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>
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 0000000..b0b0eeb
--- /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 e9237fb..88f2fa4 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@
---------------------------
+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 84eb25c..06d662b 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
- 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 @@
==============================================================
-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.
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 50d0b78..be3efc4 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@
struct completion *done; /* set if the caller waits */
};
-/*
- * We don't actually have pdflush, but this one is exported though /proc...
- */
-int nr_pdflush_threads;
-
/**
* writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress
* @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure.
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 489de62..c97c6b9 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <linux/timer.h>
#include <linux/writeback.h>
#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/sysctl.h>
struct page;
struct device;
@@ -304,6 +305,8 @@
void set_bdi_congested(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, int sync);
long congestion_wait(int sync, long timeout);
long wait_iff_congested(struct zone *zone, int sync, long timeout);
+int pdflush_proc_obsolete(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+ void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
static inline bool bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 6d0a0fc..c66fe33 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -189,9 +189,4 @@
void account_page_redirty(struct page *page);
-/* pdflush.c */
-extern int nr_pdflush_threads; /* Global so it can be exported to sysctl
- read-only. */
-
-
#endif /* WRITEBACK_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 97186b9..6502d35 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1101,11 +1101,9 @@
.extra1 = &zero,
},
{
- .procname = "nr_pdflush_threads",
- .data = &nr_pdflush_threads,
- .maxlen = sizeof nr_pdflush_threads,
- .mode = 0444 /* read-only*/,
- .proc_handler = proc_dointvec,
+ .procname = "nr_pdflush_threads",
+ .mode = 0444 /* read-only */,
+ .proc_handler = pdflush_proc_obsolete,
},
{
.procname = "swappiness",
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
index a650694..65bdcf1 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
{ CTL_INT, VM_DIRTY_RATIO, "dirty_ratio" },
/* VM_DIRTY_WB_CS "dirty_writeback_centisecs" no longer used */
/* VM_DIRTY_EXPIRE_CS "dirty_expire_centisecs" no longer used */
- { CTL_INT, VM_NR_PDFLUSH_THREADS, "nr_pdflush_threads" },
+ /* VM_NR_PDFLUSH_THREADS "nr_pdflush_threads" no longer used */
{ CTL_INT, VM_OVERCOMMIT_RATIO, "overcommit_ratio" },
/* VM_PAGEBUF unused */
/* VM_HUGETLB_PAGES "nr_hugepages" no longer used */
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 3387aea..6b4718e 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -886,3 +886,23 @@
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_iff_congested);
+
+int pdflush_proc_obsolete(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+ void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ char kbuf[] = "0\n";
+
+ if (*ppos) {
+ *lenp = 0;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ if (copy_to_user(buffer, kbuf, sizeof(kbuf)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ printk_once(KERN_WARNING "%s exported in /proc is scheduled for removal\n",
+ table->procname);
+
+ *lenp = 2;
+ *ppos += *lenp;
+ return 2;
+}