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| author | Wanpeng Li <liwp@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2012-07-31 16:41:52 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-07-31 18:42:40 -0700 |
| commit | 3965c9ae47d64aadf6f13b6fcd37767b83c0689a (patch) | |
| tree | 9896fbd841edbaa8e374b593ad0f7b96191cda5d /Documentation | |
| parent | deaf386ee58d5336bbef8959bf304573afb67c20 (diff) | |
mm: prepare for removal of obsolete /proc/sys/vm/nr_pdflush_threads
Since per-BDI flusher threads were introduced in 2.6, the pdflush
mechanism is not used any more. But the old interface exported through
/proc/sys/vm/nr_pdflush_threads still exists and is obviously useless.
For back-compatibility, printk warning information and return 2 to notify
the users that the interface is removed.
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <liwp@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/obsolete/proc-sys-vm-nr_pdflush_threads | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt | 11 |
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/proc-sys-vm-nr_pdflush_threads b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/proc-sys-vm-nr_pdflush_threads new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b0b0eeb20fe3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/proc-sys-vm-nr_pdflush_threads @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +What: /proc/sys/vm/nr_pdflush_threads +Date: June 2012 +Contact: Wanpeng Li <liwp@linux.vnet.ibm.com> +Description: Since pdflush is replaced by per-BDI flusher, the interface of old pdflush + exported in /proc/sys/vm/ should be removed. diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index e9237fb71950..88f2fa48bb63 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ Who: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>, Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> --------------------------- +What: /proc/sys/vm/nr_pdflush_threads +When: 2012 +Why: Since pdflush is deprecated, the interface exported in /proc/sys/vm/ + should be removed. +Who: Wanpeng Li <liwp@linux.vnet.ibm.com> + +--------------------------- + What: CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE, and its ability to call APM BIOS in idle When: 2012 Why: This optional sub-feature of APM is of dubious reliability, diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index 84eb25cd69aa..06d662b1c5d5 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm: - mmap_min_addr - nr_hugepages - nr_overcommit_hugepages -- nr_pdflush_threads - nr_trim_pages (only if CONFIG_MMU=n) - numa_zonelist_order - oom_dump_tasks @@ -426,16 +425,6 @@ See Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt ============================================================== -nr_pdflush_threads - -The current number of pdflush threads. This value is read-only. -The value changes according to the number of dirty pages in the system. - -When necessary, additional pdflush threads are created, one per second, up to -nr_pdflush_threads_max. - -============================================================== - nr_trim_pages This is available only on NOMMU kernels. |