tree 661f2bcc36458c807752243c6f2a76b43a64302c
parent a7b339f1b8698667eada006e717cdb4523be2ed5
author Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com> 1302230707 +1000
committer Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> 1302230707 +1000

xfs: convert the xfsaild threads to a workqueue

Similar to the xfssyncd, the per-filesystem xfsaild threads can be
converted to a global workqueue and run periodically by delayed
works. This makes sense for the AIL pushing because it uses
variable timeouts depending on the work that needs to be done.

By removing the xfsaild, we simplify the AIL pushing code and
remove the need to spread the code to implement the threading
and pushing across multiple files.

Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>