>
> 
> --- mm/page-writeback.c.old	2012-12-06 22:20:40.000000000 +1100
> +++ mm/page-writeback.c	2013-01-21 13:57:05.000000000 +1100
> @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
>  /*
>   * Sleep at most 200ms at a time in balance_dirty_pages().
>   */
> -#define MAX_PAUSE		max(HZ/5, 1)
> +#define MAX_PAUSE		max(HZ/5, 4)
>  
>  /*
>   * Estimate write bandwidth at 200ms intervals.
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* Re: [PATCH] MAX_PAUSE to be at least 4
  2013-01-21  3:07 [PATCH] MAX_PAUSE to be at least 4 paul.szabo
  2013-01-23  0:01 ` Jan Kara
@ 2013-01-23  0:04 ` Andrew Morton
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Morton @ 2013-01-23  0:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: paul.szabo; +Cc: linux-mm, 695182, linux-kernel, Wu Fengguang

On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:07:34 +1100
paul.szabo@sydney.edu.au wrote:

> Ensure MAX_PAUSE is 4 or larger, so limits in
> 	return clamp_val(t, 4, MAX_PAUSE);
> (the only use of it) are not back-to-front.

MAX_PAUSE is not used in this fashion in current kernels.

> (This patch does not solve the PAE OOM issue.)
> 
> Paul Szabo   psz@maths.usyd.edu.au   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
> School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney    Australia
> 
> Reported-by: Paul Szabo <psz@maths.usyd.edu.au>
> Reference: http://bugs.debian.org/695182
> Signed-off-by: Paul Szabo <psz@maths.usyd.edu.au>
> 
> --- mm/page-writeback.c.old	2012-12-06 22:20:40.000000000 +1100
> +++ mm/page-writeback.c	2013-01-21 13:57:05.000000000 +1100
> @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
>  /*
>   * Sleep at most 200ms at a time in balance_dirty_pages().
>   */
> -#define MAX_PAUSE		max(HZ/5, 1)
> +#define MAX_PAUSE		max(HZ/5, 4)
>  
>  /*
>   * Estimate write bandwidth at 200ms intervals.


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