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xfs: convert the xfsaild threads to a workqueue
authorDave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Fri, 8 Apr 2011 02:45:07 +0000 (12:45 +1000)
committerDave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Fri, 8 Apr 2011 02:45:07 +0000 (12:45 +1000)
commit0bf6a5bd4b55b466964ead6fa566d8f346a828ee
tree661f2bcc36458c807752243c6f2a76b43a64302c
parenta7b339f1b8698667eada006e717cdb4523be2ed5
xfs: convert the xfsaild threads to a workqueue

Similar to the xfssyncd, the per-filesystem xfsaild threads can be
converted to a global workqueue and run periodically by delayed
works. This makes sense for the AIL pushing because it uses
variable timeouts depending on the work that needs to be done.

By removing the xfsaild, we simplify the AIL pushing code and
remove the need to spread the code to implement the threading
and pushing across multiple files.

Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>
fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h