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/export.h>
18 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
19 #include <linux/slab.h>
20 #include <linux/sched.h>
23 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
24 #include <linux/kthread.h>
25 #include <linux/writeback.h>
26 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
27 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
28 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
32 * 4MB minimal write chunk size
34 #define MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES (4096UL >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - 10))
37 * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
39 struct wb_writeback_work
{
41 struct super_block
*sb
;
42 unsigned long *older_than_this
;
43 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode
;
44 unsigned int tagged_writepages
:1;
45 unsigned int for_kupdate
:1;
46 unsigned int range_cyclic
:1;
47 unsigned int for_background
:1;
48 unsigned int for_sync
:1; /* sync(2) WB_SYNC_ALL writeback */
49 enum wb_reason reason
; /* why was writeback initiated? */
51 struct list_head list
; /* pending work list */
52 struct completion
*done
; /* set if the caller waits */
56 * writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress
57 * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure.
59 * Determine whether there is writeback waiting to be handled against a
62 int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
64 return test_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &bdi
->state
);
66 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_in_progress
);
68 static inline struct backing_dev_info
*inode_to_bdi(struct inode
*inode
)
70 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
72 if (strcmp(sb
->s_type
->name
, "bdev") == 0)
73 return inode
->i_mapping
->backing_dev_info
;
78 static inline struct inode
*wb_inode(struct list_head
*head
)
80 return list_entry(head
, struct inode
, i_wb_list
);
84 * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the
85 * wb_writeback_work structure and inline functions so that the definition
86 * remains local to this file.
88 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
89 #include <trace/events/writeback.h>
91 static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
92 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
94 trace_writeback_queue(bdi
, work
);
96 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
97 list_add_tail(&work
->list
, &bdi
->work_list
);
98 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
100 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq
, &bdi
->wb
.dwork
, 0);
104 __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, long nr_pages
,
105 bool range_cyclic
, enum wb_reason reason
)
107 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
110 * This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just
111 * wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback
113 work
= kzalloc(sizeof(*work
), GFP_ATOMIC
);
115 trace_writeback_nowork(bdi
);
116 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq
, &bdi
->wb
.dwork
, 0);
120 work
->sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
;
121 work
->nr_pages
= nr_pages
;
122 work
->range_cyclic
= range_cyclic
;
123 work
->reason
= reason
;
125 bdi_queue_work(bdi
, work
);
129 * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
130 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
131 * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
132 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
135 * This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
136 * started when this function returns, we make no guarantees on
137 * completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
140 void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, long nr_pages
,
141 enum wb_reason reason
)
143 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, true, reason
);
147 * bdi_start_background_writeback - start background writeback
148 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
151 * This makes sure WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback happens. When
152 * this function returns, it is only guaranteed that for given BDI
153 * some IO is happening if we are over background dirty threshold.
154 * Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
156 void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
159 * We just wake up the flusher thread. It will perform background
160 * writeback as soon as there is no other work to do.
162 trace_writeback_wake_background(bdi
);
163 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq
, &bdi
->wb
.dwork
, 0);
167 * Remove the inode from the writeback list it is on.
169 void inode_wb_list_del(struct inode
*inode
)
171 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
173 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
174 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
175 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_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
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
189 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
190 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_dirty
)) {
193 tail
= wb_inode(wb
->b_dirty
.next
);
194 if (time_before(inode
->dirtied_when
, tail
->dirtied_when
))
195 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
197 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &wb
->b_dirty
);
201 * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
203 static void requeue_io(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
205 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
206 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &wb
->b_more_io
);
209 static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode
*inode
)
211 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_SYNC
;
212 /* If inode is clean an unused, put it into LRU now... */
213 inode_add_lru(inode
);
214 /* Waiters must see I_SYNC cleared before being woken up */
216 wake_up_bit(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
219 static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode
*inode
, unsigned long t
)
221 bool ret
= time_after(inode
->dirtied_when
, t
);
224 * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck.
225 * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past.
226 * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times
227 * from permanently stopping the whole bdi writeback.
229 ret
= ret
&& time_before_eq(inode
->dirtied_when
, jiffies
);
235 * Move expired (dirtied before work->older_than_this) dirty inodes from
236 * @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
238 static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head
*delaying_queue
,
239 struct list_head
*dispatch_queue
,
240 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
243 struct list_head
*pos
, *node
;
244 struct super_block
*sb
= NULL
;
249 while (!list_empty(delaying_queue
)) {
250 inode
= wb_inode(delaying_queue
->prev
);
251 if (work
->older_than_this
&&
252 inode_dirtied_after(inode
, *work
->older_than_this
))
254 if (sb
&& sb
!= inode
->i_sb
)
257 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &tmp
);
261 /* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */
263 list_splice(&tmp
, dispatch_queue
);
267 /* Move inodes from one superblock together */
268 while (!list_empty(&tmp
)) {
269 sb
= wb_inode(tmp
.prev
)->i_sb
;
270 list_for_each_prev_safe(pos
, node
, &tmp
) {
271 inode
= wb_inode(pos
);
272 if (inode
->i_sb
== sb
)
273 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, dispatch_queue
);
281 * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
283 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
284 * =============> gf edc BA
286 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
287 * =============> g fBAedc
289 * +--> dequeue for IO
291 static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
294 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
295 list_splice_init(&wb
->b_more_io
, &wb
->b_io
);
296 moved
= move_expired_inodes(&wb
->b_dirty
, &wb
->b_io
, work
);
297 trace_writeback_queue_io(wb
, work
, moved
);
300 static int write_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
304 if (inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode
&& !is_bad_inode(inode
)) {
305 trace_writeback_write_inode_start(inode
, wbc
);
306 ret
= inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
307 trace_writeback_write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
314 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Called with i_lock held.
315 * Caller must make sure inode cannot go away when we drop i_lock.
317 static void __inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
318 __releases(inode
->i_lock
)
319 __acquires(inode
->i_lock
)
321 DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq
, &inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
322 wait_queue_head_t
*wqh
;
324 wqh
= bit_waitqueue(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
325 while (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
326 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
327 __wait_on_bit(wqh
, &wq
, inode_wait
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
328 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
333 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Caller must have inode pinned.
335 void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
337 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
338 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
);
339 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
343 * Sleep until I_SYNC is cleared. This function must be called with i_lock
344 * held and drops it. It is aimed for callers not holding any inode reference
345 * so once i_lock is dropped, inode can go away.
347 static void inode_sleep_on_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
348 __releases(inode
->i_lock
)
351 wait_queue_head_t
*wqh
= bit_waitqueue(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
354 prepare_to_wait(wqh
, &wait
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
355 sleep
= inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
;
356 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
359 finish_wait(wqh
, &wait
);
363 * Find proper writeback list for the inode depending on its current state and
364 * possibly also change of its state while we were doing writeback. Here we
365 * handle things such as livelock prevention or fairness of writeback among
366 * inodes. This function can be called only by flusher thread - noone else
367 * processes all inodes in writeback lists and requeueing inodes behind flusher
368 * thread's back can have unexpected consequences.
370 static void requeue_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
371 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
373 if (inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)
377 * Sync livelock prevention. Each inode is tagged and synced in one
378 * shot. If still dirty, it will be redirty_tail()'ed below. Update
379 * the dirty time to prevent enqueue and sync it again.
381 if ((inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) &&
382 (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| wbc
->tagged_writepages
))
383 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
385 if (wbc
->pages_skipped
) {
387 * writeback is not making progress due to locked
388 * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
390 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
394 if (mapping_tagged(inode
->i_mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
)) {
396 * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
397 * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
399 if (wbc
->nr_to_write
<= 0) {
400 /* Slice used up. Queue for next turn. */
401 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
404 * Writeback blocked by something other than
405 * congestion. Delay the inode for some time to
406 * avoid spinning on the CPU (100% iowait)
407 * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
408 * that cannot be performed immediately.
410 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
412 } else if (inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) {
414 * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback operations,
415 * such as delayed allocation during submission or metadata
416 * updates after data IO completion.
418 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
420 /* The inode is clean. Remove from writeback lists. */
421 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
426 * Write out an inode and its dirty pages. Do not update the writeback list
427 * linkage. That is left to the caller. The caller is also responsible for
428 * setting I_SYNC flag and calling inode_sync_complete() to clear it.
431 __writeback_single_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
433 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
434 long nr_to_write
= wbc
->nr_to_write
;
438 WARN_ON(!(inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
));
440 trace_writeback_single_inode_start(inode
, wbc
, nr_to_write
);
442 ret
= do_writepages(mapping
, wbc
);
445 * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
446 * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
447 * I/O completion. We don't do it for sync(2) writeback because it has a
448 * separate, external IO completion path and ->sync_fs for guaranteeing
449 * inode metadata is written back correctly.
451 if (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
&& !wbc
->for_sync
) {
452 int err
= filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
458 * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
459 * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
462 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
463 /* Clear I_DIRTY_PAGES if we've written out all dirty pages */
464 if (!mapping_tagged(mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
))
465 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES
;
466 dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
467 inode
->i_state
&= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
);
468 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
469 /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
470 if (dirty
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
471 int err
= write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
475 trace_writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
, nr_to_write
);
480 * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Either the caller has an active reference
481 * on the inode or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set.
483 * This function is designed to be called for writing back one inode which
484 * we go e.g. from filesystem. Flusher thread uses __writeback_single_inode()
485 * and does more profound writeback list handling in writeback_sb_inodes().
488 writeback_single_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
489 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
493 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
494 if (!atomic_read(&inode
->i_count
))
495 WARN_ON(!(inode
->i_state
& (I_WILL_FREE
|I_FREEING
)));
497 WARN_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_WILL_FREE
);
499 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
500 if (wbc
->sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
)
503 * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait. Since callers hold
504 * inode reference or inode has I_WILL_FREE set, it cannot go
507 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
);
509 WARN_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
);
511 * Skip inode if it is clean. We don't want to mess with writeback
512 * lists in this function since flusher thread may be doing for example
513 * sync in parallel and if we move the inode, it could get skipped. So
514 * here we make sure inode is on some writeback list and leave it there
515 * unless we have completely cleaned the inode.
517 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
519 inode
->i_state
|= I_SYNC
;
520 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
522 ret
= __writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
);
524 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
525 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
527 * If inode is clean, remove it from writeback lists. Otherwise don't
528 * touch it. See comment above for explanation.
530 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
531 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
532 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
533 inode_sync_complete(inode
);
535 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
539 static long writeback_chunk_size(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
540 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
545 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
546 * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
547 * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
549 * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
552 * writeback_sb_inodes() <== called only once
553 * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode
554 * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
555 * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
557 if (work
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| work
->tagged_writepages
)
560 pages
= min(bdi
->avg_write_bandwidth
/ 2,
561 global_dirty_limit
/ DIRTY_SCOPE
);
562 pages
= min(pages
, work
->nr_pages
);
563 pages
= round_down(pages
+ MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
,
564 MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
);
571 * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
573 * Return the number of pages and/or inodes written.
575 static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
,
576 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
577 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
579 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
580 .sync_mode
= work
->sync_mode
,
581 .tagged_writepages
= work
->tagged_writepages
,
582 .for_kupdate
= work
->for_kupdate
,
583 .for_background
= work
->for_background
,
584 .for_sync
= work
->for_sync
,
585 .range_cyclic
= work
->range_cyclic
,
587 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
589 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
591 long wrote
= 0; /* count both pages and inodes */
593 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
594 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
596 if (inode
->i_sb
!= sb
) {
599 * We only want to write back data for this
600 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
601 * to it back onto the dirty list.
603 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
608 * The inode belongs to a different superblock.
609 * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
610 * pin the next superblock.
616 * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes being freed, first
617 * kind does not need periodic writeout yet, and for the latter
618 * kind writeout is handled by the freer.
620 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
621 if (inode
->i_state
& (I_NEW
| I_FREEING
| I_WILL_FREE
)) {
622 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
623 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
626 if ((inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) && wbc
.sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
) {
628 * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not
629 * doing writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to
630 * b_more_io so that writeback can proceed with the
631 * other inodes on s_io.
633 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode
634 * when we completed a full scan of b_io.
636 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
637 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
638 trace_writeback_sb_inodes_requeue(inode
);
641 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
644 * We already requeued the inode if it had I_SYNC set and we
645 * are doing WB_SYNC_NONE writeback. So this catches only the
648 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
649 /* Wait for I_SYNC. This function drops i_lock... */
650 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode
);
651 /* Inode may be gone, start again */
652 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
655 inode
->i_state
|= I_SYNC
;
656 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
658 write_chunk
= writeback_chunk_size(wb
->bdi
, work
);
659 wbc
.nr_to_write
= write_chunk
;
660 wbc
.pages_skipped
= 0;
663 * We use I_SYNC to pin the inode in memory. While it is set
664 * evict_inode() will wait so the inode cannot be freed.
666 __writeback_single_inode(inode
, &wbc
);
668 work
->nr_pages
-= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
669 wrote
+= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
670 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
671 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
672 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
674 requeue_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
675 inode_sync_complete(inode
);
676 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
677 cond_resched_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
679 * bail out to wb_writeback() often enough to check
680 * background threshold and other termination conditions.
683 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
685 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
692 static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
693 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
695 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
698 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
699 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
700 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
702 if (!grab_super_passive(sb
)) {
704 * grab_super_passive() may fail consistently due to
705 * s_umount being grabbed by someone else. Don't use
706 * requeue_io() to avoid busy retrying the inode/sb.
708 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
711 wrote
+= writeback_sb_inodes(sb
, wb
, work
);
714 /* refer to the same tests at the end of writeback_sb_inodes */
716 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
718 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
722 /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
726 long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, long nr_pages
,
727 enum wb_reason reason
)
729 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
730 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
731 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
736 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
737 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
739 __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, &work
);
740 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
742 return nr_pages
- work
.nr_pages
;
745 static bool over_bground_thresh(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
747 unsigned long background_thresh
, dirty_thresh
;
749 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh
, &dirty_thresh
);
751 if (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
752 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) > background_thresh
)
755 if (bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_RECLAIMABLE
) >
756 bdi_dirty_limit(bdi
, background_thresh
))
763 * Called under wb->list_lock. If there are multiple wb per bdi,
764 * only the flusher working on the first wb should do it.
766 static void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
767 unsigned long start_time
)
769 __bdi_update_bandwidth(wb
->bdi
, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, start_time
);
773 * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
775 * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
776 * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
777 * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
778 * older than a specific point in time.
780 * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
781 * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
784 * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
785 * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
787 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
788 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
790 unsigned long wb_start
= jiffies
;
791 long nr_pages
= work
->nr_pages
;
792 unsigned long oldest_jif
;
796 oldest_jif
= jiffies
;
797 work
->older_than_this
= &oldest_jif
;
799 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
802 * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
804 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
808 * Background writeout and kupdate-style writeback may
809 * run forever. Stop them if there is other work to do
810 * so that e.g. sync can proceed. They'll be restarted
811 * after the other works are all done.
813 if ((work
->for_background
|| work
->for_kupdate
) &&
814 !list_empty(&wb
->bdi
->work_list
))
818 * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
819 * background dirty threshold
821 if (work
->for_background
&& !over_bground_thresh(wb
->bdi
))
825 * Kupdate and background works are special and we want to
826 * include all inodes that need writing. Livelock avoidance is
827 * handled by these works yielding to any other work so we are
830 if (work
->for_kupdate
) {
831 oldest_jif
= jiffies
-
832 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval
* 10);
833 } else if (work
->for_background
)
834 oldest_jif
= jiffies
;
836 trace_writeback_start(wb
->bdi
, work
);
837 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
840 progress
= writeback_sb_inodes(work
->sb
, wb
, work
);
842 progress
= __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, work
);
843 trace_writeback_written(wb
->bdi
, work
);
845 wb_update_bandwidth(wb
, wb_start
);
848 * Did we write something? Try for more
850 * Dirty inodes are moved to b_io for writeback in batches.
851 * The completion of the current batch does not necessarily
852 * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long
853 * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes.
858 * No more inodes for IO, bail
860 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
))
863 * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
864 * become available for writeback. Otherwise
865 * we'll just busyloop.
867 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
)) {
868 trace_writeback_wait(wb
->bdi
, work
);
869 inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_more_io
.prev
);
870 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
871 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
872 /* This function drops i_lock... */
873 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode
);
874 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
877 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
879 return nr_pages
- work
->nr_pages
;
883 * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet.
885 static struct wb_writeback_work
*
886 get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
888 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
= NULL
;
890 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
891 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
)) {
892 work
= list_entry(bdi
->work_list
.next
,
893 struct wb_writeback_work
, list
);
894 list_del_init(&work
->list
);
896 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
901 * Add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode
902 * write can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
904 static unsigned long get_nr_dirty_pages(void)
906 return global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
907 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) +
908 get_nr_dirty_inodes();
911 static long wb_check_background_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
913 if (over_bground_thresh(wb
->bdi
)) {
915 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
916 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
917 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
920 .reason
= WB_REASON_BACKGROUND
,
923 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
929 static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
931 unsigned long expired
;
935 * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
937 if (!dirty_writeback_interval
)
940 expired
= wb
->last_old_flush
+
941 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval
* 10);
942 if (time_before(jiffies
, expired
))
945 wb
->last_old_flush
= jiffies
;
946 nr_pages
= get_nr_dirty_pages();
949 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
950 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
951 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
954 .reason
= WB_REASON_PERIODIC
,
957 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
964 * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
966 static long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
968 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
969 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
972 set_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
973 while ((work
= get_next_work_item(bdi
)) != NULL
) {
975 trace_writeback_exec(bdi
, work
);
977 wrote
+= wb_writeback(wb
, work
);
980 * Notify the caller of completion if this is a synchronous
981 * work item, otherwise just free it.
984 complete(work
->done
);
990 * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
992 wrote
+= wb_check_old_data_flush(wb
);
993 wrote
+= wb_check_background_flush(wb
);
994 clear_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
1000 * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
1001 * reschedules periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
1003 void bdi_writeback_workfn(struct work_struct
*work
)
1005 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= container_of(to_delayed_work(work
),
1006 struct bdi_writeback
, dwork
);
1007 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
1010 set_worker_desc("flush-%s", dev_name(bdi
->dev
));
1011 current
->flags
|= PF_SWAPWRITE
;
1013 if (likely(!current_is_workqueue_rescuer() ||
1014 list_empty(&bdi
->bdi_list
))) {
1016 * The normal path. Keep writing back @bdi until its
1017 * work_list is empty. Note that this path is also taken
1018 * if @bdi is shutting down even when we're running off the
1019 * rescuer as work_list needs to be drained.
1022 pages_written
= wb_do_writeback(wb
);
1023 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written
);
1024 } while (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
));
1027 * bdi_wq can't get enough workers and we're running off
1028 * the emergency worker. Don't hog it. Hopefully, 1024 is
1029 * enough for efficient IO.
1031 pages_written
= writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi
->wb
, 1024,
1032 WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD
);
1033 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written
);
1036 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
) ||
1037 (wb_has_dirty_io(wb
) && dirty_writeback_interval
))
1038 queue_delayed_work(bdi_wq
, &wb
->dwork
,
1039 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval
* 10));
1041 current
->flags
&= ~PF_SWAPWRITE
;
1045 * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
1048 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1050 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
;
1053 nr_pages
= global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
1054 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
);
1058 list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi
, &bdi_list
, bdi_list
) {
1059 if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi
))
1061 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, false, reason
);
1066 static noinline
void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
)
1068 if (inode
->i_ino
|| strcmp(inode
->i_sb
->s_id
, "bdev")) {
1069 struct dentry
*dentry
;
1070 const char *name
= "?";
1072 dentry
= d_find_alias(inode
);
1074 spin_lock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1075 name
= (const char *) dentry
->d_name
.name
;
1078 "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
1079 current
->comm
, task_pid_nr(current
), inode
->i_ino
,
1080 name
, inode
->i_sb
->s_id
);
1082 spin_unlock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1089 * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function
1090 * @inode: inode to mark
1091 * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
1092 * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
1093 * mark_inode_dirty_sync.
1095 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
1097 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
1098 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
1099 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
1100 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
1102 * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
1105 * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
1106 * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
1107 * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
1108 * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
1109 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
1112 void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
, int flags
)
1114 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
1115 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= NULL
;
1118 * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
1119 * dirty the inode itself
1121 if (flags
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
1122 trace_writeback_dirty_inode_start(inode
, flags
);
1124 if (sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode
)
1125 sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode(inode
, flags
);
1127 trace_writeback_dirty_inode(inode
, flags
);
1131 * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
1136 /* avoid the locking if we can */
1137 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) == flags
)
1140 if (unlikely(block_dump
))
1141 block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode
);
1143 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1144 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) != flags
) {
1145 const int was_dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
1147 inode
->i_state
|= flags
;
1150 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
1151 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
1152 * superblock list, based upon its state.
1154 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
)
1155 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1158 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
1159 * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
1161 if (!S_ISBLK(inode
->i_mode
)) {
1162 if (inode_unhashed(inode
))
1163 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1165 if (inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)
1166 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1169 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
1170 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
1173 bool wakeup_bdi
= false;
1174 bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
1176 if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi
)) {
1177 WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
),
1178 "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi
->name
);
1181 * If this is the first dirty inode for this
1182 * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding
1183 * bdi thread to make sure background
1184 * write-back happens later.
1186 if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi
->wb
))
1190 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1191 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1192 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
1193 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &bdi
->wb
.b_dirty
);
1194 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1197 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi
);
1202 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1205 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty
);
1207 static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
)
1209 struct inode
*inode
, *old_inode
= NULL
;
1212 * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
1213 * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
1215 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1217 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1220 * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
1221 * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
1222 * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
1223 * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
1224 * we still have to wait for that writeout.
1226 list_for_each_entry(inode
, &sb
->s_inodes
, i_sb_list
) {
1227 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
1229 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1230 if ((inode
->i_state
& (I_FREEING
|I_WILL_FREE
|I_NEW
)) ||
1231 (mapping
->nrpages
== 0)) {
1232 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1236 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1237 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1240 * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have been
1241 * removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
1242 * inode_sb_list_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
1243 * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it under
1244 * inode_sb_list_lock. So we keep the reference and iput it
1250 filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
1254 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1256 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1261 * writeback_inodes_sb_nr - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1262 * @sb: the superblock
1263 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1264 * @reason: reason why some writeback work initiated
1266 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1267 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1268 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1270 void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block
*sb
,
1272 enum wb_reason reason
)
1274 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1275 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1277 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1278 .tagged_writepages
= 1,
1284 if (sb
->s_bdi
== &noop_backing_dev_info
)
1286 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1287 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1288 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1290 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr
);
1293 * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1294 * @sb: the superblock
1295 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1297 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1298 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1299 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1301 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1303 return writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason
);
1305 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb
);
1308 * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr - try to start writeback if none underway
1309 * @sb: the superblock
1310 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1311 * @reason: the reason of writeback
1313 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb_nr if no writeback is currently underway.
1314 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1316 int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block
*sb
,
1318 enum wb_reason reason
)
1320 if (writeback_in_progress(sb
->s_bdi
))
1323 if (!down_read_trylock(&sb
->s_umount
))
1326 writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, nr
, reason
);
1327 up_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1330 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr
);
1333 * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb - try to start writeback if none underway
1334 * @sb: the superblock
1335 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1337 * Implement by try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr()
1338 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1340 int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1342 return try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason
);
1344 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb
);
1347 * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
1348 * @sb: the superblock
1350 * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
1353 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
)
1355 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1356 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1358 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
,
1359 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
1362 .reason
= WB_REASON_SYNC
,
1366 /* Nothing to do? */
1367 if (sb
->s_bdi
== &noop_backing_dev_info
)
1369 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1371 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1372 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1376 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb
);
1379 * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
1380 * @inode: inode to write to disk
1381 * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
1383 * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
1384 * primarily needed by knfsd.
1386 * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
1388 int write_inode_now(struct inode
*inode
, int sync
)
1390 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
;
1391 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1392 .nr_to_write
= LONG_MAX
,
1393 .sync_mode
= sync
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1395 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
1398 if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode
->i_mapping
))
1399 wbc
.nr_to_write
= 0;
1402 return writeback_single_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
1404 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now
);
1407 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
1408 * @inode: the inode to sync
1409 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
1411 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also
1412 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
1413 * update inode->i_state.
1415 * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
1417 int sync_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
1419 return writeback_single_inode(inode
, &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
, wbc
);
1421 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode
);
1424 * sync_inode_metadata - write an inode to disk
1425 * @inode: the inode to sync
1426 * @wait: wait for I/O to complete.
1428 * Write an inode to disk and adjust its dirty state after completion.
1430 * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata.
1432 int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode
*inode
, int wait
)
1434 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1435 .sync_mode
= wait
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1436 .nr_to_write
= 0, /* metadata-only */
1439 return sync_inode(inode
, &wbc
);
1441 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata
);