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authorBjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>2012-09-13 08:41:01 -0600
committerBjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>2012-09-13 08:41:01 -0600
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parent1959ec5f82acbdf91425b41600f119ebecb5f6a8 (diff)
parent55d512e245bc7699a8800e23df1a24195dd08217 (diff)
Merge commit 'v3.6-rc5' into next
* commit 'v3.6-rc5': (1098 commits) Linux 3.6-rc5 HID: tpkbd: work even if the new Lenovo Keyboard driver is not configured Remove user-triggerable BUG from mpol_to_str xen/pciback: Fix proper FLR steps. uml: fix compile error in deliver_alarm() dj: memory scribble in logi_dj Fix order of arguments to compat_put_time[spec|val] xen: Use correct masking in xen_swiotlb_alloc_coherent. xen: fix logical error in tlb flushing xen/p2m: Fix one-off error in checking the P2M tree directory. powerpc: Don't use __put_user() in patch_instruction powerpc: Make sure IPI handlers see data written by IPI senders powerpc: Restore correct DSCR in context switch powerpc: Fix DSCR inheritance in copy_thread() powerpc: Keep thread.dscr and thread.dscr_inherit in sync powerpc: Update DSCR on all CPUs when writing sysfs dscr_default powerpc/powernv: Always go into nap mode when CPU is offline powerpc: Give hypervisor decrementer interrupts their own handler powerpc/vphn: Fix arch_update_cpu_topology() return value ARM: gemini: fix the gemini build ... Conflicts: drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.c
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index dcc2a94ae34e..078701fdbd4d 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ huge pages although processes will also directly compact memory as required.
dirty_background_bytes
-Contains the amount of dirty memory at which the pdflush background writeback
-daemon will start writeback.
+Contains the amount of dirty memory at which the background kernel
+flusher threads will start writeback.
Note: dirty_background_bytes is the counterpart of dirty_background_ratio. Only
one of them may be specified at a time. When one sysctl is written it is
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ other appears as 0 when read.
dirty_background_ratio
Contains, as a percentage of total system memory, the number of pages at which
-the pdflush background writeback daemon will start writing out dirty data.
+the background kernel flusher threads will start writing out dirty data.
==============================================================
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ retained.
dirty_expire_centisecs
This tunable is used to define when dirty data is old enough to be eligible
-for writeout by the pdflush daemons. It is expressed in 100'ths of a second.
-Data which has been dirty in-memory for longer than this interval will be
-written out next time a pdflush daemon wakes up.
+for writeout by the kernel flusher threads. It is expressed in 100'ths
+of a second. Data which has been dirty in-memory for longer than this
+interval will be written out next time a flusher thread wakes up.
==============================================================
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ data.
dirty_writeback_centisecs
-The pdflush writeback daemons will periodically wake up and write `old' data
+The kernel flusher threads will periodically wake up and write `old' data
out to disk. This tunable expresses the interval between those wakeups, in
100'ths of a second.