rpms/kernel/F-10 linux-2.6-vm-raise-default-dirty-data-limits.patch, NONE, 1.1 kernel.spec, 1.1295, 1.1296

[Chuck Ebbert]

Author: cebbert

Update of /cvs/pkgs/rpms/kernel/F-10
In directory cvs1.fedora.phx.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv14558

Modified Files:
	kernel.spec 
Added Files:
	linux-2.6-vm-raise-default-dirty-data-limits.patch 
Log Message:
Raise default vm dirty data limits from 5/10 to 10/20 percent.

linux-2.6-vm-raise-default-dirty-data-limits.patch:

--- NEW FILE linux-2.6-vm-raise-default-dirty-data-limits.patch ---
raise default dirty data limits, per:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123707714231039&w=2

Index: my-2.6.29-rc8-git4/mm/page-writeback.c
===================================================================
--- my-2.6.29-rc8-git4.orig/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ my-2.6.29-rc8-git4/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static inline long sync_writeback_pages(
 /*
  * Start background writeback (via pdflush) at this percentage
  */
-int dirty_background_ratio = 5;
+int dirty_background_ratio = 10;
 
 /*
  * dirty_background_bytes starts at 0 (disabled) so that it is a function of
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ int vm_highmem_is_dirtyable;
 /*
  * The generator of dirty data starts writeback at this percentage
  */
-int vm_dirty_ratio = 10;
+int vm_dirty_ratio = 20;
 
 /*
  * vm_dirty_bytes starts at 0 (disabled) so that it is a function of


Index: kernel.spec
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/pkgs/rpms/kernel/F-10/kernel.spec,v
retrieving revision 1.1295
retrieving revision 1.1296
diff -u -r1.1295 -r1.1296
--- kernel.spec	19 Mar 2009 18:43:01 -0000	1.1295
+++ kernel.spec	19 Mar 2009 18:54:16 -0000	1.1296
@@ -593,6 +593,7 @@
 Patch41: linux-2.6-sysrq-c.patch
 
 Patch80: linux-2.6-vm-x86-pat-fix-warnings.patch
+Patch81: linux-2.6-vm-raise-default-dirty-data-limits.patch
 
 Patch140: linux-2.6-ps3-ehci-iso.patch
 Patch141: linux-2.6-ps3-storage-alias.patch
@@ -1049,6 +1050,7 @@
 # Architecture patches
 # x86(-64)
 ApplyPatch linux-2.6-vm-x86-pat-fix-warnings.patch
+ApplyPatch linux-2.6-vm-raise-default-dirty-data-limits.patch
 
 #
 # PowerPC
@@ -1771,6 +1773,9 @@
 %kernel_variant_files -k vmlinux %{with_kdump} kdump
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 19 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.29-0.66.rc8.git4
+- Raise default vm dirty data limits from 5/10 to 10/20 percent.
+
 * Thu Mar 19 2009 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.29-0.65.rc8.git4
 - utrace update from F-11