page-writeback.c: subtract min_free_kbytes from dirtyable memory

When calculating amount of dirtyable memory, min_free_kbytes should be
subtracted because it is not intended for dirty pages.

Addresses http://bugs.debian.org/695182

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix up min_free_kbytes extern declarations]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix min() warning]
Signed-off-by: Paul Szabo <psz@maths.usyd.edu.au>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.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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Paul Szabo
2013-02-22 16:34:42 -08:00
committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 08b52706d5
commit 75f7ad8e04
4 changed files with 6 additions and 2 deletions

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@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ extern char core_pattern[];
extern unsigned int core_pipe_limit;
#endif
extern int pid_max;
extern int min_free_kbytes;
extern int pid_max_min, pid_max_max;
extern int sysctl_drop_caches;
extern int percpu_pagelist_fraction;