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Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/backing-dev.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index ce682f7a4f2..fab8401fc54 100644 --- a/mm/backing-dev.c +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -288,13 +288,16 @@ int bdi_has_dirty_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) * Note, we wouldn't bother setting up the timer, but this function is on the * fast-path (used by '__mark_inode_dirty()'), so we save few context switches * by delaying the wake-up. + * + * We have to be careful not to postpone flush work if it is scheduled for + * earlier. Thus we use queue_delayed_work(). */ void bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) { unsigned long timeout; timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10); - mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, timeout); + queue_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, timeout); } /* |