writeback: fix possible bdi writeback refcounting problem
[safe/jmp/linux-2.6] / fs / fs-writeback.c
1 /*
2  * fs/fs-writeback.c
3  *
4  * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds.
5  *
6  * Contains all the functions related to writing back and waiting
7  * upon dirty inodes against superblocks, and writing back dirty
8  * pages against inodes.  ie: data writeback.  Writeout of the
9  * inode itself is not handled here.
10  *
11  * 10Apr2002    Andrew Morton
12  *              Split out of fs/inode.c
13  *              Additions for address_space-based writeback
14  */
15
16 #include <linux/kernel.h>
17 #include <linux/module.h>
18 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
19 #include <linux/sched.h>
20 #include <linux/fs.h>
21 #include <linux/mm.h>
22 #include <linux/kthread.h>
23 #include <linux/freezer.h>
24 #include <linux/writeback.h>
25 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
26 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
27 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
28 #include "internal.h"
29
30 #define inode_to_bdi(inode)     ((inode)->i_mapping->backing_dev_info)
31
32 /*
33  * We don't actually have pdflush, but this one is exported though /proc...
34  */
35 int nr_pdflush_threads;
36
37 /*
38  * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
39  */
40 struct wb_writeback_args {
41         long nr_pages;
42         struct super_block *sb;
43         enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
44         int for_kupdate;
45         int range_cyclic;
46 };
47
48 /*
49  * Work items for the bdi_writeback threads
50  */
51 struct bdi_work {
52         struct list_head list;          /* pending work list */
53         struct rcu_head rcu_head;       /* for RCU free/clear of work */
54
55         unsigned long seen;             /* threads that have seen this work */
56         atomic_t pending;               /* number of threads still to do work */
57
58         struct wb_writeback_args args;  /* writeback arguments */
59
60         unsigned long state;            /* flag bits, see WS_* */
61 };
62
63 enum {
64         WS_USED_B = 0,
65         WS_ONSTACK_B,
66 };
67
68 #define WS_USED (1 << WS_USED_B)
69 #define WS_ONSTACK (1 << WS_ONSTACK_B)
70
71 static inline bool bdi_work_on_stack(struct bdi_work *work)
72 {
73         return test_bit(WS_ONSTACK_B, &work->state);
74 }
75
76 static inline void bdi_work_init(struct bdi_work *work,
77                                  struct wb_writeback_args *args)
78 {
79         INIT_RCU_HEAD(&work->rcu_head);
80         work->args = *args;
81         work->state = WS_USED;
82 }
83
84 /**
85  * writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress
86  * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure.
87  *
88  * Determine whether there is writeback waiting to be handled against a
89  * backing device.
90  */
91 int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
92 {
93         return !list_empty(&bdi->work_list);
94 }
95
96 static void bdi_work_clear(struct bdi_work *work)
97 {
98         clear_bit(WS_USED_B, &work->state);
99         smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
100         /*
101          * work can have disappeared at this point. bit waitq functions
102          * should be able to tolerate this, provided bdi_sched_wait does
103          * not dereference it's pointer argument.
104         */
105         wake_up_bit(&work->state, WS_USED_B);
106 }
107
108 static void bdi_work_free(struct rcu_head *head)
109 {
110         struct bdi_work *work = container_of(head, struct bdi_work, rcu_head);
111
112         if (!bdi_work_on_stack(work))
113                 kfree(work);
114         else
115                 bdi_work_clear(work);
116 }
117
118 static void wb_work_complete(struct bdi_work *work)
119 {
120         const enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode = work->args.sync_mode;
121         int onstack = bdi_work_on_stack(work);
122
123         /*
124          * For allocated work, we can clear the done/seen bit right here.
125          * For on-stack work, we need to postpone both the clear and free
126          * to after the RCU grace period, since the stack could be invalidated
127          * as soon as bdi_work_clear() has done the wakeup.
128          */
129         if (!onstack)
130                 bdi_work_clear(work);
131         if (sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE || onstack)
132                 call_rcu(&work->rcu_head, bdi_work_free);
133 }
134
135 static void wb_clear_pending(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct bdi_work *work)
136 {
137         /*
138          * The caller has retrieved the work arguments from this work,
139          * drop our reference. If this is the last ref, delete and free it
140          */
141         if (atomic_dec_and_test(&work->pending)) {
142                 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
143
144                 spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
145                 list_del_rcu(&work->list);
146                 spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);
147
148                 wb_work_complete(work);
149         }
150 }
151
152 static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct bdi_work *work)
153 {
154         work->seen = bdi->wb_mask;
155         BUG_ON(!work->seen);
156         atomic_set(&work->pending, bdi->wb_cnt);
157         BUG_ON(!bdi->wb_cnt);
158
159         /*
160          * list_add_tail_rcu() contains the necessary barriers to
161          * make sure the above stores are seen before the item is
162          * noticed on the list
163          */
164         spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
165         list_add_tail_rcu(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
166         spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);
167
168         /*
169          * If the default thread isn't there, make sure we add it. When
170          * it gets created and wakes up, we'll run this work.
171          */
172         if (unlikely(list_empty_careful(&bdi->wb_list)))
173                 wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info.wb.task);
174         else {
175                 struct bdi_writeback *wb = &bdi->wb;
176
177                 if (wb->task)
178                         wake_up_process(wb->task);
179         }
180 }
181
182 /*
183  * Used for on-stack allocated work items. The caller needs to wait until
184  * the wb threads have acked the work before it's safe to continue.
185  */
186 static void bdi_wait_on_work_clear(struct bdi_work *work)
187 {
188         wait_on_bit(&work->state, WS_USED_B, bdi_sched_wait,
189                     TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
190 }
191
192 static void bdi_alloc_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
193                                  struct wb_writeback_args *args)
194 {
195         struct bdi_work *work;
196
197         /*
198          * This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just
199          * wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback
200          */
201         work = kmalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
202         if (work) {
203                 bdi_work_init(work, args);
204                 bdi_queue_work(bdi, work);
205         } else {
206                 struct bdi_writeback *wb = &bdi->wb;
207
208                 if (wb->task)
209                         wake_up_process(wb->task);
210         }
211 }
212
213 /**
214  * bdi_sync_writeback - start and wait for writeback
215  * @bdi: the backing device to write from
216  * @sb: write inodes from this super_block
217  *
218  * Description:
219  *   This does WB_SYNC_ALL data integrity writeback and waits for the
220  *   IO to complete. Callers must hold the sb s_umount semaphore for
221  *   reading, to avoid having the super disappear before we are done.
222  */
223 static void bdi_sync_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
224                                struct super_block *sb)
225 {
226         struct wb_writeback_args args = {
227                 .sb             = sb,
228                 .sync_mode      = WB_SYNC_ALL,
229                 .nr_pages       = LONG_MAX,
230                 .range_cyclic   = 0,
231         };
232         struct bdi_work work;
233
234         bdi_work_init(&work, &args);
235         work.state |= WS_ONSTACK;
236
237         bdi_queue_work(bdi, &work);
238         bdi_wait_on_work_clear(&work);
239 }
240
241 /**
242  * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
243  * @bdi: the backing device to write from
244  * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
245  *
246  * Description:
247  *   This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
248  *   started when this function returns, we make no guarentees on
249  *   completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
250  *
251  */
252 void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages)
253 {
254         struct wb_writeback_args args = {
255                 .sync_mode      = WB_SYNC_NONE,
256                 .nr_pages       = nr_pages,
257                 .range_cyclic   = 1,
258         };
259
260         bdi_alloc_queue_work(bdi, &args);
261 }
262
263 /*
264  * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
265  * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list.
266  *
267  * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is
268  * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the b_dirty list.  If that is
269  * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
270  * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
271  */
272 static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode)
273 {
274         struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
275
276         if (!list_empty(&wb->b_dirty)) {
277                 struct inode *tail;
278
279                 tail = list_entry(wb->b_dirty.next, struct inode, i_list);
280                 if (time_before(inode->dirtied_when, tail->dirtied_when))
281                         inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
282         }
283         list_move(&inode->i_list, &wb->b_dirty);
284 }
285
286 /*
287  * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
288  */
289 static void requeue_io(struct inode *inode)
290 {
291         struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
292
293         list_move(&inode->i_list, &wb->b_more_io);
294 }
295
296 static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode *inode)
297 {
298         /*
299          * Prevent speculative execution through spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
300          */
301         smp_mb();
302         wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
303 }
304
305 static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode *inode, unsigned long t)
306 {
307         bool ret = time_after(inode->dirtied_when, t);
308 #ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
309         /*
310          * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck.
311          * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past.
312          * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times
313          * from permanently stopping the whole pdflush writeback.
314          */
315         ret = ret && time_before_eq(inode->dirtied_when, jiffies);
316 #endif
317         return ret;
318 }
319
320 /*
321  * Move expired dirty inodes from @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
322  */
323 static void move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
324                                struct list_head *dispatch_queue,
325                                 unsigned long *older_than_this)
326 {
327         while (!list_empty(delaying_queue)) {
328                 struct inode *inode = list_entry(delaying_queue->prev,
329                                                 struct inode, i_list);
330                 if (older_than_this &&
331                     inode_dirtied_after(inode, *older_than_this))
332                         break;
333                 list_move(&inode->i_list, dispatch_queue);
334         }
335 }
336
337 /*
338  * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
339  */
340 static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long *older_than_this)
341 {
342         list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, wb->b_io.prev);
343         move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, older_than_this);
344 }
345
346 static int write_inode(struct inode *inode, int sync)
347 {
348         if (inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode && !is_bad_inode(inode))
349                 return inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode(inode, sync);
350         return 0;
351 }
352
353 /*
354  * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete.
355  */
356 static void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode)
357 {
358         DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq, &inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
359         wait_queue_head_t *wqh;
360
361         wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
362         do {
363                 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
364                 __wait_on_bit(wqh, &wq, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
365                 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
366         } while (inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
367 }
368
369 /*
370  * Write out an inode's dirty pages.  Called under inode_lock.  Either the
371  * caller has ref on the inode (either via __iget or via syscall against an fd)
372  * or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set (via generic_forget_inode)
373  *
374  * If `wait' is set, wait on the writeout.
375  *
376  * The whole writeout design is quite complex and fragile.  We want to avoid
377  * starvation of particular inodes when others are being redirtied, prevent
378  * livelocks, etc.
379  *
380  * Called under inode_lock.
381  */
382 static int
383 writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
384 {
385         struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
386         int wait = wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL;
387         unsigned dirty;
388         int ret;
389
390         if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_count))
391                 WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)));
392         else
393                 WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_WILL_FREE);
394
395         if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
396                 /*
397                  * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not doing
398                  * writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to b_more_io so that
399                  * writeback can proceed with the other inodes on s_io.
400                  *
401                  * We'll have another go at writing back this inode when we
402                  * completed a full scan of b_io.
403                  */
404                 if (!wait) {
405                         requeue_io(inode);
406                         return 0;
407                 }
408
409                 /*
410                  * It's a data-integrity sync.  We must wait.
411                  */
412                 inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
413         }
414
415         BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
416
417         /* Set I_SYNC, reset I_DIRTY */
418         dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
419         inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
420         inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY;
421
422         spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
423
424         ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
425
426         /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
427         if (dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
428                 int err = write_inode(inode, wait);
429                 if (ret == 0)
430                         ret = err;
431         }
432
433         if (wait) {
434                 int err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
435                 if (ret == 0)
436                         ret = err;
437         }
438
439         spin_lock(&inode_lock);
440         inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
441         if (!(inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_CLEAR))) {
442                 if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) &&
443                     mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
444                         /*
445                          * We didn't write back all the pages.  nfs_writepages()
446                          * sometimes bales out without doing anything. Redirty
447                          * the inode; Move it from b_io onto b_more_io/b_dirty.
448                          */
449                         /*
450                          * akpm: if the caller was the kupdate function we put
451                          * this inode at the head of b_dirty so it gets first
452                          * consideration.  Otherwise, move it to the tail, for
453                          * the reasons described there.  I'm not really sure
454                          * how much sense this makes.  Presumably I had a good
455                          * reasons for doing it this way, and I'd rather not
456                          * muck with it at present.
457                          */
458                         if (wbc->for_kupdate) {
459                                 /*
460                                  * For the kupdate function we move the inode
461                                  * to b_more_io so it will get more writeout as
462                                  * soon as the queue becomes uncongested.
463                                  */
464                                 inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
465                                 if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
466                                         /*
467                                          * slice used up: queue for next turn
468                                          */
469                                         requeue_io(inode);
470                                 } else {
471                                         /*
472                                          * somehow blocked: retry later
473                                          */
474                                         redirty_tail(inode);
475                                 }
476                         } else {
477                                 /*
478                                  * Otherwise fully redirty the inode so that
479                                  * other inodes on this superblock will get some
480                                  * writeout.  Otherwise heavy writing to one
481                                  * file would indefinitely suspend writeout of
482                                  * all the other files.
483                                  */
484                                 inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
485                                 redirty_tail(inode);
486                         }
487                 } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
488                         /*
489                          * Someone redirtied the inode while were writing back
490                          * the pages.
491                          */
492                         redirty_tail(inode);
493                 } else if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) {
494                         /*
495                          * The inode is clean, inuse
496                          */
497                         list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_in_use);
498                 } else {
499                         /*
500                          * The inode is clean, unused
501                          */
502                         list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
503                 }
504         }
505         inode_sync_complete(inode);
506         return ret;
507 }
508
509 /*
510  * For WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, the caller does not have the sb pinned
511  * before calling writeback. So make sure that we do pin it, so it doesn't
512  * go away while we are writing inodes from it.
513  *
514  * Returns 0 if the super was successfully pinned (or pinning wasn't needed),
515  * 1 if we failed.
516  */
517 static int pin_sb_for_writeback(struct writeback_control *wbc,
518                                    struct inode *inode)
519 {
520         struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
521
522         /*
523          * Caller must already hold the ref for this
524          */
525         if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) {
526                 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
527                 return 0;
528         }
529
530         spin_lock(&sb_lock);
531         sb->s_count++;
532         if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) {
533                 if (sb->s_root) {
534                         spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
535                         return 0;
536                 }
537                 /*
538                  * umounted, drop rwsem again and fall through to failure
539                  */
540                 up_read(&sb->s_umount);
541         }
542
543         sb->s_count--;
544         spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
545         return 1;
546 }
547
548 static void unpin_sb_for_writeback(struct writeback_control *wbc,
549                                    struct inode *inode)
550 {
551         struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
552
553         if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
554                 return;
555
556         up_read(&sb->s_umount);
557         put_super(sb);
558 }
559
560 static void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
561                                 struct writeback_control *wbc)
562 {
563         struct super_block *sb = wbc->sb;
564         const int is_blkdev_sb = sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb);
565         const unsigned long start = jiffies;    /* livelock avoidance */
566
567         spin_lock(&inode_lock);
568
569         if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
570                 queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
571
572         while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
573                 struct inode *inode = list_entry(wb->b_io.prev,
574                                                 struct inode, i_list);
575                 long pages_skipped;
576
577                 /*
578                  * super block given and doesn't match, skip this inode
579                  */
580                 if (sb && sb != inode->i_sb) {
581                         redirty_tail(inode);
582                         continue;
583                 }
584
585                 if (!bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(wb->bdi)) {
586                         redirty_tail(inode);
587                         if (is_blkdev_sb) {
588                                 /*
589                                  * Dirty memory-backed blockdev: the ramdisk
590                                  * driver does this.  Skip just this inode
591                                  */
592                                 continue;
593                         }
594                         /*
595                          * Dirty memory-backed inode against a filesystem other
596                          * than the kernel-internal bdev filesystem.  Skip the
597                          * entire superblock.
598                          */
599                         break;
600                 }
601
602                 if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_WILL_FREE)) {
603                         requeue_io(inode);
604                         continue;
605                 }
606
607                 if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(wb->bdi)) {
608                         wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
609                         if (!is_blkdev_sb)
610                                 break;          /* Skip a congested fs */
611                         requeue_io(inode);
612                         continue;               /* Skip a congested blockdev */
613                 }
614
615                 /*
616                  * Was this inode dirtied after sync_sb_inodes was called?
617                  * This keeps sync from extra jobs and livelock.
618                  */
619                 if (inode_dirtied_after(inode, start))
620                         break;
621
622                 if (pin_sb_for_writeback(wbc, inode)) {
623                         requeue_io(inode);
624                         continue;
625                 }
626
627                 BUG_ON(inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_CLEAR));
628                 __iget(inode);
629                 pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped;
630                 writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
631                 unpin_sb_for_writeback(wbc, inode);
632                 if (wbc->pages_skipped != pages_skipped) {
633                         /*
634                          * writeback is not making progress due to locked
635                          * buffers.  Skip this inode for now.
636                          */
637                         redirty_tail(inode);
638                 }
639                 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
640                 iput(inode);
641                 cond_resched();
642                 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
643                 if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
644                         wbc->more_io = 1;
645                         break;
646                 }
647                 if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io))
648                         wbc->more_io = 1;
649         }
650
651         spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
652         /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
653 }
654
655 void writeback_inodes_wbc(struct writeback_control *wbc)
656 {
657         struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wbc->bdi;
658
659         writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi->wb, wbc);
660 }
661
662 /*
663  * The maximum number of pages to writeout in a single bdi flush/kupdate
664  * operation.  We do this so we don't hold I_SYNC against an inode for
665  * enormous amounts of time, which would block a userspace task which has
666  * been forced to throttle against that inode.  Also, the code reevaluates
667  * the dirty each time it has written this many pages.
668  */
669 #define MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES     1024
670
671 static inline bool over_bground_thresh(void)
672 {
673         unsigned long background_thresh, dirty_thresh;
674
675         get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, NULL, NULL);
676
677         return (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
678                 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) >= background_thresh);
679 }
680
681 /*
682  * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
683  *
684  * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
685  * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space.  So this periodic writeback code
686  * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
687  * older than a specific point in time.
688  *
689  * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval.  But if a writeback event
690  * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
691  * one-second gap.
692  *
693  * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write.  So we'll only write back
694  * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
695  */
696 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
697                          struct wb_writeback_args *args)
698 {
699         struct writeback_control wbc = {
700                 .bdi                    = wb->bdi,
701                 .sb                     = args->sb,
702                 .sync_mode              = args->sync_mode,
703                 .older_than_this        = NULL,
704                 .for_kupdate            = args->for_kupdate,
705                 .range_cyclic           = args->range_cyclic,
706         };
707         unsigned long oldest_jif;
708         long wrote = 0;
709
710         if (wbc.for_kupdate) {
711                 wbc.older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
712                 oldest_jif = jiffies -
713                                 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10);
714         }
715         if (!wbc.range_cyclic) {
716                 wbc.range_start = 0;
717                 wbc.range_end = LLONG_MAX;
718         }
719
720         for (;;) {
721                 /*
722                  * Don't flush anything for non-integrity writeback where
723                  * no nr_pages was given
724                  */
725                 if (!args->for_kupdate && args->nr_pages <= 0 &&
726                      args->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE)
727                         break;
728
729                 /*
730                  * If no specific pages were given and this is just a
731                  * periodic background writeout and we are below the
732                  * background dirty threshold, don't do anything
733                  */
734                 if (args->for_kupdate && args->nr_pages <= 0 &&
735                     !over_bground_thresh())
736                         break;
737
738                 wbc.more_io = 0;
739                 wbc.encountered_congestion = 0;
740                 wbc.nr_to_write = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
741                 wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
742                 writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &wbc);
743                 args->nr_pages -= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
744                 wrote += MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
745
746                 /*
747                  * If we ran out of stuff to write, bail unless more_io got set
748                  */
749                 if (wbc.nr_to_write > 0 || wbc.pages_skipped > 0) {
750                         if (wbc.more_io && !wbc.for_kupdate)
751                                 continue;
752                         break;
753                 }
754         }
755
756         return wrote;
757 }
758
759 /*
760  * Return the next bdi_work struct that hasn't been processed by this
761  * wb thread yet. ->seen is initially set for each thread that exists
762  * for this device, when a thread first notices a piece of work it
763  * clears its bit. Depending on writeback type, the thread will notify
764  * completion on either receiving the work (WB_SYNC_NONE) or after
765  * it is done (WB_SYNC_ALL).
766  */
767 static struct bdi_work *get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
768                                            struct bdi_writeback *wb)
769 {
770         struct bdi_work *work, *ret = NULL;
771
772         rcu_read_lock();
773
774         list_for_each_entry_rcu(work, &bdi->work_list, list) {
775                 if (!test_bit(wb->nr, &work->seen))
776                         continue;
777                 clear_bit(wb->nr, &work->seen);
778
779                 ret = work;
780                 break;
781         }
782
783         rcu_read_unlock();
784         return ret;
785 }
786
787 static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
788 {
789         unsigned long expired;
790         long nr_pages;
791
792         expired = wb->last_old_flush +
793                         msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
794         if (time_before(jiffies, expired))
795                 return 0;
796
797         wb->last_old_flush = jiffies;
798         nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
799                         global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
800                         (inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused);
801
802         if (nr_pages) {
803                 struct wb_writeback_args args = {
804                         .nr_pages       = nr_pages,
805                         .sync_mode      = WB_SYNC_NONE,
806                         .for_kupdate    = 1,
807                         .range_cyclic   = 1,
808                 };
809
810                 return wb_writeback(wb, &args);
811         }
812
813         return 0;
814 }
815
816 /*
817  * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
818  */
819 long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait)
820 {
821         struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
822         struct bdi_work *work;
823         long wrote = 0;
824
825         while ((work = get_next_work_item(bdi, wb)) != NULL) {
826                 struct wb_writeback_args args = work->args;
827
828                 /*
829                  * Override sync mode, in case we must wait for completion
830                  */
831                 if (force_wait)
832                         work->args.sync_mode = args.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL;
833
834                 /*
835                  * If this isn't a data integrity operation, just notify
836                  * that we have seen this work and we are now starting it.
837                  */
838                 if (args.sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE)
839                         wb_clear_pending(wb, work);
840
841                 wrote += wb_writeback(wb, &args);
842
843                 /*
844                  * This is a data integrity writeback, so only do the
845                  * notification when we have completed the work.
846                  */
847                 if (args.sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
848                         wb_clear_pending(wb, work);
849         }
850
851         /*
852          * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
853          */
854         wrote += wb_check_old_data_flush(wb);
855
856         return wrote;
857 }
858
859 /*
860  * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
861  * wakes up periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
862  */
863 int bdi_writeback_task(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
864 {
865         unsigned long last_active = jiffies;
866         unsigned long wait_jiffies = -1UL;
867         long pages_written;
868
869         while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
870                 pages_written = wb_do_writeback(wb, 0);
871
872                 if (pages_written)
873                         last_active = jiffies;
874                 else if (wait_jiffies != -1UL) {
875                         unsigned long max_idle;
876
877                         /*
878                          * Longest period of inactivity that we tolerate. If we
879                          * see dirty data again later, the task will get
880                          * recreated automatically.
881                          */
882                         max_idle = max(5UL * 60 * HZ, wait_jiffies);
883                         if (time_after(jiffies, max_idle + last_active))
884                                 break;
885                 }
886
887                 wait_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
888                 schedule_timeout_interruptible(wait_jiffies);
889                 try_to_freeze();
890         }
891
892         return 0;
893 }
894
895 /*
896  * Schedule writeback for all backing devices. This does WB_SYNC_NONE
897  * writeback, for integrity writeback see bdi_sync_writeback().
898  */
899 static void bdi_writeback_all(struct super_block *sb, long nr_pages)
900 {
901         struct wb_writeback_args args = {
902                 .sb             = sb,
903                 .nr_pages       = nr_pages,
904                 .sync_mode      = WB_SYNC_NONE,
905         };
906         struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
907
908         rcu_read_lock();
909
910         list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
911                 if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi))
912                         continue;
913
914                 bdi_alloc_queue_work(bdi, &args);
915         }
916
917         rcu_read_unlock();
918 }
919
920 /*
921  * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages.  If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
922  * the whole world.
923  */
924 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages)
925 {
926         if (nr_pages == 0)
927                 nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
928                                 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
929         bdi_writeback_all(NULL, nr_pages);
930 }
931
932 static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
933 {
934         if (inode->i_ino || strcmp(inode->i_sb->s_id, "bdev")) {
935                 struct dentry *dentry;
936                 const char *name = "?";
937
938                 dentry = d_find_alias(inode);
939                 if (dentry) {
940                         spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
941                         name = (const char *) dentry->d_name.name;
942                 }
943                 printk(KERN_DEBUG
944                        "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
945                        current->comm, task_pid_nr(current), inode->i_ino,
946                        name, inode->i_sb->s_id);
947                 if (dentry) {
948                         spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
949                         dput(dentry);
950                 }
951         }
952 }
953
954 /**
955  *      __mark_inode_dirty -    internal function
956  *      @inode: inode to mark
957  *      @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
958  *      Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
959  *      mark_inode_dirty_sync.
960  *
961  * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
962  *
963  * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
964  * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
965  * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
966  * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
967  *
968  * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
969  * them dirty.
970  *
971  * This function *must* be atomic for the I_DIRTY_PAGES case -
972  * set_page_dirty() is called under spinlock in several places.
973  *
974  * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
975  * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself.  And the ->dirtied_when field of
976  * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
977  * blockdev's pages.  This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
978  * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
979  * blockdev inode.
980  */
981 void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
982 {
983         struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
984
985         /*
986          * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
987          * dirty the inode itself
988          */
989         if (flags & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
990                 if (sb->s_op->dirty_inode)
991                         sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode);
992         }
993
994         /*
995          * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
996          * -- mikulas
997          */
998         smp_mb();
999
1000         /* avoid the locking if we can */
1001         if ((inode->i_state & flags) == flags)
1002                 return;
1003
1004         if (unlikely(block_dump))
1005                 block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode);
1006
1007         spin_lock(&inode_lock);
1008         if ((inode->i_state & flags) != flags) {
1009                 const int was_dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
1010
1011                 inode->i_state |= flags;
1012
1013                 /*
1014                  * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
1015                  * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
1016                  * superblock list, based upon its state.
1017                  */
1018                 if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC)
1019                         goto out;
1020
1021                 /*
1022                  * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
1023                  * dirty list.  Add blockdev inodes as well.
1024                  */
1025                 if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
1026                         if (hlist_unhashed(&inode->i_hash))
1027                                 goto out;
1028                 }
1029                 if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR))
1030                         goto out;
1031
1032                 /*
1033                  * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
1034                  * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
1035                  */
1036                 if (!was_dirty) {
1037                         struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
1038                         struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
1039
1040                         if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi) &&
1041                             !test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state)) {
1042                                 WARN_ON(1);
1043                                 printk(KERN_ERR "bdi-%s not registered\n",
1044                                                                 bdi->name);
1045                         }
1046
1047                         inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
1048                         list_move(&inode->i_list, &wb->b_dirty);
1049                 }
1050         }
1051 out:
1052         spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
1053 }
1054 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty);
1055
1056 /*
1057  * Write out a superblock's list of dirty inodes.  A wait will be performed
1058  * upon no inodes, all inodes or the final one, depending upon sync_mode.
1059  *
1060  * If older_than_this is non-NULL, then only write out inodes which
1061  * had their first dirtying at a time earlier than *older_than_this.
1062  *
1063  * If we're a pdlfush thread, then implement pdflush collision avoidance
1064  * against the entire list.
1065  *
1066  * If `bdi' is non-zero then we're being asked to writeback a specific queue.
1067  * This function assumes that the blockdev superblock's inodes are backed by
1068  * a variety of queues, so all inodes are searched.  For other superblocks,
1069  * assume that all inodes are backed by the same queue.
1070  *
1071  * The inodes to be written are parked on bdi->b_io.  They are moved back onto
1072  * bdi->b_dirty as they are selected for writing.  This way, none can be missed
1073  * on the writer throttling path, and we get decent balancing between many
1074  * throttled threads: we don't want them all piling up on inode_sync_wait.
1075  */
1076 static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
1077 {
1078         struct inode *inode, *old_inode = NULL;
1079
1080         /*
1081          * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
1082          * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
1083          */
1084         WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
1085
1086         spin_lock(&inode_lock);
1087
1088         /*
1089          * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
1090          * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
1091          * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
1092          * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
1093          * we still have to wait for that writeout.
1094          */
1095         list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
1096                 struct address_space *mapping;
1097
1098                 if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
1099                         continue;
1100                 mapping = inode->i_mapping;
1101                 if (mapping->nrpages == 0)
1102                         continue;
1103                 __iget(inode);
1104                 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
1105                 /*
1106                  * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have
1107                  * been removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
1108                  * inode_lock.  We cannot iput the inode now as we can
1109                  * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it
1110                  * under inode_lock. So we keep the reference and iput
1111                  * it later.
1112                  */
1113                 iput(old_inode);
1114                 old_inode = inode;
1115
1116                 filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
1117
1118                 cond_resched();
1119
1120                 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
1121         }
1122         spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
1123         iput(old_inode);
1124 }
1125
1126 /**
1127  * writeback_inodes_sb  -       writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1128  * @sb: the superblock
1129  *
1130  * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1131  * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1132  * for IO completion of submitted IO. The number of pages submitted is
1133  * returned.
1134  */
1135 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
1136 {
1137         unsigned long nr_dirty = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY);
1138         unsigned long nr_unstable = global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
1139         long nr_to_write;
1140
1141         nr_to_write = nr_dirty + nr_unstable +
1142                         (inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused);
1143
1144         bdi_writeback_all(sb, nr_to_write);
1145 }
1146 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb);
1147
1148 /**
1149  * sync_inodes_sb       -       sync sb inode pages
1150  * @sb: the superblock
1151  *
1152  * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
1153  * super_block. The number of pages synced is returned.
1154  */
1155 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
1156 {
1157         bdi_sync_writeback(sb->s_bdi, sb);
1158         wait_sb_inodes(sb);
1159 }
1160 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb);
1161
1162 /**
1163  * write_inode_now      -       write an inode to disk
1164  * @inode: inode to write to disk
1165  * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
1166  *
1167  * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
1168  * primarily needed by knfsd.
1169  *
1170  * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
1171  */
1172 int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync)
1173 {
1174         int ret;
1175         struct writeback_control wbc = {
1176                 .nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
1177                 .sync_mode = sync ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
1178                 .range_start = 0,
1179                 .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
1180         };
1181
1182         if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode->i_mapping))
1183                 wbc.nr_to_write = 0;
1184
1185         might_sleep();
1186         spin_lock(&inode_lock);
1187         ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, &wbc);
1188         spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
1189         if (sync)
1190                 inode_sync_wait(inode);
1191         return ret;
1192 }
1193 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now);
1194
1195 /**
1196  * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
1197  * @inode: the inode to sync
1198  * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
1199  *
1200  * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk.  It will also
1201  * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
1202  * update inode->i_state.
1203  *
1204  * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
1205  */
1206 int sync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
1207 {
1208         int ret;
1209
1210         spin_lock(&inode_lock);
1211         ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
1212         spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
1213         return ret;
1214 }
1215 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode);