writeback: stop background/kupdate works from livelocking other works
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1 /*
2 * fs/fs-writeback.c
4 * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds.
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.
11 * 10Apr2002 Andrew Morton
12 * Split out of fs/inode.c
13 * Additions for address_space-based writeback
16 #include <linux/kernel.h>
17 #include <linux/module.h>
18 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
19 #include <linux/slab.h>
20 #include <linux/sched.h>
21 #include <linux/fs.h>
22 #include <linux/mm.h>
23 #include <linux/kthread.h>
24 #include <linux/freezer.h>
25 #include <linux/writeback.h>
26 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
27 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
28 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
29 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
30 #include "internal.h"
33 * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
35 struct wb_writeback_work {
36 long nr_pages;
37 struct super_block *sb;
38 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
39 unsigned int for_kupdate:1;
40 unsigned int range_cyclic:1;
41 unsigned int for_background:1;
43 struct list_head list; /* pending work list */
44 struct completion *done; /* set if the caller waits */
48 * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the
49 * wb_writeback_work structure so that the definition remains local to this
50 * file.
52 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
53 #include <trace/events/writeback.h>
56 * We don't actually have pdflush, but this one is exported though /proc...
58 int nr_pdflush_threads;
60 /**
61 * writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress
62 * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure.
64 * Determine whether there is writeback waiting to be handled against a
65 * backing device.
67 int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
69 return test_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &bdi->state);
72 static inline struct backing_dev_info *inode_to_bdi(struct inode *inode)
74 struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
76 if (strcmp(sb->s_type->name, "bdev") == 0)
77 return inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info;
79 return sb->s_bdi;
82 static inline struct inode *wb_inode(struct list_head *head)
84 return list_entry(head, struct inode, i_wb_list);
87 /* Wakeup flusher thread or forker thread to fork it. Requires bdi->wb_lock. */
88 static void bdi_wakeup_flusher(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
90 if (bdi->wb.task) {
91 wake_up_process(bdi->wb.task);
92 } else {
94 * The bdi thread isn't there, wake up the forker thread which
95 * will create and run it.
97 wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info.wb.task);
101 static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
102 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
104 trace_writeback_queue(bdi, work);
106 spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
107 list_add_tail(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
108 if (!bdi->wb.task)
109 trace_writeback_nothread(bdi, work);
110 bdi_wakeup_flusher(bdi);
111 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
114 static void
115 __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages,
116 bool range_cyclic)
118 struct wb_writeback_work *work;
121 * This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just
122 * wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback
124 work = kzalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
125 if (!work) {
126 if (bdi->wb.task) {
127 trace_writeback_nowork(bdi);
128 wake_up_process(bdi->wb.task);
130 return;
133 work->sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE;
134 work->nr_pages = nr_pages;
135 work->range_cyclic = range_cyclic;
137 bdi_queue_work(bdi, work);
141 * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
142 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
143 * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
145 * Description:
146 * This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
147 * started when this function returns, we make no guarentees on
148 * completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
151 void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages)
153 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, nr_pages, true);
157 * bdi_start_background_writeback - start background writeback
158 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
160 * Description:
161 * This makes sure WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback happens. When
162 * this function returns, it is only guaranteed that for given BDI
163 * some IO is happening if we are over background dirty threshold.
164 * Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
166 void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
169 * We just wake up the flusher thread. It will perform background
170 * writeback as soon as there is no other work to do.
172 trace_writeback_wake_background(bdi);
173 spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
174 bdi_wakeup_flusher(bdi);
175 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
179 * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
180 * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list.
182 * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is
183 * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the b_dirty list. If that is
184 * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
185 * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
187 static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode)
189 struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
191 if (!list_empty(&wb->b_dirty)) {
192 struct inode *tail;
194 tail = wb_inode(wb->b_dirty.next);
195 if (time_before(inode->dirtied_when, tail->dirtied_when))
196 inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
198 list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &wb->b_dirty);
202 * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
204 static void requeue_io(struct inode *inode)
206 struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
208 list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &wb->b_more_io);
211 static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode *inode)
214 * Prevent speculative execution through spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
216 smp_mb();
217 wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
220 static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode *inode, unsigned long t)
222 bool ret = time_after(inode->dirtied_when, t);
223 #ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
225 * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck.
226 * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past.
227 * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times
228 * from permanently stopping the whole bdi writeback.
230 ret = ret && time_before_eq(inode->dirtied_when, jiffies);
231 #endif
232 return ret;
236 * Move expired dirty inodes from @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
238 static void move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
239 struct list_head *dispatch_queue,
240 unsigned long *older_than_this)
242 LIST_HEAD(tmp);
243 struct list_head *pos, *node;
244 struct super_block *sb = NULL;
245 struct inode *inode;
246 int do_sb_sort = 0;
248 while (!list_empty(delaying_queue)) {
249 inode = wb_inode(delaying_queue->prev);
250 if (older_than_this &&
251 inode_dirtied_after(inode, *older_than_this))
252 break;
253 if (sb && sb != inode->i_sb)
254 do_sb_sort = 1;
255 sb = inode->i_sb;
256 list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &tmp);
259 /* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */
260 if (!do_sb_sort) {
261 list_splice(&tmp, dispatch_queue);
262 return;
265 /* Move inodes from one superblock together */
266 while (!list_empty(&tmp)) {
267 sb = wb_inode(tmp.prev)->i_sb;
268 list_for_each_prev_safe(pos, node, &tmp) {
269 inode = wb_inode(pos);
270 if (inode->i_sb == sb)
271 list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, dispatch_queue);
277 * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
278 * Before
279 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
280 * =============> gf edc BA
281 * After
282 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
283 * =============> g fBAedc
285 * +--> dequeue for IO
287 static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long *older_than_this)
289 list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, &wb->b_io);
290 move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, older_than_this);
293 static int write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
295 if (inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode && !is_bad_inode(inode))
296 return inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode(inode, wbc);
297 return 0;
301 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete.
303 static void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode)
305 DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq, &inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
306 wait_queue_head_t *wqh;
308 wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
309 while (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
310 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
311 __wait_on_bit(wqh, &wq, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
312 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
317 * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Called under inode_lock. Either the
318 * caller has ref on the inode (either via __iget or via syscall against an fd)
319 * or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set (via generic_forget_inode)
321 * If `wait' is set, wait on the writeout.
323 * The whole writeout design is quite complex and fragile. We want to avoid
324 * starvation of particular inodes when others are being redirtied, prevent
325 * livelocks, etc.
327 * Called under inode_lock.
329 static int
330 writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
332 struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
333 unsigned dirty;
334 int ret;
336 if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_count))
337 WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)));
338 else
339 WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_WILL_FREE);
341 if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
343 * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not doing
344 * writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to b_more_io so that
345 * writeback can proceed with the other inodes on s_io.
347 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode when we
348 * completed a full scan of b_io.
350 if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) {
351 requeue_io(inode);
352 return 0;
356 * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait.
358 inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
361 BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
363 /* Set I_SYNC, reset I_DIRTY_PAGES */
364 inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
365 inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES;
366 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
368 ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
371 * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
372 * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
373 * I/O completion.
375 if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) {
376 int err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
377 if (ret == 0)
378 ret = err;
382 * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
383 * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
384 * write_inode()
386 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
387 dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
388 inode->i_state &= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
389 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
390 /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
391 if (dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
392 int err = write_inode(inode, wbc);
393 if (ret == 0)
394 ret = err;
397 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
398 inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
399 if (!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING)) {
400 if (mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
402 * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
403 * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
405 inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
406 if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
408 * slice used up: queue for next turn
410 requeue_io(inode);
411 } else {
413 * Writeback blocked by something other than
414 * congestion. Delay the inode for some time to
415 * avoid spinning on the CPU (100% iowait)
416 * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
417 * that cannot be performed immediately.
419 redirty_tail(inode);
421 } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
423 * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback
424 * operations, such as delayed allocation during
425 * submission or metadata updates after data IO
426 * completion.
428 redirty_tail(inode);
429 } else {
431 * The inode is clean. At this point we either have
432 * a reference to the inode or it's on it's way out.
433 * No need to add it back to the LRU.
435 list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
438 inode_sync_complete(inode);
439 return ret;
443 * For background writeback the caller does not have the sb pinned
444 * before calling writeback. So make sure that we do pin it, so it doesn't
445 * go away while we are writing inodes from it.
447 static bool pin_sb_for_writeback(struct super_block *sb)
449 spin_lock(&sb_lock);
450 if (list_empty(&sb->s_instances)) {
451 spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
452 return false;
455 sb->s_count++;
456 spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
458 if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) {
459 if (sb->s_root)
460 return true;
461 up_read(&sb->s_umount);
464 put_super(sb);
465 return false;
469 * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
471 * If @only_this_sb is true, then find and write all such
472 * inodes. Otherwise write only ones which go sequentially
473 * in reverse order.
475 * Return 1, if the caller writeback routine should be
476 * interrupted. Otherwise return 0.
478 static int writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
479 struct writeback_control *wbc, bool only_this_sb)
481 while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
482 long pages_skipped;
483 struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
485 if (inode->i_sb != sb) {
486 if (only_this_sb) {
488 * We only want to write back data for this
489 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
490 * to it back onto the dirty list.
492 redirty_tail(inode);
493 continue;
497 * The inode belongs to a different superblock.
498 * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
499 * pin the next superblock.
501 return 0;
505 * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes beeing freed, first
506 * kind does not need peridic writeout yet, and for the latter
507 * kind writeout is handled by the freer.
509 if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) {
510 requeue_io(inode);
511 continue;
515 * Was this inode dirtied after sync_sb_inodes was called?
516 * This keeps sync from extra jobs and livelock.
518 if (inode_dirtied_after(inode, wbc->wb_start))
519 return 1;
521 __iget(inode);
522 pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped;
523 writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
524 if (wbc->pages_skipped != pages_skipped) {
526 * writeback is not making progress due to locked
527 * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
529 redirty_tail(inode);
531 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
532 iput(inode);
533 cond_resched();
534 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
535 if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
536 wbc->more_io = 1;
537 return 1;
539 if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io))
540 wbc->more_io = 1;
542 /* b_io is empty */
543 return 1;
546 void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
547 struct writeback_control *wbc)
549 int ret = 0;
551 if (!wbc->wb_start)
552 wbc->wb_start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
553 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
554 if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
555 queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
557 while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
558 struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
559 struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
561 if (!pin_sb_for_writeback(sb)) {
562 requeue_io(inode);
563 continue;
565 ret = writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, wbc, false);
566 drop_super(sb);
568 if (ret)
569 break;
571 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
572 /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
575 static void __writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb,
576 struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct writeback_control *wbc)
578 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
580 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
581 if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
582 queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
583 writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, wbc, true);
584 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
588 * The maximum number of pages to writeout in a single bdi flush/kupdate
589 * operation. We do this so we don't hold I_SYNC against an inode for
590 * enormous amounts of time, which would block a userspace task which has
591 * been forced to throttle against that inode. Also, the code reevaluates
592 * the dirty each time it has written this many pages.
594 #define MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES 1024
596 static inline bool over_bground_thresh(void)
598 unsigned long background_thresh, dirty_thresh;
600 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
602 return (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
603 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) > background_thresh);
607 * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
609 * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
610 * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
611 * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
612 * older than a specific point in time.
614 * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
615 * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
616 * one-second gap.
618 * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
619 * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
621 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
622 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
624 struct writeback_control wbc = {
625 .sync_mode = work->sync_mode,
626 .older_than_this = NULL,
627 .for_kupdate = work->for_kupdate,
628 .for_background = work->for_background,
629 .range_cyclic = work->range_cyclic,
631 unsigned long oldest_jif;
632 long wrote = 0;
633 struct inode *inode;
635 if (wbc.for_kupdate) {
636 wbc.older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
637 oldest_jif = jiffies -
638 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10);
640 if (!wbc.range_cyclic) {
641 wbc.range_start = 0;
642 wbc.range_end = LLONG_MAX;
645 wbc.wb_start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
646 for (;;) {
648 * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
650 if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
651 break;
654 * Background writeout and kupdate-style writeback may
655 * run forever. Stop them if there is other work to do
656 * so that e.g. sync can proceed. They'll be restarted
657 * after the other works are all done.
659 if ((work->for_background || work->for_kupdate) &&
660 !list_empty(&wb->bdi->work_list))
661 break;
664 * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
665 * background dirty threshold
667 if (work->for_background && !over_bground_thresh())
668 break;
670 wbc.more_io = 0;
671 wbc.nr_to_write = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
672 wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
674 trace_wbc_writeback_start(&wbc, wb->bdi);
675 if (work->sb)
676 __writeback_inodes_sb(work->sb, wb, &wbc);
677 else
678 writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &wbc);
679 trace_wbc_writeback_written(&wbc, wb->bdi);
681 work->nr_pages -= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
682 wrote += MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
685 * If we consumed everything, see if we have more
687 if (wbc.nr_to_write <= 0)
688 continue;
690 * Didn't write everything and we don't have more IO, bail
692 if (!wbc.more_io)
693 break;
695 * Did we write something? Try for more
697 if (wbc.nr_to_write < MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES)
698 continue;
700 * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
701 * become available for writeback. Otherwise
702 * we'll just busyloop.
704 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
705 if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io)) {
706 inode = wb_inode(wb->b_more_io.prev);
707 trace_wbc_writeback_wait(&wbc, wb->bdi);
708 inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
710 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
713 return wrote;
717 * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet.
719 static struct wb_writeback_work *
720 get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
722 struct wb_writeback_work *work = NULL;
724 spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
725 if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list)) {
726 work = list_entry(bdi->work_list.next,
727 struct wb_writeback_work, list);
728 list_del_init(&work->list);
730 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
731 return work;
735 * Add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode
736 * write can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
738 static unsigned long get_nr_dirty_pages(void)
740 return global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
741 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
742 get_nr_dirty_inodes();
745 static long wb_check_background_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
747 if (over_bground_thresh()) {
749 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
750 .nr_pages = LONG_MAX,
751 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
752 .for_background = 1,
753 .range_cyclic = 1,
756 return wb_writeback(wb, &work);
759 return 0;
762 static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
764 unsigned long expired;
765 long nr_pages;
768 * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
770 if (!dirty_writeback_interval)
771 return 0;
773 expired = wb->last_old_flush +
774 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
775 if (time_before(jiffies, expired))
776 return 0;
778 wb->last_old_flush = jiffies;
779 nr_pages = get_nr_dirty_pages();
781 if (nr_pages) {
782 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
783 .nr_pages = nr_pages,
784 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
785 .for_kupdate = 1,
786 .range_cyclic = 1,
789 return wb_writeback(wb, &work);
792 return 0;
796 * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
798 long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait)
800 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
801 struct wb_writeback_work *work;
802 long wrote = 0;
804 set_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &wb->bdi->state);
805 while ((work = get_next_work_item(bdi)) != NULL) {
807 * Override sync mode, in case we must wait for completion
808 * because this thread is exiting now.
810 if (force_wait)
811 work->sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL;
813 trace_writeback_exec(bdi, work);
815 wrote += wb_writeback(wb, work);
818 * Notify the caller of completion if this is a synchronous
819 * work item, otherwise just free it.
821 if (work->done)
822 complete(work->done);
823 else
824 kfree(work);
828 * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
830 wrote += wb_check_old_data_flush(wb);
831 wrote += wb_check_background_flush(wb);
832 clear_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &wb->bdi->state);
834 return wrote;
838 * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
839 * wakes up periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
841 int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)
843 struct bdi_writeback *wb = data;
844 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
845 long pages_written;
847 current->flags |= PF_SWAPWRITE;
848 set_freezable();
849 wb->last_active = jiffies;
852 * Our parent may run at a different priority, just set us to normal
854 set_user_nice(current, 0);
856 trace_writeback_thread_start(bdi);
858 while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
860 * Remove own delayed wake-up timer, since we are already awake
861 * and we'll take care of the preriodic write-back.
863 del_timer(&wb->wakeup_timer);
865 pages_written = wb_do_writeback(wb, 0);
867 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written);
869 if (pages_written)
870 wb->last_active = jiffies;
872 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
873 if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list) || kthread_should_stop()) {
874 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
875 continue;
878 if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb) && dirty_writeback_interval)
879 schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10));
880 else {
882 * We have nothing to do, so can go sleep without any
883 * timeout and save power. When a work is queued or
884 * something is made dirty - we will be woken up.
886 schedule();
889 try_to_freeze();
892 /* Flush any work that raced with us exiting */
893 if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list))
894 wb_do_writeback(wb, 1);
896 trace_writeback_thread_stop(bdi);
897 return 0;
902 * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
903 * the whole world.
905 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages)
907 struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
909 if (!nr_pages) {
910 nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
911 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
914 rcu_read_lock();
915 list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
916 if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi))
917 continue;
918 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, nr_pages, false);
920 rcu_read_unlock();
923 static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
925 if (inode->i_ino || strcmp(inode->i_sb->s_id, "bdev")) {
926 struct dentry *dentry;
927 const char *name = "?";
929 dentry = d_find_alias(inode);
930 if (dentry) {
931 spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
932 name = (const char *) dentry->d_name.name;
934 printk(KERN_DEBUG
935 "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
936 current->comm, task_pid_nr(current), inode->i_ino,
937 name, inode->i_sb->s_id);
938 if (dentry) {
939 spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
940 dput(dentry);
946 * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function
947 * @inode: inode to mark
948 * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
949 * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
950 * mark_inode_dirty_sync.
952 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
954 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
955 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
956 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
957 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
959 * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
960 * them dirty.
962 * This function *must* be atomic for the I_DIRTY_PAGES case -
963 * set_page_dirty() is called under spinlock in several places.
965 * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
966 * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
967 * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
968 * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
969 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
970 * blockdev inode.
972 void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
974 struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
975 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = NULL;
976 bool wakeup_bdi = false;
979 * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
980 * dirty the inode itself
982 if (flags & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
983 if (sb->s_op->dirty_inode)
984 sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode);
988 * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
989 * -- mikulas
991 smp_mb();
993 /* avoid the locking if we can */
994 if ((inode->i_state & flags) == flags)
995 return;
997 if (unlikely(block_dump))
998 block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode);
1000 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
1001 if ((inode->i_state & flags) != flags) {
1002 const int was_dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
1004 inode->i_state |= flags;
1007 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
1008 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
1009 * superblock list, based upon its state.
1011 if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC)
1012 goto out;
1015 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
1016 * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
1018 if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
1019 if (inode_unhashed(inode))
1020 goto out;
1022 if (inode->i_state & I_FREEING)
1023 goto out;
1026 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
1027 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
1029 if (!was_dirty) {
1030 bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode);
1032 if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) {
1033 WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state),
1034 "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi->name);
1037 * If this is the first dirty inode for this
1038 * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding
1039 * bdi thread to make sure background
1040 * write-back happens later.
1042 if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi->wb))
1043 wakeup_bdi = true;
1046 inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
1047 list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &bdi->wb.b_dirty);
1050 out:
1051 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
1053 if (wakeup_bdi)
1054 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi);
1056 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty);
1059 * Write out a superblock's list of dirty inodes. A wait will be performed
1060 * upon no inodes, all inodes or the final one, depending upon sync_mode.
1062 * If older_than_this is non-NULL, then only write out inodes which
1063 * had their first dirtying at a time earlier than *older_than_this.
1065 * If `bdi' is non-zero then we're being asked to writeback a specific queue.
1066 * This function assumes that the blockdev superblock's inodes are backed by
1067 * a variety of queues, so all inodes are searched. For other superblocks,
1068 * assume that all inodes are backed by the same queue.
1070 * The inodes to be written are parked on bdi->b_io. They are moved back onto
1071 * bdi->b_dirty as they are selected for writing. This way, none can be missed
1072 * on the writer throttling path, and we get decent balancing between many
1073 * throttled threads: we don't want them all piling up on inode_sync_wait.
1075 static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
1077 struct inode *inode, *old_inode = NULL;
1080 * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
1081 * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
1083 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
1085 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
1088 * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
1089 * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
1090 * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
1091 * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
1092 * we still have to wait for that writeout.
1094 list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
1095 struct address_space *mapping;
1097 if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
1098 continue;
1099 mapping = inode->i_mapping;
1100 if (mapping->nrpages == 0)
1101 continue;
1102 __iget(inode);
1103 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
1105 * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have
1106 * been removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
1107 * inode_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
1108 * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it
1109 * under inode_lock. So we keep the reference and iput
1110 * it later.
1112 iput(old_inode);
1113 old_inode = inode;
1115 filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
1117 cond_resched();
1119 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
1121 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
1122 iput(old_inode);
1126 * writeback_inodes_sb_nr - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1127 * @sb: the superblock
1128 * @nr: the number of pages to write
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.
1134 void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long nr)
1136 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
1137 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
1138 .sb = sb,
1139 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
1140 .done = &done,
1141 .nr_pages = nr,
1144 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
1145 bdi_queue_work(sb->s_bdi, &work);
1146 wait_for_completion(&done);
1148 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr);
1151 * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1152 * @sb: the superblock
1154 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1155 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1156 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1158 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
1160 return writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, get_nr_dirty_pages());
1162 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb);
1165 * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
1166 * @sb: the superblock
1168 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
1169 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1171 int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *sb)
1173 if (!writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi)) {
1174 down_read(&sb->s_umount);
1175 writeback_inodes_sb(sb);
1176 up_read(&sb->s_umount);
1177 return 1;
1178 } else
1179 return 0;
1181 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle);
1184 * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
1185 * @sb: the superblock
1186 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1188 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
1189 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1191 int writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle(struct super_block *sb,
1192 unsigned long nr)
1194 if (!writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi)) {
1195 down_read(&sb->s_umount);
1196 writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, nr);
1197 up_read(&sb->s_umount);
1198 return 1;
1199 } else
1200 return 0;
1202 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle);
1205 * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
1206 * @sb: the superblock
1208 * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
1209 * super_block. The number of pages synced is returned.
1211 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
1213 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
1214 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
1215 .sb = sb,
1216 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
1217 .nr_pages = LONG_MAX,
1218 .range_cyclic = 0,
1219 .done = &done,
1222 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
1224 bdi_queue_work(sb->s_bdi, &work);
1225 wait_for_completion(&done);
1227 wait_sb_inodes(sb);
1229 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb);
1232 * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
1233 * @inode: inode to write to disk
1234 * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
1236 * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
1237 * primarily needed by knfsd.
1239 * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
1241 int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync)
1243 int ret;
1244 struct writeback_control wbc = {
1245 .nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
1246 .sync_mode = sync ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
1247 .range_start = 0,
1248 .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
1251 if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode->i_mapping))
1252 wbc.nr_to_write = 0;
1254 might_sleep();
1255 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
1256 ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, &wbc);
1257 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
1258 if (sync)
1259 inode_sync_wait(inode);
1260 return ret;
1262 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now);
1265 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
1266 * @inode: the inode to sync
1267 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
1269 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also
1270 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
1271 * update inode->i_state.
1273 * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
1275 int sync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
1277 int ret;
1279 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
1280 ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
1281 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
1282 return ret;
1284 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode);
1287 * sync_inode - write an inode to disk
1288 * @inode: the inode to sync
1289 * @wait: wait for I/O to complete.
1291 * Write an inode to disk and adjust it's dirty state after completion.
1293 * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata.
1295 int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode *inode, int wait)
1297 struct writeback_control wbc = {
1298 .sync_mode = wait ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
1299 .nr_to_write = 0, /* metadata-only */
1302 return sync_inode(inode, &wbc);
1304 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata);