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
)
321 if (inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode
&& !is_bad_inode(inode
))
322 return inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
327 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Called with i_lock held.
328 * Caller must make sure inode cannot go away when we drop i_lock.
330 static void __inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
331 __releases(inode
->i_lock
)
332 __acquires(inode
->i_lock
)
334 DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq
, &inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
335 wait_queue_head_t
*wqh
;
337 wqh
= bit_waitqueue(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
338 while (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
339 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
340 __wait_on_bit(wqh
, &wq
, inode_wait
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
341 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
346 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Caller must have inode pinned.
348 void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
350 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
351 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
);
352 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
356 * Sleep until I_SYNC is cleared. This function must be called with i_lock
357 * held and drops it. It is aimed for callers not holding any inode reference
358 * so once i_lock is dropped, inode can go away.
360 static void inode_sleep_on_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
361 __releases(inode
->i_lock
)
364 wait_queue_head_t
*wqh
= bit_waitqueue(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
367 prepare_to_wait(wqh
, &wait
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
368 sleep
= inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
;
369 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
372 finish_wait(wqh
, &wait
);
376 * Find proper writeback list for the inode depending on its current state and
377 * possibly also change of its state while we were doing writeback. Here we
378 * handle things such as livelock prevention or fairness of writeback among
379 * inodes. This function can be called only by flusher thread - noone else
380 * processes all inodes in writeback lists and requeueing inodes behind flusher
381 * thread's back can have unexpected consequences.
383 static void requeue_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
384 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
386 if (inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)
390 * Sync livelock prevention. Each inode is tagged and synced in one
391 * shot. If still dirty, it will be redirty_tail()'ed below. Update
392 * the dirty time to prevent enqueue and sync it again.
394 if ((inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) &&
395 (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| wbc
->tagged_writepages
))
396 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
398 if (wbc
->pages_skipped
) {
400 * writeback is not making progress due to locked
401 * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
403 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
407 if (mapping_tagged(inode
->i_mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
)) {
409 * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
410 * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
412 if (wbc
->nr_to_write
<= 0) {
413 /* Slice used up. Queue for next turn. */
414 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
417 * Writeback blocked by something other than
418 * congestion. Delay the inode for some time to
419 * avoid spinning on the CPU (100% iowait)
420 * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
421 * that cannot be performed immediately.
423 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
425 } else if (inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) {
427 * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback operations,
428 * such as delayed allocation during submission or metadata
429 * updates after data IO completion.
431 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
433 /* The inode is clean. Remove from writeback lists. */
434 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
439 * Write out an inode and its dirty pages. Do not update the writeback list
440 * linkage. That is left to the caller. The caller is also responsible for
441 * setting I_SYNC flag and calling inode_sync_complete() to clear it.
444 __writeback_single_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
446 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
447 long nr_to_write
= wbc
->nr_to_write
;
451 WARN_ON(!(inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
));
453 ret
= do_writepages(mapping
, wbc
);
456 * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
457 * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
460 if (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
) {
461 int err
= filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
467 * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
468 * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
471 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
472 /* Clear I_DIRTY_PAGES if we've written out all dirty pages */
473 if (!mapping_tagged(mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
))
474 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES
;
475 dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
476 inode
->i_state
&= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
);
477 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
478 /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
479 if (dirty
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
480 int err
= write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
484 trace_writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
, nr_to_write
);
489 * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Either the caller has an active reference
490 * on the inode or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set.
492 * This function is designed to be called for writing back one inode which
493 * we go e.g. from filesystem. Flusher thread uses __writeback_single_inode()
494 * and does more profound writeback list handling in writeback_sb_inodes().
497 writeback_single_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
498 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
502 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
503 if (!atomic_read(&inode
->i_count
))
504 WARN_ON(!(inode
->i_state
& (I_WILL_FREE
|I_FREEING
)));
506 WARN_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_WILL_FREE
);
508 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
509 if (wbc
->sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
)
512 * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait. Since callers hold
513 * inode reference or inode has I_WILL_FREE set, it cannot go
516 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
);
518 WARN_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
);
520 * Skip inode if it is clean. We don't want to mess with writeback
521 * lists in this function since flusher thread may be doing for example
522 * sync in parallel and if we move the inode, it could get skipped. So
523 * here we make sure inode is on some writeback list and leave it there
524 * unless we have completely cleaned the inode.
526 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
528 inode
->i_state
|= I_SYNC
;
529 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
531 ret
= __writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
);
533 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
534 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
536 * If inode is clean, remove it from writeback lists. Otherwise don't
537 * touch it. See comment above for explanation.
539 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
540 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
541 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
542 inode_sync_complete(inode
);
544 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
548 static long writeback_chunk_size(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
549 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
554 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
555 * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
556 * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
558 * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
561 * writeback_sb_inodes() <== called only once
562 * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode
563 * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
564 * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
566 if (work
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| work
->tagged_writepages
)
569 pages
= min(bdi
->avg_write_bandwidth
/ 2,
570 global_dirty_limit
/ DIRTY_SCOPE
);
571 pages
= min(pages
, work
->nr_pages
);
572 pages
= round_down(pages
+ MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
,
573 MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
);
580 * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
582 * Return the number of pages and/or inodes written.
584 static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
,
585 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
586 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
588 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
589 .sync_mode
= work
->sync_mode
,
590 .tagged_writepages
= work
->tagged_writepages
,
591 .for_kupdate
= work
->for_kupdate
,
592 .for_background
= work
->for_background
,
593 .range_cyclic
= work
->range_cyclic
,
595 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
597 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
599 long wrote
= 0; /* count both pages and inodes */
601 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
602 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
604 if (inode
->i_sb
!= sb
) {
607 * We only want to write back data for this
608 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
609 * to it back onto the dirty list.
611 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
616 * The inode belongs to a different superblock.
617 * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
618 * pin the next superblock.
624 * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes being freed, first
625 * kind does not need periodic writeout yet, and for the latter
626 * kind writeout is handled by the freer.
628 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
629 if (inode
->i_state
& (I_NEW
| I_FREEING
| I_WILL_FREE
)) {
630 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
631 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
634 if ((inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) && wbc
.sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
) {
636 * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not
637 * doing writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to
638 * b_more_io so that writeback can proceed with the
639 * other inodes on s_io.
641 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode
642 * when we completed a full scan of b_io.
644 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
645 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
646 trace_writeback_sb_inodes_requeue(inode
);
649 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
652 * We already requeued the inode if it had I_SYNC set and we
653 * are doing WB_SYNC_NONE writeback. So this catches only the
656 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
657 /* Wait for I_SYNC. This function drops i_lock... */
658 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode
);
659 /* Inode may be gone, start again */
660 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
663 inode
->i_state
|= I_SYNC
;
664 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
666 write_chunk
= writeback_chunk_size(wb
->bdi
, work
);
667 wbc
.nr_to_write
= write_chunk
;
668 wbc
.pages_skipped
= 0;
671 * We use I_SYNC to pin the inode in memory. While it is set
672 * evict_inode() will wait so the inode cannot be freed.
674 __writeback_single_inode(inode
, &wbc
);
676 work
->nr_pages
-= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
677 wrote
+= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
678 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
679 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
680 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
682 requeue_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
683 inode_sync_complete(inode
);
684 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
685 cond_resched_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
687 * bail out to wb_writeback() often enough to check
688 * background threshold and other termination conditions.
691 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
693 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
700 static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
701 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
703 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
706 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
707 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
708 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
710 if (!grab_super_passive(sb
)) {
712 * grab_super_passive() may fail consistently due to
713 * s_umount being grabbed by someone else. Don't use
714 * requeue_io() to avoid busy retrying the inode/sb.
716 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
719 wrote
+= writeback_sb_inodes(sb
, wb
, work
);
722 /* refer to the same tests at the end of writeback_sb_inodes */
724 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
726 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
730 /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
734 long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, long nr_pages
,
735 enum wb_reason reason
)
737 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
738 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
739 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
744 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
745 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
747 __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, &work
);
748 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
750 return nr_pages
- work
.nr_pages
;
753 static bool over_bground_thresh(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
755 unsigned long background_thresh
, dirty_thresh
;
757 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh
, &dirty_thresh
);
759 if (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
760 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) > background_thresh
)
763 if (bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_RECLAIMABLE
) >
764 bdi_dirty_limit(bdi
, background_thresh
))
771 * Called under wb->list_lock. If there are multiple wb per bdi,
772 * only the flusher working on the first wb should do it.
774 static void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
775 unsigned long start_time
)
777 __bdi_update_bandwidth(wb
->bdi
, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, start_time
);
781 * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
783 * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
784 * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
785 * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
786 * older than a specific point in time.
788 * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
789 * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
792 * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
793 * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
795 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
796 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
798 unsigned long wb_start
= jiffies
;
799 long nr_pages
= work
->nr_pages
;
800 unsigned long oldest_jif
;
804 oldest_jif
= jiffies
;
805 work
->older_than_this
= &oldest_jif
;
807 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
810 * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
812 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
816 * Background writeout and kupdate-style writeback may
817 * run forever. Stop them if there is other work to do
818 * so that e.g. sync can proceed. They'll be restarted
819 * after the other works are all done.
821 if ((work
->for_background
|| work
->for_kupdate
) &&
822 !list_empty(&wb
->bdi
->work_list
))
826 * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
827 * background dirty threshold
829 if (work
->for_background
&& !over_bground_thresh(wb
->bdi
))
833 * Kupdate and background works are special and we want to
834 * include all inodes that need writing. Livelock avoidance is
835 * handled by these works yielding to any other work so we are
838 if (work
->for_kupdate
) {
839 oldest_jif
= jiffies
-
840 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval
* 10);
841 } else if (work
->for_background
)
842 oldest_jif
= jiffies
;
844 trace_writeback_start(wb
->bdi
, work
);
845 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
848 progress
= writeback_sb_inodes(work
->sb
, wb
, work
);
850 progress
= __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, work
);
851 trace_writeback_written(wb
->bdi
, work
);
853 wb_update_bandwidth(wb
, wb_start
);
856 * Did we write something? Try for more
858 * Dirty inodes are moved to b_io for writeback in batches.
859 * The completion of the current batch does not necessarily
860 * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long
861 * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes.
866 * No more inodes for IO, bail
868 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
))
871 * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
872 * become available for writeback. Otherwise
873 * we'll just busyloop.
875 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
)) {
876 trace_writeback_wait(wb
->bdi
, work
);
877 inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_more_io
.prev
);
878 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
879 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
880 /* This function drops i_lock... */
881 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode
);
882 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
885 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
887 return nr_pages
- work
->nr_pages
;
891 * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet.
893 static struct wb_writeback_work
*
894 get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
896 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
= NULL
;
898 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
899 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
)) {
900 work
= list_entry(bdi
->work_list
.next
,
901 struct wb_writeback_work
, list
);
902 list_del_init(&work
->list
);
904 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
909 * Add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode
910 * write can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
912 static unsigned long get_nr_dirty_pages(void)
914 return global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
915 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) +
916 get_nr_dirty_inodes();
919 static long wb_check_background_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
921 if (over_bground_thresh(wb
->bdi
)) {
923 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
924 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
925 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
928 .reason
= WB_REASON_BACKGROUND
,
931 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
937 static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
939 unsigned long expired
;
943 * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
945 if (!dirty_writeback_interval
)
948 expired
= wb
->last_old_flush
+
949 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval
* 10);
950 if (time_before(jiffies
, expired
))
953 wb
->last_old_flush
= jiffies
;
954 nr_pages
= get_nr_dirty_pages();
957 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
958 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
959 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
962 .reason
= WB_REASON_PERIODIC
,
965 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
972 * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
974 long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, int force_wait
)
976 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
977 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
980 set_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
981 while ((work
= get_next_work_item(bdi
)) != NULL
) {
983 * Override sync mode, in case we must wait for completion
984 * because this thread is exiting now.
987 work
->sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
;
989 trace_writeback_exec(bdi
, work
);
991 wrote
+= wb_writeback(wb
, work
);
994 * Notify the caller of completion if this is a synchronous
995 * work item, otherwise just free it.
998 complete(work
->done
);
1004 * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
1006 wrote
+= wb_check_old_data_flush(wb
);
1007 wrote
+= wb_check_background_flush(wb
);
1008 clear_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
1014 * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
1015 * wakes up periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
1017 int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data
)
1019 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= data
;
1020 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
1023 current
->flags
|= PF_SWAPWRITE
;
1025 wb
->last_active
= jiffies
;
1028 * Our parent may run at a different priority, just set us to normal
1030 set_user_nice(current
, 0);
1032 trace_writeback_thread_start(bdi
);
1034 while (!kthread_freezable_should_stop(NULL
)) {
1036 * Remove own delayed wake-up timer, since we are already awake
1037 * and we'll take care of the periodic write-back.
1039 del_timer(&wb
->wakeup_timer
);
1041 pages_written
= wb_do_writeback(wb
, 0);
1043 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written
);
1046 wb
->last_active
= jiffies
;
1048 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
);
1049 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
) || kthread_should_stop()) {
1050 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING
);
1054 if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb
) && dirty_writeback_interval
)
1055 schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval
* 10));
1058 * We have nothing to do, so can go sleep without any
1059 * timeout and save power. When a work is queued or
1060 * something is made dirty - we will be woken up.
1066 /* Flush any work that raced with us exiting */
1067 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
))
1068 wb_do_writeback(wb
, 1);
1070 trace_writeback_thread_stop(bdi
);
1076 * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
1079 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1081 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
;
1084 nr_pages
= global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
1085 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
);
1089 list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi
, &bdi_list
, bdi_list
) {
1090 if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi
))
1092 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, false, reason
);
1097 static noinline
void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
)
1099 if (inode
->i_ino
|| strcmp(inode
->i_sb
->s_id
, "bdev")) {
1100 struct dentry
*dentry
;
1101 const char *name
= "?";
1103 dentry
= d_find_alias(inode
);
1105 spin_lock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1106 name
= (const char *) dentry
->d_name
.name
;
1109 "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
1110 current
->comm
, task_pid_nr(current
), inode
->i_ino
,
1111 name
, inode
->i_sb
->s_id
);
1113 spin_unlock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1120 * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function
1121 * @inode: inode to mark
1122 * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
1123 * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
1124 * mark_inode_dirty_sync.
1126 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
1128 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
1129 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
1130 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
1131 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
1133 * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
1136 * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
1137 * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
1138 * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
1139 * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
1140 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
1143 void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
, int flags
)
1145 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
1146 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= NULL
;
1149 * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
1150 * dirty the inode itself
1152 if (flags
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
1153 if (sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode
)
1154 sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode(inode
, flags
);
1158 * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
1163 /* avoid the locking if we can */
1164 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) == flags
)
1167 if (unlikely(block_dump
))
1168 block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode
);
1170 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1171 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) != flags
) {
1172 const int was_dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
1174 inode
->i_state
|= flags
;
1177 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
1178 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
1179 * superblock list, based upon its state.
1181 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
)
1182 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1185 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
1186 * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
1188 if (!S_ISBLK(inode
->i_mode
)) {
1189 if (inode_unhashed(inode
))
1190 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1192 if (inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)
1193 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1196 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
1197 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
1200 bool wakeup_bdi
= false;
1201 bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
1203 if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi
)) {
1204 WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
),
1205 "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi
->name
);
1208 * If this is the first dirty inode for this
1209 * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding
1210 * bdi thread to make sure background
1211 * write-back happens later.
1213 if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi
->wb
))
1217 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1218 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1219 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
1220 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &bdi
->wb
.b_dirty
);
1221 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1224 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi
);
1229 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1232 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty
);
1234 static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
)
1236 struct inode
*inode
, *old_inode
= NULL
;
1239 * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
1240 * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
1242 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1244 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1247 * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
1248 * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
1249 * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
1250 * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
1251 * we still have to wait for that writeout.
1253 list_for_each_entry(inode
, &sb
->s_inodes
, i_sb_list
) {
1254 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
1256 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1257 if ((inode
->i_state
& (I_FREEING
|I_WILL_FREE
|I_NEW
)) ||
1258 (mapping
->nrpages
== 0)) {
1259 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1263 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1264 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1267 * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have been
1268 * removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
1269 * inode_sb_list_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
1270 * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it under
1271 * inode_sb_list_lock. So we keep the reference and iput it
1277 filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
1281 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1283 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1288 * writeback_inodes_sb_nr - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1289 * @sb: the superblock
1290 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1291 * @reason: reason why some writeback work initiated
1293 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1294 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1295 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1297 void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block
*sb
,
1299 enum wb_reason reason
)
1301 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1302 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1304 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1305 .tagged_writepages
= 1,
1311 if (sb
->s_bdi
== &noop_backing_dev_info
)
1313 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1314 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1315 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1317 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr
);
1320 * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1321 * @sb: the superblock
1322 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1324 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1325 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1326 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1328 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1330 return writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason
);
1332 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb
);
1335 * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
1336 * @sb: the superblock
1337 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1339 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
1340 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1342 int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block
*sb
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1344 if (!writeback_in_progress(sb
->s_bdi
)) {
1345 down_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1346 writeback_inodes_sb(sb
, reason
);
1347 up_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1352 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle
);
1355 * writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
1356 * @sb: the superblock
1357 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1358 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1360 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
1361 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1363 int writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle(struct super_block
*sb
,
1365 enum wb_reason reason
)
1367 if (!writeback_in_progress(sb
->s_bdi
)) {
1368 down_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1369 writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, nr
, reason
);
1370 up_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1375 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle
);
1378 * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
1379 * @sb: the superblock
1381 * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
1384 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
)
1386 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1387 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1389 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
,
1390 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
1393 .reason
= WB_REASON_SYNC
,
1396 /* Nothing to do? */
1397 if (sb
->s_bdi
== &noop_backing_dev_info
)
1399 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1401 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1402 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1406 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb
);
1409 * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
1410 * @inode: inode to write to disk
1411 * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
1413 * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
1414 * primarily needed by knfsd.
1416 * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
1418 int write_inode_now(struct inode
*inode
, int sync
)
1420 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
;
1421 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1422 .nr_to_write
= LONG_MAX
,
1423 .sync_mode
= sync
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1425 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
1428 if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode
->i_mapping
))
1429 wbc
.nr_to_write
= 0;
1432 return writeback_single_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
1434 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now
);
1437 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
1438 * @inode: the inode to sync
1439 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
1441 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also
1442 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
1443 * update inode->i_state.
1445 * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
1447 int sync_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
1449 return writeback_single_inode(inode
, &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
, wbc
);
1451 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode
);
1454 * sync_inode_metadata - write an inode to disk
1455 * @inode: the inode to sync
1456 * @wait: wait for I/O to complete.
1458 * Write an inode to disk and adjust its dirty state after completion.
1460 * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata.
1462 int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode
*inode
, int wait
)
1464 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1465 .sync_mode
= wait
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1466 .nr_to_write
= 0, /* metadata-only */
1469 return sync_inode(inode
, &wbc
);
1471 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata
);