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/freezer.h>
26 #include <linux/writeback.h>
27 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
28 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
29 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
33 * 4MB minimal write chunk size
35 #define MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES (4096UL >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - 10))
38 * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
40 struct wb_writeback_work
{
42 struct super_block
*sb
;
43 unsigned long *older_than_this
;
44 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode
;
45 unsigned int tagged_writepages
:1;
46 unsigned int for_kupdate
:1;
47 unsigned int range_cyclic
:1;
48 unsigned int for_background
:1;
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 /* Wakeup flusher thread or forker thread to fork it. Requires bdi->wb_lock. */
92 static void bdi_wakeup_flusher(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
95 wake_up_process(bdi
->wb
.task
);
98 * The bdi thread isn't there, wake up the forker thread which
99 * will create and run it.
101 wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info
.wb
.task
);
105 static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
106 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
108 trace_writeback_queue(bdi
, work
);
110 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
111 list_add_tail(&work
->list
, &bdi
->work_list
);
113 trace_writeback_nothread(bdi
, work
);
114 bdi_wakeup_flusher(bdi
);
115 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
119 __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, long nr_pages
,
120 bool range_cyclic
, enum wb_reason reason
)
122 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
125 * This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just
126 * wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback
128 work
= kzalloc(sizeof(*work
), GFP_ATOMIC
);
131 trace_writeback_nowork(bdi
);
132 wake_up_process(bdi
->wb
.task
);
137 work
->sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
;
138 work
->nr_pages
= nr_pages
;
139 work
->range_cyclic
= range_cyclic
;
140 work
->reason
= reason
;
142 bdi_queue_work(bdi
, work
);
146 * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
147 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
148 * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
149 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
152 * This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
153 * started when this function returns, we make no guarantees on
154 * completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
157 void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, long nr_pages
,
158 enum wb_reason reason
)
160 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, true, reason
);
164 * bdi_start_background_writeback - start background writeback
165 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
168 * This makes sure WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback happens. When
169 * this function returns, it is only guaranteed that for given BDI
170 * some IO is happening if we are over background dirty threshold.
171 * Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
173 void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
176 * We just wake up the flusher thread. It will perform background
177 * writeback as soon as there is no other work to do.
179 trace_writeback_wake_background(bdi
);
180 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
181 bdi_wakeup_flusher(bdi
);
182 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
186 * Remove the inode from the writeback list it is on.
188 void inode_wb_list_del(struct inode
*inode
)
190 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
192 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
193 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
194 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
198 * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
199 * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list.
201 * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is
202 * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the b_dirty list. If that is
203 * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
204 * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
206 static void redirty_tail(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
208 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
209 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_dirty
)) {
212 tail
= wb_inode(wb
->b_dirty
.next
);
213 if (time_before(inode
->dirtied_when
, tail
->dirtied_when
))
214 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
216 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &wb
->b_dirty
);
220 * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
222 static void requeue_io(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
224 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
225 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &wb
->b_more_io
);
228 static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode
*inode
)
230 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_SYNC
;
231 /* If inode is clean an unused, put it into LRU now... */
232 inode_add_lru(inode
);
233 /* Waiters must see I_SYNC cleared before being woken up */
235 wake_up_bit(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
238 static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode
*inode
, unsigned long t
)
240 bool ret
= time_after(inode
->dirtied_when
, t
);
243 * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck.
244 * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past.
245 * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times
246 * from permanently stopping the whole bdi writeback.
248 ret
= ret
&& time_before_eq(inode
->dirtied_when
, jiffies
);
254 * Move expired (dirtied before work->older_than_this) dirty inodes from
255 * @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
257 static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head
*delaying_queue
,
258 struct list_head
*dispatch_queue
,
259 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
262 struct list_head
*pos
, *node
;
263 struct super_block
*sb
= NULL
;
268 while (!list_empty(delaying_queue
)) {
269 inode
= wb_inode(delaying_queue
->prev
);
270 if (work
->older_than_this
&&
271 inode_dirtied_after(inode
, *work
->older_than_this
))
273 if (sb
&& sb
!= inode
->i_sb
)
276 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &tmp
);
280 /* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */
282 list_splice(&tmp
, dispatch_queue
);
286 /* Move inodes from one superblock together */
287 while (!list_empty(&tmp
)) {
288 sb
= wb_inode(tmp
.prev
)->i_sb
;
289 list_for_each_prev_safe(pos
, node
, &tmp
) {
290 inode
= wb_inode(pos
);
291 if (inode
->i_sb
== sb
)
292 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, dispatch_queue
);
300 * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
302 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
303 * =============> gf edc BA
305 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
306 * =============> g fBAedc
308 * +--> dequeue for IO
310 static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
313 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
314 list_splice_init(&wb
->b_more_io
, &wb
->b_io
);
315 moved
= move_expired_inodes(&wb
->b_dirty
, &wb
->b_io
, work
);
316 trace_writeback_queue_io(wb
, work
, moved
);
319 static int write_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
323 if (inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode
&& !is_bad_inode(inode
)) {
324 trace_writeback_write_inode_start(inode
, wbc
);
325 ret
= inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
326 trace_writeback_write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
333 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Called with i_lock held.
334 * Caller must make sure inode cannot go away when we drop i_lock.
336 static void __inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
337 __releases(inode
->i_lock
)
338 __acquires(inode
->i_lock
)
340 DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq
, &inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
341 wait_queue_head_t
*wqh
;
343 wqh
= bit_waitqueue(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
344 while (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
345 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
346 __wait_on_bit(wqh
, &wq
, inode_wait
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
347 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
352 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Caller must have inode pinned.
354 void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
356 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
357 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
);
358 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
362 * Sleep until I_SYNC is cleared. This function must be called with i_lock
363 * held and drops it. It is aimed for callers not holding any inode reference
364 * so once i_lock is dropped, inode can go away.
366 static void inode_sleep_on_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
367 __releases(inode
->i_lock
)
370 wait_queue_head_t
*wqh
= bit_waitqueue(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
373 prepare_to_wait(wqh
, &wait
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
374 sleep
= inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
;
375 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
378 finish_wait(wqh
, &wait
);
382 * Find proper writeback list for the inode depending on its current state and
383 * possibly also change of its state while we were doing writeback. Here we
384 * handle things such as livelock prevention or fairness of writeback among
385 * inodes. This function can be called only by flusher thread - noone else
386 * processes all inodes in writeback lists and requeueing inodes behind flusher
387 * thread's back can have unexpected consequences.
389 static void requeue_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
390 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
392 if (inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)
396 * Sync livelock prevention. Each inode is tagged and synced in one
397 * shot. If still dirty, it will be redirty_tail()'ed below. Update
398 * the dirty time to prevent enqueue and sync it again.
400 if ((inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) &&
401 (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| wbc
->tagged_writepages
))
402 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
404 if (wbc
->pages_skipped
) {
406 * writeback is not making progress due to locked
407 * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
409 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
413 if (mapping_tagged(inode
->i_mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
)) {
415 * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
416 * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
418 if (wbc
->nr_to_write
<= 0) {
419 /* Slice used up. Queue for next turn. */
420 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
423 * Writeback blocked by something other than
424 * congestion. Delay the inode for some time to
425 * avoid spinning on the CPU (100% iowait)
426 * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
427 * that cannot be performed immediately.
429 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
431 } else if (inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) {
433 * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback operations,
434 * such as delayed allocation during submission or metadata
435 * updates after data IO completion.
437 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
439 /* The inode is clean. Remove from writeback lists. */
440 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
445 * Write out an inode and its dirty pages. Do not update the writeback list
446 * linkage. That is left to the caller. The caller is also responsible for
447 * setting I_SYNC flag and calling inode_sync_complete() to clear it.
450 __writeback_single_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
452 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
453 long nr_to_write
= wbc
->nr_to_write
;
457 WARN_ON(!(inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
));
459 trace_writeback_single_inode_start(inode
, wbc
, nr_to_write
);
461 ret
= do_writepages(mapping
, wbc
);
464 * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
465 * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
468 if (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
) {
469 int err
= filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
475 * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
476 * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
479 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
480 /* Clear I_DIRTY_PAGES if we've written out all dirty pages */
481 if (!mapping_tagged(mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
))
482 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES
;
483 dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
484 inode
->i_state
&= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
);
485 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
486 /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
487 if (dirty
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
488 int err
= write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
492 trace_writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
, nr_to_write
);
497 * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Either the caller has an active reference
498 * on the inode or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set.
500 * This function is designed to be called for writing back one inode which
501 * we go e.g. from filesystem. Flusher thread uses __writeback_single_inode()
502 * and does more profound writeback list handling in writeback_sb_inodes().
505 writeback_single_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
506 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
510 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
511 if (!atomic_read(&inode
->i_count
))
512 WARN_ON(!(inode
->i_state
& (I_WILL_FREE
|I_FREEING
)));
514 WARN_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_WILL_FREE
);
516 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
517 if (wbc
->sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
)
520 * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait. Since callers hold
521 * inode reference or inode has I_WILL_FREE set, it cannot go
524 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
);
526 WARN_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
);
528 * Skip inode if it is clean. We don't want to mess with writeback
529 * lists in this function since flusher thread may be doing for example
530 * sync in parallel and if we move the inode, it could get skipped. So
531 * here we make sure inode is on some writeback list and leave it there
532 * unless we have completely cleaned the inode.
534 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
536 inode
->i_state
|= I_SYNC
;
537 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
539 ret
= __writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
);
541 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
542 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
544 * If inode is clean, remove it from writeback lists. Otherwise don't
545 * touch it. See comment above for explanation.
547 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
548 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
549 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
550 inode_sync_complete(inode
);
552 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
556 static long writeback_chunk_size(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
557 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
562 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
563 * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
564 * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
566 * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
569 * writeback_sb_inodes() <== called only once
570 * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode
571 * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
572 * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
574 if (work
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| work
->tagged_writepages
)
577 pages
= min(bdi
->avg_write_bandwidth
/ 2,
578 global_dirty_limit
/ DIRTY_SCOPE
);
579 pages
= min(pages
, work
->nr_pages
);
580 pages
= round_down(pages
+ MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
,
581 MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
);
588 * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
590 * Return the number of pages and/or inodes written.
592 static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
,
593 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
594 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
596 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
597 .sync_mode
= work
->sync_mode
,
598 .tagged_writepages
= work
->tagged_writepages
,
599 .for_kupdate
= work
->for_kupdate
,
600 .for_background
= work
->for_background
,
601 .range_cyclic
= work
->range_cyclic
,
603 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
605 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
607 long wrote
= 0; /* count both pages and inodes */
609 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
610 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
612 if (inode
->i_sb
!= sb
) {
615 * We only want to write back data for this
616 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
617 * to it back onto the dirty list.
619 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
624 * The inode belongs to a different superblock.
625 * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
626 * pin the next superblock.
632 * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes being freed, first
633 * kind does not need periodic writeout yet, and for the latter
634 * kind writeout is handled by the freer.
636 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
637 if (inode
->i_state
& (I_NEW
| I_FREEING
| I_WILL_FREE
)) {
638 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
639 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
642 if ((inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) && wbc
.sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
) {
644 * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not
645 * doing writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to
646 * b_more_io so that writeback can proceed with the
647 * other inodes on s_io.
649 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode
650 * when we completed a full scan of b_io.
652 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
653 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
654 trace_writeback_sb_inodes_requeue(inode
);
657 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
660 * We already requeued the inode if it had I_SYNC set and we
661 * are doing WB_SYNC_NONE writeback. So this catches only the
664 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
665 /* Wait for I_SYNC. This function drops i_lock... */
666 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode
);
667 /* Inode may be gone, start again */
668 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
671 inode
->i_state
|= I_SYNC
;
672 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
674 write_chunk
= writeback_chunk_size(wb
->bdi
, work
);
675 wbc
.nr_to_write
= write_chunk
;
676 wbc
.pages_skipped
= 0;
679 * We use I_SYNC to pin the inode in memory. While it is set
680 * evict_inode() will wait so the inode cannot be freed.
682 __writeback_single_inode(inode
, &wbc
);
684 work
->nr_pages
-= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
685 wrote
+= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
686 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
687 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
688 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
690 requeue_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
691 inode_sync_complete(inode
);
692 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
693 cond_resched_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
695 * bail out to wb_writeback() often enough to check
696 * background threshold and other termination conditions.
699 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
701 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
708 static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
709 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
711 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
714 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
715 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
716 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
718 if (!grab_super_passive(sb
)) {
720 * grab_super_passive() may fail consistently due to
721 * s_umount being grabbed by someone else. Don't use
722 * requeue_io() to avoid busy retrying the inode/sb.
724 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
727 wrote
+= writeback_sb_inodes(sb
, wb
, work
);
730 /* refer to the same tests at the end of writeback_sb_inodes */
732 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
734 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
738 /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
742 long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, long nr_pages
,
743 enum wb_reason reason
)
745 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
746 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
747 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
752 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
753 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
755 __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, &work
);
756 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
758 return nr_pages
- work
.nr_pages
;
761 static bool over_bground_thresh(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
763 unsigned long background_thresh
, dirty_thresh
;
765 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh
, &dirty_thresh
);
767 if (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
768 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) > background_thresh
)
771 if (bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_RECLAIMABLE
) >
772 bdi_dirty_limit(bdi
, background_thresh
))
779 * Called under wb->list_lock. If there are multiple wb per bdi,
780 * only the flusher working on the first wb should do it.
782 static void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
783 unsigned long start_time
)
785 __bdi_update_bandwidth(wb
->bdi
, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, start_time
);
789 * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
791 * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
792 * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
793 * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
794 * older than a specific point in time.
796 * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
797 * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
800 * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
801 * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
803 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
804 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
806 unsigned long wb_start
= jiffies
;
807 long nr_pages
= work
->nr_pages
;
808 unsigned long oldest_jif
;
812 oldest_jif
= jiffies
;
813 work
->older_than_this
= &oldest_jif
;
815 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
818 * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
820 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
824 * Background writeout and kupdate-style writeback may
825 * run forever. Stop them if there is other work to do
826 * so that e.g. sync can proceed. They'll be restarted
827 * after the other works are all done.
829 if ((work
->for_background
|| work
->for_kupdate
) &&
830 !list_empty(&wb
->bdi
->work_list
))
834 * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
835 * background dirty threshold
837 if (work
->for_background
&& !over_bground_thresh(wb
->bdi
))
841 * Kupdate and background works are special and we want to
842 * include all inodes that need writing. Livelock avoidance is
843 * handled by these works yielding to any other work so we are
846 if (work
->for_kupdate
) {
847 oldest_jif
= jiffies
-
848 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval
* 10);
849 } else if (work
->for_background
)
850 oldest_jif
= jiffies
;
852 trace_writeback_start(wb
->bdi
, work
);
853 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
856 progress
= writeback_sb_inodes(work
->sb
, wb
, work
);
858 progress
= __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, work
);
859 trace_writeback_written(wb
->bdi
, work
);
861 wb_update_bandwidth(wb
, wb_start
);
864 * Did we write something? Try for more
866 * Dirty inodes are moved to b_io for writeback in batches.
867 * The completion of the current batch does not necessarily
868 * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long
869 * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes.
874 * No more inodes for IO, bail
876 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
))
879 * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
880 * become available for writeback. Otherwise
881 * we'll just busyloop.
883 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
)) {
884 trace_writeback_wait(wb
->bdi
, work
);
885 inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_more_io
.prev
);
886 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
887 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
888 /* This function drops i_lock... */
889 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode
);
890 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
893 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
895 return nr_pages
- work
->nr_pages
;
899 * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet.
901 static struct wb_writeback_work
*
902 get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
904 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
= NULL
;
906 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
907 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
)) {
908 work
= list_entry(bdi
->work_list
.next
,
909 struct wb_writeback_work
, list
);
910 list_del_init(&work
->list
);
912 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
917 * Add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode
918 * write can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
920 static unsigned long get_nr_dirty_pages(void)
922 return global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
923 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) +
924 get_nr_dirty_inodes();
927 static long wb_check_background_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
929 if (over_bground_thresh(wb
->bdi
)) {
931 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
932 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
933 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
936 .reason
= WB_REASON_BACKGROUND
,
939 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
945 static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
947 unsigned long expired
;
951 * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
953 if (!dirty_writeback_interval
)
956 expired
= wb
->last_old_flush
+
957 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval
* 10);
958 if (time_before(jiffies
, expired
))
961 wb
->last_old_flush
= jiffies
;
962 nr_pages
= get_nr_dirty_pages();
965 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
966 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
967 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
970 .reason
= WB_REASON_PERIODIC
,
973 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
980 * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
982 long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, int force_wait
)
984 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
985 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
988 set_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
989 while ((work
= get_next_work_item(bdi
)) != NULL
) {
991 * Override sync mode, in case we must wait for completion
992 * because this thread is exiting now.
995 work
->sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
;
997 trace_writeback_exec(bdi
, work
);
999 wrote
+= wb_writeback(wb
, work
);
1002 * Notify the caller of completion if this is a synchronous
1003 * work item, otherwise just free it.
1006 complete(work
->done
);
1012 * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
1014 wrote
+= wb_check_old_data_flush(wb
);
1015 wrote
+= wb_check_background_flush(wb
);
1016 clear_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
1022 * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
1023 * wakes up periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
1025 int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data
)
1027 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= data
;
1028 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
1031 current
->flags
|= PF_SWAPWRITE
;
1033 wb
->last_active
= jiffies
;
1036 * Our parent may run at a different priority, just set us to normal
1038 set_user_nice(current
, 0);
1040 trace_writeback_thread_start(bdi
);
1042 while (!kthread_freezable_should_stop(NULL
)) {
1044 * Remove own delayed wake-up timer, since we are already awake
1045 * and we'll take care of the periodic write-back.
1047 del_timer(&wb
->wakeup_timer
);
1049 pages_written
= wb_do_writeback(wb
, 0);
1051 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written
);
1054 wb
->last_active
= jiffies
;
1056 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
);
1057 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
) || kthread_should_stop()) {
1058 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING
);
1062 if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb
) && dirty_writeback_interval
)
1063 schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval
* 10));
1066 * We have nothing to do, so can go sleep without any
1067 * timeout and save power. When a work is queued or
1068 * something is made dirty - we will be woken up.
1074 /* Flush any work that raced with us exiting */
1075 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
))
1076 wb_do_writeback(wb
, 1);
1078 trace_writeback_thread_stop(bdi
);
1084 * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
1087 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1089 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
;
1092 nr_pages
= global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
1093 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
);
1097 list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi
, &bdi_list
, bdi_list
) {
1098 if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi
))
1100 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, false, reason
);
1105 static noinline
void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
)
1107 if (inode
->i_ino
|| strcmp(inode
->i_sb
->s_id
, "bdev")) {
1108 struct dentry
*dentry
;
1109 const char *name
= "?";
1111 dentry
= d_find_alias(inode
);
1113 spin_lock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1114 name
= (const char *) dentry
->d_name
.name
;
1117 "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
1118 current
->comm
, task_pid_nr(current
), inode
->i_ino
,
1119 name
, inode
->i_sb
->s_id
);
1121 spin_unlock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1128 * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function
1129 * @inode: inode to mark
1130 * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
1131 * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
1132 * mark_inode_dirty_sync.
1134 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
1136 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
1137 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
1138 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
1139 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
1141 * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
1144 * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
1145 * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
1146 * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
1147 * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
1148 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
1151 void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
, int flags
)
1153 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
1154 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= NULL
;
1157 * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
1158 * dirty the inode itself
1160 if (flags
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
1161 trace_writeback_dirty_inode_start(inode
, flags
);
1163 if (sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode
)
1164 sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode(inode
, flags
);
1166 trace_writeback_dirty_inode(inode
, flags
);
1170 * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
1175 /* avoid the locking if we can */
1176 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) == flags
)
1179 if (unlikely(block_dump
))
1180 block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode
);
1182 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1183 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) != flags
) {
1184 const int was_dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
1186 inode
->i_state
|= flags
;
1189 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
1190 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
1191 * superblock list, based upon its state.
1193 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
)
1194 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1197 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
1198 * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
1200 if (!S_ISBLK(inode
->i_mode
)) {
1201 if (inode_unhashed(inode
))
1202 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1204 if (inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)
1205 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1208 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
1209 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
1212 bool wakeup_bdi
= false;
1213 bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
1215 if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi
)) {
1216 WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
),
1217 "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi
->name
);
1220 * If this is the first dirty inode for this
1221 * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding
1222 * bdi thread to make sure background
1223 * write-back happens later.
1225 if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi
->wb
))
1229 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1230 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1231 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
1232 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &bdi
->wb
.b_dirty
);
1233 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1236 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi
);
1241 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1244 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty
);
1246 static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
)
1248 struct inode
*inode
, *old_inode
= NULL
;
1251 * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
1252 * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
1254 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1256 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1259 * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
1260 * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
1261 * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
1262 * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
1263 * we still have to wait for that writeout.
1265 list_for_each_entry(inode
, &sb
->s_inodes
, i_sb_list
) {
1266 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
1268 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1269 if ((inode
->i_state
& (I_FREEING
|I_WILL_FREE
|I_NEW
)) ||
1270 (mapping
->nrpages
== 0)) {
1271 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1275 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1276 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1279 * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have been
1280 * removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
1281 * inode_sb_list_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
1282 * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it under
1283 * inode_sb_list_lock. So we keep the reference and iput it
1289 filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
1293 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1295 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1300 * writeback_inodes_sb_nr - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1301 * @sb: the superblock
1302 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1303 * @reason: reason why some writeback work initiated
1305 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1306 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1307 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1309 void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block
*sb
,
1311 enum wb_reason reason
)
1313 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1314 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1316 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1317 .tagged_writepages
= 1,
1323 if (sb
->s_bdi
== &noop_backing_dev_info
)
1325 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1326 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1327 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1329 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr
);
1332 * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1333 * @sb: the superblock
1334 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1336 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1337 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1338 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1340 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1342 return writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason
);
1344 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb
);
1347 * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr - try to start writeback if none underway
1348 * @sb: the superblock
1349 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1350 * @reason: the reason of writeback
1352 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb_nr if no writeback is currently underway.
1353 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1355 int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block
*sb
,
1357 enum wb_reason reason
)
1359 if (writeback_in_progress(sb
->s_bdi
))
1362 if (!down_read_trylock(&sb
->s_umount
))
1365 writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, nr
, reason
);
1366 up_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1369 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr
);
1372 * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb - try to start writeback if none underway
1373 * @sb: the superblock
1374 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1376 * Implement by try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr()
1377 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1379 int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1381 return try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason
);
1383 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb
);
1386 * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
1387 * @sb: the superblock
1389 * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
1392 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
)
1394 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1395 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1397 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
,
1398 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
1401 .reason
= WB_REASON_SYNC
,
1404 /* Nothing to do? */
1405 if (sb
->s_bdi
== &noop_backing_dev_info
)
1407 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1409 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1410 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1414 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb
);
1417 * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
1418 * @inode: inode to write to disk
1419 * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
1421 * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
1422 * primarily needed by knfsd.
1424 * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
1426 int write_inode_now(struct inode
*inode
, int sync
)
1428 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
;
1429 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1430 .nr_to_write
= LONG_MAX
,
1431 .sync_mode
= sync
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1433 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
1436 if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode
->i_mapping
))
1437 wbc
.nr_to_write
= 0;
1440 return writeback_single_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
1442 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now
);
1445 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
1446 * @inode: the inode to sync
1447 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
1449 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also
1450 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
1451 * update inode->i_state.
1453 * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
1455 int sync_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
1457 return writeback_single_inode(inode
, &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
, wbc
);
1459 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode
);
1462 * sync_inode_metadata - write an inode to disk
1463 * @inode: the inode to sync
1464 * @wait: wait for I/O to complete.
1466 * Write an inode to disk and adjust its dirty state after completion.
1468 * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata.
1470 int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode
*inode
, int wait
)
1472 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1473 .sync_mode
= wait
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1474 .nr_to_write
= 0, /* metadata-only */
1477 return sync_inode(inode
, &wbc
);
1479 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata
);