#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
#include <linux/kthread.h>
#include <linux/freezer.h>
#include <linux/writeback.h>
#include <linux/blkdev.h>
#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
-#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
+#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
#include "internal.h"
-#define inode_to_bdi(inode) ((inode)->i_mapping->backing_dev_info)
-
/*
- * We don't actually have pdflush, but this one is exported though /proc...
+ * 4MB minimal write chunk size
*/
-int nr_pdflush_threads;
+#define MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES (4096UL >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - 10))
/*
* Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
*/
-struct wb_writeback_args {
+struct wb_writeback_work {
long nr_pages;
struct super_block *sb;
+ unsigned long *older_than_this;
enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
+ unsigned int tagged_writepages:1;
unsigned int for_kupdate:1;
unsigned int range_cyclic:1;
unsigned int for_background:1;
-};
+ enum wb_reason reason; /* why was writeback initiated? */
-/*
- * Work items for the bdi_writeback threads
- */
-struct bdi_work {
struct list_head list; /* pending work list */
- struct rcu_head rcu_head; /* for RCU free/clear of work */
-
- unsigned long seen; /* threads that have seen this work */
- atomic_t pending; /* number of threads still to do work */
-
- struct wb_writeback_args args; /* writeback arguments */
-
- unsigned long state; /* flag bits, see WS_* */
+ struct completion *done; /* set if the caller waits */
};
-enum {
- WS_INPROGRESS = 0,
- WS_ONSTACK,
-};
-
-static inline void bdi_work_init(struct bdi_work *work,
- struct wb_writeback_args *args)
-{
- INIT_RCU_HEAD(&work->rcu_head);
- work->args = *args;
- __set_bit(WS_INPROGRESS, &work->state);
-}
+/*
+ * We don't actually have pdflush, but this one is exported though /proc...
+ */
+int nr_pdflush_threads;
/**
* writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress
*/
int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
- return !list_empty(&bdi->work_list);
+ return test_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &bdi->state);
}
-static void bdi_work_free(struct rcu_head *head)
+static inline struct backing_dev_info *inode_to_bdi(struct inode *inode)
{
- struct bdi_work *work = container_of(head, struct bdi_work, rcu_head);
+ struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
- clear_bit(WS_INPROGRESS, &work->state);
- smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
- wake_up_bit(&work->state, WS_INPROGRESS);
+ if (strcmp(sb->s_type->name, "bdev") == 0)
+ return inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info;
- if (!test_bit(WS_ONSTACK, &work->state))
- kfree(work);
+ return sb->s_bdi;
}
-static void wb_clear_pending(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct bdi_work *work)
+static inline struct inode *wb_inode(struct list_head *head)
{
- /*
- * The caller has retrieved the work arguments from this work,
- * drop our reference. If this is the last ref, delete and free it
- */
- if (atomic_dec_and_test(&work->pending)) {
- struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
-
- spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
- list_del_rcu(&work->list);
- spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);
-
- call_rcu(&work->rcu_head, bdi_work_free);
- }
+ return list_entry(head, struct inode, i_wb_list);
}
-static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct bdi_work *work)
-{
- work->seen = bdi->wb_mask;
- BUG_ON(!work->seen);
- atomic_set(&work->pending, bdi->wb_cnt);
- BUG_ON(!bdi->wb_cnt);
-
- /*
- * list_add_tail_rcu() contains the necessary barriers to
- * make sure the above stores are seen before the item is
- * noticed on the list
- */
- spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
- list_add_tail_rcu(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
- spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);
+/*
+ * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the
+ * wb_writeback_work structure and inline functions so that the definition
+ * remains local to this file.
+ */
+#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
+#include <trace/events/writeback.h>
- /*
- * If the default thread isn't there, make sure we add it. When
- * it gets created and wakes up, we'll run this work.
- */
- if (unlikely(list_empty_careful(&bdi->wb_list)))
+/* Wakeup flusher thread or forker thread to fork it. Requires bdi->wb_lock. */
+static void bdi_wakeup_flusher(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+{
+ if (bdi->wb.task) {
+ wake_up_process(bdi->wb.task);
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * The bdi thread isn't there, wake up the forker thread which
+ * will create and run it.
+ */
wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info.wb.task);
- else {
- struct bdi_writeback *wb = &bdi->wb;
-
- if (wb->task)
- wake_up_process(wb->task);
}
}
-/*
- * Used for on-stack allocated work items. The caller needs to wait until
- * the wb threads have acked the work before it's safe to continue.
- */
-static void bdi_wait_on_work_done(struct bdi_work *work)
+static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
+ struct wb_writeback_work *work)
{
- wait_on_bit(&work->state, WS_INPROGRESS, bdi_sched_wait,
- TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+ trace_writeback_queue(bdi, work);
+
+ spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
+ list_add_tail(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
+ if (!bdi->wb.task)
+ trace_writeback_nothread(bdi, work);
+ bdi_wakeup_flusher(bdi);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
}
-static void bdi_alloc_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
- struct wb_writeback_args *args)
+static void
+__bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages,
+ bool range_cyclic, enum wb_reason reason)
{
- struct bdi_work *work;
+ struct wb_writeback_work *work;
/*
* This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just
* wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback
*/
- work = kmalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
- if (work) {
- bdi_work_init(work, args);
- bdi_queue_work(bdi, work);
- } else {
- struct bdi_writeback *wb = &bdi->wb;
-
- if (wb->task)
- wake_up_process(wb->task);
+ work = kzalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
+ if (!work) {
+ if (bdi->wb.task) {
+ trace_writeback_nowork(bdi);
+ wake_up_process(bdi->wb.task);
+ }
+ return;
}
-}
-
-/**
- * bdi_queue_work_onstack - start and wait for writeback
- * @args: parameters to control the work queue writeback
- *
- * Description:
- * This function initiates writeback and waits for the operation to
- * complete. Callers must hold the sb s_umount semaphore for
- * reading, to avoid having the super disappear before we are done.
- */
-static void bdi_queue_work_onstack(struct wb_writeback_args *args)
-{
- struct bdi_work work;
- bdi_work_init(&work, args);
- __set_bit(WS_ONSTACK, &work.state);
+ work->sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE;
+ work->nr_pages = nr_pages;
+ work->range_cyclic = range_cyclic;
+ work->reason = reason;
- bdi_queue_work(args->sb->s_bdi, &work);
- bdi_wait_on_work_done(&work);
+ bdi_queue_work(bdi, work);
}
/**
* bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
* @bdi: the backing device to write from
* @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
+ * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
*
* Description:
* This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
- * started when this function returns, we make no guarentees on
+ * started when this function returns, we make no guarantees on
* completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
*
*/
-void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages)
+void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages,
+ enum wb_reason reason)
{
- struct wb_writeback_args args = {
- .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
- .nr_pages = nr_pages,
- .range_cyclic = 1,
- };
-
- bdi_alloc_queue_work(bdi, &args);
+ __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, nr_pages, true, reason);
}
/**
* @bdi: the backing device to write from
*
* Description:
- * This does WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback. The IO is only
- * started when this function returns, we make no guarentees on
- * completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
+ * This makes sure WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback happens. When
+ * this function returns, it is only guaranteed that for given BDI
+ * some IO is happening if we are over background dirty threshold.
+ * Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
*/
void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
- struct wb_writeback_args args = {
- .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
- .nr_pages = LONG_MAX,
- .for_background = 1,
- .range_cyclic = 1,
- };
- bdi_alloc_queue_work(bdi, &args);
+ /*
+ * We just wake up the flusher thread. It will perform background
+ * writeback as soon as there is no other work to do.
+ */
+ trace_writeback_wake_background(bdi);
+ spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
+ bdi_wakeup_flusher(bdi);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Remove the inode from the writeback list it is on.
+ */
+void inode_wb_list_del(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ struct backing_dev_info *bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode);
+
+ spin_lock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
+ list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
+ spin_unlock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
}
/*
* the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
* out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
*/
-static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode)
+static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
{
- struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
-
+ assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
if (!list_empty(&wb->b_dirty)) {
struct inode *tail;
- tail = list_entry(wb->b_dirty.next, struct inode, i_list);
+ tail = wb_inode(wb->b_dirty.next);
if (time_before(inode->dirtied_when, tail->dirtied_when))
inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
}
- list_move(&inode->i_list, &wb->b_dirty);
+ list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &wb->b_dirty);
}
/*
* requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
*/
-static void requeue_io(struct inode *inode)
+static void requeue_io(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
{
- struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
-
- list_move(&inode->i_list, &wb->b_more_io);
+ assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
+ list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &wb->b_more_io);
}
static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode *inode)
{
/*
- * Prevent speculative execution through spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+ * Prevent speculative execution through
+ * spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
*/
+
smp_mb();
wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
}
/*
* Move expired dirty inodes from @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
*/
-static void move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
+static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
struct list_head *dispatch_queue,
- unsigned long *older_than_this)
+ struct wb_writeback_work *work)
{
LIST_HEAD(tmp);
struct list_head *pos, *node;
struct super_block *sb = NULL;
struct inode *inode;
int do_sb_sort = 0;
+ int moved = 0;
while (!list_empty(delaying_queue)) {
- inode = list_entry(delaying_queue->prev, struct inode, i_list);
- if (older_than_this &&
- inode_dirtied_after(inode, *older_than_this))
+ inode = wb_inode(delaying_queue->prev);
+ if (work->older_than_this &&
+ inode_dirtied_after(inode, *work->older_than_this))
break;
if (sb && sb != inode->i_sb)
do_sb_sort = 1;
sb = inode->i_sb;
- list_move(&inode->i_list, &tmp);
+ list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &tmp);
+ moved++;
}
/* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */
if (!do_sb_sort) {
list_splice(&tmp, dispatch_queue);
- return;
+ goto out;
}
/* Move inodes from one superblock together */
while (!list_empty(&tmp)) {
- inode = list_entry(tmp.prev, struct inode, i_list);
- sb = inode->i_sb;
+ sb = wb_inode(tmp.prev)->i_sb;
list_for_each_prev_safe(pos, node, &tmp) {
- inode = list_entry(pos, struct inode, i_list);
+ inode = wb_inode(pos);
if (inode->i_sb == sb)
- list_move(&inode->i_list, dispatch_queue);
+ list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, dispatch_queue);
}
}
+out:
+ return moved;
}
/*
* Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
+ * Before
+ * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
+ * =============> gf edc BA
+ * After
+ * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
+ * =============> g fBAedc
+ * |
+ * +--> dequeue for IO
*/
-static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long *older_than_this)
+static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct wb_writeback_work *work)
{
- list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, wb->b_io.prev);
- move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, older_than_this);
+ int moved;
+ assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
+ list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, &wb->b_io);
+ moved = move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, work);
+ trace_writeback_queue_io(wb, work, moved);
}
static int write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
/*
* Wait for writeback on an inode to complete.
*/
-static void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode)
+static void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode,
+ struct bdi_writeback *wb)
{
DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq, &inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
wait_queue_head_t *wqh;
wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
- while (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
- spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+ while (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
__wait_on_bit(wqh, &wq, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
- spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+ spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
+ spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
}
}
/*
- * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Called under inode_lock. Either the
- * caller has ref on the inode (either via __iget or via syscall against an fd)
- * or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set (via generic_forget_inode)
+ * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Called under wb->list_lock and
+ * inode->i_lock. Either the caller has an active reference on the inode or
+ * the inode has I_WILL_FREE set.
*
* If `wait' is set, wait on the writeout.
*
* The whole writeout design is quite complex and fragile. We want to avoid
* starvation of particular inodes when others are being redirtied, prevent
* livelocks, etc.
- *
- * Called under inode_lock.
*/
static int
-writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
+writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
+ struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
+ long nr_to_write = wbc->nr_to_write;
unsigned dirty;
int ret;
+ assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
+ assert_spin_locked(&inode->i_lock);
+
if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_count))
WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)));
else
* completed a full scan of b_io.
*/
if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) {
- requeue_io(inode);
+ requeue_io(inode, wb);
+ trace_writeback_single_inode_requeue(inode, wbc,
+ nr_to_write);
return 0;
}
/*
* It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait.
*/
- inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
+ inode_wait_for_writeback(inode, wb);
}
BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
/* Set I_SYNC, reset I_DIRTY_PAGES */
inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES;
- spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
* due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
* write_inode()
*/
- spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+ spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
inode->i_state &= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
- spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
/* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
if (dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
int err = write_inode(inode, wbc);
ret = err;
}
- spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+ spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
+ spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
- if (!(inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_CLEAR))) {
- if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_PAGES) && wbc->for_kupdate) {
- /*
- * More pages get dirtied by a fast dirtier.
- */
- goto select_queue;
- } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
- /*
- * At least XFS will redirty the inode during the
- * writeback (delalloc) and on io completion (isize).
- */
- redirty_tail(inode);
- } else if (mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
+ if (!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING)) {
+ /*
+ * Sync livelock prevention. Each inode is tagged and synced in
+ * one shot. If still dirty, it will be redirty_tail()'ed below.
+ * Update the dirty time to prevent enqueue and sync it again.
+ */
+ if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) &&
+ (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages))
+ inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
+
+ if (mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
/*
* We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
- * sometimes bales out without doing anything. Redirty
- * the inode; Move it from b_io onto b_more_io/b_dirty.
- */
- /*
- * akpm: if the caller was the kupdate function we put
- * this inode at the head of b_dirty so it gets first
- * consideration. Otherwise, move it to the tail, for
- * the reasons described there. I'm not really sure
- * how much sense this makes. Presumably I had a good
- * reasons for doing it this way, and I'd rather not
- * muck with it at present.
+ * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
*/
- if (wbc->for_kupdate) {
+ inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
+ if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
/*
- * For the kupdate function we move the inode
- * to b_more_io so it will get more writeout as
- * soon as the queue becomes uncongested.
+ * slice used up: queue for next turn
*/
- inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
-select_queue:
- if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
- /*
- * slice used up: queue for next turn
- */
- requeue_io(inode);
- } else {
- /*
- * somehow blocked: retry later
- */
- redirty_tail(inode);
- }
+ requeue_io(inode, wb);
} else {
/*
- * Otherwise fully redirty the inode so that
- * other inodes on this superblock will get some
- * writeout. Otherwise heavy writing to one
- * file would indefinitely suspend writeout of
- * all the other files.
+ * Writeback blocked by something other than
+ * congestion. Delay the inode for some time to
+ * avoid spinning on the CPU (100% iowait)
+ * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
+ * that cannot be performed immediately.
*/
- inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
- redirty_tail(inode);
+ redirty_tail(inode, wb);
}
- } else if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) {
+ } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
/*
- * The inode is clean, inuse
+ * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback
+ * operations, such as delayed allocation during
+ * submission or metadata updates after data IO
+ * completion.
*/
- list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_in_use);
+ redirty_tail(inode, wb);
} else {
/*
- * The inode is clean, unused
+ * The inode is clean. At this point we either have
+ * a reference to the inode or it's on it's way out.
+ * No need to add it back to the LRU.
*/
- list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
+ list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
}
}
inode_sync_complete(inode);
+ trace_writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc, nr_to_write);
return ret;
}
-/*
- * For background writeback the caller does not have the sb pinned
- * before calling writeback. So make sure that we do pin it, so it doesn't
- * go away while we are writing inodes from it.
- */
-static bool pin_sb_for_writeback(struct super_block *sb)
+static long writeback_chunk_size(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
+ struct wb_writeback_work *work)
{
- spin_lock(&sb_lock);
- if (list_empty(&sb->s_instances)) {
- spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
- return false;
- }
+ long pages;
- sb->s_count++;
- spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
-
- if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) {
- if (sb->s_root)
- return true;
- up_read(&sb->s_umount);
+ /*
+ * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
+ * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
+ * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
+ *
+ * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
+ *
+ * wb_writeback()
+ * writeback_sb_inodes() <== called only once
+ * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode
+ * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
+ * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
+ */
+ if (work->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || work->tagged_writepages)
+ pages = LONG_MAX;
+ else {
+ pages = min(bdi->avg_write_bandwidth / 2,
+ global_dirty_limit / DIRTY_SCOPE);
+ pages = min(pages, work->nr_pages);
+ pages = round_down(pages + MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES,
+ MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES);
}
- put_super(sb);
- return false;
+ return pages;
}
/*
* Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
- * If @wbc->sb != NULL, then find and write all such
+ *
+ * If @only_this_sb is true, then find and write all such
* inodes. Otherwise write only ones which go sequentially
* in reverse order.
- * Return 1, if the caller writeback routine should be
- * interrupted. Otherwise return 0.
+ *
+ * Return the number of pages and/or inodes written.
*/
-static int writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
- struct bdi_writeback *wb,
- struct writeback_control *wbc)
+static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
+ struct bdi_writeback *wb,
+ struct wb_writeback_work *work)
{
+ struct writeback_control wbc = {
+ .sync_mode = work->sync_mode,
+ .tagged_writepages = work->tagged_writepages,
+ .for_kupdate = work->for_kupdate,
+ .for_background = work->for_background,
+ .range_cyclic = work->range_cyclic,
+ .range_start = 0,
+ .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
+ };
+ unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
+ long write_chunk;
+ long wrote = 0; /* count both pages and inodes */
+
while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
- long pages_skipped;
- struct inode *inode = list_entry(wb->b_io.prev,
- struct inode, i_list);
- if (wbc->sb && sb != inode->i_sb) {
- /* super block given and doesn't
- match, skip this inode */
- redirty_tail(inode);
- continue;
- }
- if (sb != inode->i_sb)
- /* finish with this superblock */
- return 0;
- if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_WILL_FREE)) {
- requeue_io(inode);
- continue;
+ struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
+
+ if (inode->i_sb != sb) {
+ if (work->sb) {
+ /*
+ * We only want to write back data for this
+ * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
+ * to it back onto the dirty list.
+ */
+ redirty_tail(inode, wb);
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * The inode belongs to a different superblock.
+ * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
+ * pin the next superblock.
+ */
+ break;
}
+
/*
- * Was this inode dirtied after sync_sb_inodes was called?
- * This keeps sync from extra jobs and livelock.
+ * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes beeing freed, first
+ * kind does not need peridic writeout yet, and for the latter
+ * kind writeout is handled by the freer.
*/
- if (inode_dirtied_after(inode, wbc->wb_start))
- return 1;
-
- BUG_ON(inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_CLEAR));
+ spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) {
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+ redirty_tail(inode, wb);
+ continue;
+ }
__iget(inode);
- pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped;
- writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
- if (wbc->pages_skipped != pages_skipped) {
+ write_chunk = writeback_chunk_size(wb->bdi, work);
+ wbc.nr_to_write = write_chunk;
+ wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
+
+ writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, &wbc);
+
+ work->nr_pages -= write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
+ wrote += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
+ if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
+ wrote++;
+ if (wbc.pages_skipped) {
/*
* writeback is not making progress due to locked
* buffers. Skip this inode for now.
*/
- redirty_tail(inode);
+ redirty_tail(inode, wb);
}
- spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
iput(inode);
cond_resched();
- spin_lock(&inode_lock);
- if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
- wbc->more_io = 1;
- return 1;
+ spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
+ /*
+ * bail out to wb_writeback() often enough to check
+ * background threshold and other termination conditions.
+ */
+ if (wrote) {
+ if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time + HZ / 10UL))
+ break;
+ if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
+ break;
}
- if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io))
- wbc->more_io = 1;
}
- /* b_io is empty */
- return 1;
+ return wrote;
}
-void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
- struct writeback_control *wbc)
+static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
+ struct wb_writeback_work *work)
{
- int ret = 0;
-
- wbc->wb_start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
- spin_lock(&inode_lock);
- if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
- queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
+ unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
+ long wrote = 0;
while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
- struct inode *inode = list_entry(wb->b_io.prev,
- struct inode, i_list);
+ struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
- if (wbc->sb) {
+ if (!grab_super_passive(sb)) {
/*
- * We are requested to write out inodes for a specific
- * superblock. This means we already have s_umount
- * taken by the caller which also waits for us to
- * complete the writeout.
+ * grab_super_passive() may fail consistently due to
+ * s_umount being grabbed by someone else. Don't use
+ * requeue_io() to avoid busy retrying the inode/sb.
*/
- if (sb != wbc->sb) {
- redirty_tail(inode);
- continue;
- }
-
- WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
-
- ret = writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, wbc);
- } else {
- if (!pin_sb_for_writeback(sb)) {
- requeue_io(inode);
- continue;
- }
- ret = writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, wbc);
- drop_super(sb);
+ redirty_tail(inode, wb);
+ continue;
}
+ wrote += writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, work);
+ drop_super(sb);
- if (ret)
- break;
+ /* refer to the same tests at the end of writeback_sb_inodes */
+ if (wrote) {
+ if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time + HZ / 10UL))
+ break;
+ if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
+ break;
+ }
}
- spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
/* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
+ return wrote;
}
-/*
- * The maximum number of pages to writeout in a single bdi flush/kupdate
- * operation. We do this so we don't hold I_SYNC against an inode for
- * enormous amounts of time, which would block a userspace task which has
- * been forced to throttle against that inode. Also, the code reevaluates
- * the dirty each time it has written this many pages.
- */
-#define MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES 1024
+long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
+ enum wb_reason reason)
+{
+ struct wb_writeback_work work = {
+ .nr_pages = nr_pages,
+ .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
+ .range_cyclic = 1,
+ .reason = reason,
+ };
+
+ spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
+ if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
+ queue_io(wb, &work);
+ __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &work);
+ spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
-static inline bool over_bground_thresh(void)
+ return nr_pages - work.nr_pages;
+}
+
+static bool over_bground_thresh(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
unsigned long background_thresh, dirty_thresh;
- get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, NULL, NULL);
+ global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
+
+ if (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
+ global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) > background_thresh)
+ return true;
- return (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
- global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) >= background_thresh);
+ if (bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE) >
+ bdi_dirty_limit(bdi, background_thresh))
+ return true;
+
+ return false;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Called under wb->list_lock. If there are multiple wb per bdi,
+ * only the flusher working on the first wb should do it.
+ */
+static void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
+ unsigned long start_time)
+{
+ __bdi_update_bandwidth(wb->bdi, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, start_time);
}
/*
* all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
*/
static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
- struct wb_writeback_args *args)
+ struct wb_writeback_work *work)
{
- struct writeback_control wbc = {
- .sb = args->sb,
- .sync_mode = args->sync_mode,
- .older_than_this = NULL,
- .for_kupdate = args->for_kupdate,
- .for_background = args->for_background,
- .range_cyclic = args->range_cyclic,
- };
+ unsigned long wb_start = jiffies;
+ long nr_pages = work->nr_pages;
unsigned long oldest_jif;
- long wrote = 0;
struct inode *inode;
+ long progress;
- if (wbc.for_kupdate) {
- wbc.older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
- oldest_jif = jiffies -
- msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10);
- }
- if (!wbc.range_cyclic) {
- wbc.range_start = 0;
- wbc.range_end = LLONG_MAX;
- }
+ oldest_jif = jiffies;
+ work->older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
+ spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
for (;;) {
/*
* Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
*/
- if (args->nr_pages <= 0)
+ if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
+ break;
+
+ /*
+ * Background writeout and kupdate-style writeback may
+ * run forever. Stop them if there is other work to do
+ * so that e.g. sync can proceed. They'll be restarted
+ * after the other works are all done.
+ */
+ if ((work->for_background || work->for_kupdate) &&
+ !list_empty(&wb->bdi->work_list))
break;
/*
* For background writeout, stop when we are below the
* background dirty threshold
*/
- if (args->for_background && !over_bground_thresh())
+ if (work->for_background && !over_bground_thresh(wb->bdi))
break;
- wbc.more_io = 0;
- wbc.nr_to_write = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
- wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
- writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &wbc);
- args->nr_pages -= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
- wrote += MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
+ /*
+ * Kupdate and background works are special and we want to
+ * include all inodes that need writing. Livelock avoidance is
+ * handled by these works yielding to any other work so we are
+ * safe.
+ */
+ if (work->for_kupdate) {
+ oldest_jif = jiffies -
+ msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10);
+ } else if (work->for_background)
+ oldest_jif = jiffies;
+
+ trace_writeback_start(wb->bdi, work);
+ if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
+ queue_io(wb, work);
+ if (work->sb)
+ progress = writeback_sb_inodes(work->sb, wb, work);
+ else
+ progress = __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, work);
+ trace_writeback_written(wb->bdi, work);
+
+ wb_update_bandwidth(wb, wb_start);
/*
- * If we consumed everything, see if we have more
+ * Did we write something? Try for more
+ *
+ * Dirty inodes are moved to b_io for writeback in batches.
+ * The completion of the current batch does not necessarily
+ * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long
+ * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes.
*/
- if (wbc.nr_to_write <= 0)
+ if (progress)
continue;
/*
- * Didn't write everything and we don't have more IO, bail
+ * No more inodes for IO, bail
*/
- if (!wbc.more_io)
+ if (list_empty(&wb->b_more_io))
break;
- /*
- * Did we write something? Try for more
- */
- if (wbc.nr_to_write < MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES)
- continue;
/*
* Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
* become available for writeback. Otherwise
* we'll just busyloop.
*/
- spin_lock(&inode_lock);
if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io)) {
- inode = list_entry(wb->b_more_io.prev,
- struct inode, i_list);
- inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
+ trace_writeback_wait(wb->bdi, work);
+ inode = wb_inode(wb->b_more_io.prev);
+ spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ inode_wait_for_writeback(inode, wb);
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
}
- spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
}
+ spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
- return wrote;
+ return nr_pages - work->nr_pages;
}
/*
- * Return the next bdi_work struct that hasn't been processed by this
- * wb thread yet. ->seen is initially set for each thread that exists
- * for this device, when a thread first notices a piece of work it
- * clears its bit. Depending on writeback type, the thread will notify
- * completion on either receiving the work (WB_SYNC_NONE) or after
- * it is done (WB_SYNC_ALL).
+ * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet.
*/
-static struct bdi_work *get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
- struct bdi_writeback *wb)
+static struct wb_writeback_work *
+get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
- struct bdi_work *work, *ret = NULL;
+ struct wb_writeback_work *work = NULL;
- rcu_read_lock();
+ spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
+ if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list)) {
+ work = list_entry(bdi->work_list.next,
+ struct wb_writeback_work, list);
+ list_del_init(&work->list);
+ }
+ spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
+ return work;
+}
- list_for_each_entry_rcu(work, &bdi->work_list, list) {
- if (!test_bit(wb->nr, &work->seen))
- continue;
- clear_bit(wb->nr, &work->seen);
+/*
+ * Add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode
+ * write can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
+ */
+static unsigned long get_nr_dirty_pages(void)
+{
+ return global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
+ global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
+ get_nr_dirty_inodes();
+}
- ret = work;
- break;
+static long wb_check_background_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
+{
+ if (over_bground_thresh(wb->bdi)) {
+
+ struct wb_writeback_work work = {
+ .nr_pages = LONG_MAX,
+ .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
+ .for_background = 1,
+ .range_cyclic = 1,
+ .reason = WB_REASON_BACKGROUND,
+ };
+
+ return wb_writeback(wb, &work);
}
- rcu_read_unlock();
- return ret;
+ return 0;
}
static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
return 0;
wb->last_old_flush = jiffies;
- nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
- global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
- (inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused);
+ nr_pages = get_nr_dirty_pages();
if (nr_pages) {
- struct wb_writeback_args args = {
+ struct wb_writeback_work work = {
.nr_pages = nr_pages,
.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
.for_kupdate = 1,
.range_cyclic = 1,
+ .reason = WB_REASON_PERIODIC,
};
- return wb_writeback(wb, &args);
+ return wb_writeback(wb, &work);
}
return 0;
long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait)
{
struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
- struct bdi_work *work;
+ struct wb_writeback_work *work;
long wrote = 0;
- while ((work = get_next_work_item(bdi, wb)) != NULL) {
- struct wb_writeback_args args = work->args;
-
+ set_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &wb->bdi->state);
+ while ((work = get_next_work_item(bdi)) != NULL) {
/*
* Override sync mode, in case we must wait for completion
+ * because this thread is exiting now.
*/
if (force_wait)
- work->args.sync_mode = args.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL;
+ work->sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL;
- /*
- * If this isn't a data integrity operation, just notify
- * that we have seen this work and we are now starting it.
- */
- if (!test_bit(WS_ONSTACK, &work->state))
- wb_clear_pending(wb, work);
+ trace_writeback_exec(bdi, work);
- wrote += wb_writeback(wb, &args);
+ wrote += wb_writeback(wb, work);
/*
- * This is a data integrity writeback, so only do the
- * notification when we have completed the work.
+ * Notify the caller of completion if this is a synchronous
+ * work item, otherwise just free it.
*/
- if (test_bit(WS_ONSTACK, &work->state))
- wb_clear_pending(wb, work);
+ if (work->done)
+ complete(work->done);
+ else
+ kfree(work);
}
/*
* Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
*/
wrote += wb_check_old_data_flush(wb);
+ wrote += wb_check_background_flush(wb);
+ clear_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &wb->bdi->state);
return wrote;
}
* Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
* wakes up periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
*/
-int bdi_writeback_task(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
+int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)
{
- unsigned long last_active = jiffies;
- unsigned long wait_jiffies = -1UL;
+ struct bdi_writeback *wb = data;
+ struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
long pages_written;
- while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+ current->flags |= PF_SWAPWRITE;
+ set_freezable();
+ wb->last_active = jiffies;
+
+ /*
+ * Our parent may run at a different priority, just set us to normal
+ */
+ set_user_nice(current, 0);
+
+ trace_writeback_thread_start(bdi);
+
+ while (!kthread_freezable_should_stop(NULL)) {
+ /*
+ * Remove own delayed wake-up timer, since we are already awake
+ * and we'll take care of the preriodic write-back.
+ */
+ del_timer(&wb->wakeup_timer);
+
pages_written = wb_do_writeback(wb, 0);
- if (pages_written)
- last_active = jiffies;
- else if (wait_jiffies != -1UL) {
- unsigned long max_idle;
+ trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written);
- /*
- * Longest period of inactivity that we tolerate. If we
- * see dirty data again later, the task will get
- * recreated automatically.
- */
- max_idle = max(5UL * 60 * HZ, wait_jiffies);
- if (time_after(jiffies, max_idle + last_active))
- break;
- }
+ if (pages_written)
+ wb->last_active = jiffies;
- if (dirty_writeback_interval) {
- wait_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
- schedule_timeout_interruptible(wait_jiffies);
- } else {
- set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
- if (list_empty_careful(&wb->bdi->work_list) &&
- !kthread_should_stop())
- schedule();
+ set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+ if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list) || kthread_should_stop()) {
__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+ continue;
}
- try_to_freeze();
+ if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb) && dirty_writeback_interval)
+ schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10));
+ else {
+ /*
+ * We have nothing to do, so can go sleep without any
+ * timeout and save power. When a work is queued or
+ * something is made dirty - we will be woken up.
+ */
+ schedule();
+ }
}
+ /* Flush any work that raced with us exiting */
+ if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list))
+ wb_do_writeback(wb, 1);
+
+ trace_writeback_thread_stop(bdi);
return 0;
}
+
/*
* Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
* the whole world.
*/
-void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages)
+void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages, enum wb_reason reason)
{
struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
- struct wb_writeback_args args = {
- .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
- };
- if (nr_pages) {
- args.nr_pages = nr_pages;
- } else {
- args.nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
+ if (!nr_pages) {
+ nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
}
list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi))
continue;
- bdi_alloc_queue_work(bdi, &args);
+ __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, nr_pages, false, reason);
}
rcu_read_unlock();
}
* In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
* them dirty.
*
- * This function *must* be atomic for the I_DIRTY_PAGES case -
- * set_page_dirty() is called under spinlock in several places.
- *
* Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
* the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
* the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
{
struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+ struct backing_dev_info *bdi = NULL;
/*
* Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
*/
if (flags & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
if (sb->s_op->dirty_inode)
- sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode);
+ sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode, flags);
}
/*
if ((inode->i_state & flags) == flags)
return;
- if (unlikely(block_dump))
+ if (unlikely(block_dump > 1))
block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode);
- spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+ spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
if ((inode->i_state & flags) != flags) {
const int was_dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
* superblock list, based upon its state.
*/
if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC)
- goto out;
+ goto out_unlock_inode;
/*
* Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
* dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
*/
if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
- if (hlist_unhashed(&inode->i_hash))
- goto out;
+ if (inode_unhashed(inode))
+ goto out_unlock_inode;
}
- if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR))
- goto out;
+ if (inode->i_state & I_FREEING)
+ goto out_unlock_inode;
/*
* If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
* reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
*/
if (!was_dirty) {
- struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
- struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
-
- if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi) &&
- !test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state)) {
- WARN_ON(1);
- printk(KERN_ERR "bdi-%s not registered\n",
- bdi->name);
+ bool wakeup_bdi = false;
+ bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode);
+
+ if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) {
+ WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state),
+ "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi->name);
+
+ /*
+ * If this is the first dirty inode for this
+ * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding
+ * bdi thread to make sure background
+ * write-back happens later.
+ */
+ if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi->wb))
+ wakeup_bdi = true;
}
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+ spin_lock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
- list_move(&inode->i_list, &wb->b_dirty);
+ list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &bdi->wb.b_dirty);
+ spin_unlock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
+
+ if (wakeup_bdi)
+ bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi);
+ return;
}
}
-out:
- spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+out_unlock_inode:
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty);
*/
WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
- spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+ spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
/*
* Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
* we still have to wait for that writeout.
*/
list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
- struct address_space *mapping;
+ struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
- if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
- continue;
- mapping = inode->i_mapping;
- if (mapping->nrpages == 0)
+ spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ if ((inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW)) ||
+ (mapping->nrpages == 0)) {
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
continue;
+ }
__iget(inode);
- spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
+
/*
- * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have
- * been removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
- * inode_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
- * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it
- * under inode_lock. So we keep the reference and iput
- * it later.
+ * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have been
+ * removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
+ * inode_sb_list_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
+ * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it under
+ * inode_sb_list_lock. So we keep the reference and iput it
+ * later.
*/
iput(old_inode);
old_inode = inode;
cond_resched();
- spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+ spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
}
- spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
iput(old_inode);
}
/**
- * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
+ * writeback_inodes_sb_nr - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
* @sb: the superblock
+ * @nr: the number of pages to write
+ * @reason: reason why some writeback work initiated
*
* Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
* on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
- * for IO completion of submitted IO. The number of pages submitted is
- * returned.
+ * for IO completion of submitted IO.
*/
-void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
+void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *sb,
+ unsigned long nr,
+ enum wb_reason reason)
{
- unsigned long nr_dirty = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY);
- unsigned long nr_unstable = global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
- struct wb_writeback_args args = {
- .sb = sb,
- .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
+ DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
+ struct wb_writeback_work work = {
+ .sb = sb,
+ .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
+ .tagged_writepages = 1,
+ .done = &done,
+ .nr_pages = nr,
+ .reason = reason,
};
WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
+ bdi_queue_work(sb->s_bdi, &work);
+ wait_for_completion(&done);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr);
- args.nr_pages = nr_dirty + nr_unstable +
- (inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused);
-
- bdi_queue_work_onstack(&args);
+/**
+ * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
+ * @sb: the superblock
+ * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
+ *
+ * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
+ * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
+ * for IO completion of submitted IO.
+ */
+void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, enum wb_reason reason)
+{
+ return writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb);
/**
* writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
* @sb: the superblock
+ * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
*
* Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
* Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
*/
-int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *sb)
+int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *sb, enum wb_reason reason)
{
if (!writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi)) {
down_read(&sb->s_umount);
- writeback_inodes_sb(sb);
+ writeback_inodes_sb(sb, reason);
up_read(&sb->s_umount);
return 1;
} else
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle);
+/**
+ * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
+ * @sb: the superblock
+ * @nr: the number of pages to write
+ * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
+ *
+ * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
+ * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
+ */
+int writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle(struct super_block *sb,
+ unsigned long nr,
+ enum wb_reason reason)
+{
+ if (!writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi)) {
+ down_read(&sb->s_umount);
+ writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, nr, reason);
+ up_read(&sb->s_umount);
+ return 1;
+ } else
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle);
+
/**
* sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
* @sb: the superblock
*
* This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
- * super_block. The number of pages synced is returned.
+ * super_block.
*/
void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
{
- struct wb_writeback_args args = {
+ DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
+ struct wb_writeback_work work = {
.sb = sb,
.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
.nr_pages = LONG_MAX,
.range_cyclic = 0,
+ .done = &done,
+ .reason = WB_REASON_SYNC,
};
WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
- bdi_queue_work_onstack(&args);
+ bdi_queue_work(sb->s_bdi, &work);
+ wait_for_completion(&done);
+
wait_sb_inodes(sb);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb);
*/
int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync)
{
+ struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
int ret;
struct writeback_control wbc = {
.nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
wbc.nr_to_write = 0;
might_sleep();
- spin_lock(&inode_lock);
- ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, &wbc);
- spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+ spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
+ spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, &wbc);
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
if (sync)
inode_sync_wait(inode);
return ret;
*/
int sync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
+ struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
int ret;
- spin_lock(&inode_lock);
- ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
- spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+ spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
+ spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, wbc);
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode);
+
+/**
+ * sync_inode_metadata - write an inode to disk
+ * @inode: the inode to sync
+ * @wait: wait for I/O to complete.
+ *
+ * Write an inode to disk and adjust its dirty state after completion.
+ *
+ * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata.
+ */
+int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode *inode, int wait)
+{
+ struct writeback_control wbc = {
+ .sync_mode = wait ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
+ .nr_to_write = 0, /* metadata-only */
+ };
+
+ return sync_inode(inode, &wbc);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata);