Merge branch 'linus' into core/softlockup

Conflicts:

	kernel/softlockup.c

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 789b6adbef3..94c6d8988ab 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ static void background_writeout(unsigned long _min_pages);
 static struct prop_descriptor vm_completions;
 static struct prop_descriptor vm_dirties;
 
-static unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void);
-
 /*
  * couple the period to the dirty_ratio:
  *
@@ -347,7 +345,13 @@ static unsigned long highmem_dirtyable_memory(unsigned long total)
 #endif
 }
 
-static unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void)
+/**
+ * determine_dirtyable_memory - amount of memory that may be used
+ *
+ * Returns the numebr of pages that can currently be freed and used
+ * by the kernel for direct mappings.
+ */
+unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void)
 {
 	unsigned long x;
 
@@ -956,6 +960,9 @@ retry:
 	}
 	if (wbc->range_cyclic || (range_whole && wbc->nr_to_write > 0))
 		mapping->writeback_index = index;
+
+	if (wbc->range_cont)
+		wbc->range_start = index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_cache_pages);