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  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #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"
 
+/*
+ * 4MB minimal write chunk size
+ */
+#define MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES    (4096UL >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - 10))
+
 /*
  * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
  */
 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? */
 
        struct list_head list;          /* pending work list */
        struct completion *done;        /* set if the caller waits */
 };
 
-/*
- * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the
- * wb_writeback_work structure so that the definition remains local to this
- * file.
- */
-#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
-#include <trace/events/writeback.h>
-
-/*
- * 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
  * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure.
@@ -68,6 +63,7 @@ int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 {
        return test_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &bdi->state);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_in_progress);
 
 static inline struct backing_dev_info *inode_to_bdi(struct inode *inode)
 {
@@ -79,13 +75,22 @@ static inline struct backing_dev_info *inode_to_bdi(struct inode *inode)
        return sb->s_bdi;
 }
 
-static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
-               struct wb_writeback_work *work)
+static inline struct inode *wb_inode(struct list_head *head)
 {
-       trace_writeback_queue(bdi, work);
+       return list_entry(head, struct inode, i_wb_list);
+}
 
-       spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
-       list_add_tail(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
+/*
+ * 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>
+
+/* 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 {
@@ -93,15 +98,26 @@ static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
                 * The bdi thread isn't there, wake up the forker thread which
                 * will create and run it.
                 */
-               trace_writeback_nothread(bdi, work);
                wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info.wb.task);
        }
+}
+
+static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
+                          struct wb_writeback_work *work)
+{
+       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_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages,
-               bool range_cyclic, bool for_background)
+                     bool range_cyclic, enum wb_reason reason)
 {
        struct wb_writeback_work *work;
 
@@ -121,7 +137,7 @@ __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages,
        work->sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE;
        work->nr_pages  = nr_pages;
        work->range_cyclic = range_cyclic;
-       work->for_background = for_background;
+       work->reason    = reason;
 
        bdi_queue_work(bdi, work);
 }
@@ -130,16 +146,18 @@ __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages,
  * 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)
 {
-       __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, nr_pages, true, false);
+       __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, nr_pages, true, reason);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -147,13 +165,33 @@ void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages)
  * @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)
 {
-       __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, LONG_MAX, true, true);
+       /*
+        * 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);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -165,35 +203,34 @@ void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
  * 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);
-        */
+       inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
+       /* If inode is clean an unused, put it into LRU now... */
+       inode_add_lru(inode);
+       /* Waiters must see I_SYNC cleared before being woken up */
        smp_mb();
        wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
 }
@@ -214,45 +251,49 @@ static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode *inode, unsigned long t)
 }
 
 /*
- * Move expired dirty inodes from @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
+ * Move expired (dirtied before work->older_than_this) 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;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -266,10 +307,13 @@ static void move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
  *                                           |
  *                                           +--> 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)
 {
+       int moved;
+       assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
        list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, &wb->b_io);
-       move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, older_than_this);
+       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)
@@ -280,72 +324,131 @@ static int write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 }
 
 /*
- * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete.
+ * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Called with i_lock held.
+ * Caller must make sure inode cannot go away when we drop i_lock.
  */
-static void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode)
+static void __inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode)
+       __releases(inode->i_lock)
+       __acquires(inode->i_lock)
 {
        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);
                __wait_on_bit(wqh, &wq, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-               spin_lock(&inode_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)
- *
- * 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.
+ * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Caller must have inode pinned.
  */
-static int
-writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
+void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode)
 {
-       struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
-       unsigned dirty;
-       int ret;
+       spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+       __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
+       spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+}
 
-       if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_count))
-               WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)));
-       else
-               WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_WILL_FREE);
+/*
+ * Sleep until I_SYNC is cleared. This function must be called with i_lock
+ * held and drops it. It is aimed for callers not holding any inode reference
+ * so once i_lock is dropped, inode can go away.
+ */
+static void inode_sleep_on_writeback(struct inode *inode)
+       __releases(inode->i_lock)
+{
+       DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+       wait_queue_head_t *wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
+       int sleep;
+
+       prepare_to_wait(wqh, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+       sleep = inode->i_state & I_SYNC;
+       spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+       if (sleep)
+               schedule();
+       finish_wait(wqh, &wait);
+}
 
-       if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
+/*
+ * Find proper writeback list for the inode depending on its current state and
+ * possibly also change of its state while we were doing writeback.  Here we
+ * handle things such as livelock prevention or fairness of writeback among
+ * inodes. This function can be called only by flusher thread - noone else
+ * processes all inodes in writeback lists and requeueing inodes behind flusher
+ * thread's back can have unexpected consequences.
+ */
+static void requeue_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
+                         struct writeback_control *wbc)
+{
+       if (inode->i_state & I_FREEING)
+               return;
+
+       /*
+        * 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 (wbc->pages_skipped) {
                /*
-                * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not doing
-                * writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to b_more_io so that
-                * writeback can proceed with the other inodes on s_io.
-                *
-                * We'll have another go at writing back this inode when we
-                * completed a full scan of b_io.
+                * writeback is not making progress due to locked
+                * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
                 */
-               if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) {
-                       requeue_io(inode);
-                       return 0;
-               }
+               redirty_tail(inode, wb);
+               return;
+       }
 
+       if (mapping_tagged(inode->i_mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
+               /*
+                * We didn't write back all the pages.  nfs_writepages()
+                * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
+                */
+               if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
+                       /* Slice used up. Queue for next turn. */
+                       requeue_io(inode, wb);
+               } else {
+                       /*
+                        * 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.
+                        */
+                       redirty_tail(inode, wb);
+               }
+       } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
                /*
-                * It's a data-integrity sync.  We must wait.
+                * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback operations,
+                * such as delayed allocation during submission or metadata
+                * updates after data IO completion.
                 */
-               inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
+               redirty_tail(inode, wb);
+       } else {
+               /* The inode is clean. Remove from writeback lists. */
+               list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
        }
+}
 
-       BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
+/*
+ * Write out an inode and its dirty pages. Do not update the writeback list
+ * linkage. That is left to the caller. The caller is also responsible for
+ * setting I_SYNC flag and calling inode_sync_complete() to clear it.
+ */
+static int
+__writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
+{
+       struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
+       long nr_to_write = wbc->nr_to_write;
+       unsigned dirty;
+       int ret;
 
-       /* Set I_SYNC, reset I_DIRTY_PAGES */
-       inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
-       inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES;
-       spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+       WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & I_SYNC));
 
        ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
 
@@ -365,117 +468,147 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
         * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
         * write_inode()
         */
-       spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+       spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+       /* Clear I_DIRTY_PAGES if we've written out all dirty pages */
+       if (!mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY))
+               inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES;
        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);
                if (ret == 0)
                        ret = err;
        }
-
-       spin_lock(&inode_lock);
-       inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
-       if (!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING)) {
-               if (mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
-                       /*
-                        * We didn't write back all the pages.  nfs_writepages()
-                        * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
-                        */
-                       inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
-                       if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
-                               /*
-                                * slice used up: queue for next turn
-                                */
-                               requeue_io(inode);
-                       } else {
-                               /*
-                                * 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.
-                                */
-                               redirty_tail(inode);
-                       }
-               } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
-                       /*
-                        * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback
-                        * operations, such as delayed allocation during
-                        * submission or metadata updates after data IO
-                        * completion.
-                        */
-                       redirty_tail(inode);
-               } else if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) {
-                       /*
-                        * The inode is clean, inuse
-                        */
-                       list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_in_use);
-               } else {
-                       /*
-                        * The inode is clean, unused
-                        */
-                       list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
-               }
-       }
-       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.
+ * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Either the caller has an active reference
+ * on the inode or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set.
+ *
+ * This function is designed to be called for writing back one inode which
+ * we go e.g. from filesystem. Flusher thread uses __writeback_single_inode()
+ * and does more profound writeback list handling in writeback_sb_inodes().
  */
-static bool pin_sb_for_writeback(struct super_block *sb)
+static int
+writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
+                      struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
-       spin_lock(&sb_lock);
-       if (list_empty(&sb->s_instances)) {
-               spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
-               return false;
+       int ret = 0;
+
+       spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+       if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_count))
+               WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)));
+       else
+               WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_WILL_FREE);
+
+       if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
+               if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL)
+                       goto out;
+               /*
+                * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait. Since callers hold
+                * inode reference or inode has I_WILL_FREE set, it cannot go
+                * away under us.
+                */
+               __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
        }
+       WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
+       /*
+        * Skip inode if it is clean. We don't want to mess with writeback
+        * lists in this function since flusher thread may be doing for example
+        * sync in parallel and if we move the inode, it could get skipped. So
+        * here we make sure inode is on some writeback list and leave it there
+        * unless we have completely cleaned the inode.
+        */
+       if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
+               goto out;
+       inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
+       spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 
-       sb->s_count++;
-       spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
+       ret = __writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
 
-       if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) {
-               if (sb->s_root)
-                       return true;
-               up_read(&sb->s_umount);
+       spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
+       spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+       /*
+        * If inode is clean, remove it from writeback lists. Otherwise don't
+        * touch it. See comment above for explanation.
+        */
+       if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
+               list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
+       spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
+       inode_sync_complete(inode);
+out:
+       spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+       return ret;
+}
+
+static long writeback_chunk_size(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
+                                struct wb_writeback_work *work)
+{
+       long pages;
+
+       /*
+        * 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 @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, bool only_this_sb)
+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);
+               struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
 
                if (inode->i_sb != sb) {
-                       if (only_this_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);
+                               redirty_tail(inode, wb);
                                continue;
                        }
 
@@ -484,105 +617,164 @@ static int writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                         * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
                         * pin the next superblock.
                         */
-                       return 0;
+                       break;
                }
 
-               if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_WILL_FREE)) {
-                       requeue_io(inode);
-                       continue;
-               }
                /*
-                * 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 being freed, first
+                * kind does not need periodic 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);
-               __iget(inode);
-               pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped;
-               writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
-               if (wbc->pages_skipped != pages_skipped) {
+               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;
+               }
+               if ((inode->i_state & I_SYNC) && wbc.sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) {
                        /*
-                        * writeback is not making progress due to locked
-                        * buffers.  Skip this inode for now.
+                        * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not
+                        * doing writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to
+                        * b_more_io so that writeback can proceed with the
+                        * other inodes on s_io.
+                        *
+                        * We'll have another go at writing back this inode
+                        * when we completed a full scan of b_io.
                         */
-                       redirty_tail(inode);
+                       spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+                       requeue_io(inode, wb);
+                       trace_writeback_sb_inodes_requeue(inode);
+                       continue;
                }
-               spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
-               iput(inode);
-               cond_resched();
-               spin_lock(&inode_lock);
-               if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
-                       wbc->more_io = 1;
-                       return 1;
+               spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
+
+               /*
+                * We already requeued the inode if it had I_SYNC set and we
+                * are doing WB_SYNC_NONE writeback. So this catches only the
+                * WB_SYNC_ALL case.
+                */
+               if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
+                       /* Wait for I_SYNC. This function drops i_lock... */
+                       inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode);
+                       /* Inode may be gone, start again */
+                       spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
+                       continue;
+               }
+               inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
+               spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+
+               write_chunk = writeback_chunk_size(wb->bdi, work);
+               wbc.nr_to_write = write_chunk;
+               wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
+
+               /*
+                * We use I_SYNC to pin the inode in memory. While it is set
+                * evict_inode() will wait so the inode cannot be freed.
+                */
+               __writeback_single_inode(inode, &wbc);
+
+               work->nr_pages -= write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
+               wrote += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
+               spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
+               spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+               if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
+                       wrote++;
+               requeue_inode(inode, wb, &wbc);
+               inode_sync_complete(inode);
+               spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+               cond_resched_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;
-
-       if (!wbc->wb_start)
-               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 (!pin_sb_for_writeback(sb)) {
-                       requeue_io(inode);
+               if (!grab_super_passive(sb)) {
+                       /*
+                        * 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.
+                        */
+                       redirty_tail(inode, wb);
                        continue;
                }
-               ret = writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, wbc, false);
+               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;
 }
 
-static void __writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb,
-               struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct writeback_control *wbc)
+long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
+                               enum wb_reason reason)
 {
-       WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
+       struct wb_writeback_work work = {
+               .nr_pages       = nr_pages,
+               .sync_mode      = WB_SYNC_NONE,
+               .range_cyclic   = 1,
+               .reason         = reason,
+       };
 
-       spin_lock(&inode_lock);
-       if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
-               queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
-       writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, wbc, true);
-       spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
-}
+       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);
 
-/*
- * 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
+       return nr_pages - work.nr_pages;
+}
 
-static inline bool over_bground_thresh(void)
+static bool over_bground_thresh(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 {
        unsigned long background_thresh, dirty_thresh;
 
        global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
 
-       return (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
-               global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) >= background_thresh);
+       if (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
+           global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) > background_thresh)
+               return true;
+
+       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);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -603,28 +795,16 @@ static inline bool over_bground_thresh(void)
 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                         struct wb_writeback_work *work)
 {
-       struct writeback_control wbc = {
-               .sync_mode              = work->sync_mode,
-               .older_than_this        = NULL,
-               .for_kupdate            = work->for_kupdate,
-               .for_background         = work->for_background,
-               .range_cyclic           = work->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;
 
-       wbc.wb_start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
+       spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
        for (;;) {
                /*
                 * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
@@ -632,58 +812,79 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                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 (work->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;
+               /*
+                * 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_wbc_writeback_start(&wbc, wb->bdi);
+               trace_writeback_start(wb->bdi, work);
+               if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
+                       queue_io(wb, work);
                if (work->sb)
-                       __writeback_inodes_sb(work->sb, wb, &wbc);
+                       progress = writeback_sb_inodes(work->sb, wb, work);
                else
-                       writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &wbc);
-               trace_wbc_writeback_written(&wbc, wb->bdi);
+                       progress = __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, work);
+               trace_writeback_written(wb->bdi, work);
 
-               work->nr_pages -= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
-               wrote += MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
+               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);
-                       trace_wbc_writeback_wait(&wbc, wb->bdi);
-                       inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
+                       trace_writeback_wait(wb->bdi, work);
+                       inode = wb_inode(wb->b_more_io.prev);
+                       spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+                       spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
+                       /* This function drops i_lock... */
+                       inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode);
+                       spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
                }
-               spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
        }
+       spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 
-       return wrote;
+       return nr_pages - work->nr_pages;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -704,6 +905,35 @@ get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
        return work;
 }
 
+/*
+ * 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();
+}
+
+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);
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 {
        unsigned long expired;
@@ -721,9 +951,7 @@ 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_work work = {
@@ -731,6 +959,7 @@ static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
                        .sync_mode      = WB_SYNC_NONE,
                        .for_kupdate    = 1,
                        .range_cyclic   = 1,
+                       .reason         = WB_REASON_PERIODIC,
                };
 
                return wb_writeback(wb, &work);
@@ -775,6 +1004,7 @@ long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait)
         * 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;
@@ -790,7 +1020,7 @@ int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)
        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;
 
@@ -801,10 +1031,10 @@ int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)
 
        trace_writeback_thread_start(bdi);
 
-       while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+       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.
+                * and we'll take care of the periodic write-back.
                 */
                del_timer(&wb->wakeup_timer);
 
@@ -831,8 +1061,6 @@ int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)
                         */
                        schedule();
                }
-
-               try_to_freeze();
        }
 
        /* Flush any work that raced with us exiting */
@@ -848,7 +1076,7 @@ int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)
  * 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;
 
@@ -861,7 +1089,7 @@ void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages)
        list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
                if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi))
                        continue;
-               __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, nr_pages, false, false);
+               __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, nr_pages, false, reason);
        }
        rcu_read_unlock();
 }
@@ -905,9 +1133,6 @@ static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
  * 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
@@ -919,7 +1144,6 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 {
        struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
        struct backing_dev_info *bdi = NULL;
-       bool wakeup_bdi = false;
 
        /*
         * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
@@ -927,7 +1151,7 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
         */
        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);
        }
 
        /*
@@ -943,7 +1167,7 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
        if (unlikely(block_dump))
                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;
 
@@ -955,24 +1179,25 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
                 * 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)
-                       goto out;
+                       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) {
+                       bool wakeup_bdi = false;
                        bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode);
 
                        if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) {
@@ -989,35 +1214,23 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
                                        wakeup_bdi = true;
                        }
 
+                       spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+                       spin_lock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
                        inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
-                       list_move(&inode->i_list, &bdi->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);
 
-       if (wakeup_bdi)
-               bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty);
 
-/*
- * Write out a superblock's list of dirty inodes.  A wait will be performed
- * upon no inodes, all inodes or the final one, depending upon sync_mode.
- *
- * 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 `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,
- * assume that all inodes are backed by the same queue.
- *
- * The inodes to be written are parked on bdi->b_io.  They are moved back onto
- * bdi->b_dirty as they are selected for writing.  This way, none can be missed
- * on the writer throttling path, and we get decent balancing between many
- * throttled threads: we don't want them all piling up on inode_sync_wait.
- */
 static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
 {
        struct inode *inode, *old_inode = NULL;
@@ -1028,7 +1241,7 @@ static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
         */
        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,
@@ -1038,22 +1251,25 @@ static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
         * 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_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;
@@ -1062,54 +1278,72 @@ static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
 
                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);
        DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
        struct wb_writeback_work work = {
-               .sb             = sb,
-               .sync_mode      = WB_SYNC_NONE,
-               .done           = &done,
+               .sb                     = sb,
+               .sync_mode              = WB_SYNC_NONE,
+               .tagged_writepages      = 1,
+               .done                   = &done,
+               .nr_pages               = nr,
+               .reason                 = reason,
        };
 
+       if (sb->s_bdi == &noop_backing_dev_info)
+               return;
        WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
-
-       work.nr_pages = nr_dirty + nr_unstable +
-                       (inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused);
-
        bdi_queue_work(sb->s_bdi, &work);
        wait_for_completion(&done);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr);
+
+/**
+ * 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
@@ -1117,12 +1351,35 @@ int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *sb)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle);
 
+/**
+ * writeback_inodes_sb_nr_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)
 {
@@ -1133,8 +1390,12 @@ void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
                .nr_pages       = LONG_MAX,
                .range_cyclic   = 0,
                .done           = &done,
+               .reason         = WB_REASON_SYNC,
        };
 
+       /* Nothing to do? */
+       if (sb->s_bdi == &noop_backing_dev_info)
+               return;
        WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
 
        bdi_queue_work(sb->s_bdi, &work);
@@ -1156,7 +1417,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb);
  */
 int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync)
 {
-       int ret;
+       struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
        struct writeback_control wbc = {
                .nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
                .sync_mode = sync ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
@@ -1168,12 +1429,7 @@ int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync)
                wbc.nr_to_write = 0;
 
        might_sleep();
-       spin_lock(&inode_lock);
-       ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, &wbc);
-       spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
-       if (sync)
-               inode_sync_wait(inode);
-       return ret;
+       return writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, &wbc);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now);
 
@@ -1190,11 +1446,26 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now);
  */
 int sync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
-       int ret;
-
-       spin_lock(&inode_lock);
-       ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
-       spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
-       return ret;
+       return writeback_single_inode(inode, &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb, wbc);
 }
 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);