Merge commit 'v3.2-rc3' into stable/for-linus-3.3

* commit 'v3.2-rc3': (412 commits)
  Linux 3.2-rc3
  virtio-pci: make reset operation safer
  virtio-mmio: Correct the name of the guest features selector
  virtio: add HAS_IOMEM dependency to MMIO platform bus driver
  eCryptfs: Extend array bounds for all filename chars
  eCryptfs: Flush file in vma close
  eCryptfs: Prevent file create race condition
  regulator: TPS65910: Fix VDD1/2 voltage selector count
  i2c: Make i2cdev_notifier_call static
  i2c: Delete ANY_I2C_BUS
  i2c: Fix device name for 10-bit slave address
  i2c-algo-bit: Generate correct i2c address sequence for 10-bit target
  drm: integer overflow in drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl()
  Revert "of/irq: of_irq_find_parent: check for parent equal to child"
  drivers/gpu/vga/vgaarb.c: add missing kfree
  drm/radeon/kms/atom: unify i2c gpio table handling
  drm/radeon/kms: fix up gpio i2c mask bits for r4xx for real
  ttm: Don't return the bo reserved on error path
  mount_subtree() pointless use-after-free
  iio: fix a leak due to improper use of anon_inode_getfd()
  ...

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index a3278f00523..71252486bc6 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ unsigned long global_dirty_limit;
  *
  */
 static struct prop_descriptor vm_completions;
-static struct prop_descriptor vm_dirties;
 
 /*
  * couple the period to the dirty_ratio:
@@ -154,7 +153,6 @@ static void update_completion_period(void)
 {
 	int shift = calc_period_shift();
 	prop_change_shift(&vm_completions, shift);
-	prop_change_shift(&vm_dirties, shift);
 
 	writeback_set_ratelimit();
 }
@@ -235,11 +233,6 @@ void bdi_writeout_inc(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bdi_writeout_inc);
 
-void task_dirty_inc(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	prop_inc_single(&vm_dirties, &tsk->dirties);
-}
-
 /*
  * Obtain an accurate fraction of the BDI's portion.
  */
@@ -1133,17 +1126,17 @@ pause:
 					  pages_dirtied,
 					  pause,
 					  start_time);
-		__set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+		__set_current_state(TASK_KILLABLE);
 		io_schedule_timeout(pause);
 
-		dirty_thresh = hard_dirty_limit(dirty_thresh);
 		/*
-		 * max-pause area. If dirty exceeded but still within this
-		 * area, no need to sleep for more than 200ms: (a) 8 pages per
-		 * 200ms is typically more than enough to curb heavy dirtiers;
-		 * (b) the pause time limit makes the dirtiers more responsive.
+		 * This is typically equal to (nr_dirty < dirty_thresh) and can
+		 * also keep "1000+ dd on a slow USB stick" under control.
 		 */
-		if (nr_dirty < dirty_thresh)
+		if (task_ratelimit)
+			break;
+
+		if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
 			break;
 	}
 
@@ -1395,7 +1388,6 @@ void __init page_writeback_init(void)
 
 	shift = calc_period_shift();
 	prop_descriptor_init(&vm_completions, shift);
-	prop_descriptor_init(&vm_dirties, shift);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1724,7 +1716,6 @@ void account_page_dirtied(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping)
 		__inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_DIRTIED);
 		__inc_bdi_stat(mapping->backing_dev_info, BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
 		__inc_bdi_stat(mapping->backing_dev_info, BDI_DIRTIED);
-		task_dirty_inc(current);
 		task_io_account_write(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
 	}
 }