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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2009-05-20 09:02:28 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2009-05-20 09:02:28 +0200
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Merge branch 'core/urgent' into core/futexes
Merge reason: this branch was on an pre -rc1 base, merge it up to -rc6+ to get the latest upstream fixes. Conflicts: kernel/futex.c Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ will itself start writeback.
If dirty_bytes is written, dirty_ratio becomes a function of its value
(dirty_bytes / the amount of dirtyable system memory).
+Note: the minimum value allowed for dirty_bytes is two pages (in bytes); any
+value lower than this limit will be ignored and the old configuration will be
+retained.
+
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dirty_expire_centisecs