diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 881ea5d97c00105b5621e7746ffd2400dd3ac64f..b1b3b8184500484e2a4bfc8678b76a6e85a7ff0b 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ static bool over_bground_thresh(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 	    global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) > background_thresh)
 		return true;
 
-	if (wb_stat(wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE) > wb_dirty_limit(wb, background_thresh))
+	if (wb_stat(wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE) > wb_calc_thresh(wb, background_thresh))
 		return true;
 
 	return false;
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 23af355d547154072d52e56c70aebe2836ea9598..0435c85d4cfa03dcc3c12ebc5bdbc1905c50608a 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(struct ctl_table *, int,
 				      void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
 
 void global_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground, unsigned long *pdirty);
-unsigned long wb_dirty_limit(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long dirty);
+unsigned long wb_calc_thresh(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long thresh);
 
 void __wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 			   unsigned long thresh,
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index ad5608d01e8c02d49708e4c33ce859aaeaae88d9..9c8b7b5a0eeed02d21865c846300cb051a24fbcc 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int bdi_debug_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	struct bdi_writeback *wb = &bdi->wb;
 	unsigned long background_thresh;
 	unsigned long dirty_thresh;
-	unsigned long bdi_thresh;
+	unsigned long wb_thresh;
 	unsigned long nr_dirty, nr_io, nr_more_io, nr_dirty_time;
 	struct inode *inode;
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static int bdi_debug_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 
 	global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
-	bdi_thresh = wb_dirty_limit(wb, dirty_thresh);
+	wb_thresh = wb_calc_thresh(wb, dirty_thresh);
 
 #define K(x) ((x) << (PAGE_SHIFT - 10))
 	seq_printf(m,
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static int bdi_debug_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   "state:              %10lx\n",
 		   (unsigned long) K(wb_stat(wb, WB_WRITEBACK)),
 		   (unsigned long) K(wb_stat(wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE)),
-		   K(bdi_thresh),
+		   K(wb_thresh),
 		   K(dirty_thresh),
 		   K(background_thresh),
 		   (unsigned long) K(wb_stat(wb, WB_DIRTIED)),
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 70cf98dc342309313cd816b9a8b9a1777e6282bb..c7745a7fe11e303f9a02948aa3c608fe87907187 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ static unsigned long hard_dirty_limit(unsigned long thresh)
 }
 
 /**
- * wb_dirty_limit - @wb's share of dirty throttling threshold
+ * wb_calc_thresh - @wb's share of dirty throttling threshold
  * @wb: bdi_writeback to query
  * @dirty: global dirty limit in pages
  *
@@ -577,28 +577,28 @@ static unsigned long hard_dirty_limit(unsigned long thresh)
  * The wb's share of dirty limit will be adapting to its throughput and
  * bounded by the bdi->min_ratio and/or bdi->max_ratio parameters, if set.
  */
-unsigned long wb_dirty_limit(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long dirty)
+unsigned long wb_calc_thresh(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long thresh)
 {
-	u64 wb_dirty;
+	u64 wb_thresh;
 	long numerator, denominator;
 	unsigned long wb_min_ratio, wb_max_ratio;
 
 	/*
-	 * Calculate this BDI's share of the dirty ratio.
+	 * Calculate this BDI's share of the thresh ratio.
 	 */
 	wb_writeout_fraction(wb, &numerator, &denominator);
 
-	wb_dirty = (dirty * (100 - bdi_min_ratio)) / 100;
-	wb_dirty *= numerator;
-	do_div(wb_dirty, denominator);
+	wb_thresh = (thresh * (100 - bdi_min_ratio)) / 100;
+	wb_thresh *= numerator;
+	do_div(wb_thresh, denominator);
 
 	wb_min_max_ratio(wb, &wb_min_ratio, &wb_max_ratio);
 
-	wb_dirty += (dirty * wb_min_ratio) / 100;
-	if (wb_dirty > (dirty * wb_max_ratio) / 100)
-		wb_dirty = dirty * wb_max_ratio / 100;
+	wb_thresh += (thresh * wb_min_ratio) / 100;
+	if (wb_thresh > (thresh * wb_max_ratio) / 100)
+		wb_thresh = thresh * wb_max_ratio / 100;
 
-	return wb_dirty;
+	return wb_thresh;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ static unsigned long wb_position_ratio(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 	 * total amount of RAM is 16GB, bdi->max_ratio is equal to 1%, global
 	 * limits are set by default to 10% and 20% (background and throttle).
 	 * Then wb_thresh is 1% of 20% of 16GB. This amounts to ~8K pages.
-	 * wb_dirty_limit(wb, bg_thresh) is about ~4K pages. wb_setpoint is
+	 * wb_calc_thresh(wb, bg_thresh) is about ~4K pages. wb_setpoint is
 	 * about ~6K pages (as the average of background and throttle wb
 	 * limits). The 3rd order polynomial will provide positive feedback if
 	 * wb_dirty is under wb_setpoint and vice versa.
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ static void wb_update_dirty_ratelimit(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 	 *
 	 * We rampup dirty_ratelimit forcibly if wb_dirty is low because
 	 * it's possible that wb_thresh is close to zero due to inactivity
-	 * of backing device (see the implementation of wb_dirty_limit()).
+	 * of backing device (see the implementation of wb_calc_thresh()).
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(wb->bdi->capabilities & BDI_CAP_STRICTLIMIT)) {
 		dirty = wb_dirty;
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ static void wb_update_dirty_ratelimit(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 			setpoint = wb_dirty + 1;
 		else
 			setpoint = (wb_thresh +
-				    wb_dirty_limit(wb, bg_thresh)) / 2;
+				    wb_calc_thresh(wb, bg_thresh)) / 2;
 	}
 
 	if (dirty < setpoint) {
@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ static inline void wb_dirty_limits(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 	 *   wb_position_ratio() will let the dirtier task progress
 	 *   at some rate <= (write_bw / 2) for bringing down wb_dirty.
 	 */
-	*wb_thresh = wb_dirty_limit(wb, dirty_thresh);
+	*wb_thresh = wb_calc_thresh(wb, dirty_thresh);
 
 	if (wb_bg_thresh)
 		*wb_bg_thresh = dirty_thresh ? div_u64((u64)*wb_thresh *