[RFC][PATCH 1/2] kernel: remove PF_FLUSHER

[Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>]

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PF_FLUSHER is only ever set, not tested, remove it.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
---
 fs/fs-writeback.c     |    2 +-
 include/linux/sched.h |    1 -
 mm/backing-dev.c      |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/fs/fs-writeback.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ linux-2.6/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)
 	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
 	long pages_written;
 
-	current->flags |= PF_FLUSHER | PF_SWAPWRITE;
+	current->flags |= PF_SWAPWRITE;
 	set_freezable();
 	wb->last_active = jiffies;
 
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/sched.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/sched.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1702,7 +1702,6 @@ extern void thread_group_times(struct ta
 #define PF_DUMPCORE	0x00000200	/* dumped core */
 #define PF_SIGNALED	0x00000400	/* killed by a signal */
 #define PF_MEMALLOC	0x00000800	/* Allocating memory */
-#define PF_FLUSHER	0x00001000	/* responsible for disk writeback */
 #define PF_USED_MATH	0x00002000	/* if unset the fpu must be initialized before use */
 #define PF_FREEZING	0x00004000	/* freeze in progress. do not account to load */
 #define PF_NOFREEZE	0x00008000	/* this thread should not be frozen */
Index: linux-2.6/mm/backing-dev.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr)
 {
 	struct bdi_writeback *me = ptr;
 
-	current->flags |= PF_FLUSHER | PF_SWAPWRITE;
+	current->flags |= PF_SWAPWRITE;
 	set_freezable();
 
 	/*