writeback: get rid to incorrect references to pdflush in comments
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 90a9886..fc22b45 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
}
/*
- * Kick pdflush then try to free up some ZONE_NORMAL memory.
+ * Kick the writeback threads then try to free up some ZONE_NORMAL memory.
*/
static void free_more_memory(void)
{
@@ -1699,9 +1699,9 @@
/*
* If it's a fully non-blocking write attempt and we cannot
* lock the buffer then redirty the page. Note that this can
- * potentially cause a busy-wait loop from pdflush and kswapd
- * activity, but those code paths have their own higher-level
- * throttling.
+ * potentially cause a busy-wait loop from writeback threads
+ * and kswapd activity, but those code paths have their own
+ * higher-level throttling.
*/
if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE || !wbc->nonblocking) {
lock_buffer(bh);
@@ -3191,7 +3191,7 @@
* still running obsolete flush daemons, so we terminate them here.
*
* Use of bdflush() is deprecated and will be removed in a future kernel.
- * The `pdflush' kernel threads fully replace bdflush daemons and this call.
+ * The `flush-X' kernel threads fully replace bdflush daemons and this call.
*/
SYSCALL_DEFINE2(bdflush, int, func, long, data)
{
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 15e375b..15944f7 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
* For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck.
* It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past.
* This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times
- * from permanently stopping the whole pdflush writeback.
+ * from permanently stopping the whole bdi writeback.
*/
ret = ret && time_before_eq(inode->dirtied_when, jiffies);
#endif
@@ -1085,9 +1085,6 @@
* If older_than_this is non-NULL, then only write out inodes which
* had their first dirtying at a time earlier than *older_than_this.
*
- * If we're a pdlfush thread, then implement pdflush collision avoidance
- * against the entire list.
- *
* If `bdi' is non-zero then we're being asked to writeback a specific queue.
* This function assumes that the blockdev superblock's inodes are backed by
* a variety of queues, so all inodes are searched. For other superblocks,