page-writeback.c: subtract min_free_kbytes from dirtyable memory

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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

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include/linux/mm.h

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kernel/sysctl.c

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mm/huge_memory.c

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mm/page-writeback.c

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