EXPORT_SYMBOL(invalidate_bdev);
/*
- * Kick pdflush then try to free up some ZONE_NORMAL memory.
+ * Kick the writeback threads then try to free up some ZONE_NORMAL memory.
*/
static void free_more_memory(void)
{
/*
* If it's a fully non-blocking write attempt and we cannot
* lock the buffer then redirty the page. Note that this can
- * potentially cause a busy-wait loop from pdflush and kswapd
- * activity, but those code paths have their own higher-level
- * throttling.
+ * potentially cause a busy-wait loop from writeback threads
+ * and kswapd activity, but those code paths have their own
+ * higher-level throttling.
*/
if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE || !wbc->nonblocking) {
lock_buffer(bh);
* still running obsolete flush daemons, so we terminate them here.
*
* Use of bdflush() is deprecated and will be removed in a future kernel.
- * The `pdflush' kernel threads fully replace bdflush daemons and this call.
+ * The `flush-X' kernel threads fully replace bdflush daemons and this call.
*/
SYSCALL_DEFINE2(bdflush, int, func, long, data)
{