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authorMark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>2016-07-29 21:38:36 +0100
committerMark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>2016-07-29 21:38:36 +0100
commitb0ba6b0a5eb2b51037a07dbf5a7470ca804d575c (patch)
tree0a4c5f048afa1125d8bc242477965cec699f94ee /mm/page-writeback.c
parentac248a8b81109d6b41a9338a09538e103f7e31c0 (diff)
parentb05965f284db3e086022f4e318e46cb5bffb1376 (diff)
Merge tag 'v4.4.16' into linux-linaro-lsk-v4.4
This is the 4.4.16 stable release # gpg: Signature made Wed 27 Jul 2016 17:48:38 BST using RSA key ID 6092693E # gpg: requesting key 6092693E from hkp server the.earth.li # gpg: key 6092693E: public key "Greg Kroah-Hartman (Linux kernel stable release signing key) <greg@kroah.com>" imported # gpg: public key of ultimately trusted key B4B0BED6 not found # gpg: 2 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, PGP trust model # gpg: depth: 0 valid: 1 signed: 0 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u # gpg: Total number processed: 1 # gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1) # gpg: Good signature from "Greg Kroah-Hartman (Linux kernel stable release signing key) <greg@kroah.com>" # gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature! # gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner. # Primary key fingerprint: 647F 2865 4894 E3BD 4571 99BE 38DB BDC8 6092 693E
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/page-writeback.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/page-writeback.c21
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index e40c9364582d..fd51ebfc423f 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -359,8 +359,9 @@ static void domain_dirty_limits(struct dirty_throttle_control *dtc)
struct dirty_throttle_control *gdtc = mdtc_gdtc(dtc);
unsigned long bytes = vm_dirty_bytes;
unsigned long bg_bytes = dirty_background_bytes;
- unsigned long ratio = vm_dirty_ratio;
- unsigned long bg_ratio = dirty_background_ratio;
+ /* convert ratios to per-PAGE_SIZE for higher precision */
+ unsigned long ratio = (vm_dirty_ratio * PAGE_SIZE) / 100;
+ unsigned long bg_ratio = (dirty_background_ratio * PAGE_SIZE) / 100;
unsigned long thresh;
unsigned long bg_thresh;
struct task_struct *tsk;
@@ -372,26 +373,28 @@ static void domain_dirty_limits(struct dirty_throttle_control *dtc)
/*
* The byte settings can't be applied directly to memcg
* domains. Convert them to ratios by scaling against
- * globally available memory.
+ * globally available memory. As the ratios are in
+ * per-PAGE_SIZE, they can be obtained by dividing bytes by
+ * number of pages.
*/
if (bytes)
- ratio = min(DIV_ROUND_UP(bytes, PAGE_SIZE) * 100 /
- global_avail, 100UL);
+ ratio = min(DIV_ROUND_UP(bytes, global_avail),
+ PAGE_SIZE);
if (bg_bytes)
- bg_ratio = min(DIV_ROUND_UP(bg_bytes, PAGE_SIZE) * 100 /
- global_avail, 100UL);
+ bg_ratio = min(DIV_ROUND_UP(bg_bytes, global_avail),
+ PAGE_SIZE);
bytes = bg_bytes = 0;
}
if (bytes)
thresh = DIV_ROUND_UP(bytes, PAGE_SIZE);
else
- thresh = (ratio * available_memory) / 100;
+ thresh = (ratio * available_memory) / PAGE_SIZE;
if (bg_bytes)
bg_thresh = DIV_ROUND_UP(bg_bytes, PAGE_SIZE);
else
- bg_thresh = (bg_ratio * available_memory) / 100;
+ bg_thresh = (bg_ratio * available_memory) / PAGE_SIZE;
if (bg_thresh >= thresh)
bg_thresh = thresh / 2;