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f2fs: check bdi->dirty_exceeded when trying to skip data writes

If we don't check the current backing device status, balance_dirty_pages can
fall into infinite pausing routine.

This can be occurred when a lot of directories make a small number of dirty
dentry pages including files.

Reported-by: Brian Chadwick <brianchad@westnet.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
Jaegeuk Kim 11 years ago
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      fs/f2fs/node.c

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fs/f2fs/node.c

@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ bool available_free_memory(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type)
 		mem_size = (nm_i->nat_cnt * sizeof(struct nat_entry)) >> 12;
 		res = mem_size < ((val.totalram * nm_i->ram_thresh / 100) >> 2);
 	} else if (type == DIRTY_DENTS) {
+		if (sbi->sb->s_bdi->dirty_exceeded)
+			return false;
 		mem_size = get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DENTS);
 		res = mem_size < ((val.totalram * nm_i->ram_thresh / 100) >> 1);
 	}