Change default dirty-writeback limits
Do this really early in the 2.6.22-rc series, so that we'll get
feedback. And don't change by half measures. Just cut the default
dirty limit to a quarter of what it was, and see if anybody even
notices.
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index f469e3c..a794945 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@
/*
* Start background writeback (via pdflush) at this percentage
*/
-int dirty_background_ratio = 10;
+int dirty_background_ratio = 5;
/*
* The generator of dirty data starts writeback at this percentage
*/
-int vm_dirty_ratio = 40;
+int vm_dirty_ratio = 10;
/*
* The interval between `kupdate'-style writebacks, in jiffies