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On systems with low memory, it is possible for gfs2 to infinitely loop in balance_dirty_pages() under heavy IO (creating sparse files). balance_dirty_pages() attempts to write out the dirty pages via gfs2_writepages() but none are found because these dirty pages are being used by the journaling code in the ail. Normally, the journal has an upper threshold which when hit triggers an automatic flush of the ail. But this threshold can be higher than the number of allowable dirty pages and result in the ail never being flushed. This patch forces an ail flush when gfs2_writepages() fails to write anything. This is a good indication that the ail might be holding some dirty pages. Signed-off-by: Abhi Das <adas@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson <rpeterso@redhat.com> |
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Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.