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mm: prepare for removal of obsolete /proc/sys/vm/nr_pdflush_threads

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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>
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Wanpeng Li 2012-07-31 16:41:52 -07:00 • committed by Linus Torvalds
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Documentation/ABI/obsolete/proc-sys-vm-nr_pdflush_threads Normal file
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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.

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Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
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@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ Who: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>, Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
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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,

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Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
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@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm:
- 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 @@ See Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
==============================================================
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.