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+From b1ef48d91499449783ae92a90d5234e5fb6c1692 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: popcornmix <popcornmix@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:42:01 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 045/203] vmstat: Workaround for issue where dirty page count
+ goes negative
+
+See:
+https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/617
+http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-mm/msg72236.html
+---
+ include/linux/vmstat.h | 4 ++++
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
++++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
+@@ -241,7 +241,11 @@ static inline void __inc_zone_state(stru
+ static inline void __dec_zone_state(struct zone *zone, enum zone_stat_item item)
+ {
+ atomic_long_dec(&zone->vm_stat[item]);
++ if (item == NR_FILE_DIRTY && unlikely(atomic_long_read(&zone->vm_stat[item]) < 0))
++ atomic_long_set(&zone->vm_stat[item], 0);
+ atomic_long_dec(&vm_stat[item]);
++ if (item == NR_FILE_DIRTY && unlikely(atomic_long_read(&vm_stat[item]) < 0))
++ atomic_long_set(&vm_stat[item], 0);
+ }
+
+ static inline void __inc_zone_page_state(struct page *page,