kernel: remove PF_FLUSHER
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>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index b5aae4b..9e46aec 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@
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;
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 56154bb..393ce94 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1706,7 +1706,6 @@
#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 */
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 5ad3c10..f2eb278 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
{
struct bdi_writeback *me = ptr;
- current->flags |= PF_FLUSHER | PF_SWAPWRITE;
+ current->flags |= PF_SWAPWRITE;
set_freezable();
/*
