writeback: only use bdi_writeback_all() for WB_SYNC_NONE writeout

[safe/jmp/linux-2.6] / fs / fs-writeback.c

/*
 * fs/fs-writeback.c
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds.
 *
 * Contains all the functions related to writing back and waiting
 * upon dirty inodes against superblocks, and writing back dirty
 * pages against inodes.  ie: data writeback.  Writeout of the
 * inode itself is not handled here.
 *
 * 10Apr2002    Andrew Morton
 *              Split out of fs/inode.c
 *              Additions for address_space-based writeback
 */

#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/mm.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 "internal.h"

#define inode_to_bdi(inode)     ((inode)->i_mapping->backing_dev_info)

/*
 * We don't actually have pdflush, but this one is exported though /proc...
 */
int nr_pdflush_threads;

/*
 * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
 */
struct wb_writeback_args {
        long nr_pages;
        struct super_block *sb;
        enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
        int for_kupdate;
        int range_cyclic;
};

/*
 * Work items for the bdi_writeback threads
 */
struct bdi_work {
        struct list_head list;
        struct rcu_head rcu_head;

        unsigned long seen;
        atomic_t pending;

        struct wb_writeback_args args;

        unsigned long state;
};

enum {
        WS_USED_B = 0,
        WS_ONSTACK_B,
};

#define WS_USED (1 << WS_USED_B)
#define WS_ONSTACK (1 << WS_ONSTACK_B)

static inline bool bdi_work_on_stack(struct bdi_work *work)
{
        return test_bit(WS_ONSTACK_B, &work->state);
}

static inline void bdi_work_init(struct bdi_work *work,
                                 struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
        INIT_RCU_HEAD(&work->rcu_head);
        work->args.sb = wbc->sb;
        work->args.nr_pages = wbc->nr_to_write;
        work->args.sync_mode = wbc->sync_mode;
        work->args.range_cyclic = wbc->range_cyclic;
        work->args.for_kupdate = 0;
        work->state = WS_USED;
}

/**
 * writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress
 * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure.
 *
 * Determine whether there is writeback waiting to be handled against a
 * backing device.
 */
int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
        return !list_empty(&bdi->work_list);
}

static void bdi_work_clear(struct bdi_work *work)
{
        clear_bit(WS_USED_B, &work->state);
        smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
        wake_up_bit(&work->state, WS_USED_B);
}

static void bdi_work_free(struct rcu_head *head)
{
        struct bdi_work *work = container_of(head, struct bdi_work, rcu_head);

        if (!bdi_work_on_stack(work))
                kfree(work);
        else
                bdi_work_clear(work);
}

static void wb_work_complete(struct bdi_work *work)
{
        const enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode = work->args.sync_mode;

        /*
         * For allocated work, we can clear the done/seen bit right here.
         * For on-stack work, we need to postpone both the clear and free
         * to after the RCU grace period, since the stack could be invalidated
         * as soon as bdi_work_clear() has done the wakeup.
         */
        if (!bdi_work_on_stack(work))
                bdi_work_clear(work);
        if (sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE || bdi_work_on_stack(work))
                call_rcu(&work->rcu_head, bdi_work_free);
}

static void wb_clear_pending(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct bdi_work *work)
{
        /*
         * The caller has retrieved the work arguments from this work,
         * drop our reference. If this is the last ref, delete and free it
         */
        if (atomic_dec_and_test(&work->pending)) {
                struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;

                spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
                list_del_rcu(&work->list);
                spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);

                wb_work_complete(work);
        }
}

static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct bdi_work *work)
{
        if (work) {
                work->seen = bdi->wb_mask;
                BUG_ON(!work->seen);
                atomic_set(&work->pending, bdi->wb_cnt);
                BUG_ON(!bdi->wb_cnt);

                /*
                 * Make sure stores are seen before it appears on the list
                 */
                smp_mb();

                spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
                list_add_tail_rcu(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
                spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);
        }

        /*
         * If the default thread isn't there, make sure we add it. When
         * it gets created and wakes up, we'll run this work.
         */
        if (unlikely(list_empty_careful(&bdi->wb_list)))
                wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info.wb.task);
        else {
                struct bdi_writeback *wb = &bdi->wb;

                /*
                 * If we failed allocating the bdi work item, wake up the wb
                 * thread always. As a safety precaution, it'll flush out
                 * everything
                 */
                if (!wb_has_dirty_io(wb)) {
                        if (work)
                                wb_clear_pending(wb, work);
                } else if (wb->task)
                        wake_up_process(wb->task);
        }
}

/*
 * Used for on-stack allocated work items. The caller needs to wait until
 * the wb threads have acked the work before it's safe to continue.
 */
static void bdi_wait_on_work_clear(struct bdi_work *work)
{
        wait_on_bit(&work->state, WS_USED_B, bdi_sched_wait,
                    TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
}

static void bdi_alloc_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
                                 struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
        struct bdi_work *work;

        work = kmalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
        if (work)
                bdi_work_init(work, wbc);

        bdi_queue_work(bdi, work);
}

void bdi_start_writeback(struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
        /*
         * WB_SYNC_NONE is opportunistic writeback. If this allocation fails,
         * bdi_queue_work() will wake up the thread and flush old data. This
         * should ensure some amount of progress in freeing memory.
         */
        if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL)
                bdi_alloc_queue_work(wbc->bdi, wbc);
        else {
                struct bdi_work work;

                bdi_work_init(&work, wbc);
                work.state |= WS_ONSTACK;

                bdi_queue_work(wbc->bdi, &work);
                bdi_wait_on_work_clear(&work);
        }
}

/*
 * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
 * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list.
 *
 * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is
 * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the b_dirty list.  If that is
 * 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)
{
        struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;

        if (!list_empty(&wb->b_dirty)) {
                struct inode *tail;

                tail = list_entry(wb->b_dirty.next, struct inode, i_list);
                if (time_before(inode->dirtied_when, tail->dirtied_when))
                        inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
        }
        list_move(&inode->i_list, &wb->b_dirty);
}

/*
 * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
 */
static void requeue_io(struct inode *inode)
{
        struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;

        list_move(&inode->i_list, &wb->b_more_io);
}

static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode *inode)
{
        /*
         * Prevent speculative execution through spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
         */
        smp_mb();
        wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
}

static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode *inode, unsigned long t)
{
        bool ret = time_after(inode->dirtied_when, t);
#ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
        /*
         * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck.
         * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past.
         * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times
         * from permanently stopping the whole pdflush writeback.
         */
        ret = ret && time_before_eq(inode->dirtied_when, jiffies);
#endif
        return ret;
}

/*
 * Move expired dirty inodes from @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
 */
static void move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
                               struct list_head *dispatch_queue,
                                unsigned long *older_than_this)
{
        while (!list_empty(delaying_queue)) {
                struct inode *inode = list_entry(delaying_queue->prev,
                                                struct inode, i_list);
                if (older_than_this &&
                    inode_dirtied_after(inode, *older_than_this))
                        break;
                list_move(&inode->i_list, dispatch_queue);
        }
}

/*
 * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
 */
static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long *older_than_this)
{
        list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, wb->b_io.prev);
        move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, older_than_this);
}

static int write_inode(struct inode *inode, int sync)
{
        if (inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode && !is_bad_inode(inode))
                return inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode(inode, sync);
        return 0;
}

/*
 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete.
 */
static void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode)
{
        DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq, &inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
        wait_queue_head_t *wqh;

        wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
        do {
                spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
                __wait_on_bit(wqh, &wq, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
                spin_lock(&inode_lock);
        } while (inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
}

/*
 * 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.
 */
static int
writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
        struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
        int wait = wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL;
        unsigned dirty;
        int ret;

        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 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.
                 */
                if (!wait) {
                        requeue_io(inode);
                        return 0;
                }

                /*
                 * It's a data-integrity sync.  We must wait.
                 */
                inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
        }

        BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_SYNC);

        /* Set I_SYNC, reset I_DIRTY */
        dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
        inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
        inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY;

        spin_unlock(&inode_lock);

        ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);

        /* 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, wait);
                if (ret == 0)
                        ret = err;
        }

        if (wait) {
                int err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
                if (ret == 0)
                        ret = err;
        }

        spin_lock(&inode_lock);
        inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
        if (!(inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_CLEAR))) {
                if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) &&
                    mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
                        /*
                         * We didn't write back all the pages.  nfs_writepages()
                         * sometimes bales out without doing anything. Redirty
                         * the inode; Move it from b_io onto b_more_io/b_dirty.
                         */
                        /*
                         * akpm: if the caller was the kupdate function we put
                         * this inode at the head of b_dirty so it gets first
                         * consideration.  Otherwise, move it to the tail, for
                         * the reasons described there.  I'm not really sure
                         * how much sense this makes.  Presumably I had a good
                         * reasons for doing it this way, and I'd rather not
                         * muck with it at present.
                         */
                        if (wbc->for_kupdate) {
                                /*
                                 * For the kupdate function we move the inode
                                 * to b_more_io so it will get more writeout as
                                 * soon as the queue becomes uncongested.
                                 */
                                inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
                                if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
                                        /*
                                         * slice used up: queue for next turn
                                         */
                                        requeue_io(inode);
                                } else {
                                        /*
                                         * somehow blocked: retry later
                                         */
                                        redirty_tail(inode);
                                }
                        } else {
                                /*
                                 * Otherwise fully redirty the inode so that
                                 * other inodes on this superblock will get some
                                 * writeout.  Otherwise heavy writing to one
                                 * file would indefinitely suspend writeout of
                                 * all the other files.
                                 */
                                inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
                                redirty_tail(inode);
                        }
                } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
                        /*
                         * Someone redirtied the inode while were writing back
                         * the pages.
                         */
                        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);
        return ret;
}

/*
 * For WB_SYNC_NONE 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.
 *
 * Returns 0 if the super was successfully pinned (or pinning wasn't needed),
 * 1 if we failed.
 */
static int pin_sb_for_writeback(struct writeback_control *wbc,
                                   struct inode *inode)
{
        struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;

        /*
         * Caller must already hold the ref for this
         */
        if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) {
                WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
                return 0;
        }

        spin_lock(&sb_lock);
        sb->s_count++;
        if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) {
                if (sb->s_root) {
                        spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
                        return 0;
                }
                /*
                 * umounted, drop rwsem again and fall through to failure
                 */
                up_read(&sb->s_umount);
        }

        sb->s_count--;
        spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
        return 1;
}

static void unpin_sb_for_writeback(struct writeback_control *wbc,
                                   struct inode *inode)
{
        struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;

        if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
                return;

        up_read(&sb->s_umount);
        put_super(sb);
}

static void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                                struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
        struct super_block *sb = wbc->sb;
        const int is_blkdev_sb = sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb);
        const unsigned long start = jiffies;    /* livelock avoidance */

        spin_lock(&inode_lock);

        if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
                queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);

        while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
                struct inode *inode = list_entry(wb->b_io.prev,
                                                struct inode, i_list);
                long pages_skipped;

                /*
                 * super block given and doesn't match, skip this inode
                 */
                if (sb && sb != inode->i_sb) {
                        redirty_tail(inode);
                        continue;
                }

                if (!bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(wb->bdi)) {
                        redirty_tail(inode);
                        if (is_blkdev_sb) {
                                /*
                                 * Dirty memory-backed blockdev: the ramdisk
                                 * driver does this.  Skip just this inode
                                 */
                                continue;
                        }
                        /*
                         * Dirty memory-backed inode against a filesystem other
                         * than the kernel-internal bdev filesystem.  Skip the
                         * entire superblock.
                         */
                        break;
                }

                if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_WILL_FREE)) {
                        requeue_io(inode);
                        continue;
                }

                if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(wb->bdi)) {
                        wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
                        if (!is_blkdev_sb)
                                break;          /* Skip a congested fs */
                        requeue_io(inode);
                        continue;               /* Skip a congested blockdev */
                }

                /*
                 * Was this inode dirtied after sync_sb_inodes was called?
                 * This keeps sync from extra jobs and livelock.
                 */
                if (inode_dirtied_after(inode, start))
                        break;

                if (pin_sb_for_writeback(wbc, inode)) {
                        requeue_io(inode);
                        continue;
                }

                BUG_ON(inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_CLEAR));
                __iget(inode);
                pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped;
                writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
                unpin_sb_for_writeback(wbc, inode);
                if (wbc->pages_skipped != pages_skipped) {
                        /*
                         * writeback is not making progress due to locked
                         * buffers.  Skip this inode for now.
                         */
                        redirty_tail(inode);
                }
                spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
                iput(inode);
                cond_resched();
                spin_lock(&inode_lock);
                if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
                        wbc->more_io = 1;
                        break;
                }
                if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io))
                        wbc->more_io = 1;
        }

        spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
        /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
}

void writeback_inodes_wbc(struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
        struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wbc->bdi;

        writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi->wb, wbc);
}

/*
 * 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

static inline bool over_bground_thresh(void)
{
        unsigned long background_thresh, dirty_thresh;

        get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, NULL, NULL);

        return (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
                global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) >= background_thresh);
}

/*
 * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
 *
 * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
 * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space.  So this periodic writeback code
 * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
 * older than a specific point in time.
 *
 * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval.  But if a writeback event
 * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
 * one-second gap.
 *
 * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write.  So we'll only write back
 * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
 */
static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                         struct wb_writeback_args *args)
{
        struct writeback_control wbc = {
                .bdi                    = wb->bdi,
                .sb                     = args->sb,
                .sync_mode              = args->sync_mode,
                .older_than_this        = NULL,
                .for_kupdate            = args->for_kupdate,
                .range_cyclic           = args->range_cyclic,
        };
        unsigned long oldest_jif;
        long wrote = 0;

        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;
        }

        for (;;) {
                /*
                 * Don't flush anything for non-integrity writeback where
                 * no nr_pages was given
                 */
                if (!args->for_kupdate && args->nr_pages <= 0 &&
                     args->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE)
                        break;

                /*
                 * If no specific pages were given and this is just a
                 * periodic background writeout and we are below the
                 * background dirty threshold, don't do anything
                 */
                if (args->for_kupdate && args->nr_pages <= 0 &&
                    !over_bground_thresh())
                        break;

                wbc.more_io = 0;
                wbc.encountered_congestion = 0;
                wbc.nr_to_write = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
                wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
                writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &wbc);
                args->nr_pages -= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
                wrote += MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;

                /*
                 * If we ran out of stuff to write, bail unless more_io got set
                 */
                if (wbc.nr_to_write > 0 || wbc.pages_skipped > 0) {
                        if (wbc.more_io && !wbc.for_kupdate)
                                continue;
                        break;
                }
        }

        return wrote;
}

/*
 * Return the next bdi_work struct that hasn't been processed by this
 * wb thread yet
 */
static struct bdi_work *get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
                                           struct bdi_writeback *wb)
{
        struct bdi_work *work, *ret = NULL;

        rcu_read_lock();

        list_for_each_entry_rcu(work, &bdi->work_list, list) {
                if (!test_and_clear_bit(wb->nr, &work->seen))
                        continue;

                ret = work;
                break;
        }

        rcu_read_unlock();
        return ret;
}

static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
{
        unsigned long expired;
        long nr_pages;

        expired = wb->last_old_flush +
                        msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
        if (time_before(jiffies, expired))
                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);

        if (nr_pages) {
                struct wb_writeback_args args = {
                        .nr_pages       = nr_pages,
                        .sync_mode      = WB_SYNC_NONE,
                        .for_kupdate    = 1,
                        .range_cyclic   = 1,
                };

                return wb_writeback(wb, &args);
        }

        return 0;
}

/*
 * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
 */
long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait)
{
        struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
        struct bdi_work *work;
        long wrote = 0;

        while ((work = get_next_work_item(bdi, wb)) != NULL) {
                struct wb_writeback_args args = work->args;

                /*
                 * Override sync mode, in case we must wait for completion
                 */
                if (force_wait)
                        work->args.sync_mode = args.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL;

                /*
                 * If this isn't a data integrity operation, just notify
                 * that we have seen this work and we are now starting it.
                 */
                if (args.sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE)
                        wb_clear_pending(wb, work);

                wrote += wb_writeback(wb, &args);

                /*
                 * This is a data integrity writeback, so only do the
                 * notification when we have completed the work.
                 */
                if (args.sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
                        wb_clear_pending(wb, work);
        }

        /*
         * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
         */
        wrote += wb_check_old_data_flush(wb);

        return wrote;
}

/*
 * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
 * wakes up periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
 */
int bdi_writeback_task(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
{
        unsigned long last_active = jiffies;
        unsigned long wait_jiffies = -1UL;
        long pages_written;

        while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
                pages_written = wb_do_writeback(wb, 0);

                if (pages_written)
                        last_active = jiffies;
                else if (wait_jiffies != -1UL) {
                        unsigned long max_idle;

                        /*
                         * Longest period of inactivity that we tolerate. If we
                         * see dirty data again later, the task will get
                         * recreated automatically.
                         */
                        max_idle = max(5UL * 60 * HZ, wait_jiffies);
                        if (time_after(jiffies, max_idle + last_active))
                                break;
                }

                wait_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
                set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
                schedule_timeout(wait_jiffies);
                try_to_freeze();
        }

        return 0;
}

/*
 * Schedule writeback for all backing devices. Can only be used for
 * WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, WB_SYNC_ALL should use bdi_start_writeback()
 * and pass in the superblock.
 */
static void bdi_writeback_all(struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
        struct backing_dev_info *bdi;

        WARN_ON(wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL);

        spin_lock(&bdi_lock);

        list_for_each_entry(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
                if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi))
                        continue;

                bdi_alloc_queue_work(bdi, wbc);
        }

        spin_unlock(&bdi_lock);
}

/*
 * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages.  If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
 * the whole world.
 */
void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages)
{
        struct writeback_control wbc = {
                .sync_mode      = WB_SYNC_NONE,
                .older_than_this = NULL,
                .range_cyclic   = 1,
        };

        if (nr_pages == 0)
                nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
                                global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
        wbc.nr_to_write = nr_pages;
        bdi_writeback_all(&wbc);
}

static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
{
        if (inode->i_ino || strcmp(inode->i_sb->s_id, "bdev")) {
                struct dentry *dentry;
                const char *name = "?";

                dentry = d_find_alias(inode);
                if (dentry) {
                        spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
                        name = (const char *) dentry->d_name.name;
                }
                printk(KERN_DEBUG
                       "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
                       current->comm, task_pid_nr(current), inode->i_ino,
                       name, inode->i_sb->s_id);
                if (dentry) {
                        spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
                        dput(dentry);
                }
        }
}

/**
 *      __mark_inode_dirty -    internal function
 *      @inode: inode to mark
 *      @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
 *      Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
 *      mark_inode_dirty_sync.
 *
 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
 *
 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
 *
 * 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
 * blockdev's pages.  This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
 * blockdev inode.
 */
void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
{
        struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;

        /*
         * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
         * dirty the inode itself
         */
        if (flags & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
                if (sb->s_op->dirty_inode)
                        sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode);
        }

        /*
         * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
         * -- mikulas
         */
        smp_mb();

        /* avoid the locking if we can */
        if ((inode->i_state & flags) == flags)
                return;

        if (unlikely(block_dump))
                block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode);

        spin_lock(&inode_lock);
        if ((inode->i_state & flags) != flags) {
                const int was_dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;

                inode->i_state |= flags;

                /*
                 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
                 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
                 * superblock list, based upon its state.
                 */
                if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC)
                        goto out;

                /*
                 * 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->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR))
                        goto out;

                /*
                 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
                 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
                 */
                if (!was_dirty) {
                        struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
                        struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;

                        if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi) &&
                            !test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state)) {
                                WARN_ON(1);
                                printk(KERN_ERR "bdi-%s not registered\n",
                                                                bdi->name);
                        }

                        inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
                        list_move(&inode->i_list, &wb->b_dirty);
                }
        }
out:
        spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
}
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 we're a pdlfush thread, then implement pdflush collision avoidance
 * against the entire list.
 *
 * 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 writeback_control *wbc)
{
        struct inode *inode, *old_inode = NULL;

        /*
         * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
         * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
         */
        WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&wbc->sb->s_umount));

        spin_lock(&inode_lock);

        /*
         * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
         * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
         * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
         * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
         * we still have to wait for that writeout.
         */
        list_for_each_entry(inode, &wbc->sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
                struct address_space *mapping;

                if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
                        continue;
                mapping = inode->i_mapping;
                if (mapping->nrpages == 0)
                        continue;
                __iget(inode);
                spin_unlock(&inode_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.
                 */
                iput(old_inode);
                old_inode = inode;

                filemap_fdatawait(mapping);

                cond_resched();

                spin_lock(&inode_lock);
        }
        spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
        iput(old_inode);
}

/**
 * writeback_inodes_sb  -       writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
 * @sb: the superblock
 *
 * 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.
 */
long writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
{
        struct writeback_control wbc = {
                .sb             = sb,
                .sync_mode      = WB_SYNC_NONE,
                .range_start    = 0,
                .range_end      = LLONG_MAX,
        };
        unsigned long nr_dirty = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY);
        unsigned long nr_unstable = global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
        long nr_to_write;

        nr_to_write = nr_dirty + nr_unstable +
                        (inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused);

        wbc.nr_to_write = nr_to_write;
        bdi_writeback_all(&wbc);
        return nr_to_write - wbc.nr_to_write;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb);

/**
 * 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.
 */
long sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
{
        struct writeback_control wbc = {
                .sb             = sb,
                .bdi            = sb->s_bdi,
                .sync_mode      = WB_SYNC_ALL,
                .range_start    = 0,
                .range_end      = LLONG_MAX,
        };
        long nr_to_write = LONG_MAX; /* doesn't actually matter */

        wbc.nr_to_write = nr_to_write;
        bdi_start_writeback(&wbc);
        wait_sb_inodes(&wbc);
        return nr_to_write - wbc.nr_to_write;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb);

/**
 * write_inode_now      -       write an inode to disk
 * @inode: inode to write to disk
 * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
 *
 * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
 * primarily needed by knfsd.
 *
 * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
 */
int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync)
{
        int ret;
        struct writeback_control wbc = {
                .nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
                .sync_mode = sync ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
                .range_start = 0,
                .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
        };

        if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode->i_mapping))
                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;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now);

/**
 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
 * @inode: the inode to sync
 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
 *
 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk.  It will also
 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
 * update inode->i_state.
 *
 * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
 */
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;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode);