long nr_pages;
struct super_block *sb;
enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
- int for_kupdate;
- int range_cyclic;
+ int for_kupdate:1;
+ int range_cyclic:1;
+ int for_background:1;
};
/*
* Work items for the bdi_writeback threads
*/
struct bdi_work {
- struct list_head list;
- struct rcu_head rcu_head;
+ struct list_head list; /* pending work list */
+ struct rcu_head rcu_head; /* for RCU free/clear of work */
- unsigned long seen;
- atomic_t pending;
+ unsigned long seen; /* threads that have seen this work */
+ atomic_t pending; /* number of threads still to do work */
- struct wb_writeback_args args;
+ struct wb_writeback_args args; /* writeback arguments */
- unsigned long state;
+ unsigned long state; /* flag bits, see WS_* */
};
enum {
}
static inline void bdi_work_init(struct bdi_work *work,
- struct writeback_control *wbc)
+ struct wb_writeback_args *args)
{
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->args = *args;
work->state = WS_USED;
}
{
clear_bit(WS_USED_B, &work->state);
smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
+ /*
+ * work can have disappeared at this point. bit waitq functions
+ * should be able to tolerate this, provided bdi_sched_wait does
+ * not dereference it's pointer argument.
+ */
wake_up_bit(&work->state, WS_USED_B);
}
static void wb_work_complete(struct bdi_work *work)
{
const enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode = work->args.sync_mode;
+ int onstack = bdi_work_on_stack(work);
/*
* For allocated work, we can clear the done/seen bit right here.
* 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))
+ if (!onstack)
bdi_work_clear(work);
- if (sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE || bdi_work_on_stack(work))
+ if (sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE || onstack)
call_rcu(&work->rcu_head, bdi_work_free);
}
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();
+ work->seen = bdi->wb_mask;
+ BUG_ON(!work->seen);
+ atomic_set(&work->pending, bdi->wb_cnt);
+ BUG_ON(!bdi->wb_cnt);
- spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
- list_add_tail_rcu(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
- spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);
- }
+ /*
+ * list_add_tail_rcu() contains the necessary barriers to
+ * make sure the above stores are seen before the item is
+ * noticed on the list
+ */
+ spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
+ list_add_tail_rcu(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
+ spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);
/*
* If the default thread isn't there, make sure we add it. When
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)
+ if (wb->task)
wake_up_process(wb->task);
}
}
}
static void bdi_alloc_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
- struct writeback_control *wbc)
+ struct wb_writeback_args *args)
{
struct bdi_work *work;
+ /*
+ * This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just
+ * wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback
+ */
work = kmalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
- if (work)
- bdi_work_init(work, wbc);
+ if (work) {
+ bdi_work_init(work, args);
+ bdi_queue_work(bdi, work);
+ } else {
+ struct bdi_writeback *wb = &bdi->wb;
+
+ if (wb->task)
+ wake_up_process(wb->task);
+ }
+}
- bdi_queue_work(bdi, work);
+/**
+ * bdi_sync_writeback - start and wait for writeback
+ * @bdi: the backing device to write from
+ * @sb: write inodes from this super_block
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * This does WB_SYNC_ALL data integrity writeback and waits for the
+ * IO to complete. Callers must hold the sb s_umount semaphore for
+ * reading, to avoid having the super disappear before we are done.
+ */
+static void bdi_sync_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
+ struct super_block *sb)
+{
+ struct wb_writeback_args args = {
+ .sb = sb,
+ .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
+ .nr_pages = LONG_MAX,
+ .range_cyclic = 0,
+ };
+ struct bdi_work work;
+
+ bdi_work_init(&work, &args);
+ work.state |= WS_ONSTACK;
+
+ bdi_queue_work(bdi, &work);
+ bdi_wait_on_work_clear(&work);
}
-void bdi_start_writeback(struct writeback_control *wbc)
+/**
+ * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
+ * @bdi: the backing device to write from
+ * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
+ * started when this function returns, we make no guarentees on
+ * completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
+ *
+ */
+void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages)
{
+ struct wb_writeback_args args = {
+ .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
+ .nr_pages = nr_pages,
+ .range_cyclic = 1,
+ };
+
/*
- * 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.
+ * We treat @nr_pages=0 as the special case to do background writeback,
+ * ie. to sync pages until the background dirty threshold is reached.
*/
- 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);
+ if (!nr_pages) {
+ args.nr_pages = LONG_MAX;
+ args.for_background = 1;
}
+
+ bdi_alloc_queue_work(bdi, &args);
}
/*
* 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.
+ * from permanently stopping the whole bdi writeback.
*/
ret = ret && time_before_eq(inode->dirtied_when, jiffies);
#endif
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)) {
+ if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
+ /*
+ * Someone redirtied the inode while were writing back
+ * the pages.
+ */
+ redirty_tail(inode);
+ } else if (mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
/*
* We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
* sometimes bales out without doing anything. Redirty
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
};
unsigned long oldest_jif;
long wrote = 0;
+ struct inode *inode;
if (wbc.for_kupdate) {
wbc.older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
for (;;) {
/*
- * Don't flush anything for non-integrity writeback where
- * no nr_pages was given
+ * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
*/
- if (!args->for_kupdate && args->nr_pages <= 0 &&
- args->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE)
+ if (args->nr_pages <= 0)
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
+ * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
+ * background dirty threshold
*/
- if (args->for_kupdate && args->nr_pages <= 0 &&
- !over_bground_thresh())
+ if (args->for_background && !over_bground_thresh())
break;
wbc.more_io = 0;
wrote += MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
/*
- * If we ran out of stuff to write, bail unless more_io got set
+ * If we consumed everything, see if we have more
*/
- if (wbc.nr_to_write > 0 || wbc.pages_skipped > 0) {
- if (wbc.more_io && !wbc.for_kupdate)
- continue;
+ if (wbc.nr_to_write <= 0)
+ continue;
+ /*
+ * Didn't write everything and we don't have more IO, bail
+ */
+ if (!wbc.more_io)
break;
+ /*
+ * Did we write something? Try for more
+ */
+ if (wbc.nr_to_write < MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES)
+ continue;
+ /*
+ * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
+ * become available for writeback. Otherwise
+ * we'll just busyloop.
+ */
+ spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+ if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io)) {
+ inode = list_entry(wb->b_more_io.prev,
+ struct inode, i_list);
+ inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
}
+ spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
}
return wrote;
/*
* Return the next bdi_work struct that hasn't been processed by this
- * wb thread yet
+ * wb thread yet. ->seen is initially set for each thread that exists
+ * for this device, when a thread first notices a piece of work it
+ * clears its bit. Depending on writeback type, the thread will notify
+ * completion on either receiving the work (WB_SYNC_NONE) or after
+ * it is done (WB_SYNC_ALL).
*/
static struct bdi_work *get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
struct bdi_writeback *wb)
rcu_read_lock();
list_for_each_entry_rcu(work, &bdi->work_list, list) {
- if (!test_and_clear_bit(wb->nr, &work->seen))
+ if (!test_bit(wb->nr, &work->seen))
continue;
+ clear_bit(wb->nr, &work->seen);
ret = work;
break;
}
wait_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
- set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
- schedule_timeout(wait_jiffies);
+ schedule_timeout_interruptible(wait_jiffies);
try_to_freeze();
}
}
/*
- * 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.
+ * Schedule writeback for all backing devices. This does WB_SYNC_NONE
+ * writeback, for integrity writeback see bdi_sync_writeback().
*/
-static void bdi_writeback_all(struct writeback_control *wbc)
+static void bdi_writeback_all(struct super_block *sb, long nr_pages)
{
+ struct wb_writeback_args args = {
+ .sb = sb,
+ .nr_pages = nr_pages,
+ .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
+ };
struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
- WARN_ON(wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL);
-
rcu_read_lock();
list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi))
continue;
- bdi_alloc_queue_work(bdi, wbc);
+ bdi_alloc_queue_work(bdi, &args);
}
rcu_read_unlock();
*/
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);
+ bdi_writeback_all(NULL, nr_pages);
}
static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
* 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,
* 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)
+static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
{
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));
+ WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
spin_lock(&inode_lock);
* 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) {
+ list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
struct address_space *mapping;
if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
* for IO completion of submitted IO. The number of pages submitted is
* returned.
*/
-long writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
+void 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;
+ bdi_writeback_all(sb, nr_to_write);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb);
* 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)
+void 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;
+ bdi_sync_writeback(sb->s_bdi, sb);
+ wait_sb_inodes(sb);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb);
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