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Subject[PATCH] f2fs: check bdi->dirty_exceeded when trying to skip data writes
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If we don't check the current backing device status, balance_dirty_pages can
fall into infinite pausing routine.

This can be occurred when a lot of directories make a small number of dirty
dentry pages including files.

Reported-by: Brian Chadwick <brianchad@westnet.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
---
fs/f2fs/node.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 56907c6..a90f51d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ bool available_free_memory(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type)
mem_size = (nm_i->nat_cnt * sizeof(struct nat_entry)) >> 12;
res = mem_size < ((val.totalram * nm_i->ram_thresh / 100) >> 2);
} else if (type == DIRTY_DENTS) {
+ if (sbi->sb->s_bdi->dirty_exceeded)
+ return false;
mem_size = get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DENTS);
res = mem_size < ((val.totalram * nm_i->ram_thresh / 100) >> 1);
}
--
1.8.5.2 (Apple Git-48)


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