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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/md')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c b/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c index f90f13616980..09295c07ea88 100644 --- a/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c @@ -615,8 +615,21 @@ STORE(__bch_cache_set) bch_cache_accounting_clear(&c->accounting); } - if (attr == &sysfs_trigger_gc) + if (attr == &sysfs_trigger_gc) { + /* + * Garbage collection thread only works when sectors_to_gc < 0, + * when users write to sysfs entry trigger_gc, most of time + * they want to forcibly triger gargage collection. Here -1 is + * set to c->sectors_to_gc, to make gc_should_run() give a + * chance to permit gc thread to run. "give a chance" means + * before going into gc_should_run(), there is still chance + * that c->sectors_to_gc being set to other positive value. So + * writing sysfs entry trigger_gc won't always make sure gc + * thread takes effect. + */ + atomic_set(&c->sectors_to_gc, -1); wake_up_gc(c); + } if (attr == &sysfs_prune_cache) { struct shrink_control sc; |