From 188de649c51f03df3f8a601aea0110a3870815c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Mason Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 11:52:25 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Btrfs: Don't do btree balance_dirty_pages on old kernels, it stalls forever Signed-off-by: Chris Mason --- fs/btrfs/disk-io.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c index 9d5424ad01a3..c3083165b172 100644 --- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c +++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c @@ -1655,6 +1655,11 @@ void btrfs_throttle(struct btrfs_root *root) void btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(struct btrfs_root *root, unsigned long nr) { + /* + * looks as though older kernels can get into trouble with + * this code, they end up stuck in balance_dirty_pages forever + */ +#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,23) struct extent_io_tree *tree; u64 num_dirty; u64 start = 0; @@ -1670,6 +1675,9 @@ void btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(struct btrfs_root *root, unsigned long nr) balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr( root->fs_info->btree_inode->i_mapping, 1); } +#else + return; +#endif } void btrfs_set_buffer_defrag(struct extent_buffer *buf) -- 2.20.1